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FL Stat § 364.245 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVII - Railroads and Other Regulated Utilities|Chapter 364 - Communications Services|364.245 - Discontinuation of Telecommunications Service Used for Unlawful Purpose.

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 officer acting within the scope of the officer’s duties obtains evidence that telecommunications services are being used or have been used by a customer or by the employee or agent of the customer to violate state or federal law, the officer may apply to the circuit court of the county in which the suspected violation of state or federal law occurred for an order requiring the telecommunications company to discontinue service to the customer of the services. The court shall hold a hearing on the application as soon as possible, but no sooner than 48 hours after notice of the application for discontinuation of service is delivered to the address at which the telecommunications services are furnished or to the address to which bills for telecommunications services are mailed, according to the telecommunications company records. Notice must also be given to the registered agent for the service of process upon the telecommunications company at least 48 hours prior to the hearing. If the court finds clear and convincing evidence that the telecommunications services are being used or have been used to violate state or federal law, the court shall order the telecommunications company to discontinue such service immediately.(3) Telecommunications service discontinued under this section may be reinstated only by court order, and call forwarding or message referrals, whether recorded or live, may not be provided until reinstatement of service is ordered by the court.(4) A telecommunications company shall be held harmless from liability to any person in complying with any court order issued under this section.History.—s. 20, ch. 95-403; s. 8, ch. 2000-334.
FL Stat § 364.285 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVII - Railroads and Other Regulated Utilities|Chapter 364 - Communications Services|364.285 - Penalties.

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 comply with or to have willfully violated any lawful rule or order of the commission or any provision of this chapter a penalty for each offense of not more than $25,000, which penalty shall be fixed, imposed, and collected by the commission; or the commission may, for any such violation, amend, suspend, or revoke any certificate issued by it. Each day that such refusal or violation continues constitutes a separate offense. Each penalty shall be a lien upon the real and personal property of the entity, enforceable by the commission as a statutory lien under chapter 85. Collected penalties shall be deposited in the General Revenue Fund unallocated.(2) The commission may, at its discretion, institute in any court of competent jurisdiction a proceeding for injunctive relief to compel compliance with this chapter or any commission rule or to compel the accounting and refund of any moneys collected in violation of this chapter or commission rule.History.—ss. 4, 7, ch. 83-73; ss. 6, 7, ch. 89-163; ss. 28, 48, 49, ch. 90-244; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
FL Stat § 364.30 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVII - Railroads and Other Regulated Utilities|Chapter 364 - Communications Services|364.30 - Telecommunications Companies; Points of Connection.

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 other telecommunications company, is hereby authorized and permitted to use and enjoy any of its points of connection on any call at any time such points of connection are not in use, and the company with which the call is initiated shall be the sole judge in each instance as to whether the convenience and necessity of its own subscribers, the facility with which the connection and call may be completed, and its financial welfare are best served by the routing selected by the company receiving any such individual call. Any telecommunications company having two or more points of connection with any other company may not be required by the connecting company to route all or any specific number of its calls through any one connection at the will of the connecting company.(2) Any connecting telecommunications company refusing to give and make a connection with the company through which the call was initially placed, over any connecting point not in use, commits a violation of this section.History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 22073, 1943; s. 1, ch. 63-279; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 53, ch. 78-95; ss. 22, 32, ch. 80-36; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 6, 7, ch. 89-163; ss. 29, 48, 49, ch. 90-244; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
FL Stat § 364.32 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVII - Railroads and Other Regulated Utilities|Chapter 364 - Communications Services|364.32 - Definitions Applicable to S. 364.33.

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 telecommunications service within this state; and(b) A cooperative, nonprofit, membership corporation, or limited dividend or mutual association, now or hereafter created, with respect to that part or portion of its operations devoted to the furnishing of telecommunications service within this state.(2) “Territory” means any area, whether within or without the boundaries of a municipality.History.—s. 9, ch. 28013, 1953; s. 24, ch. 57-1; s. 1, ch. 63-279; s. 1, ch. 65-52; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 24, 32, ch. 80-36; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 6, 7, ch. 89-163; ss. 30, 48, 49, ch. 90-244; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 60, ch. 2011-36.
FL Stat § 364.33 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVII - Railroads and Other Regulated Utilities|Chapter 364 - Communications Services|364.33 - Certificate of Necessity or Authority.

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 commission shall cease to issue certificates of necessity, but existing certificates of necessity remain valid. A certificate of necessity or authority may be transferred to the holder’s parent company or an affiliate or another person holding a certificate of necessity or authority, its parent company, or an affiliate without prior approval of the commission by giving written notice of the transfer to the commission within 60 days after the completion of the transfer. The transferee assumes the rights and obligations conferred by the certificate. This section does not affect any obligation of the transferee pursuant to 47 U.S.C. ss. 251 and 252 and the Federal Communications Commission’s orders and regulations implementing those sections.History.—s. 1, ch. 28013, 1953; s. 1, ch. 63-279; s. 1, ch. 65-52; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 32, ch. 80-36; s. 2, ch. 81-318; s. 5, ch. 83-73; ss. 6, 7, ch. 89-163; ss. 31, 48, 49, ch. 90-244; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 11, ch. 2009-226; s. 30, ch. 2011-36.
FL Stat § 364.335 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVII - Railroads and Other Regulated Utilities|Chapter 364 - Communications Services|364.335 - Application for Certificate of Authority.

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 business.2. The street address of the principal place of business of the applicant.3. The federal employer identification number or the Department of State’s document number.4. The name, address, and telephone number of an officer, partner, owner, member, or manager as a contact person for the applicant to whom questions or concerns may be addressed.5. Information demonstrating the applicant’s managerial, technical, and financial ability to provide telecommunications service, including an attestation to the accuracy of the information provided.(b) File the application fee required by the commission in an amount not to exceed $500. Such fees shall be deposited in accordance with s. 350.113.(2) The commission shall grant a certificate of authority to provide telecommunications service upon a showing that the applicant has sufficient technical, financial, and managerial capability to provide such service in the geographic area proposed to be served. The applicant shall ensure continued compliance with applicable business formation, registration, and taxation provisions of law.(3) A certificate of authority may be terminated by the telecommunications company by submitting notice to the commission.(4) Except as provided in s. 364.33, revocation, suspension, transfer, or amendment of a certificate shall be subject to the provisions of this section.History.—s. 27, ch. 80-36; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 3, 5, ch. 82-51; s. 6, ch. 83-73; s. 1, ch. 85-327; ss. 6, 7, ch. 89-163; ss. 32, 48, 49, ch. 90-244; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 21, ch. 95-403; s. 93, ch. 96-410; s. 18, ch. 2005-132; s. 12, ch. 2009-226; s. 31, ch. 2011-36.
FL Stat § 364.3375 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVII - Railroads and Other Regulated Utilities|Chapter 364 - Communications Services|364.3375 - Pay Telephone Service Providers.

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 that the certification provisions of this subsection do not apply to a local exchange telecommunications company providing pay telephone service.(b) In granting such certificate the commission, if it finds that the action is consistent with the public interest, may exempt a pay telephone provider from some or all of the requirements of this chapter. However, the commission may exempt a pay telephone provider from this section only to prevent fraud or if it finds the exemption to be in the public interest.(c) A certificate authorizes the pay telephone provider to provide services statewide and to provide access to both local and intrastate interexchange pay telephone service, except that the commission may limit the type of calls that can be handled.(2) Each pay telephone station shall:(a) Receive and permit coin-free access to the universal emergency telephone number “911” where operable or to a local exchange company toll operator.(b) Receive and provide coin-free or coin-return access to local directory assistance and the telephone number of the person responsible for repair service.(c) Designate a party responsible for processing refunds to customers.(d) Be equipped with a legible sign, card, or plate of reasonable permanence which provides information determined by the commission, by rule, to adequately inform the end user.(e) Be eligible to subscribe to flat-rate, single-line business local exchange services.(3) Each pay telephone station which provides access to any interexchange telecommunications company shall provide access to all locally available interexchange telecommunications companies and shall provide for the completion of international telephone calls under terms and conditions as determined by the commission. The commission may grant limited waivers of this provision to pay telephone companies to prevent fraud or as otherwise determined in the public interest.History.—ss. 35, 49, ch. 90-244; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 1, ch. 92-126; s. 24, ch. 95-403; s. 34, ch. 2011-36.
FL Stat § 364.381 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVII - Railroads and Other Regulated Utilities|Chapter 364 - Communications Services|364.381 - Judicial Review.

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 rates or service of telecommunications companies. For purposes of judicial review, a telecommunications company is a telephone company within the meaning of s. 3(b)(2), Art. V of the State Constitution.History.—s. 30, ch. 80-36; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 6, 7, ch. 89-163; ss. 43, 48, 49, ch. 90-244; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
FL Stat § 364.385 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVII - Railroads and Other Regulated Utilities|Chapter 364 - Communications Services|364.385 - Saving Clauses.

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 PSC 04-0456-FOF-TL, and which are in effect immediately prior to July 1, 2007, shall remain in effect and such rates and charges may not be changed after the effective date of this act, except in accordance with the provisions of s. 364.163.History.—s. 29, ch. 80-36; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 6, 7, ch. 89-163; ss. 44, 48, 49, ch. 90-244; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 28, ch. 95-403; s. 13, ch. 2007-29; s. 7, ch. 2010-38; s. 41, ch. 2011-36.
FL Stat § 364.386 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVII - Railroads and Other Regulated Utilities|Chapter 364 - Communications Services|364.386 - Reports to the Legislature.

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 Senate and the House of Representatives, on August 1, on an annual basis, a report on the status of competition in the telecommunications industry and a detailed exposition of the following:1. The ability of competitive providers to make functionally equivalent local exchange services available to both residential and business customers at competitive rates, terms, and conditions.2. The ability of consumers to obtain functionally equivalent services at comparable rates, terms, and conditions.3. The overall impact of competition on the maintenance of reasonably affordable and reliable high-quality telecommunications services.4. A listing and short description of any carrier disputes filed under s. 364.16.(b) The commission shall make an annual request to providers of local exchange telecommunications services on or before March 1 of each year for the data it requires to complete the report. A provider of local exchange telecommunications services shall file its response with the commission on or before April 15 of each year.(2) The quantitative part of the information requested in the commission’s annual data request shall be limited to a copy of the FCC Form 477 filed by a provider of local exchange telecommunications service with the Federal Communications Commission, which must identify Florida-specific access line data or similar information if an FCC Form 477 is not available.History.—ss. 45, 49, ch. 90-244; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 29, ch. 95-403; s. 1, ch. 2007-180; s. 42, ch. 2011-36; s. 35, ch. 2018-110.
FL Stat § 365.16 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVII - Railroads and Other Regulated Utilities|Chapter 365 - Use of Telephones and Facsimile Machines|365.16 - Obscene or Harassing Telephone Calls.

365.16 Obscene or harassing telephone calls.—(1) Whoever:(a) Makes a telephone call to a location at which the person receiving the call has a reasonable expectation of privacy; during such call makes any comment, request, suggestion, or proposal which is obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, vulgar, or indecent; and by such call or such language intends to offend, annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person at the called number;(b) Makes a telephone call, whether or not conversation ensues, without disclosing his or her identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person at the called number;(c) Makes or causes the telephone of another repeatedly or continuously to ring, with intent to harass any person at the called number; or(d) Makes repeated telephone calls, during which conversation ensues, solely to harass any person at the called number,is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.(2) Whoever knowingly permits any telephone under his or her control to be used for any purpose prohibited by this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.(3) Each telephone directory hereafter published for distribution to the members of the general public shall contain a notice which explains this law; such notice shall be printed in type which is no smaller than the smallest type on the same page and shall be preceded by the word “warning.” The provisions of this section shall not apply to directories solely for business advertising purposes, commonly known as classified directories.(4) Each telephone company in this state shall cooperate with the law enforcement agencies of this state in using its facilities and personnel to detect and prevent violations of this section.(5) Nothing contained in this section shall apply to telephone calls made in good faith in the ordinary course of business or commerce.History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 63-51; s. 1, ch. 69-25; s. 276, ch. 71-136; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 1, 2, ch. 79-270; ss. 2, 4, ch. 80-275; s. 550, ch. 95-148.
FL Stat § 365.1657 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVII - Railroads and Other Regulated Utilities|Chapter 365 - Use of Telephones and Facsimile Machines|365.1657 - Intrastate Use of Facsimile Machine for Unsolicited Advertising; Prohibition; Penalties; Injunctive Relief.

365.1657 Intrastate use of facsimile machine for unsolicited advertising; prohibition; penalties; injunctive relief.—(1) It is unlawful for any person to use a machine that electronically transmits facsimiles of documents through connection with a telephone network to transmit within this state unsolicited advertising material for the sale of any real property, goods, or services.(2) The Attorney General may bring an action to impose a civil penalty and to seek injunctive relief. The civil penalty shall not exceed $500 per violation. Each transmission shall be considered a separate violation.History.—s. 1, ch. 89-95.
FL Stat § 365.174 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVII - Railroads and Other Regulated Utilities|Chapter 365 - Use of Telephones and Facsimile Machines|365.174 - Proprietary Confidential Business Information.

365.174 Proprietary confidential business information.—(1)(a) All proprietary confidential business information submitted by a provider to the board or the office is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.(b) Statistical abstracts of information collected by the board or the office may be released or published, but only in a manner that does not identify or allow identification of subscribers or their service numbers or of revenues attributable to any provider.(2)(a) All proprietary confidential business information submitted by a provider to the Department of Revenue, as an agent of the board, is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.(b) The Department of Revenue may provide information relative to s. 365.172(9) to the Secretary of Management Services, or his or her authorized agent, or to the E911 Board established in s. 365.172(5) for use in the conduct of the official business of the Department of Management Services or the E911 Board.(3) As used in this section, the term “proprietary confidential business information” means customer lists, customer numbers, individual or aggregate customer data by location, usage and capacity data, network facilities used to serve subscribers, technology descriptions, or technical information, and the actual or developmental costs of E911 systems that are developed, produced, or received internally by a provider or by a provider’s employees, directors, officers, or agents.History.—s. 1, ch. 99-202; s. 4, ch. 2001-133; s. 1, ch. 2004-48; s. 1, ch. 2014-197; s. 5, ch. 2016-6; s. 1, ch. 2021-80.
FL Stat § 365.175 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVII - Railroads and Other Regulated Utilities|Chapter 365 - Use of Telephones and Facsimile Machines|365.175 - Emergency Telephone Number 911 Private Branch Exchange-Private Switch Automatic Location Identification.

365.175 Emergency telephone number 911 private branch exchange-private switch automatic location identification.—(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Automatic location identification” or “ALI” means the automatic display at the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) of the caller’s telephone number, the address or location of the telephone, and supplementary emergency services information.(b) “Automatic location identification retrieval” or “ALI retrieval” means the process of querying the 911 database for ALI records.(c) “Automatic number identification” or “ANI” means the telephone number associated with the access line from which a call originates.(d) “Private branch exchange” or “PBX” means a private telephone system that is connected to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN).(e) “Private switch ALI” or “PSA” means a service option which provides enhanced 911 features for telephone stations behind private switches, e.g., PBX’s.(2) REQUIRED ALI CAPABILITY.—Each PBX system installed after January 1, 2004, must be capable of providing automatic location identification to the station level.History.—s. 3, ch. 2003-182.
FL Stat § 365.176 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVII - Railroads and Other Regulated Utilities|Chapter 365 - Use of Telephones and Facsimile Machines|365.176 - Florida Call-Blocking Act.

365.176 Florida Call-Blocking Act.—(1) This section may be cited as the “Florida Call-Blocking Act.”(2) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Caller identification service” means a service that allows a telephone subscriber to have the telephone number and, if available, the name of the calling party transmitted contemporaneously with the telephone call and displayed on a device in or connected to the subscriber’s telephone.(b) “Pooling administrator” means the Thousands-Block Pooling Administrator as identified in 47 C.F.R. s. 52.20.(c) “Provider” means a telecommunications company that provides voice communications services to customers in this state.(3) Consistent with authorization provided by federal law and rules of the Federal Communications Commission or its successors, providers operating in this state may block calls in the following manner:(a) Providers may block a voice call when the subscriber to which the originating number is assigned has requested that calls purporting to originate from that number be blocked because the number is used for inbound calls only.(b) Providers may block calls originating from the following numbers:1. A number that is not a valid North American Numbering Plan number;2. A valid North American Numbering Plan number that is not allocated to a provider by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator or the pooling administrator; and3. A valid North American Numbering Plan number that is allocated to a provider by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator or pooling administrator, but is unused, so long as the provider blocking the calls is the allocatee of the number and confirms that the number is unused or has obtained verification from the allocatee that the number is unused at the time of the blocking.Providers may not block a voice call pursuant to subparagraph 1. or subparagraph 2. if the call is an emergency call placed to 911.(4) For purposes of blocking calls from certain originating numbers as authorized in this section, a provider may rely on caller identification service information to determine the originating number.History.—s. 1, ch. 2018-70.