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Florida Attorney General Reports
Decided July 22, 1974Published
1Opinion of the Court
QUESTION: May the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority classify persons sixty-five years of age or older as a separate class of water users and charge lower water rates to these persons?
SUMMARY: Publicly owned and operated utilities may not establish a separate classification for persons sixty-five years of age or older and charge lower rates to this class of customers. The Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority was established by virtue of Ch. 70-810, Laws of Florida. Section 13 of the act granted the authority the power to establish rates for water service and provided that: Such . . . rates shall be…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Pompano Horse Club, Inc. v. State Ex Rel. BryanSupreme Court of Florida · 1927
- State Ex Rel. Wedgworth Farms, Inc. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1958
- Tampa Electric Co. v. CooperSupreme Court of Florida · 1943
- Metropolitan Dade County Water & Sewer Board v. Community Utilities Corp.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1967
- Jamestown of Indian Harbour Beach Co. v. City of Melbourne, Circuit Court of the 18th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Brevard County1966