Florida HB 1451: Identification Documents

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An act relating to utility services; amending s. 2
180.19, F.S.; requiring that a new agreement, or an 3
extension, renewal, or material amendment of an 4
existing agreement, made by a municipal utility to 5
certain entities to provide certain utility services 6
at retail be in writing; requiring that certain public 7
meetings be held as a condition precedent to the 8
effectiveness of a new or extended agreement under 9
which a municipality will provide specified utility 10
services in other municipalities or unincorporated 11
areas; specifying requirements for such public 12
meetings; requiring that rates, fees, and charges 13
imposed for water or sewer utility services comply 14
with specified provisions; requiring a representative 15
from certain municipalities to annually conduct public 16
customer meetings; providing requirements for such 17
meetings; defining the terms "appointed 18
representative" and "governing body"; amending s. 19
180.191, F.S.; revising provisions relating to 20
permissible rates, fees, and charges imposed by 21
municipal water and sewer utilities on consumers 22
located outside the municipal boundaries; authorizing 23
a municipality to continue to impose a surcharge on 24
certain consumers for a specified purpose; requiring 25

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the phase-out of such surcharges by the earlier of a 26
specified date or the retirement, expiration, or 27
refinancing of the applicable debt obligation; 28
creating s. 180.192, F.S.; requiring municipalities 29
that provide specified utility services to report 30
certain information by a specified date, and annually 31
thereafter, to the Florida Public Service Commission; 32
providing requirements for such information; providing 33
penalties; requiring the commission to compile such 34
information and submit a report by a specified date, 35
and annually thereafter, to the Governor and the 36
Legislature; authorizing commission jurisdiction over 37
specified utilities; providing construction; 38
preempting to the state the subject of a regional 39
utilities authority; providing a declaration of an 40
important state interest; providing effective dates. 41
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 43
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Section 1. Subsection (3) is added to section 180.19, 45
Florida Statutes, to read: 46
180.19 Use by other municipalities and by individuals 47
outside corporate limits.— 48
(3)(a) A new agreement, or an extension, renewal, or 49
material amendment of an existing agreement, to provide 50

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electric, water, natural gas, or sewer utility service by a 51
municipality to any other municipality or the owners or 52
association of owners of lots or lands outside of its corporate 53
limits or within the limits of any other municipality at retail 54
must be in writing. Such agreement may not become effective 55
before an appointed representative of the municipality that 56
provides the service or intends to provide the service, in 57
conjunction with the governing body of each municipality and 58
unincorporated area served or to be served, has participated in 59
a public meeting. Such meeting is not required to be a separate 60
public meeting, but it must be held within each municipality and 61
unincorporated area served or to be served for purposes of 62
providing information and soliciting public input on: 63
1. The nature of the services to be provided or changes to 64
the services being provided; 65
2. The rates, fees, and charges to be imposed for the 66
services provided or intended to be provided, including any 67
differential with the rates, fees, and charges imposed for the 68
same services on customers located within the boundaries of the 69
serving municipality, the basis for the differential, and the 70
length of time that the differential is expected to exist; 71
3. The extent to which revenues generated from the 72
provision of the services will be used to fund or finance 73
nonutility government functions or services; and 74
4. Any other matter deemed relevant by the parties to the 75

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agreement. 76
(b) Rates, fees, and charges imposed for water or sewer 77
utility services provided pursuant to subsection (1) m