Florida Statute 366.02 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXVII
RAILROADS AND OTHER REGULATED UTILITIES

Chapter 366
PUBLIC UTILITIES

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F.S. 366.02

366.02 Definitions.—As used in this chapter:

(1) “Attaching entity” means a person that is a local exchange carrier, a public utility, a communications services provider, a broadband service provider, or a cable television operator that owns or controls pole attachments.

(2) “Commission” means the Florida Public Service Commission.

(3) “Communications services provider” means an entity providing communications services as defined in s. 202.11(1).

(4) “Electric utility” means any municipal electric utility, investor-owned electric utility, or rural electric cooperative which owns, maintains, or operates an electric generation, transmission, or distribution system within the state.

(5) “Pole” means a pole used for electric distribution service, streetlights, communications services, local exchange services, or cable television services which is owned in whole or in part by a pole owner. The term does not include a pole used solely to support wireless communications service facilities or a pole with no electrical facilities attached.

(6) “Pole attachment” means any attachment by a public utility, local exchange carrier communications services provider, broadband provider, or cable television operator to a pole, duct, conduit, or right-of-way owned or controlled by a pole owner.

(7) “Pole owner” means a local exchange carrier, a public utility, a communications services provider, or a cable television operator that owns a pole.

(8) “Public utility” means every person, corporation, partnership, association, or other legal entity and their lessees, trustees, or receivers supplying electricity or gas (natural, manufactured, or similar gaseous substance) to or for the public within this state; but the term “public utility” does not include either a cooperative now or hereafter organized and existing under the Rural Electric Cooperative Law of the state; a municipality or any agency thereof; any dependent or independent special natural gas district; any natural gas transmission pipeline company making only sales or transportation delivery of natural gas at wholesale and to direct industrial consumers; any entity selling or arranging for sales of natural gas which neither owns nor operates natural gas transmission or distribution facilities within the state; or a person supplying liquefied petroleum gas, in either liquid or gaseous form, irrespective of the method of distribution or delivery, or owning or operating facilities beyond the outlet of a meter through which natural gas is supplied for compression and delivery into motor vehicle fuel tanks or other transportation containers, unless such person also supplies electricity or manufactured or natural gas.

(9) “Redundant pole” means a pole owned or controlled by a pole owner which is:

(a) Near or adjacent to a new pole that is intended to replace the old pole from which some or all of the pole attachments have not been removed and transferred to the new pole;

(b) Left standing after the pole owner has relocated its facilities to underground but on which pole attachments of other attaching entities remain; or

(c) Left standing after a pole owner’s attachments have been removed from that route or location to accommodate a new route or design for the delivery of service.

History.—s. 2, ch. 26545, 1951; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 16, ch. 80-35; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 1, 20, 22, ch. 89-292; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 14, ch. 92-284; s. 2, ch. 2021-191; s. 27, ch. 2022-4.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 366.02

Total Results: 20

D Electrician Technical Services, Inc. v. Gregory Tony, as Sheriff of Broward County, Florida

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-11-27

Snippet: public utilities. The court also cited section 366.02, Florida Statutes (2019), which defines certain

Layne Rachowicz v. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-05-08

Snippet: and not the specific section 379.366 2 violations that we found his plea

Sun Gas Marketing & Petroleum, LLC v. BJ'S Wholesale Club, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-02-21

Snippet: public within this state.” Id. at 282–83 (quoting § 366.02(1), Fla. Stat. (1985)). The Florida Public Service

John Mathers and Brenda Mathers v. Wakulla County, a political subdivision etc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-05-02

Citation: 219 So. 3d 140, 2017 WL 1655252, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 6121

Snippet: apply to an electric utility, as defined in s. 366.02(2). The dedication shall vest all rights, title

Citizens of the State of Florida v. Art Graham, etc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-05-19

Citation: 191 So. 3d 897

Snippet: 366.041(1), Fla. Stat. (2014). Section 366.02(1), Florida Statutes (2014), defines a “public

Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Limits or Prevents Barriers to Local Solar Electricity Supply

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-10-22

Citation: 177 So. 3d 235, 2015 WL 6387952

Snippet: ... to or for the public within this state.” § 366.02(1), Fla. Stat. (2014). However, that definition

& SC15-890 Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General Re: Limits or Prevents Barriers to Local Solar Electricity Supply & Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General Re: Limits or Prevents Barriers to Local Solar Electricity Supply (FIS)

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-10-22

Snippet: . . to or for the public within this state.” § 366.02(1), Fla. Stat. (2014). However, that definition

Roemmele-Putney v. Reynolds

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2013-02-06

Citation: 106 So. 3d 78, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 1756, 2013 WL 440222

Snippet: “public utility” within the definition of section 366.02(1), Florida Statutes (2011), it is an “electric

CHACKAL v. Staples

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-10-22

Citation: 991 So. 2d 949, 2008 WL 4146794

Snippet: apply to an electric utility, as defined in s. 366.02(2). The dedication shall vest all rights, title

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2008-08-27

Snippet: facilities of electric utilities, as defined in s. 366.02, which are directly involved in the generation

Amendments to Rules of Appellate Procedure

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-10-26

Citation: 941 So. 2d 352, 31 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 732, 2006 Fla. LEXIS 2544, 2006 WL 3025623

Snippet: Motions for post-trial release, rule 9.140(g). *366 (2) Motions for stay pending appeal, rule 9.310. (3)

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2005-03-03

Snippet: not be altered or abridged hereby." And see s. 366.02(2), Fla. Stat., defining "Electric utility" as

Clay Elec. Co-Op., Inc. v. Johnson

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2003-12-18

Citation: 873 So. 2d 1182, 2003 WL 22966277

Snippet: setting forth criteria governing such regulation); § 366.02(2), Fla. Stat. (1997) (defining "electric utility"

Pichowski v. Florida Gas Transmission Co.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2003-08-08

Citation: 857 So. 2d 219, 2003 WL 21819032

Snippet: public utility corporation. We disagree. Section 366.02(1), Florida Statutes (2001), includes suppliers

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2002-08-21

Snippet: a public utility as defined by ss. 365.01 and 366.02, a law enforcement agency as defined bys. 934.02(10)

LEE COUNTY ELEC. CO-OP., INC. v. Jacobs

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2002-05-02

Citation: 820 So. 2d 297, 2002 WL 825704

Snippet: utilities. § 366.04(2), Fla. Stat. (2001).[2] Section 366.02, Florida Statutes (2001), provides the following

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1997-03-07

Snippet: a public utility as defined by ss. 365.01 and 366.02, a law enforcement agency as defined by s. 934

Florida Public Service Com'n v. Bryson

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1990-11-08

Citation: 569 So. 2d 1253, 15 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 583, 1990 Fla. LEXIS 1582, 1990 WL 177000

Snippet: ... to or for the public within this state." § 366.02(1), Fla. Stat. (1987). The parties in interest

PW Ventures, Inc. v. Nichols

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1988-10-27

Citation: 533 So. 2d 281, 98 P.U.R.4th 533

Snippet: phrase "to the public," as it is used in section 366.02(1), Florida Statutes (1985). In pertinent part

Sebring Utilities Com'n v. Home Sav. Ass'n

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1987-06-05

Citation: 508 So. 2d 26, 1987 WL 1364489

Snippet: regulation by the Public Service Commission. See §§ 366.02, 366.11 and 367.022(2), Fla. Stat. (1983). However