Senate Bill 1052c1

    Florida Senate - 1998                           CS for SB 1052

    By the Committee on Regulated Industries and Senator Lee





    315-1707A-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to rulemaking authority of the

  3         Florida Public Service Commission (RAB);

  4         authorizing the Florida Public Service

  5         Commission to adopt rules relating to

  6         purchasing, to ensuring adequate ownership or

  7         continued use of real property upon which water

  8         and wastewater treatment facilities are

  9         located, and to notification when a water and

10         wastewater utility changes its name; providing

11         an effective date.

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13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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15         Section 1.  The Florida Public Service Commission may

16  adopt rules and procedures for purchases of commodities and

17  services, including procurement of vehicles, office space, and

18  contractual services necessary for efficient operation. These

19  procedures must recognize that fair and open competition is a

20  basic tenet of public procurement and that both documentation

21  of the acts taken and effective monitoring mechanisms are

22  important to the process.

23         Section 2.  A utility under the Water and Wastewater

24  System Regulatory Law must own the land or possess the right

25  to continued use of the land upon which treatment facilities

26  are located. The commission shall adopt rules in accordance

27  with this section.

28         Section 3.  A water and wastewater utility shall notify

29  the commission and its customers before changing its name. The

30  commission may adopt rules that a water and wastewater utility

31  must follow when giving this notice to its customers.

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CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.






    Florida Senate - 1998                           CS for SB 1052
    315-1707A-98




  1         Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  2  law.

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  4          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  5                             SB 1052

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  7  Requires a utility under the Water and Wastewater System
    Regulatory Law to own or have a continued right to use of the
  8  land upon which treatment facilities are located, and directs
    the Public Service Commission to adopt rules accordingly.
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