The Florida Senate

320.065  Registration of certain rental trailers for hire and semitrailers used to haul agricultural products.--

(1)  Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this chapter, special indefinite registration license plates and special indefinite vehicle registration certificates shall be issued to the owner of 100 or more trailers for hire or semitrailers, or to the owner of 25 or more semitrailers used for the exclusive purpose of hauling agricultural products, who submits an application meeting the following requirements:

(a)  The application shall certify the average number of trailers or semitrailers operated within or through the state for the 12 months immediately preceding the year for which the application is made. If the number of trailers or semitrailers taxed in any subsequent year decreases, the applicant shall surrender to the department a number of license plates equal to such decrease. If the number of trailers or semitrailers taxed in any subsequent year increases, the applicant shall, in addition to the registration tax and fees levied, pay an amount to the department equal to the cost of manufacture of such additional special license plates.

(b)  As used in this subsection, "agricultural products" means any food product; any agricultural, horticultural, or livestock product; any raw material used in plant food formulation; or any plant food used to produce food and fiber.

(2)  Payment of registration license tax and fees shall be made annually and be evidenced only by the issuance of a single receipt by the department. No annual validation sticker is required.

(3)  In addition to the license tax prescribed by s. 320.08(5)(a) and (8)(b), an annual fee of $4.25 shall be charged for each semitrailer registered hereunder. Of this $4.25 fee, $2.50 shall be retained as a service charge by the tax collector, if the registration occurs at his or her office, or by the department, if the registration occurs at its central office.

(4)  The special license plates issued hereunder shall conform in all respects to the provisions of this chapter, except that no county name shall be imprinted.

History.--s. 1, ch. 76-152; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 8, ch. 77-357; s. 2, ch. 82-129; s. 16, ch. 83-318; s. 3, ch. 85-324; s. 15, ch. 86-243; s. 349, ch. 95-148; s. 34, ch. 96-413.