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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                Bill No. CS/HB 329

    Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Community Affairs offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14  Remove from the bill:  Everything after the enacting clause

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16  and insert in lieu thereof:

17         Section 1.  Section 180.136, Florida Statutes, is

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19         180.136  Water or sewer utilities; notice.--Before a

20  local government water or sewer utility increases any rate,

21  charge, or fee for water or sewer utility service, the utility

22  shall provide notice of the proposed increase to each customer

23  of the utility through the utility's billing process.  The

24  notice shall state the date, time, and place of the meeting of

25  the governing board of the local government at which such

26  increase will be considered. The notice required in this

27  section is in addition to any notice and public meeting

28  requirements for ordinance adoption as provided by general

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30         Section 2.  Subsection (8) of section 367.171, Florida

31  Statutes, is amended to read:

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 1         367.171  Effectiveness of this chapter.--

 2         (8)  Each county which is excluded from the provisions

 3  of this chapter shall regulate the rates of all utilities in

 4  that county which would otherwise be subject to regulation by

 5  the commission pursuant to s. 367.081(1), (2), (3), and (6).

 6  The county shall not regulate the rates or charges of any

 7  system or facility which would otherwise be exempt from

 8  commission regulation pursuant to s. 367.022(2).  For this

 9  purpose the county or its agency shall proceed as though the

10  county or agency is the commission. The provisions of ss.

11  120.569 and 120.57 shall apply to all proceedings conducted by

12  a county or an agency of the county under the authority of

13  this chapter.

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

15  law.

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19  And the title is amended as follows:

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21  remove from the bill:  the entire title

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23  and insert in lieu thereof:

24                      A bill to be entitled

25         An act relating to public utilities; creating

26         s. 180.136, F.S.; requiring notice of proposed

27         increases in certain water or sewer utility

28         service rates, charges, or fees; specifying

29         such notice is in addition to other notice and

30         meeting requirements; amending s. 367.171,

31         F.S.; requiring application of certain

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