SECTION 320.525. Port vehicles and equipment; definition; exemption.
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1(1) 2As used in this section, the term “port vehicles and equipment” means trucks, tractors, trailers, truck cranes, top loaders, fork lifts, hostling tractors, chassis, or other vehicles or equipment used for transporting cargo, containers, or other equipment. The term includes motor vehicles being relocated within a port facility or via designated port district roads.
56(2) 57Port vehicles and equipment shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter which require the registration of motor vehicles, the payment of license taxes, and the display of license plates when operated or used within the port facility of any deepwater port of this state, as listed in s. 107403.021(9)(b), 108for the purpose of transporting cargo, containers, or other equipment:
118(a) 119From wharves to storage areas or terminals and return to wharves within the port;
133(b) 134From such storage areas or terminals to other storage areas or terminals within the port; and
150(c) 151On public roads connecting port facilities of a single deepwater port, as listed in s. 166403.021(9)(b), 167which are designated as port district roads for the purpose of transporting cargo, containers, and other equipment. The Department of Transportation shall designate port district roads with appropriate signage.
196(3) 197The incidental operation of port vehicles or equipment on the roads of this state within the port facility of any deepwater port of this state, as listed in s. 226403.021(9)(b), 227while being operated for the purposes described in subsection (2) shall not deprive such vehicle of the exemption otherwise provided for in this section.
