Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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11 The Committee on Communications and Public Utilities
12 (Constantine) recommended the following amendment to amendment
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15 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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19 Section 9. Subsection (1) of section 364.335, Florida
20 Statutes, is amended to read:
21 364.335 Application for certificate.--
22 (1) Each applicant for a certificate shall:
23 (a) Provide all information required by rule or order
24 of the commission, which may include a detailed inquiry into
25 the ability of the applicant to provide service, a detailed
26 inquiry into the territory and facilities involved, and a
27 detailed inquiry into the existence of service from other
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30 (b) File with the commission schedules showing all
31 rates for service of every kind furnished by it and all rules
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1 and contracts relating to such service.
2 (c) File the application fee required by the
3 commission in an amount not to exceed $500 $250. Such fees
4 shall be deposited in accordance with s. 350.113.
5 (d) Submit an affidavit that the applicant has caused
6 notice of its application to be given to such persons and in
7 such manner as may be prescribed by commission rule.
8 Section 10. Section 364.336, Florida Statutes, is
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10 364.336 Regulatory assessment fees.--
11 Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary,
12 each telecommunications company licensed or operating under
13 this chapter, for any part of the preceding 6-month period,
14 shall pay to the commission, within 30 days following the end
15 of each 6-month period, a fee that may not exceed 0.25 percent
16 annually of its gross operating revenues derived from
17 intrastate business, except, for purposes of this section and
18 the fee specified in s. 350.113(3), any amount paid to another
19 telecommunications company for the use of any
20 telecommunications network shall be deducted from the gross
21 operating revenue for purposes of computing the fee due. The
22 commission shall by rule assess a minimum fee in an amount up
23 to $1,000. The minimum amount may be different depending on
24 the type of service provided by the telecommunications
25 company, and shall, to the extent practicable, be related to
26 the cost of regulating such type of company. Differences, if
27 any, between the amount paid in any 6-month period and the
28 amount actually determined by the commission to be due shall,
29 upon motion by the commission, be immediately paid or
30 refunded. Fees under this section may not be less than $50
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1 350.113. The commission may by rule establish criteria for
2 payment of the regulatory assessment fee on an annual basis
3 rather than on a semiannual basis.
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9 And the title is amended as follows:
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13 amending s. 364.335, F.S., increasing to $500
14 from $250 the maximum allowable filing fee for
15 certification of telecommunications carriers;
16 amending s. 364.336, F.S., authorizing the
17 Public Service Commission to establish a
18 minimum fee of up to $1,000; authorizing
19 different fees for different types of services
20 provided by telecommunications companies;
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