Florida Senate - 2026                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1014
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/18/2026           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Mayfield) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 42 - 91
    4  and insert:
    5         4. “Owner” means a property owner or an association of
    6  property owners.
    7         5. “Property” means lots or lands, or, in the case of an
    8  association of property owners, the contiguous group of lots or
    9  lands under the association of property owners.
   10         6. “Sufficient capacity” means a water or sewer utility
   11  having, as applicable, the infrastructure, water supply, and
   12  managerial and financial ability to reliably meet current and
   13  reasonably anticipated future water demands for the treatment or
   14  disposal of wastewater flows while maintaining compliance with
   15  applicable state and federal drinking water and wastewater
   16  standards and requirements.
   17         (b) A municipal utility may not decline to extend service
   18  to property outside of its corporate limits on the sole basis
   19  that the owner refuses to assent or otherwise consent to such
   20  property being annexed by that municipal utility’s controlling
   21  municipality, unless the property is subject to an annexation
   22  agreement or developer agreement on or before July 1, 2026.
   23         (c) Upon application for service by an owner, a municipal
   24  utility must expand its service territory to allow an owner
   25  whose property is located outside of the municipal utility’s
   26  existing service territory to connect to the municipal utility,
   27  subject to the utility’s service requirements, if:
   28         1. The property is not within the service territory of
   29  another water or wastewater utility, as applicable;
   30         2. The municipal utility has sufficient capacity to serve
   31  the property’s anticipated water or wastewater load, as
   32  applicable;
   33         3. The property is within one-half mile of a main line of
   34  the municipal utility, measured by the closest property boundary
   35  line from such main line. Or, if the property is more than one
   36  half mile from but within one mile of such main line, measured
   37  in the same manner, as long as the property is within the
   38  municipality’s urban service area; and
   39         4. The property owner agrees to pay all fees associated
   40  with connection, including fees for infrastructure required to
   41  serve the property.
   42         (d) Upon application by an owner pursuant to paragraph (c),
   43  the municipal utility must:
   44         1. Within 90 days after receiving the application,
   45  determine whether it has sufficient capacity to provide service
   46  to the given property. Such determination may account for any
   47  anticipated development on such property. The municipal utility
   48  shall provide, in writing, the owner with its determination and
   49  the reasons for such determination.
   50         2. If the municipal utility has sufficient capacity to
   51  serve the property, provide the owner with the anticipated fees,
   52  charges, contributions, and any other requirements to connect
   53  the property to the municipal utility, under its existing fee,
   54  charge, and contribution structure, including any proportionate
   55  share of onsite, offsite, or systemwide improvements necessary
   56  to serve the property.
   57         3. Upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth by the
   58  municipal utility pursuant to subparagraph 2., including full
   59  payment of, or legally enforceable funding assurances for, all
   60  required capital improvements, connect the property to its
   61  system in a timely
   62  
   63  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   64  And the title is amended as follows:
   65         Delete line 10
   66  and insert:
   67         circumstances, subject to the utility’s service
   68         requirements; requiring the municipal utility to make