Florida Senate - 2026                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1014
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/10/2026           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Mayfield) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 42 - 67
    4  and insert:
    5         4. “Owner” means a residential property owner, an
    6  association of residential property owners, or a developer of
    7  property to be used for residential purposes, including
    8  supporting amenities.
    9         5. “Property” means lots or lands, or, in the case of an
   10  association of residential property owners, the contiguous group
   11  of lots or lands under the association of residential property
   12  owners.
   13         6. “Sufficient capacity” means a water or sewer utility
   14  having, as applicable, the infrastructure, water supply, and
   15  managerial and financial ability to reliably meet current and
   16  reasonably anticipated future water demands for the treatment or
   17  disposal of wastewater flows while maintaining compliance with
   18  applicable state and federal drinking water and wastewater
   19  standards and requirements.
   20         (b) A municipal utility may not decline to extend service
   21  to property outside of its corporate limits on the sole basis
   22  that the owner refuses to assent or otherwise consent to such
   23  property being annexed by that municipal utility’s controlling
   24  municipality, unless the property is subject to an annexation
   25  agreement or developer agreement on or before July 1, 2026.
   26         (c) Upon application for service by an owner, a municipal
   27  utility must expand its service territory to allow an owner
   28  whose property is located outside of the municipal utility’s
   29  existing service territory to connect to the municipal utility
   30  if:
   31         1. The property is not within the service territory of
   32  another water or wastewater utility, as applicable;
   33         2. The municipal utility has sufficient capacity to serve
   34  the property’s anticipated water or wastewater load, as
   35  applicable; and
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   37  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   38  And the title is amended as follows:
   39         Delete line 7
   40  and insert:
   41         certain circumstances; providing an exception;
   42         requiring a municipal utility