Senate Bill 2164

    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 2164

    By Senator Forman





    32-324-00

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to water and sewer utilities;

  3         amending s. 180.191, F.S.; providing the Public

  4         Service Commission with limited jurisdiction

  5         over differential rates or surcharges of a

  6         municipality providing services outside its

  7         boundaries; amending s. 367.022, F.S.;

  8         providing an exception to an exemption from

  9         Public Service Commission regulation; providing

10         an effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Subsection (5) is added to section 180.191,

15  Florida Statutes, to read:

16         180.191  Limitation on rates charged consumer outside

17  city limits.--

18         (5)  Any municipality that charges rates to customers

19  outside its municipal boundaries which are higher than the

20  rates charged to customers within its municipal boundaries

21  under this section is subject to the jurisdiction of the

22  Public Service Commission to the extent of the difference in

23  rates and must justify the cost of the differential rates,

24  including any surcharges added under this section at a hearing

25  before the Public Service Commission. The appropriate

26  governmental entity that has jurisdiction over the area where

27  customers subject to the higher differential rates including

28  surcharges permitted by this section are located, may appear

29  before the Public Service Commission regarding any proposed

30  differential rates or surcharges under this section.

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    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 2164
    32-324-00




  1         Section 2.  Subsection (2) of section 367.022, Florida

  2  Statutes, is amended to read:

  3         367.022  Exemptions.--The following are not subject to

  4  regulation by the commission as a utility nor are they subject

  5  to the provisions of this chapter, except as expressly

  6  provided:

  7         (2)  Except as provided in s. 180.191, systems owned,

  8  operated, managed, or controlled by governmental authorities,

  9  including water or wastewater facilities operated by private

10  firms under water or wastewater facility privatization

11  contracts as defined in s. 153.91, and nonprofit corporations

12  formed for the purpose of acting on behalf of a political

13  subdivision with respect to a water or wastewater facility.

14         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

15  law.

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18                          SENATE SUMMARY

19    Provides the Public Service Commission with limited
      jurisdiction over surcharges and differential rates
20    charged by a municipality providing water and sewer
      services to customers outside of its boundaries.
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