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FL H0047
Bill
Status
Introduced
9/18/2023
Primary Sponsor
Energy, Communications & Cybersecurity Subcommittee
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AI Summary
- Amends Section 180.191, Florida Statutes, governing the rates municipalities may charge for water and sewer utility services to consumers outside their boundaries
- Requires a municipality that operates a water or sewer utility serving consumers in a separate municipality—using a treatment plant located within that separate municipality—to charge those consumers the same rates, fees, and charges as consumers within its own municipal boundaries, eliminating the ability to add surcharges in that specific scenario
- Retains existing law allowing municipalities to add a surcharge of up to 25% on rates for outside-boundary consumers in other (non-municipal) areas, with total charges not to exceed 50% above what in-boundary consumers pay
- Requires a public hearing before setting rates under the "just and equitable" method, giving utility users, property owners, tenants, and other interested parties an opportunity to be heard
- Effective July 1, 2024
Legislative Description
Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates
Last Action
Died on Second Reading Calendar
3/8/2024
Committee Referrals
Commerce Committee1/31/2024
Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee1/11/2024
Energy, Communications & Cybersecurity Subcommittee10/5/2023
Full Bill Text
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