Florida Statute 166.047 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

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Title XII
MUNICIPALITIES

Chapter 166
MUNICIPALITIES

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F.S. 166.047

166.047 Telecommunications services.—A telecommunications company that is a municipality or other entity of local government may obtain or hold a certificate required by chapter 364, and the obtaining or holding of said certificate serves a municipal or public purpose under the provision of s. 2(b), Art. VIII of the State Constitution, only if the municipality or other entity of local government:

(1) Separately accounts for the revenues, expenses, property, and source of investment dollars associated with the provision of such services;

(2) Is subject, without exemption, to all local requirements applicable to telecommunications companies; and

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, pays, on its telecommunications facilities used to provide two-way telecommunications services to the public for hire and for which a certificate is required pursuant to chapter 364, ad valorem taxes, or fees in amounts equal thereto, to any taxing jurisdiction in which the municipality or other entity of local government operates. Any entity of local government may pay and impose such ad valorem taxes or fees.

This section does not apply to the provision of telecommunications services for internal operational needs of a municipality or other entity of local government. This section does not apply to the provision of internal information services, including, but not limited to, tax records, engineering records, and property records, by a municipality or other entity of local government to the public for a fee.

History.—s. 2, ch. 97-197.

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Cases Citing Statute 166.047

Total Results: 4

City of Gainesville v. Crapo

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-02-12

Citation: 953 So. 2d 557, 2007 WL 437219

Snippet: 97-197, Laws of Florida, which created section 166.047, Florida Statutes,[1] and a portion of section

Fla. Dept. of Rev. v. City of Gainesville

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2005-12-08

Citation: 918 So. 2d 250, 2005 WL 3310297

Snippet: created section 166.047, Florida Statutes (1997), which provides in pertinent part: 166.047 Telecommunications

Dept. of Rev. v. City of Gainesville

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2003-11-26

Citation: 859 So. 2d 595, 2003 WL 22797842

Snippet: chapter 97-197, Laws of Florida, creating section 166.047, Telecommunications services, Florida Statutes

Lowrimore v. First Savings & Trust Co.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1931-08-06

Citation: 102 Fla. 740, 140 So. 887

Snippet: Vol. 2, par. 987; Keniston vs. Mayhew, 169 Mass. 166, 47 N.E. 612; Hammond vs. Myers, 292 Ill. 270, 126