House Bill 3719

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3719

        By Representative Littlefield






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to water and wastewater

  3         utilities; amending s. 367.081, F.S.; requiring

  4         the Public Service Commission to extend time

  5         periods and reschedule events by the number of

  6         days a utility is late in providing discovery;

  7         providing an effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (9) is added to section 367.081,

12  Florida Statutes, to read:

13         367.081  Rates; procedure for fixing and changing.--

14         (9)  If a utility fails to comply fully with valid

15  requests for discovery within 3 days after the due date for

16  the discovery, the commission shall extend all time periods

17  otherwise provided in this section by at least the same number

18  of days by which the discovery was provided late, and the

19  commission shall similarly reschedule all events recognized by

20  the commission by at least the same number of days by which

21  the discovery was provided late, including, but not limited

22  to, prehearing conferences, deadlines for filing testimony,

23  hearing dates, discovery due dates, and the periods for

24  withholding consent to rate requests. In addition to the time

25  extension caused by the delay, the commission shall have 120

26  days to hold the final hearing.

27         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3719

    517-151-98






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  3    Requires the Public Service Commission to extend time
      periods and reschedule events by the number of days a
  4    water and wastewater utility is late in providing
      discovery in rate cases. Allows the commission an
  5    additional 120 days to hold a final hearing.

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