Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1542
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11 The Committee on Transportation and Economic Development
12 Appropriations (Dockery) recommended the following amendment:
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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19 (6) To receive and investigate complaints that involve
20 communications services, as that term is defined in s.
21 202.11(2), and that are not within the jurisdiction of the
22 Public Service Commission. If the Public Counsel believes the
23 practice forming the basis of a complaint constitutes an
24 unfair or deceptive trade practice or other unlawful practice
25 as defined in s. 501.204, either standing on its own or when
26 considered with other similar, actual practices or potentially
27 systemic practices, the Public Counsel may appear in the name
28 of the residents of the State of Florida to petition the
29 Circuit Court of Leon County, or any other circuit court of
30 the state in which the practice was identified, to enjoin the
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1 petition for a judgment for actual damages for aggrieved
2 consumers, for civil penalties of not more than $10,000 for
3 each willful unfair and deceptive trade practice or not more
4 than $15,000 for each willful unfair and deceptive trade
5 practice that meets the criteria of s. 501.2077, and to
6 recover attorney's fees and costs of investigation and court
7 costs. Any moneys collected under this subsection, other than
8 moneys recovered for consumer damages, shall be deposited as
9 received into the General Revenue Fund unallocated.
10 (7) To appear before state and federal agencies,
11 including, but not limited to, the Florida Public Service
12 Commission, the Department of Environmental Protection, the
13 Department of Community Affairs, the Federal Energy Regulatory
14 Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, and the
15 Federal Trade Commission, in the name of the state or its
16 residents, and on behalf of the State of Florida and its
17 political subdivisions in their capacity as consumers of
18 communications services and utility services, for any purpose
19 that in the discretion of the Public Counsel would enhance
20 terms and conditions of utility and communications services
21 afforded to the residents of the State of Florida or to the
22 state or its political subdivisions as consumers or would lead
23 to more affordable rates charged by utility and communications
24 providers. The Public Counsel may also challenge any fee, tax,
25 or other assessment levied by any state or federal authority
26 which the Public Counsel believes will have a substantial
27 detrimental effect on the utility or communications services
28 provided or on the price charged to Florida residents or to
29 the State of Florida as a consumer.
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2 And the title is amended as follows:
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6 services not within the jurisdiction of the
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