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The 2025 Florida Statutes
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F.S. 367.021367.021 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the following words or terms shall have the meanings indicated:(1) “Certificate of authorization” means a document issued by the commission authorizing a utility to provide service in a specific service area. (2) “Commission” means the Florida Public Service Commission. (3) “Contribution-in-aid-of-construction” means any amount or item of money, services, or property received by a utility, from any person or governmental authority, any portion of which is provided at no cost to the utility, which represents a donation or contribution to the capital of the utility, and which is used to offset the acquisition, improvement, or construction costs of the utility property, facilities, or equipment used to provide utility services. (4) “Corporate undertaking” means the unqualified guarantee of a utility to pay a refund and pay interest connected therewith which may be ordered by the commission at such time as the obligation becomes fixed and final. (5) “Domestic wastewater” means wastewater principally from dwellings, business buildings, institutions, and sanitary wastewater or sewage treatment plants. (6) “Effluent reuse” means the use of wastewater after the treatment process, generally for reuse as irrigation water or for in-plant use. (7) “Governmental authority” means a political subdivision, as defined by s. 1.01(8), a regional water supply authority created pursuant to s. 373.713, or a nonprofit corporation formed for the purpose of acting on behalf of a political subdivision with respect to a water or wastewater facility. (8) “Industrial wastewater” means wastewater not otherwise defined as domestic wastewater, including runoff and leachate from areas that receive pollutants associated with industrial or commercial storage, handling, or processing. (9) “Official date of filing” means the date upon which it has been determined, pursuant to s. 367.083, by the commission that the utility has filed with the clerk the minimum filing requirements as established by rule of the commission. (10) “Service area” means the geographical area described in a certificate of authorization, which may be within or without the boundaries of an incorporated municipality and may include areas in more than one county. (11) “System” means facilities and land used or useful in providing service and, upon a finding by the commission, may include a combination of functionally related facilities and land. (12) “Utility” means a water or wastewater utility and, except as provided in s. 367.022, includes every person, lessee, trustee, or receiver owning, operating, managing, or controlling a system, or proposing construction of a system, who is providing, or proposes to provide, water or wastewater service to the public for compensation. (13) “Wastewater” means the combination of the liquid and water-carried pollutants from a residence, commercial building, industrial plant, or institution, together with any groundwater, surface runoff, or leachate that may be present. History.—s. 1, ch. 71-278; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 25, 26, ch. 80-99; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 2, 26, 27, ch. 89-353; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 3, ch. 99-319; s. 9, ch. 2010-205.
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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:
Cases Citing Statute 367.021
Total Results: 18
533 So. 2d 281, 98 P.U.R.4th 533
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Oct 27, 1988 | Docket: 2516670
Cited 54 times | Published
order:
In parallel with Section 366.02(1), Section 367.021, Florida Statutes (1985), defines a water or
167 So. 2d 721, 1964 WL 109567
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 17, 1964 | Docket: 1321271
Cited 20 times | Published
"Every public utility" in pari materia with Section 367.21 which grants exclusive jurisdiction unto the
536 So. 2d 1117, 1988 WL 137197
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 21, 1988 | Docket: 1759578
Cited 8 times | Published
that there is no latent ambiguity because section 367.021, Florida Statutes (1987), defines "governmental
490 So. 2d 60, 1985 WL 1083647
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 17, 1985 | Docket: 1488795
Cited 5 times | Published
Commission jurisdiction over such entity. Section 367.021(3), Florida Statutes (1985), defines "utility"
579 So. 2d 219, 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 3766, 1991 WL 61812
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 25, 1991 | Docket: 1728842
Cited 4 times | Published
protection should come from the legislature.
[2] § 367.021(10), Fla. Stat. (1989).
687 So. 2d 1346, 22 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 373
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 4, 1997 | Docket: 1718593
Cited 3 times | Published
of functionally related facilities and land." § 367.021, Fla.Stat. (1991) ...
In Citrus County this court
656 So. 2d 1307
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 27, 1995 | Docket: 204227
Cited 3 times | Published
functionally related facilities and land." *1310 § 367.021(11), Fla. Stat. (1991) (emphasis added).
This
356 So. 2d 289
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 23, 1978 | Docket: 412002
Cited 3 times | Published
Baymeadows is not a utility as defined at Section 367.021, Florida Statutes."
Additional information
714 So. 2d 1046
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 10, 1998 | Docket: 461616
Cited 2 times | Published
of functionally related facilities and land." § 367.021(11), Fla. Stat. (1991) (emphasis added).
Citrus
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 7, 2019 | Docket: 16025075
Published
service to the public for compensation." § 367.021(12); see also Utils., Inc. of Fla. v.
Corso,
731 So. 2d 836, 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 5937
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 10, 1999 | Docket: 1409307
Published
or equipment used to provide utility services.
§ 367.021(3), Fla. Stat. (1997). When a utility's rate base
714 So. 2d 1046, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 6569
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 10, 1998 | Docket: 64781948
Published
of functionally related facilities and land.” § 367.021(11), Fla. Stat. (1991) (emphasis added).
Citrus
685 So. 2d 48, 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 12876, 1996 WL 710774
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 12, 1996 | Docket: 64769887
Published
county boundaries.1 A system is defined by section 367.021(11) as “facilities and land used or useful
661 So. 2d 82, 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 8844, 1995 WL 492951
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 21, 1995 | Docket: 64759159
Published
“Contributions-in-aid-of-construction,” as defined in section 367.021(3), Florida Statutes, means:
any amount or
586 So. 2d 1290, 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 15465, 1991 WL 193330
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 2, 1991 | Docket: 64662138
Published
understanding includes sewer systems. See section 367.-021(12), Florida Statutes (1989), which includes
573 So. 2d 816, 16 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 85, 1991 Fla. LEXIS 77, 1991 WL 6547
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 15, 1991 | Docket: 64656018
Published
as the obligation becomes fixed and final. See § 367.021(4), Fla.Stat. (1989) (defining for purposes of
255 So. 2d 257, 1971 Fla. LEXIS 3168
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 1, 1971 | Docket: 64523310
Published
appellant within Orange City.
The 1959 Fla.Stat. § 367.21, F.S.A. had provided for the exclusive regulation
167 So. 2d 852, 1964 WL 117712
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 9, 1964 | Docket: 64490816
Published
reasons the petitioner finally contends that Section 367.21, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., is unconstitutional
