Florida Statute 207.002 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XIV
TAXATION AND FINANCE

Chapter 207
TAX ON OPERATION OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES

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F.S. 207.002

207.002 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) “Commercial motor vehicle” means any vehicle not owned or operated by a governmental entity which uses diesel fuel or motor fuel on the public highways; and which has a gross vehicle weight in excess of 26,000 pounds, or has three or more axles regardless of weight, or is used in combination when the weight of such combination exceeds 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight. The term excludes any vehicle owned or operated by a community transportation coordinator as defined in s. 427.011 or by a private operator that provides public transit services under contract with such a provider.

(2) “Department” means the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.

(3) “Diesel fuel” means any liquid product or gas product or combination thereof, including, but not limited to, all forms of fuel known or sold as diesel fuel, kerosene, butane gas, or propane gas and all other forms of liquefied petroleum gases, except those defined as “motor fuel,” used to propel a motor vehicle.

(4) “International Registration Plan” means a registration reciprocity agreement among states of the United States and provinces of Canada providing for payment of license fees or license taxes on the basis of fleet miles operated in various jurisdictions.

(5) “Interstate” means vehicle movement between or through two or more states.

(6) “Intrastate” means vehicle movement from one point within a state to another point within the same state.

(7) “Motor carrier” means any person owning, controlling, operating, or managing any motor vehicle used to transport persons or property over any public highway.

(8) “Motor fuel” means what is commonly known and sold as gasoline and fuels containing a mixture of gasoline and other products.

(9) “Operate,” “operated,” “operation,” or “operating” means and includes the utilization in any form of any commercial motor vehicle, whether loaded or empty, whether utilized for compensation or not for compensation, and whether owned by or leased to the motor carrier who uses it or causes it to be used.

(10) “Person” means and includes natural persons, corporations, copartnerships, firms, companies, agencies, or associations, singular or plural.

(11) “Public highway” means any public street, road, or highway in this state.

(12) “Registrant” means a person in whose name or names a vehicle is properly registered.

(13) “Use,” “uses,” or “used” means the consumption of diesel fuel or motor fuel in a commercial motor vehicle for the propulsion thereof.

History.—s. 2, ch. 80-415; s. 1, ch. 81-151; s. 66, ch. 83-217; s. 1, ch. 84-260; s. 40, ch. 85-180; s. 4, ch. 86-243; s. 6, ch. 87-198; s. 102, ch. 95-417; s. 37, ch. 2000-151; s. 2, ch. 2013-160.

Note.—Former s. 206.972.

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Amendments to 207.002

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 207.002

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 207.002.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 207.002

Total Results: 20

Piero Palacios v. Sharnice Lawson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-03-06T00:00:00-08:00

Snippet: non-frivolous claims. See §§ 766.201(1)(d), (2), .207(2), Fla. Stat. (2020); see also Echarte, 618 So. 2d

City of Tallahassee, Florida v. Florida Police Benevolent Association, Inc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2023-11-30T00:00:00-08:00

Snippet: limited as provided for in this act.” Ch. 95-207 § 2(5), Laws of Fla. (emphasis added). Likewise, laws

TAREK HABAL v. SUZANNE HABAL, etc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2020-09-09T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Therefore, a plain reading of section 736.0207(2) clearly requires a trust to become irrevocable…’s claims based on its finding that section 736.0207(2) barred the trust contest while the settlor was

Flanzer v. Kaplan

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-11-29T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 230 So. 3d 960

Snippet: by its terms or by the .settlor’s death.” § 736,0207(2) (emphasis added). However, the Code does not specify

Zaldivar v. Florida Department of Financial Services

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-09-06T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 225 So. 3d 989, 2017 WL 3879810

Snippet: CURIAM. Petition denied. See §§ 626.611(2) and 626.207(2), Fla. Stat. (2017); Bethencourt-Miranda v. State

Eileen Hernandez, M.D. v. Lualhati Crespo

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2016-12-22T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 211 So. 3d 19, 41 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 625, 2016 WL 7406537, 2016 Fla. LEXIS 2718

Snippet: opinion, in which POLSTON, J., concurs. .§ 766.207(2), Fla. Stat. (1999) ("Upon the completion of

Meridian Pain & Diagnostics, Inc. v. Greber

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-07-27T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 197 So. 3d 153, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 11380, 2016 WL 4035874

Snippet: investigation are required by section 766.207. Section 766.207(2) provides: “Upon the completion of presuit…requirements. While the language of section 766.207(2) references “completion of pre-suit investigation…a medical negligence claim [are] intact.” § 766.207(2), Fla. Stat. (2013). In a typical medical negligence

Franks v. Bowers

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2013-06-20T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 116 So. 3d 1240, 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 416, 2013 WL 3064807, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 1222

Snippet: liability provided by section 766.207. See § 766.207(2), Fla. Stat. (2008) (“[T]he parties may elect to

Estrada v. Mercy Hospital, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-04-10T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 121 So. 3d 51, 2013 WL 1442251, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 5665

Snippet: ” determined by an arbitration panel. See § 766.207(2), Fla. Stat. (2012). The parties were in disagreement

Franks v. Bowers

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-03-16T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 62 So. 3d 16, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 3493, 2011 WL 891941

Snippet: proceeds to trial. See §§ 766.106(3)(b)(3); 766.207(2); 766.207(7); 766.118(2), Fla. Stat. The arbitration

Serrano v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2009-06-17T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 15 So. 3d 629, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 7694, 2009 WL 1677545

Snippet: state blatantly failed to comply with section 985.207(2), Florida Statutes (2005).1 *640The record reveals…burden to prove record compliance with section 985.207(2), and it utterly failed to do so, or even attempt

Lifemark Hospitals of Florida, Inc. v. Afonso

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2009-03-11T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 4 So. 3d 764, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 1944, 2009 WL 605342

Snippet: voluntary binding arbitration pursuant to sections 766.207(2) and (3), Florida Statutes (2003). The arbitration

State v. Roman

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-06-11T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 983 So. 2d 731

Snippet: 2), Florida Statutes (1994), became section 985.207(2), Florida Statutes (2002). The person taking a juvenile…guardian or legal custodian of the child." § 985.207(2). The State undisputedly complied with that obligation

COLUMBIA/JFK MEDICAL CTR. v. Sangounchitte

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-02-12T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 977 So. 2d 639

Snippet: and the claimant prevails at trial. Section 766.207(2) requires that the claimant serve a request for

Hodge v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-01-01T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 970 So. 2d 923

Snippet: erred by refusing to read to the jury section 985.207(2), Florida Statutes (2005), requiring parental notification…counsel did not cite to the court, is section 985.207(2), Florida Statutes (2005). It provides: When a child

Paul Gottlieb & Co. v. Alps South Corp.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2007-12-21T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 985 So. 2d 1

Snippet: fall into an exception. § 672.207(2). Within the context of section 672.207(2), the parties do not dispute…constituted a material alteration under section 672.207(2) and as such it did not become part of the contract… a legally enforceable contract. Subsection 672.207(2) provides: The additional terms are to be construed…provides a more flexible approach. Under section 672.207(2), additional terms included in an acceptance are…contractual term or provision pursuant to section 672.207(2), as constituting a material alteration, has the

MAB v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2007-04-27T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 957 So. 2d 1219

Snippet: juvenile who has been taken into custody. See § 985.207(2), Fla. Stat. (2004).[8] While acknowledging that… the voluntariness of the Miranda waiver. § 985.207(2); J.G., 883 So.2d at 924. The trial court concluded…section 39.037(2) was the precursor to section 985.207(2), Florida Statutes (1997). 739 So.2d at 577 n. 6…that in the 1997 and 2004 versions of section 985.207(2). [9] The defense's failure to present evidence

M.A.B. v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2007-04-27T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 957 So. 2d 1219, 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 6372

Snippet: the voluntariness of the Miranda waiver. § 985.207(2); J.G., 883 So.2d at 924. The trial court concluded

Menegat v. City of Apopka

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2007-04-13T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 954 So. 2d 681

Snippet: and LAWSON, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] Section 447.207(2), Florida Statutes, requires an employee organization

BMB v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-05-03T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 927 So. 2d 219

Snippet: custody. Ramirez, 739 So.2d at 577; see also § 985.207(2), Fla. Stat. (2005). Failure to comply with this