HB 1277 Florida House · 2024 Regular Session

Municipal Utilities

Summary
Municipal Utilities; Requires certain public meetings as condition precedent to effectiveness of new or extended agreement under which municipality will provide specified utility services in other municipalities or unincorporated areas; specifies matters to be addressed in such public meetings; requires such agreements to be written; requires annual public customer meetings; limits portion of certain utility revenues that municipality may use to fund or finance general government functions; requires excess revenues to be reinvested into municipal utility or returned to customers; requires municipalities that provide specified utility services to report certain information by specified date to PSC on annual basis; requires PSC to compile certain information & submit report containing such information to Governor & Legislature by specified date; revises provisions relating to permissible rates, fees, & charges imposed by municipal water & sewer utilities on customers located outside municipal boundaries.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 5, 2024 Last action Mar 8, 2024
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Actions timeline

Total actions
29
Key actions
12
Committee
18
Feb 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Commerce Committee
lower
Feb 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Commerce Committee
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Added to Commerce Committee agenda
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Now in Commerce Committee
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Committee
Referred to Commerce Committee
lower
Feb 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
Favorable with CS by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda
lower
Jan 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
lower
Jan 23, 2024
Committee
Referred to Commerce Committee
lower
Jan 23, 2024
Committee
Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
lower
Jan 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Energy, Communications & Cybersecurity Subcommittee
lower
Jan 19, 2024
Lower · Passed
Favorable with CS by Energy, Communications & Cybersecurity Subcommittee
lower
Jan 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
Added to Energy, Communications & Cybersecurity Subcommittee agenda
lower
Jan 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Now in Energy, Communications & Cybersecurity Subcommittee
lower
Jan 13, 2024
Committee
Referred to Commerce Committee
lower
Jan 13, 2024
Committee
Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
lower
Jan 13, 2024
Committee
Referred to Energy, Communications & Cybersecurity Subcommittee
lower
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Demi Busatta
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