Fla. Stat. § 366.01 : Railroads And Other Regulated Utilities — Public Utilities — Legislative declaration Date: 18 Apr 2016 TEXT PDF Current through Chapter 269 of the 2016 Legislative Session The regulation of public utilities as defined herein is declared to be in the public interest and this chapter shall be deemed to be an exercise of the police power of the state for the protection of the public welfare and all the provisions hereof shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of that purpose. Fla. Stat. § 366.01 s. 1, ch. 26545, 1951; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 16, ch. 80-35; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 20, 22, ch. 89-292; s. 4, ch. 91-429.