Senate Bill sb0334c1

    Florida Senate - 2003                            CS for SB 334

    By the Committee on Communication and Public Utilities; and
    Senator Saunders




    319-1910-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to telecommunications

  3         companies; creating s. 364.108, F.S.;

  4         prescribing the rate for telecommunications

  5         service provided to certain elevators;

  6         providing penalties; providing an effective

  7         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 364.108, Florida Statutes, is

12  created to read:

13         364.108  Rate for telephones in certain

14  elevators.--Each telecommunications company that provides

15  telephone service to any elevator that is under the control of

16  an association, as defined in s. 718.103, or a homeowners'

17  association, as defined in s. 720.301, a residential

18  cooperative, as defined in chapter 719, a government-financed

19  housing facility for the elderly, or a continuing care

20  facility licensed under chapter 651, must offer that service

21  at a rate that is the same as the company's residential local

22  telecommunications service rate.

23         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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25          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
26                              SB 334

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28  The committee substitute for Senate Bill 334 specifies
    additional types of entities to which elevator phone service
29  must be provided at residential rates, including residential
    cooperatives, government-financed housing facilities for the
30  elderly, and continuing care facilities.

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