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Florida Statute 153.51 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 153.51 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 153.51 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
153.51 Legislative intent.—It is declared as a matter of legislative determination that the extensive growth of population and attendant industry and commerce throughout the state has given rise to public health and water supply problems of statewide concern, in that many unincorporated areas of the counties of the state are not served by water and sewer facilities normally and generally provided and maintained by the municipalities of the state or their agencies or instrumentalities or by private corporations or persons and are not otherwise adequately provided for; that many of such unincorporated areas are in extreme need of such sewage disposal and water supply facilities, and that it is the intent and purpose of this law to provide means for the counties of the state to alleviate such conditions in such unincorporated areas.
History.—s. 2, ch. 59-466.

Cases Citing F.S. 153.51

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·Blitz Telecom Consulting, LLC v. Peerless Network, Inc., 151 F. Supp. 3d 1294 (M.D. Fla. 2015).

Cited 15 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 170093, 2015 WL 9269413

aggregators of telecommunications services.” 47 U.S.C. § 153(51). It is understood that “telecommunications service”
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·Gulf Power Co. v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n, 208 F.3d 1263 (11th Cir. 2000).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

wire, cable or other like connection,” 47 U.S.C. § 153(51) (Supp. II 1996), the entity is not a utility
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Gulf Power Co. v. FCC (11th Cir. 2000).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

wire, cable or other like connection,” 47 U.S.C. § 153(51) (Supp. II 1996), the entity is not a utility

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