Florida Statutes Title XXVII Chapter 364 - Telecommunications Companies
- 364.01 - Powers Of Commission, Legislative Intent.
(1) The Florida Public Service Commission shall exercise over and in relation to telecommunications companies the powers conferred by this chapter.(2) It is the legislative intent to...
- 364.011 - Exemptions From Commission Jurisdiction.
The following services are exempt from oversight by the commission, except to the extent delineated in this chapter:(1) Intrastate interexchange telecommunications services.(2) Broadband services, regardless of the...
- 364.012 - Consistency With Federal Law.
(1) In order to promote commission coordination with federal policymakers and regulatory agencies, the commission shall maintain continuous liaisons with appropriate federal agencies whose policy decisions...
- 364.013 - Emerging And Advanced Services.
Broadband service and the provision of voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) are exempt from commission jurisdiction and shall be free of state regulation, except as delineated in this...
- 364.0135 - Promotion Of Broadband Adoption.
(1) The Legislature finds that the sustainable adoption of broadband Internet service is critical to the economic and business development of the state and is beneficial...
- 364.015 - Injunctive Relief.
The Legislature finds that violations of commission orders or rules, in connection with the impairment of a telecommunications company’s operations or service, constitute irreparable harm...
- 364.016 - Travel Costs.
The commission has the authority to assess a telecommunications company for reasonable travel costs associated with reviewing the records of the telecommunications company and its...
- 364.02 - Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the term:(1) “Basic local telecommunications service” means voice-grade, single-line, flat-rate residential local exchange service that provides dial tone, local usage necessary...
- 364.0361 - Local Government Authority; Nondiscriminatory Exercise.
A local government shall treat each telecommunications company in a nondiscriminatory manner when exercising its authority to grant franchises to a telecommunications company or to...
- 364.04 - Schedules Of Rates, Tolls, Rentals, And Charges; Filing; Public Inspection.
(1) Every telecommunications company shall publish through electronic or physical media schedules showing the rates, tolls, rentals, and charges of that company for service to be...
- 364.10 - Lifeline Service.
(1)(a) An eligible telecommunications carrier shall provide a Lifeline Assistance Plan to qualified residential subscribers, as defined in the eligible telecommunications carrier’s published schedules. For the...
- 364.105 - Discounted Rate For Basic Service For Former Lifeline Subscribers.
Each local exchange telecommunications company shall offer discounted residential basic local telecommunications service at 70 percent of the residential local telecommunications service rate for any...
- 364.107 - Public Records Exemption; Lifeline Assistance Plan Participants.
(1) Personal identifying information of a participant in a telecommunications carrier’s Lifeline Assistance Plan under s. 364.10 held by the Public Service Commission is confidential and...
- 364.16 - Local Interconnection, Unbundling, And Resale.
(1) The Legislature finds that the competitive provision of local exchange service requires appropriate continued regulatory oversight of carrier-to-carrier relationships in order to provide for the...
- 364.163 - Network Access Services.
For purposes of this section, the term “network access service” is defined as any service provided by a local exchange telecommunications company to a telecommunications...
- 364.183 - Access To Company Records.
(1) The commission shall have access to all records of a telecommunications company which are reasonably necessary for the disposition of matters within the commission’s jurisdiction....
- 364.195 - Termination Of Telecommunications Service Contract By A Servicemember.
(1) Any servicemember, as defined in s. 250.01, may terminate his or her telecommunications service contract by providing the telecommunications company with a written notice of...
- 364.24 - Penalty For Making Telephone Message Or Customer Account Information Known.
(1) Except as otherwise deemed by law, any officer or person in the employ of any telecommunications company, or any person in charge of any office,...
- 364.245 - Discontinuation Of Telecommunications Service Used For Unlawful Purpose.
(1) A customer of a telecommunications company operating within the state may use telecommunications services only for lawful purposes.(2) If a local, state, or federal law enforcement...
- 364.285 - Penalties.
(1) The commission shall have the power to impose upon any entity subject to its jurisdiction under this chapter which is found to have refused to...
- 364.30 - Telecommunications Companies; Points Of Connection.
(1) Any telecommunications company operating within the state subject to the provisions of this chapter, having more than one point of connection with or through any...
- 364.32 - Definitions Applicable To S. 364.33.
(1) “Person” means:(a) Any natural person, firm, association, county, municipality, corporation, business, trust, or partnership owning, leasing, or operating any facility used in the furnishing of public...
- 364.33 - Certificate Of Necessity Or Authority.
A person may not provide telecommunications services to the public without a certificate of necessity or a certificate of authority. After July 1, 2011, the...
- 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...
- 364.336 - Regulatory Assessment Fees.
(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, each telecommunications company licensed or operating under this chapter, for any part of the preceding 6-month period, shall pay...
- 364.3375 - Pay Telephone Service Providers.
(1)(a) A person may not provide pay telephone service without first obtaining from the commission a certificate of authority or necessity to provide such service, except...
- 364.381 - Judicial Review.
As authorized by s. 3(b)(2), Art. V of the State Constitution, the Supreme Court shall review, upon petition, any action of the commission relating to...
- 364.385 - Saving Clauses.
The rates and charges for network access service approved by the commission in accordance with the decisions set forth in Order Nos. PSC 03-1469-FOF-TL and...
- 364.386 - Reports To The Legislature.
(1)(a) The commission shall submit to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the majority and minority leaders of the...
Last modified: September 23, 2016