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Fla. Stat. § 364.335 (2025)
Application for certificate of authority.
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364.335 Application for certificate of authority.—
(1) Each applicant for a certificate of authority shall:
(a) Provide the following information:
1. The applicant’s official name and, if different, any name under which the applicant will do business.
2. The street address of the principal place of business of the applicant.
3. The federal employer identification number or the Department of State’s document number.
4. The name, address, and telephone number of an officer, partner, owner, member, or manager as a contact person for the applicant to whom questions or concerns may be addressed.
5. Information demonstrating the applicant’s managerial, technical, and financial ability to provide telecommunications service, including an attestation to the accuracy of the information provided.
(b) File the application fee required by the commission in an amount not to exceed $500. Such fees shall be deposited in accordance with s. 350.113.
(2) The commission shall grant a certificate of authority to provide telecommunications service upon a showing that the applicant has sufficient technical, financial, and managerial capability to provide such service in the geographic area proposed to be served. The applicant shall ensure continued compliance with applicable business formation, registration, and taxation provisions of law.
(3) A certificate of authority may be terminated by the telecommunications company by submitting notice to the commission.
(4) Except as provided in s. 364.33, revocation, suspension, transfer, or amendment of a certificate shall be subject to the provisions of this section.
History.—s. 27, ch. 80-36; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 3, 5, ch. 82-51; s. 6, ch. 83-73; s. 1, ch. 85-327; ss. 6, 7, ch. 89-163; ss. 32, 48, 49, ch. 90-244; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 21, ch. 95-403; s. 93, ch. 96-410; s. 18, ch. 2005-132; s. 12, ch. 2009-226; s. 31, ch. 2011-36.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases, 1985–1993 · leading case: Florida Interexchange Carriers v. Beard, 624 So. 2d 248 (Fla. 1993).
Florida Interexchange Carriers v. Beard, 624 So. 2d 248 (Fla. 1993). “25708 at 34, issued on February 11, 1992, the Commission stated that: We find that the routes for which ECS has been approved shall be classified as local and held to fall within the ambit of "local exchange service," as that term is employed in Section 364.335. This is…”
At & T Commc'ns v. Marks, 515 So. 2d 741 (Fla. 1987). “Order No. 11551, Fla. Public Service Commission (Jan.”
Consol. Gas Co. of Fla. v. City Gas Co. of Fla., 665 F. Supp. 1493 (S.D. Fla. 1987). “In the first place, in other Florida statutes dealing with specific utilities, the legislature affirmatively gave the FPSC the power to establish exclusive territories for telephone companies (Fla.”
Microtel, Inc. v. Fla. Pub. Serv. Com'n, 464 So. 2d 1189 (Fla. 1985). “The first step, governed by section 364.335, requires the Commission to make an initial decision whether to issue a certificate, guided by the discretionary proviso that certification be in the public interest.”
Microtel, Inc. v. Florida Pub. Serv., 483 So. 2d 415 (Fla. 1986). “In apparent anticipation of the forthcoming consent judgment in the AT & T case and motivated by a desire to promote competitive long distance telephone service within Florida, the legislature, in March 1982, enacted chapter 82-51, section 3, Laws of Florida, amending section…”
US Sprint Commc'ns Co. v. Marks, 509 So. 2d 1107 (Fla. 1987). “2d at 1191 , we held that the first step in the certification process, section 364.335, required the PSC "to make an initial decision whether to issue a certificate, guided by the discretionary proviso that certification be in the public interest.”
Int'l Telecharge, Inc. v. Wilson, 573 So. 2d 816 (Fla. 1991). “Section 364.335(5), Florida Statutes (1989), provides: Revocation, suspension, transfer, or amendment of a certificate shall be subject to the provisions of this section; except that, when the commission initiates the action, the commission shall furnish notice to the…”
AA v. State, 605 So. 2d 106 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992). “1986), in which the court rejected an unlawful delegation argument as to Section 364.335(4), Florida Statutes, which authorized the Florida Public Service Commission to grant certificates for long distance service under the conditions specified in the statute.”
— 364.335(1) — 1 case
Microtel, Inc. v. Fla. Pub. Serv. Com'n, 464 So. 2d 1189 (Fla. 1985). “The first step, governed by section 364.335, requires the Commission to make an initial decision whether to issue a certificate, guided by the discretionary proviso that certification be in the public interest.”
— 364.335(3) — 1 case
Florida Interexchange Carriers v. Beard, 624 So. 2d 248 (Fla. 1993). “25708 at 34, issued on February 11, 1992, the Commission stated that: We find that the routes for which ECS has been approved shall be classified as local and held to fall within the ambit of "local exchange service," as that term is employed in Section 364.335. This is…”
— 364.335(4) — 5 cases
At & T Commc'ns v. Marks, 515 So. 2d 741 (Fla. 1987). “Order No. 11551, Fla. Public Service Commission (Jan.”
Microtel, Inc. v. Florida Pub. Serv., 483 So. 2d 415 (Fla. 1986). “In apparent anticipation of the forthcoming consent judgment in the AT & T case and motivated by a desire to promote competitive long distance telephone service within Florida, the legislature, in March 1982, enacted chapter 82-51, section 3, Laws of Florida, amending section…”
US Sprint Commc'ns Co. v. Marks, 509 So. 2d 1107 (Fla. 1987). “2d at 1191 , we held that the first step in the certification process, section 364.335, required the PSC "to make an initial decision whether to issue a certificate, guided by the discretionary proviso that certification be in the public interest.”
Microtel, Inc. v. Fla. Pub. Serv. Com'n, 464 So. 2d 1189 (Fla. 1985). “The first step, governed by section 364.335, requires the Commission to make an initial decision whether to issue a certificate, guided by the discretionary proviso that certification be in the public interest.”
AA v. State, 605 So. 2d 106 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992). “1986), in which the court rejected an unlawful delegation argument as to Section 364.335(4), Florida Statutes, which authorized the Florida Public Service Commission to grant certificates for long distance service under the conditions specified in the statute.”
— 364.335(5) — 1 case
Int'l Telecharge, Inc. v. Wilson, 573 So. 2d 816 (Fla. 1991). “Section 364.335(5), Florida Statutes (1989), provides: Revocation, suspension, transfer, or amendment of a certificate shall be subject to the provisions of this section; except that, when the commission initiates the action, the commission shall furnish notice to the…”
— 364.335(l)(b) — 1 case
Int'l Telecharge, Inc. v. Wilson, 573 So. 2d 816 (Fla. 1991). “Section 364.335(5), Florida Statutes (1989), provides: Revocation, suspension, transfer, or amendment of a certificate shall be subject to the provisions of this section; except that, when the commission initiates the action, the commission shall furnish notice to the…”
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