Florida Intercounty Limo Service

[TWR]

Question: We are starting a limo business in Central Florida and will be doing some transportation of clients throughout the state, specifically to Jax, Tampa, Gainesville and some travel to S Fla. What licenses or permits do i need to do this besides my local permits.

[gunny]

Originally posted by TWR:
Question: We are starting a limo business in Central Florida and will be doing some transportation of clients throughout the state, specifically to Jax, Tampa, Gainesville and some travel to S Fla. What licenses or permits do i need to do this besides my local permits.

As an intercounty service you will be able to provide charters or drops within these municipalities. Thanks largely in part to the inaction of the various local limo associations & Fl based NLA leadership, you are prohibited from from dropping & returning at a later time to load your passengers for transport back to travel origination point without obtaining licensure from each major municipality. In other words, plan on about a dozen stickers & several hack licenses for what you plan to do. Visit the site in the signature & for more info contact me through the address provided. If all of this licensing rubs you the wrong way, raise hell with your local state reps & senators.

[Salicete]

Jeez Gunny, I have browsed your site and read about the ridiculous over-regulation in Florida, but no round-trips???!!! Even the friggin USDOT lets carriers do round-trips without holding licenses in every state!

That is just plain asinine.

Every little petty bureaucrat and politician wants to be the big fish in the little pond.

I've said it before; I appreciate the regulating authorities in my area, all one of them, more every day; man do we have it good in Maryland.

[gunny]

Originally posted by Salicete:

Every little petty bureaucrat and politician wants to be the big fish in the little pond.

Correction Sal,

That's every petty maggot Florida based NLA & TLPA Director & local association(s) board members want to be the big fish in the little pond. Reason why the idea of state regulation scares the shit out of them.

[TWR]

So are you saying that to even do a round trip drive to one of these other cities i will have to get a permit in each one? we wont be going to airports, mostly stadiums and arenas.


Originally posted by gunny:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Salicete:

Every little petty bureaucrat and politician wants to be the big fish in the little pond.

Correction Sal,

That's every petty maggot Florida based NLA & TLPA Director & local association(s) board members want to be the big fish in the little pond. Reason why the idea of state regulation scares the shit out of them. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

[gunny]

Originally posted by TWR:
So are you saying that to even do a round trip drive to one of these other cities i will have to get a permit in each one? we wont be going to airports, mostly stadiums and arenas.


If you are operating with Orlando licensing & drop folks in any municipality that has VFH licensing ordinances/laws, you are required to have that licensing to return at a later time to load those passengers for return to travel origination point. Doesn't matter if it's an airport or some sort of venue.

If you are providing chartered transportation whereas the point of origination is within your licensed area, you can transport throughout the state. Again, without the multiple licensing you are prohibited from dropping that chartered party at a venue located in a municipality you are not licensed in during the am & returning in the pm for the transport back home.

As I have brought to the attention of readers in the past, if the vehicle you are using is defined under Florida law as a nonpublic sector bus pursuant to ch316.003 ( 3 ) & ( 78 )F.S., one can use the provisions contained under ch 341.102 F.S. in defense of any citations or arrests that may occur during the provision of an intercounty movement. In addition, if the vehicles being utilized fall under the definition of a nonpublic sector bus, that motor carrier is regulated by the Florida Dept of Transportation pursuant to ch316.70 F.S. & if the vehicle is designed to transport 15 passengers or more including driver, that vehicle must display DOT Registration Numbers. Refer to the FITA site for examples of vehicles which are nonpublic sector buses.

It is highly encouraged that these laws be brought up, printed & filed by every motor carrier.

[TWR]

Thanks for the info. Seems like a crazy law. Just to understand though, if i take them from Orlando to the Tampa arena and wait on them, that is ok. correct?

[gunny]

Originally posted by TWR:
Thanks for the info. Seems like a crazy law. Just to understand though, if i take them from Orlando to the Tampa arena and wait on them, that is ok. correct?

Until a rules challenge is brought before an administrative judge, this is correct for now. Contrary to its' law, PTC Rules do allow transport within Hillsborough as long as that run originated outside of the county.