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Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 202 By the Committee on Rules; and Senators Jones and Davis 595-03668-25 2025202c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to municipal water and sewer utility 3 rates; amending s. 180.191, F.S.; requiring a 4 municipality to charge customers receiving its utility 5 services in another municipality the same rates, fees, 6 and charges as it charges consumers within its 7 municipal boundaries under certain circumstances; 8 providing applicability; defining terms; making 9 technical changes; providing an effective date. 10 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 13 Section 1.Present subsections (2), (3), and (4) of section 14 180.191, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (3), 15 (4), and (5), respectively, a new subsection (2) is added to 16 that section, and subsection (1) of that section is amended, to 17 read: 18 180.191Limitation on rates charged consumer outside city 19 limits. 20 (1)Any municipality within this the state operating a 21 water or sewer utility outside of the boundaries of such 22 municipality shall charge consumers outside the boundaries 23 rates, fees, and charges determined in one of the following 24 manners: 25 (a)It may charge the same rates, fees, and charges as 26 consumers inside the municipal boundaries. However, in addition 27 thereto, the municipality may add a surcharge of not more than 28 25 percent of such rates, fees, and charges to consumers outside 29 the boundaries, except as provided in subsection (2). Fixing of 30 such rates, fees, and charges in this manner does shall not 31 require a public hearing except as may be provided for service 32 to consumers inside the municipality. 33 (b)It may charge rates, fees, and charges that are just 34 and equitable and that which are based on the same factors used 35 in fixing the rates, fees, and charges for consumers inside the 36 municipal boundaries, except as provided in subsection (2). In 37 addition thereto, the municipality may add a surcharge not to 38 exceed 25 percent of such rates, fees, and charges for said 39 services to consumers outside the boundaries. However, the total 40 of all such rates, fees, and charges for the services to 41 consumers outside the boundaries may shall not be more than 50 42 percent in excess of the total amount the municipality charges 43 consumers served within the municipality for corresponding 44 service. No Such rates, fees, and charges may not shall be fixed 45 until after a public hearing at which all of the users of the 46 water or sewer systems; owners, tenants, or occupants of 47 property served or to be served thereby; and all others 48 interested must shall have an opportunity to be heard concerning 49 the proposed rates, fees, and charges. Any change or revision of 50 such rates, fees, or charges may be made in the same manner as 51 such rates, fees, or charges were originally established, but if 52 such change or revision is to be made substantially pro rata as 53 to all classes of service, both inside and outside the 54 municipality, no hearing or notice is shall be required. 55 (2)A municipality within this state which operates a water 56 or sewer utility providing service to customers in another 57 recipient municipality, which also has a facility in that 58 recipient municipality, shall charge consumers in the recipient 59 municipality the same rates, fees, and charges as it does the 60 consumers inside its own municipal boundaries. This subsection 61 applies only to a municipality located within a county as 62 defined in s. 125.011(1). As used in this subsection, the term: 63 (a)Facility means a water treatment facility, a 64 wastewater treatment facility, an intake station, a pumping 65 station, a well, and other physical components of a water or 66 wastewater system. The term does not include: 67 1.Pipes, tanks, pumps, or other facilities that transport 68 water from a water source or treatment facility to the consumer; 69 or 70 2.Pipes, conduits, and associated appurtenances that 71 transport wastewater from the point of entry to a wastewater 72 treatment facility. 73 (b)Wastewater treatment facility means a facility that 74 accepts and treats domestic wastewater or industrial wastewater. 75 (c)Water treatment facility means a facility within a 76 water system which can alter the physical, chemical, or 77 bacteriological quality of water. 78 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
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