Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1724
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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02/03/2026 .
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The Committee on Regulated Industries (Martin) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Subsection (3) is added to section 180.19,
6 Florida Statutes, to read:
7 180.19 Use by other municipalities and by individuals
8 outside corporate limits.—
9 (3)(a) A new agreement, or an extension, renewal, or
10 material amendment of an existing agreement, to provide
11 electric, water, or sewer utility service at retail pursuant to
12 subsection (1) must be in writing. Such agreement may not become
13 effective before an appointed representative of the municipality
14 that provides the service or intends to provide service, in
15 conjunction with the governing body of each municipality and
16 unincorporated area served or to be served, has participated in
17 a public meeting. Such meeting is not required to be a separate
18 public meeting, but it must be held within each municipality and
19 unincorporated area served or to be served for purposes of
20 providing information and soliciting public input on:
21 1. The nature of the services to be provided or changes to
22 the services being provided;
23 2. The rates, fees, and charges to be imposed for the
24 services provided or intended to be provided, including any
25 differential with the rates, fees, and charges imposed for the
26 same services on customers located within the boundaries of the
27 serving municipality, the basis for the differential, and the
28 length of time that the differential is expected to exist;
29 3. The extent to which revenues generated from the
30 provision of the services will be used to fund or finance
31 nonutility government functions or services; and
32 4. Any other matter deemed relevant by the parties to the
33 agreement.
34 (b) Rates, fees, and charges imposed for water or sewer
35 utility services provided pursuant to subsection (1) must comply
36 with s. 180.191.
37 (c) A representative of each municipality that provides
38 electric, water, or sewer utility services pursuant to
39 subsection (1), in conjunction with the governing body of each
40 municipality and unincorporated area in which it provides
41 services, shall annually conduct a public customer meeting. Such
42 meeting is not required to be a separate public meeting, but
43 must be held within each municipality and unincorporated area
44 for purposes of soliciting public input on utility-related
45 matters, including fees, rates, charges, and services.
46 (d) As used in this subsection, the term:
47 1. “Appointed representative” means an executive-level
48 leadership employee of a municipality, or of such municipality’s
49 related and separate utility authority, board, or commission,
50 specifically appointed by the governing body to serve as its
51 representative for the purposes of this subsection.
52 2. “Governing body” means a:
53 a. Governing body of a municipality in which services are
54 provided or proposed to be extended; or
55 b. Board of county commissioners of a county in which
56 services are provided or proposed to be extended, if services
57 are provided or proposed to be extended in an unincorporated
58 area within the county.
59 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 180.191, Florida
60 Statutes, is amended to read:
61 180.191 Limitation on rates charged consumer outside city
62 limits.—
63 (1) Any municipality within this the state operating a
64 water or sewer utility outside of the boundaries of such
65 municipality shall charge consumers outside the boundaries
66 rates, fees, and charges determined in one of the following
67 manners:
68 (a) It may charge the same rates, fees, and charges as
69 consumers inside the municipal boundaries. However, in addition
70 thereto, the municipality may add a surcharge of not more than
71 25 percent of such rates, fees, and charges to consumers outside
72 the boundaries. Fixing of such rates, fees, and charges in this
73 manner may shall not require a public hearing except as may be
74 provided for service to consumers inside the municipality.
75 (b) It may charge rates, fees, and charges that are just
76 and equitable and which are based on the same factors used in
77 fixing the rates, fees, and charges for consumers inside the
78 municipal boundaries. In addition thereto, the municipality may
79 add a surcharge not to exceed 25 percent of such rates, fees,
80 and charges for said services to consumers outside the
81 boundaries. However, the total of all Such rates, fees, and
82 charges for the services to consumers outside the boundaries may
83 shall not be more than 25 50 percent in excess of the rates,
84 fees, and charges total amount the municipality charges
85 consumers served within the municipality for corresponding
86 service. No Such rates, fees, and charges may not shall be fixed
87 until after a public hearing at which all of the users of the
88 water or sewer systems; owners, tenants, or occupants of
89 property served or to be served thereby; and all others
90 interested shall have an opportunity to be heard concerning the
91 proposed rates, fees, and charges. Any change or revision of
92 such rates, fees, or charges may be made in the same manner as
93 such rates, fees, or charges were originally established, but if
94 such change or revision is to be made substantially pro rata as
95 to all classes of service, both inside and outside the
96 municipality, no hearing or notice shall be required.
97 (c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b), a municipality
98 may continue to impose a surcharge on consumers outside the
99 municipal boundaries only to the extent necessary to comply with
100 the terms of bond covenants in effect as of July 1, 2024. Such
101 surcharges must be phased out upon retirement, expiration, or
102 refinancing of the applicable debt obligation.
103 Section 3. Effective July 1, 2027, section 180.192, Florida
104 Statutes, is created to read:
105 180.192 Reporting requirements related to municipal utility
106 service.—
107 (1) By January 1, 2028, and annually thereafter, each
108 municipality that provides electric, water, or sewer utility
109 services outside of its municipal boundaries shall provide a
110 report to the Florida Public Service Commission which
111 identifies, for each type of utility service provided by the
112 municipality:
113 (a) The number and percentage of customers that receive
114 utility services provided by the municipality at a location
115 outside the boundaries of the municipality;
116 (b) The volume and percentage of sales made to such
117 customers, and the gross revenues generated from such sales; and
118 (c) Whether the rates, fees, and charges imposed on
119 customers that receive services at a location outside the
120 municipality’s boundaries are different than the rates, fees,
121 and charges imposed on customers within the boundaries of the
122 municipality, and, if so, the amount and percentage of the
123 differential.
124 (2) By March 31, 2028, and annually thereafter, the
125 commission shall compile the information provided pursuant to
126 subsection (1) and submit a report containing that information
127 to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of
128 the House of Representatives.
129 (3) Notwithstanding s. 367.171, the commission shall have
130 jurisdiction over all utilities identified in subsection (1) for
131 the limited purpose of enforcing the requirements of this
132 section. This section does not otherwise modify or extend the
133 authority of the commission provided by law with respect to any
134 municipal utility that is required to comply with subsection
135 (1).
136 Section 4. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
137 act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2026.
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140 And the title is amended as follows:
141 Delete everything before the enacting clause
142 and insert:
143 A bill to be entitled
144 An act relating to utility services; amending s.
145 180.19, F.S.; requiring that a new agreement, or an
146 extension, renewal, or material amendment of an
147 existing agreement, to provide certain utility
148 services at retail be in writing; requiring that
149 certain public meetings be held as a condition
150 precedent to the effectiveness of a new or extended
151 agreement under which a municipality will provide
152 specified utility services in other municipalities or
153 unincorporated areas; specifying requirements for such
154 public meetings; requiring a representative from
155 certain municipalities to annually conduct public
156 customer meetings; providing requirements for such
157 meetings; defining the terms “appointed
158 representative” and “governing body”; amending s.
159 180.191, F.S.; revising provisions relating to
160 permissible rates, fees, and charges imposed by
161 municipal water and sewer utilities on consumers
162 located outside the municipal boundaries; authorizing
163 a municipality to continue to impose a surcharge on
164 certain consumers for a specified purpose; requiring
165 the phase-out of such surcharges upon retirement,
166 expiration, or refinancing of the applicable debt
167 obligation; creating s. 180.192, F.S.; requiring
168 municipalities that provide specified utility services
169 to report certain information by a specified date, and
170 annually thereafter, to the Florida Public Service
171 Commission; requiring the commission to compile such
172 information and submit a report by a specified date,
173 and annually thereafter, to the Governor and the
174 Legislature; authorizing commission jurisdiction over
175 specified utilities; providing construction; providing
176 effective dates.