Florida Statute 556.103 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS

Chapter 556
UNDERGROUND FACILITY DAMAGE PREVENTION AND SAFETY

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556.103 Creation of the corporation; establishment of the board of directors; authority of the board; annual report.—

(1) The “Sunshine State One-Call of Florida, Inc.,” is created as a not-for-profit corporation. Each operator of an underground facility in this state shall be a member of the corporation and shall use and participate in the system. The corporation shall administer the provisions of this chapter. The corporation shall exercise its powers through a board of directors established pursuant to this section.

(2) The membership of the corporation shall elect a board of directors to administer the system.

(3) The corporation, through the board of directors, shall have the authority to assess the member operators to fund the system.

(4) The board of directors shall file with the Governor, not later than 60 days before the convening of each regular session of the Legislature, an annual progress report on the operation of the system, which must include a summary of the reports to the system from the clerks of court.

(5) The board of directors shall submit to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Governor, not later than 60 days before the convening of each regular session of the Legislature, an annual progress report on the participation by municipalities and counties in the one-call notification system created by this chapter. The report must include a summary of the reports to the system from the clerks of court, a summary of the damage reporting data received by the system under s. 556.105(12) for the preceding year, and any analysis of the data by the board of directors.

History.—s. 3, ch. 93-240; s. 3, ch. 97-306; s. 3, ch. 2006-138; s. 2, ch. 2010-100; s. 1, ch. 2017-102.

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James D. Hinson Elec. Contracting Co. v. BellSouth Telecomm., Inc., 642 F. Supp. 2d 1318 (M.D. Fla. 2009).

Cited 2 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60076

...To understand why this is so, the Court will delve into the Act's details. The Act formed a non-profit corporation named "Sunshine State One-Call of Florida, Inc." ("One-Call") to administer a telephone notification system for the benefit of both excavators and member operators. Fla. Stat. § 556.103, 556.104....

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Martin v. Florida Power & Light Co., 909 So. 2d 555 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2005 WL 2086189

...STONE, SHAHOOD and MAY, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] "One Call" is short for Sunshine State One-Call of Florida, Inc. It is a statutorily-created, not-for-profit corporation, which serves as the interface between excavators and various underground facilities operators. See § 556.103, Fla....

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1994).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

...5 The cost of administration is to be born entirely by contributions assessed on the member operators. 6 Your question is whether the board of directors of the not-forprofit corporation created under the act and designated "Sunshine State One-Call of Florida, Inc." is subject to the Sunshine Law and the Public Records Law. Section 556.103 , Florida Statutes, provides that: The "Sunshine State One-Call of Florida, Inc." is hereby created as a not-for-profit corporation....

...93-240, Laws of Florida (1993). 2 Section 556.101 (2), Fla. Stat. (1993). 3 Section 556.102 (9), Fla. Stat. (1993). 4 Section 556.101 (3)(a), Fla. Stat. (1993). 5 Section 556.101 (3)(b), Fla. Stat. (1993). 6 Section 556.101 (3)(c), Fla. Stat. (1993). 7 Section 556.103 (1), Fla. Stat. (1993). 8 Section 556.103 (2), Fla. Stat. (1993). 9 Section 556.103 (3), Fla. Stat. (1993). 10 Section 556.103 (4), Fla....

...Williams, 222 So.2d 470 , 473 (Fla. 2d DCA 1969), and City of Miami Beach v. Berns, 245 So.2d 38 (Fla. 1971); and see, Op. Att'y Gen. Fla. 92-17 (1992). 13 See, s. 556.101 (2) and (3)(a), Fla. Stat. (1993), providing the purpose of the act. 14 See, s. 556.103 (2), Fla....

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