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| | Recommendation (Regular) |
 | | On February 10, 2006, attorneys for the Town of Belleair sent a letter to the Commissioners, with copies to the docket file, PEF, and the Office of Public Counsel. As noted in the letter, pursuant to Section 350.042(1), Florida Statutes, declaratory statement proceedings are specifically excluded from the prohibition on ex parte communications with Commissioners. |
 | | Florida Power Corporation that continued collection of the franchise fees was illegal after the expiration of the underlying franchise fee agreement. In a case with the same issues, Florida Power Corporation v. |
 | | In Winter Park, the Fifth DCA reached the opposite conclusion. Drawing on landlord-tenant and contract law principles, the Court held that the franchise fee should continue to be collected in the holdover period between the expiration of one agreement and the negotiation of another. |
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