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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXVII
RAILROADS AND OTHER REGULATED UTILITIES
Chapter 367
WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS
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367.021 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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PW Ventures, Inc. v. Nichols, 533 So. 2d 281 (Fla. 1988).

Cited 54 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 98 P.U.R.4th 533

...The express mention of one thing implies the exclusion of another. Thayer v. State, 335 So.2d 815 (Fla. 1976). This rationale is further illustrated in the statutory regulation of water and sewer utilities. As explained in the PSC order: In parallel with Section 366.02(1), Section 367.021, Florida Statutes (1985), defines a water or sewer utility as every person "providing, or who proposes to provide, water or sewer service to the public for compensation." Section 367.022(6), Florida Statutes, expressly exempts from th...
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Vill. of North Palm Beach v. Mason, 167 So. 2d 721 (Fla. 1964).

Cited 20 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1964 WL 109567

"Every public utility" in pari materia with Section 367.21 which grants exclusive jurisdiction unto the
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Forest Hills Utils., Inc. v. Pasco Cnty., 536 So. 2d 1117 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1988 WL 137197

...ation of extrinsic evidence as to the intent of the original parties to the agreement. Therefore, says the appellant, the summary determination of the trial judge was incorrect. We agree. Pasco County argues that there is no latent ambiguity because section 367.021, Florida Statutes (1987), defines "governmental agency" as a political subdivision authorized to provide water or sewer service....
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Devon-Aire Villas Home. v. Americable Assoc., 490 So. 2d 60 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1985 WL 1083647

...inst Americable. [5] E.g., Section 366.02(1), Florida Statutes (1985), defines "public utility" as an entity supplying electricity or gas to the public, and Section 366.04, Florida Statutes (1985), gives the Commission jurisdiction over such entity. Section 367.021(3), Florida Statutes (1985), defines "utility" as an entity supplying "water or sewer services to the public for compensation," and Section 367.121, Florida Statutes (1985), gives the Commission jurisdiction of this utility....
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City of Mount Dora v. JJ's Mobile Homes, Inc., 579 So. 2d 219 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 3766, 1991 WL 61812

...exclusive jurisdiction over each utility with respect to its authority, service and rates. [3] City of Winter Park v. Southern States Utilities, 540 So.2d 178 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989). [1] I urge that this protection should come from the legislature. [2] § 367.021(10), Fla....
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CITRUS CTY. v. S. States Utils., 656 So. 2d 1307 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...ose service transverses county boundaries." The term "system" is defined as "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." *1310 § 367.021(11), Fla....
...which placed it within the ambit of the PSC's jurisdiction as enunciated in section 367.171(7). This court agreed, rejecting the county's argument that JSUC's facilities must be physically connected to constitute a functionally related system under section 367.021(11), and finding that the undisputed evidence established that JSUC's facilities were interrelated not only administratively but also operationally, such that the company should be regulated by the PSC. Here, we find no competent substantial evidence that the facilities and land comprising the 127 SSU systems are functionally related in a way permitting the PSC to require that the customers of all systems pay identical rates. Section 367.021(11) requires that the facilities and land used or useful in providing service to the customers of the systems be considered in setting rates....
...e CIAC for each system. It is clear that this testimony does not constitute competent substantial evidence to support the PSC's decision to set uniform statewide rates for the systems involved. The systems are not functionally related as required by section 367.021(11), their relationship being apparently confined to fiscal functions resulting from common ownership....
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Sugarmill Woods Civic Ass'n v. S. STATES, 687 So. 2d 1346 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 22 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 373

...ems whose service transverses county boundaries." The term "system" is defined as "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." § 367.021, Fla.Stat....
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Fletcher Props., Inc. v. FLA. PUB. Serv. COM'N, 356 So. 2d 289 (Fla. 1978).

Cited 3 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...sewer services, with Baymeadows' pipes merely acting as conduits, and since payment for services is made to Jacksonville Suburban Utilities, with Baymeadows acting as a money collector, it would appear that Baymeadows is not a utility as defined at Section 367.021, Florida Statutes." Additional information was requested by the Public Service Commission regarding how Fletcher Properties recoups the cost of water and sewer utility service from the various apartment complexes and condominium assoc...
...t Jacksonville Suburban bills Fletcher. The Public Service Commission issued its declaratory statement on June 2, 1977, finding that the operations of petitioner in providing water and sewer utility service are within the definitions of a utility in Section 367.021, Florida Statutes (1975), and are not exempt under Section 367.022, Florida Statutes (1975)....
...7.022, 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 sewer service to the public for compensation.' (Section 367.021(3))....
...Read Investment Company, and cases cited therein, 96 PURNS 120, 122, Wisconsin (1952).) "From the facts cited above, it is apparent that the operations of Fletcher Properties, Inc., in providing water and sewer utility service, are within the definitions of a utility in Section 367.021, *292 Florida Statutes, and are not exempt under Section 367.022, Florida Statutes....
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So. States Util. v. Fla. Pub. Serv. Com'n, 714 So. 2d 1046 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...ems whose service transverses county boundaries." The term "system" is defined as "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." § 367.021(11), Fla....
...The only time the phrase "functionally related" appears in chapter 367, Florida Statutes (1997), is in the statutory definition [2] of "system": "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. § 367.021(11), Fla....
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City of Margate v. King, 167 So. 2d 852 (Fla. 1964).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1964 WL 117712

reasons the petitioner finally contends that Section 367.21, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., is unconstitutional
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Kimlow, Inc. v. Seminole Landing Ass'n, 586 So. 2d 1290 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 15465, 1991 WL 193330

understanding includes sewer systems. See section 367.-021(12), Florida Statutes (1989), which includes
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Florida Pub. Serv. v. Florida Waterworks, 731 So. 2d 836 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 5937

...e 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. § 367.021(3), Fla....
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S. States Utils. v. Florida Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 714 So. 2d 1046 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 6569

...service transverses county boundaries.” The term “system” is defined as “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.” § 367.021(11), Fla....
...atutes (1997), is in the statutory definition 2 of “system”: “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. § 367.021(11), Fla....
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Int'l Telecharge, Inc. v. Wilson, 573 So. 2d 816 (Fla. 1991).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 16 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 85, 1991 Fla. LEXIS 77, 1991 WL 6547

..."0 — ” refers to calls where the caller dials 0 and no other digit. . A corporate undertaking is the unqualified guarantee of a utility to pay any refund and interest which may be ordered by the PSC at such time as the obligation becomes fixed and final. See § 367.021(4), Fla.Stat....
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Hernando Cnty. v. Florida Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 685 So. 2d 48 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 12876, 1996 WL 710774

county boundaries.1 A system is defined by section 367.021(11) as “facilities and land used or useful
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Orange City Water Co. v. Town of Orange City, 255 So. 2d 257 (Fla. 1971).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1971 Fla. LEXIS 3168

appellant within Orange City. The 1959 Fla.Stat. § 367.21, F.S.A. had provided for the exclusive regulation
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Nelson P. Schwob v. James C. Goss (Fla. 2d DCA 2019).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

...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." § 367.021(12); see also Utils., Inc....
...kely could not be forced to use their land to begin providing such service. However, the Respondents have been providing utility service to the Petitioners' homes for decades. As such, the Respondents are a provider of utility service pursuant to section 367.021(12), and the PSC has "exclusive jurisdiction" over them "with respect to [the Respondents'] authority, service, and rates." See § 367.011(2)....
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Sw. Florida Capital Corp. v. Florida Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 661 So. 2d 82 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 8844, 1995 WL 492951

...fits to the general body of ratepayers and that the finding that contributors pass the full gross-up through to their customers is not supported by competent, substantial evidence. We affirm. “Contributions-in-aid-of-construction,” as defined in section 367.021(3), Florida Statutes, 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...

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