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11 Senator Bronson moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 4. Section 120.551, Florida Statutes, is
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19 120.551 Internet publication pilot project.--
20 (1) On or before December 31, 2001, the Department of
21 Environmental Protection and the State Technology Office shall
22 establish and commence a pilot project to determine the
23 cost-effectiveness of publication of notices on the Internet
24 in lieu of complete publication in the Florida Administrative
25 Weekly. The pilot project shall end on July 1, 2003. Under
26 this pilot project, notwithstanding any other provision of
27 law, whenever the Department of Environmental Protection is
28 required to publish notices in the Florida Administrative
29 Weekly, the Department of Environmental Protection instead may
30 publish a summary of such notice in the Florida Administrative
31 Weekly along with the specific URL or Internet address where
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1 the complete notice required by law shall be published. The
2 Department of Environmental Protection shall publish all other
3 notices in the manner prescribed by law. Notices published on
4 the Internet under this section shall clearly state the date
5 the notice was first posted on the Internet and shall be
6 initially posted only on the same days the Florida
7 Administrative Weekly is published. Notices related to
8 rulemaking published on the Internet under this provision
9 shall be maintained on the Internet for a period of at least
10 12 months after the effective date of the rule or at least 3
11 months after the publication of a notice of withdrawal of the
12 proposed rule. All other notices published on the Internet
13 under this provision shall be maintained on the Internet for a
14 period of at least 3 months after the date first posted. A
15 searchable database or other electronic system to be
16 permanently maintained on the Internet for the purpose of
17 archiving all notices published on the Internet and allowing
18 citizens permanent electronic access to such archived records
19 shall also be established by the pilot project. No notice
20 posted on the Internet shall be removed until the searchable
21 database is implemented.
22 (2) The Department of State shall publish notice of
23 this pilot project in each weekly publication of the Florida
24 Administrative Weekly. The notice shall state: "Under a
25 temporary pilot project, in conjunction with the State
26 Technology Office, to determine the cost-effectiveness of
27 Internet publication of notices in lieu of complete
28 publication in the Florida Administrative Weekly, summaries of
29 notices of the Department of Environmental Protection are
30 being published in the Florida Administrative Weekly along
31 with a reference to the specific Internet URL or address where
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1 the complete notice required by law shall be published."
2 (3) No later than January 31, 2003, the Department of
3 Environmental Protection, the State Technology Office, and the
4 Department of State shall submit a report to the Governor, the
5 President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
6 Representatives containing findings on the cost-effectiveness
7 of publication of notices on the Internet in lieu of
8 publication in the Florida Administrative Weekly, and
9 recommendations, including legislative or rule changes, for
10 modifications to the process necessary to effectuate
11 publication of notices on the Internet.
12 Section 5. Subsections (1), (2), (6), and (8) of
13 section 288.109, Florida Statutes is amended, subsection (10)
14 is deleted and subsequent subsections are renumbered to read:
15 288.109 One-Stop Permitting System.--
16 (1) By January 1, 2001 2000, the State Technology
17 Office Department of Management Services must establish and
18 implement an Internet site for the One-Stop Permitting System.
19 The One-Stop Permitting System Internet site shall provide
20 individuals and businesses with information concerning
21 development permits; guidance on what development permits are
22 needed for particular projects; permit requirements; and who
23 may be contacted for more information concerning a particular
24 development permit for a specific location. The office
25 department shall design and construct the Internet site and
26 may competitively procure and contract for services to develop
27 the site. In designing and constructing the Internet site, the
28 office department must solicit input from potential users of
29 the site.
30 (2) The office department shall develop the One-Stop
31 Permitting System Internet site to allow an applicant to
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1 complete and submit application forms for development permits
2 to agencies and counties. The Internet site must be capable of
3 allowing an applicant to submit payment for permit fees and
4 must provide payment options. After initially establishing the
5 Internet site, the office department shall implement, in the
6 most timely manner possible, the capabilities described in
7 this subsection. The office department shall also develop a
8 protocol for adding to the One-Stop Permitting System
9 additional state agencies and counties that agree to
10 participate. The office department may competitively procure
11 and contract for services to develop such capabilities.
12 (6) The office department may add counties and
13 municipalities to the One-Stop Permitting System as such local
14 governments agree to participate and develop the technical
15 capability of joining the system.
16 (8) Section 120.60(1) shall apply to any development
17 permit or license filed under the One-Stop Permitting System,
18 except the 90-day time period for approving or denying a
19 completed application shall be 60 days. In the case of permits
20 issued by the water management districts, each completed
21 application that does not require governing board approval
22 must be approved or denied within 60 days after receipt.
23 However, completed permit applications which must be
24 considered by a water management district governing board
25 shall be approved or denied at the next regularly scheduled
26 meeting after the 60-day period has expired. The 60-day
27 period for approving or denying a complete application does
28 not apply in the case of a development permit application
29 evaluated under a federally delegated or approved permitting
30 program. However, the reviewing agency shall make a
31 good-faith effort to act on such permit applications within 60
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1 days.
2 (10) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or
3 administrative rule to the contrary, the fee imposed by a
4 state agency or water management district for issuing a
5 development permit shall be waived for a 6-month period
6 beginning on the date the state agency or water management
7 district begins accepting development permit applications over
8 the Internet and the applicant submits the development permit
9 to the agency or district using the One-Stop Permitting
10 System. The 6-month fee waiver shall not apply to development
11 permit fees assessed by the Electrical Power Plant Siting Act,
12 ss. 403.501-403.519; the Transmission Line Siting Act, ss.
13 403.52-403.5365; the statewide Multi-purpose Hazardous Waste
14 Facility Siting Act, ss. 403.78-403.7893; the Natural Gas
15 Pipeline Siting Act, ss. 403.9401-403.9425; and the High Speed
16 Rail Transportation Siting Act, ss. 341.3201-341.386.
17 Section 6. Effective July 1, 2001, subsection (1) of
18 section 455.213, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection
19 (11) is added to that section, to read:
20 455.213 General licensing provisions.--
21 (1) Any person desiring to be licensed shall apply to
22 the department in writing. The application for licensure shall
23 be made on a form prepared and furnished by the department and
24 include the applicant's social security number.
25 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department is
26 the sole authority for determining the contents of any
27 documents to be submitted for initial licensure and licensure
28 renewal. Such documents may contain information including, as
29 appropriate: demographics, education, work history, personal
30 background, criminal history, finances, business information,
31 complaints, inspections, investigations, discipline, bonding,
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1 signature notarization, photographs, performance periods,
2 reciprocity, local government approvals, supporting
3 documentation, periodic reporting requirements, fingerprint
4 requirements, continuing education requirements, and ongoing
5 education monitoring. The application shall be supplemented as
6 needed to reflect any material change in any circumstance or
7 condition stated in the application which takes place between
8 the initial filing of the application and the final grant or
9 denial of the license and which might affect the decision of
10 the department. In order to further the economic development
11 goals of the state, and notwithstanding any law to the
12 contrary, the department may enter into an agreement with the
13 county tax collector for the purpose of appointing the county
14 tax collector as the department's agent to accept applications
15 for licenses and applications for renewals of licenses. The
16 agreement must specify the time within which the tax collector
17 must forward any applications and accompanying application
18 fees to the department. In cases where a person applies or
19 schedules directly with a national examination organization or
20 examination vendor to take an examination required for
21 licensure, any organization- or vendor-related fees associated
22 with the examination may be paid directly to the organization
23 or vendor.
24 (11) Any submission required to be in writing may be
25 made by electronic means.
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31 And the title is amended as follows:
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1 On page 1, line 18, after the semicolon
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4 creating s. 120.551, F.S.; directing the
5 Department of Environmental Protection and the
6 State Technology Office to establish a pilot
7 project to test the cost-effectiveness of
8 publication of notices on the Internet in lieu
9 of publication in the Florida Administrative
10 Weekly; directing the Department of State to
11 publish notice of the pilot project; requiring
12 the Department of Environmental Protection, the
13 State Technology Office, and the Department of
14 State to submit a joint report on the
15 cost-effectiveness of publication of such
16 notices on the Internet; defining the term
17 "information technology"; amending s.
18 288.109(1), F.S.; substituting State Technology
19 Office for Department of Management Services;
20 providing for establishment and maintenance of
21 a One-Stop Permitting System; amending s.
22 455.213, F.S.; providing for the content of
23 licensure and renewal documents; providing for
24 the electronic submission of information to the
25 department; providing that all legal
26 obligations must be met before the issuance or
27 renewal of a license;
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