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Fla. Stat. § 350.127 (2025)
Penalties; rules; execution of contracts.
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350.127 Penalties; rules; execution of contracts.—
(1) The commission may impose upon any regulated company that is found to have refused to comply with or willfully violated any lawful rule or order of the commission, or any statute administered by the commission, a penalty for each such offense of not more than $5,000, to be fixed, imposed, and collected by the commission, or the commission may, for any such violation, amend, suspend, or revoke any certificate issued by the commission. Each day that such refusal or violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. Each penalty shall be a lien upon the real and personal property of the regulated company, enforceable by the commission as a statutory lien under chapter 85. The net proceeds from the enforcement of any such lien shall be deposited in the General Revenue Fund.
(2) The commission is authorized to adopt, by affirmative vote of a majority of the commission, rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement provisions of law conferring duties upon it.
(3) The commission may designate one or more employees to execute contracts on behalf of the commission.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1984–1985 · leading case: Gen. Tel. Co. of Fla. v. FLA. PUB. SERV. COM'N, 446 So. 2d 1063 (Fla. 1984).
Gen. Tel. Co. of Fla. v. FLA. PUB. SERV. COM'N, 446 So. 2d 1063 (Fla. 1984). “The rulemaking in this case, as is all PSC rulemaking involving utility rates, is authorized by § 350.127(2), Fla. Stat. (1981), which provides the PSC the power to "adopt .”
Florida Waterworks v. FLORIDA PUB. SER. COM'N, 473 So. 2d 237 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985). “" The Commission is also permitted by section 350.127(2), Florida Statutes (1981), to "adopt .”
S. Bell Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Florida Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 453 So. 2d 780 (Fla. 1984). “” The Commission imposed one-half the statutory penalty of ,000 per day, section 350.127(1), Florida Statutes (1981), in recognition of the fact that as to interstate revenues, Order 10953 “may arguably have been invalid on its face.”
— 350.127(1) — 1 case
S. Bell Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Florida Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 453 So. 2d 780 (Fla. 1984). “” The Commission imposed one-half the statutory penalty of ,000 per day, section 350.127(1), Florida Statutes (1981), in recognition of the fact that as to interstate revenues, Order 10953 “may arguably have been invalid on its face.”
— 350.127(2) — 2 cases
Gen. Tel. Co. of Fla. v. FLA. PUB. SERV. COM'N, 446 So. 2d 1063 (Fla. 1984). “The rulemaking in this case, as is all PSC rulemaking involving utility rates, is authorized by § 350.127(2), Fla. Stat. (1981), which provides the PSC the power to "adopt .”
Florida Waterworks v. FLORIDA PUB. SER. COM'N, 473 So. 2d 237 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985). “" The Commission is also permitted by section 350.127(2), Florida Statutes (1981), to "adopt .”
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