Florida Florida Statutes
§ 125.421 — Telecommunications services
FS § 125.421Ch. 125
Statute text
View on sourceA telecommunications company that is a county or other entity of local government may obtain or hold a certificate required by chapter 364, and the obtaining or holding of said certificate serves a public purpose only if the county or other entity of local government:(1) Separately accounts for the revenues, expenses, property, and source of investment dollars associated with the provision of such service;
(2)Is subject, without exemption, to all local requirements applicable to telecommunications companies; and
(3)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, pays, on its telecommunications facilities used to provide two-way telecommunication services to the public ify">This law is intended to provide an additional method for the granting of licenses and shall not be construed to repeal any law now in effect relating to the same subject.
(5)In the event of widening, repair, or reconstruction of any such road, the licensee shall move or remove such water, sewage, gas, power, telephone, and other utility lines and television lines at no cost to the county should they be found by the county to be unreasonably interfering, except as provided in s. 337.403(1)(d)-(k).
Legislative history
ss. 1-3, ch. 23850, 1947; s. 1, ch. 57-777; s. 1, ch. 80-138; s. 2, ch. 2009-85; s. 1, ch. 2014-169; s. 1, ch. 2016-44; s. 4, ch. 2025-122.