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Richard S. Amari City Attorney City of Cocoa

QUESTION:

Does s. 180.191, F.S., limiting the rates municipal public works may charge consumers outside city limits for water and sewer services, apply to rates charged by the city to non-municipal users of water supplied from the city's water reclamation facilities?

SUMMARY:

A municipality which provides reclaimed water to customers outside the city limits and relies on Ch. 180, F.S., for its authority to extend such services extraterritorially, is bound by the provisions of s. 180.191, F.S., in setting rates for such services outside its corporate…