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House Bill 0637




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 637

        By Representatives Sindler, Brooks, Trovillion, Feeney,
    Reddick, Sublette, Starks and Constantine





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Orlando Utilities

  3         Commission; amending chapter 9861, Laws of

  4         Florida, 1923, as amended; authorizing the

  5         establishment, construction, maintenance, and

  6         operation of energy services, all grades of

  7         water, and plants, lines, and facilities within

  8         Orange and Osceola Counties; providing an

  9         effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Section 9 of chapter 9861, Laws of Florida,

14  1923, as amended by chapter 61-2589, Laws of Florida, is

15  amended to read:

16         Section 9.  Utilities, general; conveyance and

17  services.

18         (1)  The said Utilities Commission is hereby authorized

19  to acquire, establish, construct, maintain and/or operate

20  electric generating plants, electric lines and facilities

21  incident thereto within the boundaries of Orange County, and

22  Brevard County, and any existing municipal electric service

23  territory in Osceola County; to furnish electricity, power,

24  energy services, and water, including raw water, potable

25  water, nonpotable water, chilled water, and reused water, to

26  persons, firms and corporations in any part of Orange County

27  and Osceola County and otherwise as hereinafter provided, and

28  to construct and maintain electric lines, facilities

29  associated with energy services, and water mains in, along and

30  under all public highways and streets throughout Orange County

31  and Osceola County for the purpose of conveying water, and/or

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  1  electric current, or energy services; and may contract with

  2  any other municipality in Orange County and Osceola County for

  3  furnishing electric power, energy services, and all kinds of

  4  water, provided said Commission shall not serve any consumer

  5  outside the boundaries of Orange County and any existing

  6  municipal electric service territory in Osceola County,

  7  except:

  8         (a)  Its own facilities or employees located on

  9  property owned, leased, managed or controlled by it, or by the

10  City of Orlando, and used in conjunction with such facilities;

11  and

12         (b)  Said Utilities Commission may connect with

13  facilities of one or more electric privately owned public

14  utilities, to include, but not be limited to, municipal

15  electric utilities, investor-owned utilities, rural electric

16  cooperatives, cogeneration facilities, nonutility generators,

17  and any other form of electric producer or marketer, and may

18  enter into contracts with one or more electric privately owned

19  public utilities as referenced above whereby the said

20  Utilities Commission shall agree to sell, purchase or

21  interchange electric energy on a firm, scheduled, economy or

22  emergency basis or otherwise through such connections or

23  interchange facilities.

24         (2)  The Orlando Utilities Commission and the City of

25  Orlando are hereby authorized to do all things necessary to

26  carry into effect the provisions of this act.  (Section 9 of

27  chapter 9861, Laws of Florida, 1923, as amended by chapter

28  61-2589, Laws of Florida, 1961.)

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

30  law.

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