Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 153.83 (2025)
Free water and sewer services prohibited.
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153.83 Free water and sewer services prohibited.—The same rates, fees and charges shall be fixed and collected from any county, school district or other political subdivision using the services and facilities of the water system or sewer system, or both, as are fixed and collected from other users of such facilities in the same class. No free water or sewer services shall be rendered by the district and no discrimination shall exist in the fees, rates and charges for users of the same class.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1986–1992 · leading case: Loxahatchee Ecd v. Sch. Bd. Palm Beach Cty., 496 So. 2d 930 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986).
Loxahatchee Ecd v. Sch. Bd. Palm Beach Cty., 496 So. 2d 930 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986). “Section 153.83, insofar as is here pertinent, prohibits county sewer districts from rendering free sewer services or from discriminating among "users of the same class" in the rates, fees and charges.”
Hernando Cty. Water & Sewer Dist v. Hernando Cnty. Bd. of Pub. Instr., 610 So. 2d 6 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992). “" Appellant asserted that section 153.83, Florida Statutes, prohibited it from providing free water and sewer services and required it to collect charges from all users whatsoever, including the county, school district or any other political subdivision.”
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