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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 within any existing municipal electric
23 service territory in Osceola County on the effective date of
24 this act or as said territory may be amended as authorized by
25 general law; to furnish electricity, power, and energy
26 services and water to persons, firms and corporations in any
27 part of Orange County and within any existing municipal
28 electric service territory in Osceola County on the effective
29 date of this act or as said territory may be amended as
30 authorized by general law, and otherwise as hereinafter
31 provided;, and to construct and maintain electric lines and
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1 facilities solely associated with energy services and water
2 mains in, along and under all public highways and streets
3 throughout Orange County and Osceola County for the purpose of
4 conveying water and/or electric current or energy services.
5 The Utilities Commission is also authorized to furnish water,
6 including raw water, potable water, nonpotable water, chilled
7 water, and reused water, to persons, firms, and corporations
8 in Orange County and in any existing municipal service area in
9 Osceola County located within Sections 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33,
10 34, 35 and 36 in Township 25S, Range 30E; Sections 31 and 32
11 in Township 25S, Range 31E; Sections 13, 24, 25, 26 and 36 in
12 Township 26S, Range 29E; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
13 10, 11, 12, ,13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,
14 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 in Township
15 26S, Range 30E; and Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20, 29,
16 30, 31 and 32 in Township 26S, Range 31E, and otherwise as
17 hereinafter provided; and to construct and maintain water
18 mains along and under all public highways and streets
19 throughout Orange County and Osceola County located within
20 Sections 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 in Township
21 25S, Range 30E; Sections 31 and 32 in Township 25S, Range 31E;
22 Sections 13, 24, 25, 26 and 36 in Township 26S, Range 29E;
23 Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
24 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30,
25 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 in Township 26S, Range 30E; and
26 Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30, 31, and 32 in
27 Township 26S, Range 31E; and may contract with any other
28 municipality in Orange County and Osceola County for
29 furnishing electric power, energy services, and all kinds of
30 water as described herein, provided said Commission shall not
31 serve any consumer outside the boundaries of Orange County or
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1 any electrical consumer outside the boundaries of any existing
2 municipal electric service territory in Osceola County on the
3 effective date of this act or as said territory may be amended
4 as authorized by general law or serve any water consumers
5 outside the area in Osceola County located within Sections 28,
6 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 in Township 25S, Range 30E;
7 Sections 31 and 32 in Township 25S, Range 31E; Sections 13,
8 24, 25, 26 and 36 in Township 26S, Range 29E; Sections 1, 2,
9 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,
10 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
11 and 36 in Township 26S, Range 30E; and Sections 5, 6, 7, 8,
12 17, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30, 31 and 32 in Township 26S, Range 31E,
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14 (a) Its own facilities or employees located on
15 property owned, leased, managed or controlled by it, or by the
16 City of Orlando, and used in conjunction with such facilities;
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18 (b) Said Utilities Commission may connect with
19 facilities of one or more electric privately owned public
20 utilities, to include, but not be limited to, any municipal
21 electric utility, investor-owned utility, rural electric
22 cooperative, cogeneration facility, nonutility generator, and
23 other form of electric producer or marketer, and may enter
24 into contracts with one or more electric privately owned
25 public utilities as referenced above whereby the said
26 Utilities Commission shall agree to sell, purchase or
27 interchange electric energy on a firm, scheduled, economy or
28 emergency basis or otherwise through such connections or
29 interchange facilities.
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1 This act shall not supersede or otherwise alter the terms of
2 any water service territorial agreement entered into by the
3 Commission and Orange County.
4 (2) The Orlando Utilities Commission and the City of
5 Orlando be and they are hereby authorized to do all things
6 necessary or required to carry into effect the provisions of
7 this act.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
9 law.
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