Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2068
                        Barcode 952082
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11  The Committee on Communications and Public Utilities
12  (Constantine) recommended the following amendment to amendment
13  (105484):
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15         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
16         On page 11, before line 1,
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18  insert:  
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
28  sources within geographical proximity to the territory applied
29  for.
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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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2068 Barcode 952082 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 9 amended to read: 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 31 annually. Such fees shall be deposited in accordance with s. 2 4:55 PM 04/04/05 s2068.cu22.00c
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2068 Barcode 952082 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. 4 5 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 6 7 8 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 9 And the title is amended as follows: 10 On page 20, line 7, after "services;" 11 12 insert: 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; 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 4:55 PM 04/04/05 s2068.cu22.00c