Senate Bill sb0408c1
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Florida Senate - 2001 CS for SB 408
By the Committee on Regulated Industries and Senator Smith
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to electric utility service
3 interruptions; creating s. 768.138, F.S.;
4 providing electric utilities with a complete
5 defense in certain actions for certain law
6 enforcement assistance activities; providing an
7 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. Section 768.138, Florida Statutes, is
12 created to read:
13 768.138 Interruption of electric utility service by
14 order of law enforcement; immunity.--The good-faith compliance
15 by an electric utility, as defined in s. 366.02, or the
16 utility's personnel, with a law enforcement or judicial order
17 to interrupt or disconnect electric service at a location for
18 the purpose of aiding law enforcement personnel in the
19 performance of their duties constitutes an absolute defense
20 for the electric utility and its personnel to any civil,
21 criminal, or administrative action arising out of such
22 interruption or disconnection, as long as the electric utility
23 and its personnel exercise reasonable care in their actions.
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
25 law.
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27 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
28 SB 408
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30 CS/SB 408 limits the grant of immunity so that it does not
apply to the actions taken by the utility or its personnel in
31 interrupting electric service unless these actions were done
with reasonable care.
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