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BROWARD COUNTY v. BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.

No. 4D00-3262.

820 So.2d 1001 (2002)

BROWARD COUNTY, Florida, Appellant, v. BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 26, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Dion, County Attorney, and Andrew J. Meyers, Tamara M. Scrudders, Jose J. Arrojo and James D. Rowlee, Assistant County Attorneys, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

John R. Hargrove and W. Kent Brown of Heinrich, Gordon, Hargrove, Weihe & James, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, and Dorian S. Denburg, Atlanta, for appellee.

Leonard Berger and Robert P. Banks, West Palm Beach, for Amicus Curiae Palm Beach County, Florida.

PER CURIAM.

Broward County appeals from a trial court order declaring Broward County's Telecommunications Ordinance invalid because it imposes an annual fee on telecommunications companies using county rights-of-way. The trial court ruled that Broward County lacks the statutory authority given to municipalities to impose the fee. We reverse on the authority of Palm Beach County v. Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc.,...

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