Florida Administrative Code › 25 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › 25 - Departmental › Chapter 25-30 - WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY RULES › Section 25-30.038 - Application for Transfer to a Governmental Authority

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) This rule applies to an application to
				transfer a regulated utility to a governmental authority pursuant to Section
				 367.071(4)(a),
				F.S.
(2) Each applicant for
				acknowledgement of the transfer of facilities, or any portion thereof, from a
				regulated utility to a governmental authority shall file the information set
				forth in paragraphs (a) through (h) below with the Office of Commission Clerk.
				Form PSC 1009 (12/15) entitled "Application for Transfer to a Governmental
				Authority, " which is incorporated by reference in this rule and is available
				at
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-06246
,
				is an example application that may be completed by the applicant and filed with
				the Office of Commission Clerk to comply with this subsection. This form may
				also be obtained from the Commission's website,
www.floridapsc.com
.
(a) The certificated name, address, telephone
				number, certificate number(s), authorized representative, and, if available,
				email address and fax number of the utility;
(b) The name, address, and telephone number,
				and authorized representative, and, if available, email address and fax number
				of the governmental authority;
(c)
				The date on which the governmental authority assumed ownership or proposes to
				assume ownership, operation, management, or control of the utility;
(d) A copy of the contract or other document
				transferring the utility system to the governmental authority;
(e) A statement that the governmental
				authority obtained from the utility or Commission the most recent available
				annual report;
(f) A statement
				describing the disposition of customer deposits and interest thereon;
(g) A statement regarding the disposition of
				any outstanding regulatory assessment fees, fines or refunds owed;
				and,
(h) If a utility is
				transferring only a portion of its facilities to a governmental authority, it
				must provide the following additional information:
1. A list of any utility assets not
				transferred to the governmental authority, if such remaining assets constitute
				a system providing or proposing to provide water or wastewater service to the
				public for compensation;
2. A legal
				description of the territory not transferred to the governmental authority in
				the format prescribed in Rule
				 25-30.029, F.A.C.;
3. An official county tax assessment map or
				other map showing township, range, and section with a scale such as 1'' = 200'
				or 1'' = 400', with the remaining territory plotted thereon, consistent with
				the legal description provided in paragraph (2)(h)2. above; and,
4. Tariff sheets reflecting the remaining
				territory. Form PSC 1010 (12/15), entitled "Water Tariff" and Form PSC 1011
				(12/15), entitled "Wastewater Tariff, " which are incorporated by reference in
				Rule  25-30.033, F.A.C., are example
				tariffs that may be completed by the applicant and included in the application.
				These forms may also be obtained from the Commission's website,
www.floridapsc.com
.