5/5/03-A bill that offers an exemption to driver's license requirements for certain tractor-trailer drivers has died for this year in the Legislature.
SB300 would allow drivers operating a truck between 8,000 and 26,000 pounds or a truck more than 80 inches wide, but who use the truck for “private use,” to use a Class E license.
Up till now, anyone driving a truck with those measurements had to have a Class D license.

3/6/03-A Florida bill that offers an exemption to driver's license requirements for certain tractor-trailer drivers has passed a Senate committee.
The Senate Transportation Committee voted 9-0 on March 5 in favor of S300.
Under the bill, drivers operating a truck between 8,000 and 26,000 pounds or a truck more than 80 inches wide, but who use the truck for "private use," can use a Class E license. Up till now, anyone driving a truck with those measurements had to have a Class D license.
The bill is in three different Senate committees: The Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, the Economic Development Committee and the full Appropriations Committee. If it passes those panels, it will be voted on by the full Senate.
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2/10/03-S300 offers an exemption to driver's license requirements for certain tractor-trailer drivers. Up till now, anyone driving a truck between 8,000 and 26,000 pounds or a truck more than 80 inches wide had to have a Class D license.
Now, drivers operating a truck with those measurements, but who use the truck for "private use," can use a Class E license.
The measure was prefiled Jan. 10 and has been referred to the Senate Transportation Committee and the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation and Economic Development.
The legislative session opens March 4