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    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to transportation; creating s.
    3         338.2278, F.S.; creating the Multi-use Corridors of
    4         Regional Economic Significance Program within the
    5         Department of Transportation; providing the purpose of
    6         the program; specifying the corridors included in the
    7         program; specifying that projects undertaken in the
    8         corridors are tolled facilities and certain approved
    9         turnpike projects, and are considered as Strategic
   10         Intermodal System facilities; requiring the department
   11         to identify certain opportunities to accommodate or
   12         colocate multiple types of infrastructure-addressing
   13         issues during the project development phase; requiring
   14         the department to utilize an inclusive, consensus
   15         building mechanism for each proposed multi-use
   16         corridor identified during the project development
   17         phase; requiring the department to convene a corridor
   18         task force composed of certain representatives for
   19         each multi-use corridor; requiring the secretary of
   20         the department to appoint the members of the
   21         respective corridor task forces by a specified date;
   22         providing requirements for the corridor tasks forces;
   23         requiring the department to adhere to certain
   24         recommendations of the task force created for each
   25         corridor; authorizing the task force for each corridor
   26         to consider and recommend certain innovative concepts;
   27         authorizing the department, in consultation with the
   28         Department of Environmental Protection, to incorporate
   29         certain features into each corridor during the project
   30         development phase; requiring each corridor task force
   31         to submit a certain report to the Governor and the
   32         Legislature by a specified date; requiring the
   33         department to provide affected local governments with
   34         a copy of the applicable task force report and project
   35         alignments; requiring a local government that has an
   36         interchange within its jurisdiction to review the
   37         applicable task force report and its local
   38         comprehensive plan by a specified date; providing
   39         requirements for the local government review;
   40         providing specified requirements that must be met
   41         before project construction in any identified corridor
   42         is eligible for funding; providing exceptions to such
   43         requirements; authorizing sources of funding for the
   44         projects; authorizing the department to accept certain
   45         donations of land for the projects; requiring that
   46         certain toll revenues from the turnpike system be used
   47         to repay advances received from the State
   48         Transportation Trust Fund; providing requirements for
   49         the department relating to certain delegated
   50         responsibilities; requiring the department to perform
   51         a specified project evaluation on certain projects;
   52         requiring that certain decisions on projects be
   53         determined in accordance with applicable department
   54         rules, policies, and procedures; providing design
   55         requirements for corridor configuration, project
   56         alignment, and interchange locations; authorizing the
   57         Division of Bond Finance, on behalf of the department,
   58         to issue certain bonds to finance projects in the
   59         program, as provided in the State Bond Act; providing
   60         specified dates for the construction of the projects
   61         and opening of the corridors; providing for specified
   62         transfers from the State Transportation Trust Fund to
   63         the General Revenue Fund; providing for specified
   64         allocations of such transfers; providing requirements
   65         for use of funds allocated to the Transportation
   66         Disadvantaged Trust Fund; providing that allocated
   67         funds are in addition to any other statutory funding
   68         allocations; requiring that specified uncommitted
   69         funds be used by the department to fund program
   70         projects; authorizing the adopted work program to be
   71         amended to transfer funds between appropriations
   72         categories or to increase an appropriation category
   73         for a certain purpose; authorizing the department to
   74         waive consideration of certain matching funds relating
   75         to specified programs for hurricane-impacted counties
   76         with respect to certain project awards; amending s.
   77         334.044, F.S.; requiring that the department, in
   78         consultation with affected stakeholders, provide a
   79         road and bridge construction workforce development
   80         program for construction of projects designated in the
   81         department’s work program; providing intent for the
   82         workforce development program; providing requirements
   83         for the department and the program; authorizing the
   84         department to administer certain workforce development
   85         contracts with consultants and nonprofit entities;
   86         providing primary purposes for such entities;
   87         requiring the department to prepare and provide a
   88         certain report to the Governor and the Legislature by
   89         a specified date; amending s. 320.08, F.S.; deleting a
   90         requirement that specified fees from annual license
   91         taxes be deposited into the General Revenue Fund;
   92         creating s. 339.1373, F.S.; requiring that the
   93         department allocate sufficient funds to implement the
   94         Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance
   95         Program, develop a plan to expend revenues, and, prior
   96         to its adoption, amend the current tentative work
   97         program for specified fiscal years to include program
   98         projects; requiring the department to submit a certain
   99         budget amendment; requiring that specified increases
  100         in revenue to the State Transportation Trust Fund be
  101         used by the department to fund the Multi-use Corridors
  102         of Regional Economic Significance Program; amending s.
  103         339.0801, F.S.; limiting to specified fiscal years a
  104         previously authorized transfer of funds to Florida’s
  105         Turnpike Enterprise; requiring that, beginning with a
  106         specified fiscal year, such transfer be allocated for
  107         a certain purpose with certain specified preferences;
  108         creating s. 337.1101, F.S.; specifying requirements
  109         for the department when the department or any entity
  110         or enterprise within the department determines that it
  111         is in the best interest of the public to resolve a
  112         certain protest of the award of a certain contract;
  113         providing requirements for a certain memorandum;
  114         providing requirements for certain notifications;
  115         prohibiting the department from pledging any current
  116         or future action by another branch of state government
  117         as a condition of any procurement action; requiring
  118         certain settlements to be contingent upon and subject
  119         to legislative appropriation or statutory amendment;
  120         authorizing the department to agree to use its efforts
  121         to procure legislative funding or statutory
  122         amendments; providing an effective date.
  123          
  124  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
  125  
  126         Section 1. Section 338.2278, Florida Statutes, is created
  127  to read:
  128         338.2278 Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic
  129  Significance Program.—
  130         (1) There is created within the department the Multi-use
  131  Corridors of Regional Economic Significance Program. The purpose
  132  of the program is to revitalize rural communities, encourage job
  133  creation, and provide regional connectivity while leveraging
  134  technology, enhancing quality of life and public safety, and
  135  protecting the environment and natural resources. The objective
  136  of the program is to advance the construction of regional
  137  corridors that are intended to accommodate multiple modes of
  138  transportation and multiple types of infrastructure. The
  139  intended benefits of the program include, but are not limited
  140  to, addressing issues such as:
  141         (a) Hurricane evacuation.
  142         (b) Congestion mitigation.
  143         (c) Trade and logistics.
  144         (d) Broadband, water, and sewer connectivity.
  145         (e) Energy distribution.
  146         (f) Autonomous, connected, shared, and electric vehicle
  147  technology.
  148         (g) Other transportation modes, such as shared-use
  149  nonmotorized trails, freight and passenger rail, and public
  150  transit.
  151         (h) Mobility as a service.
  152         (i) Availability of a trained workforce skilled in
  153  traditional and emerging technologies.
  154         (j) Protection or enhancement of wildlife corridors or
  155  environmentally sensitive areas.
  156         (k) Protection or enhancement of primary springs protection
  157  zones and farmland preservation areas designated within local
  158  comprehensive plans adopted under chapter 163.
  159         (2) The program is composed of all of the following
  160  corridors:
  161         (a) Southwest-Central Florida Connector, extending from
  162  Collier County to Polk County.
  163         (b) Suncoast Connector, extending from Citrus County to
  164  Jefferson County.
  165         (c) Northern Turnpike Connector, extending from the
  166  northern terminus of the Florida Turnpike northwest to the
  167  Suncoast Parkway.
  168         (3)(a) Projects undertaken in the corridors identified in
  169  subsection (2) are tolled facilities and approved turnpike
  170  projects that are part of the turnpike system, and are
  171  considered as Strategic Intermodal System facilities.
  172         (b) During the project development phase, the department
  173  shall identify opportunities to accommodate or colocate multiple
  174  types of infrastructure-addressing issues, such as those
  175  identified in subsection (1), within or adjacent to the
  176  corridors.
  177         (c)1. During the project development phase, the department
  178  shall utilize an inclusive, consensus-building mechanism for
  179  each proposed multi-use corridor identified in subsection (2).
  180  For each multi-use corridor identified in subsection (2), the
  181  department shall convene a corridor task force composed of
  182  appropriate representatives of:
  183         a. The Department of Environmental Protection;
  184         b. The Department of Economic Opportunity;
  185         c. The Department of Education;
  186         d. The Department of Health;
  187         e. The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission;
  188         f. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;
  189         g. The local water management district or districts;
  190         h. A local government official from each local government
  191  within a proposed corridor;
  192         i. Metropolitan planning organizations;
  193         j. Regional planning councils;
  194         k. The community, who may be an individual or a member of a
  195  nonprofit community organization, as determined by the
  196  department; and
  197         l. Appropriate environmental groups, such as 1000 Friends
  198  of Florida, Audubon Florida, the Everglades Foundation, The
  199  Nature Conservancy, the Florida Sierra Club, and the Florida
  200  Wildlife Corridor, as determined by the department.
  201         2. The secretary of the department shall appoint the
  202  members of the respective corridor task forces by August 1,
  203  2019.
  204         3. Each corridor task force shall coordinate with the
  205  department on pertinent aspects of corridor analysis, including
  206  accommodation or colocation of multiple types of infrastructure,
  207  addressing issues such as those identified in subsection (1),
  208  within or adjacent to the corridor.
  209         4. Each corridor task force shall evaluate the need for,
  210  and the economic and environmental impacts of, hurricane
  211  evacuation impacts of, and land use impacts of, the related
  212  corridor as identified in subsection (2).
  213         5. Each corridor task force shall hold a public meeting in
  214  accordance with chapter 286 in each local government
  215  jurisdiction in which a project within an identified corridor is
  216  being considered.
  217         6. To the maximum extent feasible, the department shall
  218  adhere to the recommendations of the task force created for each
  219  corridor in the design of the multiple modes of transportation
  220  and multiple types of infrastructure associated with the
  221  corridor. The task force for each corridor may consider and
  222  recommend innovative concepts to combine right-of-way
  223  acquisition with the acquisition of lands or easements to
  224  facilitate environmental mitigation or ecosystem, wildlife
  225  habitat, or water quality protection or restoration. The
  226  department, in consultation with the Department of Environmental
  227  Protection, may incorporate those features into each corridor
  228  during the project development phase.
  229         7. The Southwest-Central Florida Connector corridor task
  230  force shall:
  231         a. Address the impacts of the construction of a project
  232  within the corridor on panther and other critical wildlife
  233  habitat and evaluate in its final report the need for
  234  acquisition of lands for state conservation or as mitigation for
  235  project construction; and
  236         b. Evaluate wildlife crossing design features to protect
  237  panther and other critical wildlife habitat corridor
  238  connections.
  239         8. The Suncoast Connector corridor task force and the
  240  Northern Turnpike Connector corridor task force shall evaluate
  241  design features and the need for acquisition of state
  242  conservation lands that mitigate the impact of project
  243  construction within the respective corridors on:
  244         a. The water quality and quantity of springs, rivers, and
  245  aquifer recharge areas;
  246         b. Agricultural land uses; and
  247         c. Wildlife habitat.
  248         9. Each corridor task force shall issue its evaluations in
  249  a final report that must be submitted to the Governor, the
  250  President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
  251  Representatives by October 1, 2020.
  252         10. The department shall provide affected local governments
  253  with a copy of the applicable task force report and project
  254  alignments. Not later than December 31, 2023, a local government
  255  that has an interchange within its jurisdiction shall review the
  256  applicable task force report and its local comprehensive plan as
  257  adopted under chapter 163. The local government review must
  258  include consideration of whether the area in and around the
  259  interchange contains appropriate land uses and natural resource
  260  protections and whether the comprehensive plan should be amended
  261  to provide such appropriate uses and protections.
  262         (4)(a) Project construction in any corridor identified in
  263  subsection (2) is not eligible for funding until submission of
  264  the final report of the corridor task force for that corridor
  265  required in subsection (3) and completion of 30 percent of the
  266  design phase of any project within a corridor identified in
  267  subsection (2), except for project phases that are under
  268  construction or for which project alignment has been determined.
  269         (b) Subject to the economic and environmental feasibility
  270  statement requirements of s. 338.223, projects may be funded
  271  through turnpike revenue bonds or right-of-way and bridge
  272  construction bonds or financing by the Florida Department of
  273  Transportation Financing Corporation; by advances from the State
  274  Transportation Trust Fund; with funds obtained through the
  275  creation of public-private partnerships; or any combination
  276  thereof. The department also may accept donations of land for
  277  use as transportation rights-of-way or to secure or use
  278  transportation rights-of-way for such projects in accordance
  279  with s. 337.25. To the extent legally available, any toll
  280  revenues from the turnpike system not required for payment of
  281  principal, interest, reserves, or other required deposits for
  282  bonds; costs of operations and maintenance; other contractual
  283  obligations; or system improvement project costs must be used to
  284  repay advances received from the State Transportation Trust
  285  Fund.
  286         (c)1. Projects undertaken under this section are subject to
  287  the department’s delegated responsibilities under s. 334.044(34)
  288  for environmental review, consultation, or other action required
  289  under any federal environmental law applicable to review or
  290  approval of such projects. For projects that do not receive
  291  federal aid or projects that do not require federal action, the
  292  department must perform a project evaluation that considers the
  293  following:
  294         a. Project purpose and need;
  295         b. An alternatives analysis;
  296         c. Existing conditions of the project area and potential
  297  impacts or enhancements the project may have on social,
  298  economic, cultural, natural, and connectivity issues and
  299  resources;
  300         d. Anticipated permits identified during the project
  301  development and environmental study;
  302         e. Opportunities for stakeholder and regulatory agency
  303  coordination; and
  304         f. Public and agency comments and coordination.
  305         2. At a minimum, for projects constructed under this
  306  section, decisions on matters such as corridor configuration,
  307  project alignment, and interchange locations must be determined
  308  in accordance with applicable department rules, policies, and
  309  procedures.
  310         3. To the greatest extent practical, corridor
  311  configuration, project alignment, and interchange locations
  312  shall be designed so that project rights-of-way are not located
  313  within conservation lands acquired under the Florida
  314  Preservation 2000 Act as established in s. 259.101, and the
  315  Florida Forever program as established in s. 259.105.
  316         (5) In accordance with ss. 337.276, 338.227, and 339.0809,
  317  the Division of Bond Finance may issue on behalf of the
  318  department right-of-way and bridge construction bonds, turnpike
  319  revenue bonds, and Florida Department of Transportation
  320  Financing Corporation bonds to finance program projects, as
  321  provided in the State Bond Act.
  322         (6) To the maximum extent feasible, construction of the
  323  projects shall begin no later than December 31, 2022, with the
  324  corridors open to traffic no later than December 31, 2030.
  325         (7) Funds that result from increased revenues to the State
  326  Transportation Trust Fund derived from the amendments to s.
  327  320.08 made by this act and deposited into the fund pursuant to
  328  s. 320.20(5)(a) must be used as follows:
  329         (a) For the 2019-2020 fiscal year, $45 million shall be
  330  retained in the State Transportation Trust Fund, and the
  331  remaining funds shall be transferred to the General Revenue
  332  Fund.
  333         (b) For the 2020-2021 fiscal year, $90 million shall be
  334  retained in the State Transportation Trust Fund, and the
  335  remaining funds shall be transferred to the General Revenue
  336  Fund.
  337         (c) For the 2021-2022 fiscal year and each fiscal year
  338  thereafter, all of the funds shall be retained in the State
  339  Transportation Trust Fund.
  340         (8) The amounts identified in subsection (7) by fiscal year
  341  shall be allocated as follows:
  342         (a) For the 2019-2020 fiscal year, to the:
  343         1. Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance
  344  Program, $12.5 million, to be used as specified in this section;
  345         2. Small County Road Assistance Program, $10 million, to be
  346  used as specified in s. 339.2816, with preference to projects in
  347  counties impacted by hurricanes;
  348         3. Small County Outreach Program, $10 million, to be used
  349  as specified in s. 339.2818, with preference to projects in
  350  counties impacted by hurricanes;
  351         4. Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund, $10 million, to
  352  be used as specified in s. 427.0159; and
  353         5. Workforce development program, $2.5 million, to be used
  354  as specified in s. 334.044(35).
  355         (b) For the 2020-2021 fiscal year, to the:
  356         1. Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance
  357  Program, $57.5 million, to be used as specified in this section;
  358         2. Small County Road Assistance Program, $10 million, to be
  359  used as specified in s. 339.2816, with preference to projects in
  360  counties impacted by hurricanes;
  361         3. Small County Outreach Program, $10 million, to be used
  362  as specified in s. 339.2818, with preference to projects in
  363  counties impacted by hurricanes;
  364         4. Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund, $10 million, to
  365  be used as specified in s. 427.0159; and
  366         5. Workforce development program, $2.5 million, to be used
  367  as specified in s. 334.044(35).
  368         (c) For the 2021-2022 fiscal year, to the:
  369         1. Small County Road Assistance Program, $10 million, to be
  370  used as specified in s. 339.2816, with preference to projects in
  371  counties impacted by hurricanes;
  372         2. Small County Outreach Program, $10 million, to be used
  373  as specified in s. 339.2818, with preference to projects in
  374  counties impacted by hurricanes;
  375         3. Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund, $10 million, to
  376  be used as specified in s. 427.0159;
  377         4. Workforce development program, $2.5 million, to be used
  378  as specified in s. 334.044(35); and
  379         5. The remaining funds under this paragraph shall be used
  380  for the Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance
  381  Program, as specified in this section.
  382         (d) For the 2022-2023 fiscal year and each fiscal year
  383  thereafter, to the:
  384         1. Small County Road Assistance Program, $10 million, to be
  385  used as specified in s. 339.2816, with preference to projects in
  386  counties impacted by hurricanes;
  387         2. Small County Outreach Program, $10 million, to be used
  388  as specified in s. 339.2818, with preference to projects in
  389  counties impacted by hurricanes;
  390         3. Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund, $10 million, to
  391  be used as specified in s. 427.0159; and
  392         4.The remaining funds under this paragraph shall be used
  393  for the Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance
  394  Program, as specified in this section.
  395         (e) Funds allocated to the Transportation Disadvantaged
  396  Trust Fund in this subsection shall be used to award competitive
  397  grants to community transportation coordinators and
  398  transportation network companies for the purposes of providing
  399  cost-effective, door-to-door, on-demand, and scheduled
  400  transportation services that:
  401         1. Increase a transportation disadvantaged person’s access
  402  to and departure from job training, employment, health care, and
  403  other life-sustaining services;
  404         2. Enhance regional connectivity and cross-county mobility;
  405  or
  406         3. Reduce the difficulty in connecting transportation
  407  disadvantaged persons to a transportation hub and from the hub
  408  to their final destination.
  409         (f) The funds allocated as provided in this subsection
  410  shall be in addition to any other statutory funding allocations
  411  provided by law.
  412         (g) In each fiscal year in which funding provided under
  413  this subsection for the Small County Road Assistance Program,
  414  the Small County Outreach Program, the Transportation
  415  Disadvantaged Trust Fund, or the workforce development program
  416  is not committed by the end of each fiscal year, such
  417  uncommitted funds shall be used by the department to fund Multi
  418  use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance Program
  419  projects. As provided in s. 339.135(7), the adopted work program
  420  may be amended to transfer funds between appropriations
  421  categories or to increase an appropriation category to implement
  422  this paragraph.
  423         (9) The department, in its discretion and for hurricane
  424  impacted counties, may waive consideration of local matching
  425  funds under s. 339.2816, relating to the Small County Road
  426  Assistance Program, and may waive the match requirement of s.
  427  339.2818, relating to the Small County Outreach Program, with
  428  respect to project awards funded by the allocations to those
  429  programs provided in this section.
  430         Section 2. Subsection (35) is added to section 334.044,
  431  Florida Statutes, to read:
  432         334.044 Powers and duties of the department.—The department
  433  shall have the following general powers and duties:
  434         (35) To provide a road and bridge construction workforce
  435  development program, in consultation with affected stakeholders,
  436  for construction of projects designated in the department’s work
  437  program.
  438         (a) The workforce development program is intended to
  439  provide direct economic benefits to communities in which the
  440  department is constructing infrastructure projects and to
  441  promote employment opportunities, including within areas of low
  442  income and high unemployment.
  443         (b) The department shall merge any of its own existing
  444  workforce services into the program to create a robust workforce
  445  development program. The workforce development program must
  446  serve as a tool to address the construction labor shortage by
  447  recruiting and developing a group of skilled workers for
  448  infrastructure projects to increase the likelihood of department
  449  projects remaining on time and within budget.
  450         (c) To accomplish these activities, the department may
  451  administer workforce development contracts with consultants and
  452  nonprofit entities, such as local community partners, Florida
  453  College System institutions, and technical institutions or
  454  centers. These entities, as specified in a contract with the
  455  department, shall have the primary purposes of providing all of
  456  the following:
  457         1. Workforce recruitment.
  458         2.A training curriculum for the department’s road and
  459  bridge construction projects which includes both traditional and
  460  emerging construction methods and skills needed to construct
  461  multi-use infrastructure and facilities accommodating emerging
  462  technologies.
  463         3. Support services to remove barriers to work.
  464         (d) The department shall develop performance and outcome
  465  metrics to ensure accountability and to measure the benefits and
  466  cost-effectiveness of the program. By June 30, 2020, and
  467  annually thereafter, the department shall prepare and provide a
  468  report to the Governor, President of Senate, and Speaker of the
  469  House of Representatives detailing the results of its findings
  470  and containing any recommendations relating to future program
  471  refinements.
  472         Section 3. Subsections (1), (4) through (9), and (12)
  473  through (15) of section 320.08, Florida Statutes, are amended to
  474  read:
  475         320.08 License taxes.—Except as otherwise provided herein,
  476  there are hereby levied and imposed annual license taxes for the
  477  operation of motor vehicles, mopeds, motorized bicycles as
  478  defined in s. 316.003(4), tri-vehicles as defined in s. 316.003,
  479  and mobile homes as defined in s. 320.01, which shall be paid to
  480  and collected by the department or its agent upon the
  481  registration or renewal of registration of the following:
  482         (1) MOTORCYCLES AND MOPEDS.—
  483         (a) Any motorcycle: $10 flat.
  484         (b) Any moped: $5 flat.
  485         (c) Upon registration of a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle,
  486  or moped, in addition to the license taxes specified in this
  487  subsection, a nonrefundable motorcycle safety education fee in
  488  the amount of $2.50 shall be paid. The proceeds of such
  489  additional fee shall be deposited in the Highway Safety
  490  Operating Trust Fund to fund a motorcycle driver improvement
  491  program implemented pursuant to s. 322.025, the Florida
  492  Motorcycle Safety Education Program established in s. 322.0255,
  493  or the general operations of the department.
  494         (d) An ancient or antique motorcycle: $7.50 flat, of which
  495  $2.50 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  496         (4) HEAVY TRUCKS, TRUCK TRACTORS, FEES ACCORDING TO GROSS
  497  VEHICLE WEIGHT.—
  498         (a) Gross vehicle weight of 5,001 pounds or more, but less
  499  than 6,000 pounds: $60.75 flat, of which $15.75 shall be
  500  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  501         (b) Gross vehicle weight of 6,000 pounds or more, but less
  502  than 8,000 pounds: $87.75 flat, of which $22.75 shall be
  503  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  504         (c) Gross vehicle weight of 8,000 pounds or more, but less
  505  than 10,000 pounds: $103 flat, of which $27 shall be deposited
  506  into the General Revenue Fund.
  507         (d) Gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more, but less
  508  than 15,000 pounds: $118 flat, of which $31 shall be deposited
  509  into the General Revenue Fund.
  510         (e) Gross vehicle weight of 15,000 pounds or more, but less
  511  than 20,000 pounds: $177 flat, of which $46 shall be deposited
  512  into the General Revenue Fund.
  513         (f) Gross vehicle weight of 20,000 pounds or more, but less
  514  than 26,001 pounds: $251 flat, of which $65 shall be deposited
  515  into the General Revenue Fund.
  516         (g) Gross vehicle weight of 26,001 pounds or more, but less
  517  than 35,000: $324 flat, of which $84 shall be deposited into the
  518  General Revenue Fund.
  519         (h) Gross vehicle weight of 35,000 pounds or more, but less
  520  than 44,000 pounds: $405 flat, of which $105 shall be deposited
  521  into the General Revenue Fund.
  522         (i) Gross vehicle weight of 44,000 pounds or more, but less
  523  than 55,000 pounds: $773 flat, of which $201 shall be deposited
  524  into the General Revenue Fund.
  525         (j) Gross vehicle weight of 55,000 pounds or more, but less
  526  than 62,000 pounds: $916 flat, of which $238 shall be deposited
  527  into the General Revenue Fund.
  528         (k) Gross vehicle weight of 62,000 pounds or more, but less
  529  than 72,000 pounds: $1,080 flat, of which $280 shall be
  530  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  531         (l) Gross vehicle weight of 72,000 pounds or more: $1,322
  532  flat, of which $343 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
  533  Fund.
  534         (m) Notwithstanding the declared gross vehicle weight, a
  535  truck tractor used within the state or within a 150-mile radius
  536  of its home address is eligible for a license plate for a fee of
  537  $324 flat if:
  538         1. The truck tractor is used exclusively for hauling
  539  forestry products; or
  540         2. The truck tractor is used primarily for the hauling of
  541  forestry products, and is also used for the hauling of
  542  associated forestry harvesting equipment used by the owner of
  543  the truck tractor.
  544  
  545  Of the fee imposed by this paragraph, $84 shall be deposited
  546  into the General Revenue Fund.
  547         (n) A truck tractor or heavy truck, not operated as a for
  548  hire vehicle and which is engaged exclusively in transporting
  549  raw, unprocessed, and nonmanufactured agricultural or
  550  horticultural products within the state or within a 150-mile
  551  radius of its home address is eligible for a restricted license
  552  plate for a fee of:
  553         1. If such vehicle’s declared gross vehicle weight is less
  554  than 44,000 pounds, $87.75 flat, of which $22.75 shall be
  555  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  556         2. If such vehicle’s declared gross vehicle weight is
  557  44,000 pounds or more and such vehicle only transports from the
  558  point of production to the point of primary manufacture; to the
  559  point of assembling the same; or to a shipping point of a rail,
  560  water, or motor transportation company, $324 flat, of which $84
  561  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  562  
  563  Such not-for-hire truck tractors and heavy trucks used
  564  exclusively in transporting raw, unprocessed, and
  565  nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural products may be
  566  incidentally used to haul farm implements and fertilizers
  567  delivered direct to the growers. The department may require any
  568  documentation deemed necessary to determine eligibility before
  569  issuance of this license plate. For the purpose of this
  570  paragraph, “not-for-hire” means the owner of the motor vehicle
  571  must also be the owner of the raw, unprocessed, and
  572  nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural product, or the
  573  user of the farm implements and fertilizer being delivered.
  574         (5) SEMITRAILERS, FEES ACCORDING TO GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT;
  575  SCHOOL BUSES; SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES.—
  576         (a)1. A semitrailer drawn by a GVW truck tractor by means
  577  of a fifth-wheel arrangement: $13.50 flat per registration year
  578  or any part thereof, of which $3.50 shall be deposited into the
  579  General Revenue Fund.
  580         2. A semitrailer drawn by a GVW truck tractor by means of a
  581  fifth-wheel arrangement: $68 flat per permanent registration, of
  582  which $18 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  583         (b) A motor vehicle equipped with machinery and designed
  584  for the exclusive purpose of well drilling, excavation,
  585  construction, spraying, or similar activity, and which is not
  586  designed or used to transport loads other than the machinery
  587  described above over public roads: $44 flat, of which $11.50
  588  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  589         (c) A school bus used exclusively to transport pupils to
  590  and from school or school or church activities or functions
  591  within their own county: $41 flat, of which $11 shall be
  592  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  593         (d) A wrecker, as defined in s. 320.01, which is used to
  594  tow a vessel as defined in s. 327.02, a disabled, abandoned,
  595  stolen-recovered, or impounded motor vehicle as defined in s.
  596  320.01, or a replacement motor vehicle as defined in s. 320.01:
  597  $41 flat, of which $11 shall be deposited into the General
  598  Revenue Fund.
  599         (e) A wrecker that is used to tow any nondisabled motor
  600  vehicle, a vessel, or any other cargo unless used as defined in
  601  paragraph (d), as follows:
  602         1. Gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more, but less
  603  than 15,000 pounds: $118 flat, of which $31 shall be deposited
  604  into the General Revenue Fund.
  605         2. Gross vehicle weight of 15,000 pounds or more, but less
  606  than 20,000 pounds: $177 flat, of which $46 shall be deposited
  607  into the General Revenue Fund.
  608         3. Gross vehicle weight of 20,000 pounds or more, but less
  609  than 26,000 pounds: $251 flat, of which $65 shall be deposited
  610  into the General Revenue Fund.
  611         4. Gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or more, but less
  612  than 35,000 pounds: $324 flat, of which $84 shall be deposited
  613  into the General Revenue Fund.
  614         5. Gross vehicle weight of 35,000 pounds or more, but less
  615  than 44,000 pounds: $405 flat, of which $105 shall be deposited
  616  into the General Revenue Fund.
  617         6. Gross vehicle weight of 44,000 pounds or more, but less
  618  than 55,000 pounds: $772 flat, of which $200 shall be deposited
  619  into the General Revenue Fund.
  620         7. Gross vehicle weight of 55,000 pounds or more, but less
  621  than 62,000 pounds: $915 flat, of which $237 shall be deposited
  622  into the General Revenue Fund.
  623         8. Gross vehicle weight of 62,000 pounds or more, but less
  624  than 72,000 pounds: $1,080 flat, of which $280 shall be
  625  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  626         9. Gross vehicle weight of 72,000 pounds or more: $1,322
  627  flat, of which $343 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
  628  Fund.
  629         (f) A hearse or ambulance: $40.50 flat, of which $10.50
  630  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  631         (6) MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE.—
  632         (a) Under nine passengers: $17 flat, of which $4.50 shall
  633  be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $1.50 per cwt,
  634  of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the General Revenue
  635  Fund.
  636         (b) Nine passengers and over: $17 flat, of which $4.50
  637  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $2 per
  638  cwt, of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the General
  639  Revenue Fund.
  640         (7) TRAILERS FOR PRIVATE USE.—
  641         (a) Any trailer weighing 500 pounds or less: $6.75 flat per
  642  year or any part thereof, of which $1.75 shall be deposited into
  643  the General Revenue Fund.
  644         (b) Net weight over 500 pounds: $3.50 flat, of which $1
  645  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $1 per
  646  cwt, of which 25 cents shall be deposited into the General
  647  Revenue Fund.
  648         (8) TRAILERS FOR HIRE.—
  649         (a) Net weight under 2,000 pounds: $3.50 flat, of which $1
  650  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $1.50 per
  651  cwt, of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the General
  652  Revenue Fund.
  653         (b) Net weight 2,000 pounds or more: $13.50 flat, of which
  654  $3.50 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus
  655  $1.50 per cwt, of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the
  656  General Revenue Fund.
  657         (9) RECREATIONAL VEHICLE-TYPE UNITS.—
  658         (a) A travel trailer or fifth-wheel trailer, as defined by
  659  s. 320.01(1)(b), that does not exceed 35 feet in length: $27
  660  flat, of which $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
  661  Fund.
  662         (b) A camping trailer, as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)2.:
  663  $13.50 flat, of which $3.50 shall be deposited into the General
  664  Revenue Fund.
  665         (c) A motor home, as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)4.:
  666         1. Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $27 flat, of which
  667  $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  668         2. Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $47.25 flat, of
  669  which $12.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  670         (d) A truck camper as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)3.:
  671         1. Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $27 flat, of which
  672  $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  673         2. Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $47.25 flat, of
  674  which $12.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  675         (e) A private motor coach as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)5.:
  676         1. Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $27 flat, of which
  677  $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  678         2. Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $47.25 flat, of
  679  which $12.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  680         (12) DEALER AND MANUFACTURER LICENSE PLATES.—A franchised
  681  motor vehicle dealer, independent motor vehicle dealer, marine
  682  boat trailer dealer, or mobile home dealer and manufacturer
  683  license plate: $17 flat, of which $4.50 shall be deposited into
  684  the General Revenue Fund.
  685         (13) EXEMPT OR OFFICIAL LICENSE PLATES.—Any exempt or
  686  official license plate: $4 flat, of which $1 shall be deposited
  687  into the General Revenue Fund, except that the registration or
  688  renewal of a registration of a marine boat trailer exempt under
  689  s. 320.102 is not subject to any license tax.
  690         (14) LOCALLY OPERATED MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE.—A motor
  691  vehicle for hire operated wholly within a city or within 25
  692  miles thereof: $17 flat, of which $4.50 shall be deposited into
  693  the General Revenue Fund; plus $2 per cwt, of which 50 cents
  694  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  695         (15) TRANSPORTER.—Any transporter license plate issued to a
  696  transporter pursuant to s. 320.133: $101.25 flat, of which
  697  $26.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  698         Section 4. Section 339.1373, Florida Statutes, is created
  699  to read:
  700         339.1373Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic
  701  Significance Program; funding.—
  702         (1) The department shall allocate sufficient funds to
  703  implement the Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic
  704  Significance Program, develop a plan to expend the revenues as
  705  specified in s. 338.2278, and, prior to its adoption, amend the
  706  current tentative work program for the 2019-2020 through 2023
  707  2024 fiscal years to include program projects. In addition,
  708  prior to adoption of the work program, the department shall
  709  submit a budget amendment pursuant to s. 339.135(7), requesting
  710  budget authority necessary to implement the program as specified
  711  in s. 338.2278.
  712         (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
  713  increase in revenue to the State Transportation Trust Fund
  714  derived from the amendments to s. 320.08 made by this act and
  715  deposited into the fund pursuant to s. 320.20(5)(a) shall be
  716  used by the department to fund the programs as specified in s.
  717  338.2278.
  718         Section 5. Subsection (2) of section 339.0801, Florida
  719  Statutes, is amended to read:
  720         339.0801 Allocation of increased revenues derived from
  721  amendments to s. 319.32(5)(a) by ch. 2012-128.—Funds that result
  722  from increased revenues to the State Transportation Trust Fund
  723  derived from the amendments to s. 319.32(5)(a) made by this act
  724  must be used annually, first as set forth in subsection (1) and
  725  then as set forth in subsections (2)-(5), notwithstanding any
  726  other provision of law:
  727         (2)(a)For each of the 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022
  728  fiscal years Beginning in the 2013-2014 fiscal year and annually
  729  for up to 30 years thereafter, $35 million shall be transferred
  730  to Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise, to be used in accordance with
  731  Florida Turnpike Enterprise Law, to the maximum extent feasible
  732  for feeder roads, structures, interchanges, appurtenances, and
  733  other rights to create or facilitate access to the existing
  734  turnpike system.
  735         (b) Beginning with the 2022-2023 fiscal year and annually
  736  thereafter, $35 million shall be transferred to Florida’s
  737  Turnpike Enterprise, to be used in accordance with s. 338.2278,
  738  with preference to feeder roads, interchanges, and appurtenances
  739  that create or facilitate multi-use corridor access and
  740  connectivity.
  741         Section 6. Section 337.1101, Florida Statutes, is created
  742  to read:
  743         337.1101 Contracting and procurement authority of the
  744  department; settlements; notification required.—
  745         (1) When the department, or any entity or enterprise within
  746  the department, determines that it is in the best interest of
  747  the public to resolve a protest filed in accordance with s.
  748  120.57(3) of the award of a contract being procured pursuant to
  749  s. 337.11 or related to the purchase of personal property or
  750  contractual services being procured pursuant to s. 287.057,
  751  through a settlement that requires the department to pay a
  752  nonselected responsive bidder a total sum of $1 million or more,
  753  including any amount paid pursuant to s. 334.049, s. 337.11(8),
  754  or any other law, the department must:
  755         (a) Document in a written memorandum by the secretary,
  756  which must be finalized not later than the date of notification
  757  of such settlement required pursuant to paragraph (b), the
  758  specific reasons that such settlement and payment to a
  759  nonselected responsive bidder is in the best interest of the
  760  state in lieu of resoliciting competitive sealed bids,
  761  proposals, or replies. The written memorandum must be included
  762  and maintained in the department’s permanent files concerning
  763  the procurement and must include:
  764         1. A detailed description of the property rights, patent
  765  rights, copyrights, or trademarks that the department will
  766  acquire as a result of such settlement;
  767         2. A detailed description of the analysis undertaken by the
  768  department of the proposal development costs and the anticipated
  769  degree of engineering design or other design work undertaken by
  770  the responsive bidder to which the department will obtain and
  771  retain the right to use from the nonselected responsive bidder
  772  or design-build firm;
  773         3. The department’s cost-benefit analysis demonstrating
  774  that the payment provides value to the department and is in the
  775  best interests of the state;
  776         4. The specific appropriation in the existing General
  777  Appropriations Act which the department intends to use to
  778  provide such payment; and
  779         5. The specific detailed reasons why the selected
  780  responsive bidder should not be responsible for the entire
  781  payment to the nonselected nonresponsive bidder or design-build
  782  firm.
  783         (b) Provide prior written notification to the President of
  784  the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
  785  Senate and House of Representatives minority leaders, the chair
  786  and vice chair of the Legislative Budget Commission, and the
  787  Attorney General at least 5 business days, or as soon thereafter
  788  as practicable, before the department makes the settlement
  789  agreement final. Such written notification must include the
  790  written memorandum required pursuant to paragraph (a).
  791         (c) Provide, at the time settlement discussions regarding
  792  any such payment have begun in earnest, written notification of
  793  such discussions to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of
  794  the House of Representatives, the Senate and House of
  795  Representatives minority leaders, the chair and vice chair of
  796  the Legislative Budget Commission, and the Attorney General. The
  797  written notification required pursuant to this paragraph must
  798  describe the procurement to which the proposed settlement
  799  payment relates, the range of the proposed payments involved,
  800  the specific appropriation in the General Appropriations Act
  801  which will be used to make the proposed payment, and a summary
  802  of the specific reasons the department has for considering such
  803  payment.
  804         (2) The department may not pledge any current or future
  805  action by another branch of state government as a condition of
  806  any procurement action. Any settlement that commits the state to
  807  spending any amount in excess of current appropriations, to the
  808  appropriation of funds in a subsequent fiscal year, or to policy
  809  changes inconsistent with current state law must be contingent
  810  upon and subject to legislative appropriation or statutory
  811  amendment. The department may agree to use its efforts to
  812  procure legislative funding or statutory amendments.
  813         Section 7. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.