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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXVII
RAILROADS AND OTHER REGULATED UTILITIES
Chapter 350
FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
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F.S. 350.061
350.061 Public Counsel; appointment; oath; restrictions on Public Counsel and his or her employees.
(1) The committee designated by joint rule of the Legislature or by agreement between the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives as the Committee on Public Counsel Oversight shall appoint a Public Counsel to represent the general public of Florida before the Florida Public Service Commission. The Public Counsel shall be an attorney admitted to practice before the Florida Supreme Court, shall be appointed for a term of 4 years, and may be reappointed thereafter, provided that a person appointed as the Public Counsel may not serve more than 12 consecutive years in the position. However, the time served by the Public Counsel before July 1, 2020, may not be considered in applying the limitation on consecutive years of service. The Public Counsel shall be appointed by a majority vote of the committee appointees of each house and may be removed from office by a majority vote of the committee appointees of each house. A person may continue as Public Counsel beyond the 4-year term until his or her successor is appointed and takes office, unless the person is removed by a vote of the committee. The Committee on Public Counsel Oversight shall receive applications, conduct interviews, and appoint a Public Counsel to a 4-year term beginning on March 1, 2021, and every 4 years thereafter. The Public Counsel shall perform his or her duties independently. Vacancies in the office shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.
(2) The Public Counsel shall take and subscribe to the oath of office required of state officers by the State Constitution.
(3) No officer or full-time employee of the Public Counsel shall actively engage in any other business or profession; serve as the representative of any political party or on any executive committee or other governing body thereof; serve as an executive, officer, or employee of any political party, committee, organization, or association; receive remuneration for activities on behalf of any candidate for public office; or engage on behalf of any candidate for public office in the solicitation of votes or other activities in behalf of such candidacy. Neither the Public Counsel nor any employee of the Public Counsel shall become a candidate for election to public office unless he or she shall first resign from his or her office or employment.
History.s. 1, ch. 74-195; s. 2, ch. 81-318; s. 6, ch. 87-50; s. 535, ch. 95-148; s. 6, ch. 2005-132; s. 35, ch. 2008-227; s. 29, ch. 2011-34; s. 1, ch. 2020-137.

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Total Results: 2

United Tel. Co. of Fla. v. Mann

403 So. 2d 962, 1981 WL 610488

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 30, 1981 | Docket: 1672808

Cited 15 times | Published

Inc. v. Mayo, 342 So.2d 63 (Fla. 1976). [5] § 350.061, Fla. Stat. (1979). [6] § 366.06(4), Fla. Stat

The Citizens of the State of Florida, through the Florida Office of Public Counsel v. Florida Public Service Commission Utilities, Inc. of Florida Summertree Water Alliance Anne Marie Ryan and Seminole County, Florida

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 13, 2019 | Docket: 14693120

Published

cross-examination at the hearing. OPC’s motion 1 See § 350.061, Fla. Stat. (2018); see Citizens of Fla. v. Mayo