1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to rulemaking; amending s. 120.54, F.S.; |
3 | requiring that an agency include in its notice of intended |
4 | rulemaking a statement as to whether the proposed rule |
5 | will require legislative ratification; providing for |
6 | withdrawal of an adopted rule that is not ratified by the |
7 | Legislature; clarifying that certain proposed rules are |
8 | effective only when ratified by the Legislature; amending |
9 | s. 120.541, F.S.; reducing the time before an agency files |
10 | a rule for adoption within which the agency must notify |
11 | the person who submitted a lower cost alternative and the |
12 | Administrative Procedures Committee; excluding rules |
13 | adopting federal standards and emergency rulemaking from |
14 | certain provisions; amending s. 120.56, F.S.; reducing the |
15 | time in which a substantially affected person may seek an |
16 | administrative determination of the invalidity of a rule |
17 | after the statement or revised statement of estimated |
18 | regulatory costs is available; amending s. 120.74, F.S.; |
19 | providing for agency reporting of certain annual |
20 | regulatory plans; providing for certain omissions and |
21 | suspensions of reports; creating s. 120.745, F.S.; |
22 | providing for legislative review of agency rules in effect |
23 | on or before November 16, 2010; providing definitions; |
24 | requiring that each agency complete an enhanced biennial |
25 | review of its existing rules; requiring a report of the |
26 | enhanced biennial review; providing specifications for the |
27 | report; providing for objections and the agency's |
28 | response; requiring the performance of a compliance |
29 | economic review and report under certain circumstances; |
30 | providing specifications for the review; providing |
31 | specifications for publishing the final report of the |
32 | agency's review; requiring that an agency publish notices, |
33 | determinations, and reports in a specified format; |
34 | requiring the Department of State to publish certain |
35 | notices in the Florida Administrative Weekly; providing |
36 | specifications; providing for future review and repeal; |
37 | providing for suspension of rulemaking authority for |
38 | failure to comply with the certification requirements of |
39 | the section; providing for an exemption from certain |
40 | requirements; creating s. 120.7455, F.S.; providing that |
41 | the Legislature may establish and maintain an Internet- |
42 | based public survey of regulatory impacts; providing input |
43 | details; providing that legislative leaders may certify in |
44 | writing to certain individuals the establishment and |
45 | identity of any such Internet-based survey; providing |
46 | immunities from enforcement action or prosecution |
47 | involving information solicited through the survey; |
48 | providing protections from retaliatory enforcement |
49 | actions; clarifying that the legal status of a rule that |
50 | has been determined to be invalid is not changed by the |
51 | amendment or creation of specified provisions by the act; |
52 | amending s. 120.80, F.S.; exempting the adoption of |
53 | certain amendments and the triennial updates to the |
54 | Florida Building Code from required legislative |
55 | ratification; exempting the adoption of certain amendments |
56 | and the triennial updates to the Florida Fire Prevention |
57 | Code from required legislative ratification; exempting the |
58 | adoption of rules adjusting rates of certain |
59 | transportation and expressway tolls from the preparation |
60 | of a statement of estimated regulatory costs and from |
61 | submission for legislative ratification; amending s. |
62 | 120.81, F.S.; excluding the adoption of rules under |
63 | chapter 2011-1, Laws of Florida, the Student Success Act, |
64 | from the preparation of a statement of estimated |
65 | regulatory costs and from submission for legislative |
66 | ratification; amending s. 120.569, F.S.; providing that a |
67 | nonapplicant who petitions to challenge an agency's |
68 | issuance of a license, permit, or conceptual approval in |
69 | certain circumstances has the burden of ultimate |
70 | persuasion and the burden of going forward with evidence; |
71 | providing an effective date. |
72 |
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73 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
74 |
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75 | Section 1. Paragraphs (a), (d), and (e) of subsection (3) |
76 | of section 120.54, Florida Statutes, as amended by chapter 2010- |
77 | 279, Laws of Florida, are amended to read: |
78 | 120.54 Rulemaking.- |
79 | (3) ADOPTION PROCEDURES.- |
80 | (a) Notices.- |
81 | 1. Prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule |
82 | other than an emergency rule, an agency, upon approval of the |
83 | agency head, shall give notice of its intended action, setting |
84 | forth a short, plain explanation of the purpose and effect of |
85 | the proposed action; the full text of the proposed rule or |
86 | amendment and a summary thereof; a reference to the grant of |
87 | rulemaking authority pursuant to which the rule is adopted; and |
88 | a reference to the section or subsection of the Florida Statutes |
89 | or the Laws of Florida being implemented or interpreted. The |
90 | notice must include a summary of the agency's statement of the |
91 | estimated regulatory costs, if one has been prepared, based on |
92 | the factors set forth in s. 120.541(2);, and a statement that |
93 | any person who wishes to provide the agency with information |
94 | regarding the statement of estimated regulatory costs, or to |
95 | provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative as |
96 | provided by s. 120.541(1), must do so in writing within 21 days |
97 | after publication of the notice; and a statement as to whether, |
98 | based on the statement of the estimated regulatory costs or |
99 | other information expressly relied upon and described by the |
100 | agency if no statement of regulatory costs is required, the |
101 | proposed rule is expected to require legislative ratification |
102 | pursuant to s. 120.541(3). The notice must state the procedure |
103 | for requesting a public hearing on the proposed rule. Except |
104 | when the intended action is the repeal of a rule, the notice |
105 | must include a reference both to the date on which and to the |
106 | place where the notice of rule development that is required by |
107 | subsection (2) appeared. |
108 | 2. The notice shall be published in the Florida |
109 | Administrative Weekly not less than 28 days prior to the |
110 | intended action. The proposed rule shall be available for |
111 | inspection and copying by the public at the time of the |
112 | publication of notice. |
113 | 3. The notice shall be mailed to all persons named in the |
114 | proposed rule and to all persons who, at least 14 days prior to |
115 | such mailing, have made requests of the agency for advance |
116 | notice of its proceedings. The agency shall also give such |
117 | notice as is prescribed by rule to those particular classes of |
118 | persons to whom the intended action is directed. |
119 | 4. The adopting agency shall file with the committee, at |
120 | least 21 days prior to the proposed adoption date, a copy of |
121 | each rule it proposes to adopt; a copy of any material |
122 | incorporated by reference in the rule; a detailed written |
123 | statement of the facts and circumstances justifying the proposed |
124 | rule; a copy of any statement of estimated regulatory costs that |
125 | has been prepared pursuant to s. 120.541; a statement of the |
126 | extent to which the proposed rule relates to federal standards |
127 | or rules on the same subject; and the notice required by |
128 | subparagraph 1. |
129 | (d) Modification or withdrawal of proposed rules.- |
130 | 1. After the final public hearing on the proposed rule, or |
131 | after the time for requesting a hearing has expired, if the rule |
132 | has not been changed from the rule as previously filed with the |
133 | committee, or contains only technical changes, the adopting |
134 | agency shall file a notice to that effect with the committee at |
135 | least 7 days prior to filing the rule for adoption. Any change, |
136 | other than a technical change that does not affect the substance |
137 | of the rule, must be supported by the record of public hearings |
138 | held on the rule, must be in response to written material |
139 | submitted to the agency within 21 days after the date of |
140 | publication of the notice of intended agency action or submitted |
141 | to the agency between the date of publication of the notice and |
142 | the end of the final public hearing, or must be in response to a |
143 | proposed objection by the committee. In addition, when any |
144 | change is made in a proposed rule, other than a technical |
145 | change, the adopting agency shall provide a copy of a notice of |
146 | change by certified mail or actual delivery to any person who |
147 | requests it in writing no later than 21 days after the notice |
148 | required in paragraph (a). The agency shall file the notice of |
149 | change with the committee, along with the reasons for the |
150 | change, and provide the notice of change to persons requesting |
151 | it, at least 21 days prior to filing the rule for adoption. The |
152 | notice of change shall be published in the Florida |
153 | Administrative Weekly at least 21 days prior to filing the rule |
154 | for adoption. This subparagraph does not apply to emergency |
155 | rules adopted pursuant to subsection (4). |
156 | 2. After the notice required by paragraph (a) and prior to |
157 | adoption, the agency may withdraw the rule in whole or in part. |
158 | 3. After adoption and before the rule becomes effective |
159 | date, a rule may be modified or withdrawn only in the following |
160 | circumstances: |
161 | a. When the committee objects to the rule; |
162 | b. When a final order, which is not subject to further |
163 | appeal, is entered in a rule challenge brought pursuant to s. |
164 | 120.56 after the date of adoption but before the rule becomes |
165 | effective pursuant to subparagraph (e)6.; |
166 | c. If the rule requires ratification, when more than 90 |
167 | days have passed since the rule was filed for adoption without |
168 | the Legislature ratifying the rule, in which case the rule may |
169 | be withdrawn but may not be modified; or |
170 | d. response to an objection by the committee or may be |
171 | modified to extend the effective date by not more than 60 days |
172 | When the committee notifies has notified the agency that an |
173 | objection to the rule is being considered, in which case the |
174 | rule may be modified to extend the effective date by not more |
175 | than 60 days. |
176 | 4. The agency shall give notice of its decision to |
177 | withdraw or modify a rule in the first available issue of the |
178 | publication in which the original notice of rulemaking was |
179 | published, shall notify those persons described in subparagraph |
180 | (a)3. in accordance with the requirements of that subparagraph, |
181 | and shall notify the Department of State if the rule is required |
182 | to be filed with the Department of State. |
183 | 5. After a rule has become effective, it may be repealed |
184 | or amended only through the rulemaking procedures specified in |
185 | this chapter. |
186 | (e) Filing for final adoption; effective date.- |
187 | 1. If the adopting agency is required to publish its rules |
188 | in the Florida Administrative Code, the agency, upon approval of |
189 | the agency head, shall file with the Department of State three |
190 | certified copies of the rule it proposes to adopt; one copy of |
191 | any material incorporated by reference in the rule, certified by |
192 | the agency; a summary of the rule; a summary of any hearings |
193 | held on the rule; and a detailed written statement of the facts |
194 | and circumstances justifying the rule. Agencies not required to |
195 | publish their rules in the Florida Administrative Code shall |
196 | file one certified copy of the proposed rule, and the other |
197 | material required by this subparagraph, in the office of the |
198 | agency head, and such rules shall be open to the public. |
199 | 2. A rule may not be filed for adoption less than 28 days |
200 | or more than 90 days after the notice required by paragraph (a), |
201 | until 21 days after the notice of change required by paragraph |
202 | (d), until 14 days after the final public hearing, until 21 days |
203 | after a statement of estimated regulatory costs required under |
204 | s. 120.541 has been provided to all persons who submitted a |
205 | lower cost regulatory alternative and made available to the |
206 | public, or until the administrative law judge has rendered a |
207 | decision under s. 120.56(2), whichever applies. When a required |
208 | notice of change is published prior to the expiration of the |
209 | time to file the rule for adoption, the period during which a |
210 | rule must be filed for adoption is extended to 45 days after the |
211 | date of publication. If notice of a public hearing is published |
212 | prior to the expiration of the time to file the rule for |
213 | adoption, the period during which a rule must be filed for |
214 | adoption is extended to 45 days after adjournment of the final |
215 | hearing on the rule, 21 days after receipt of all material |
216 | authorized to be submitted at the hearing, or 21 days after |
217 | receipt of the transcript, if one is made, whichever is latest. |
218 | The term "public hearing" includes any public meeting held by |
219 | any agency at which the rule is considered. If a petition for an |
220 | administrative determination under s. 120.56(2) is filed, the |
221 | period during which a rule must be filed for adoption is |
222 | extended to 60 days after the administrative law judge files the |
223 | final order with the clerk or until 60 days after subsequent |
224 | judicial review is complete. |
225 | 3. At the time a rule is filed, the agency shall certify |
226 | that the time limitations prescribed by this paragraph have been |
227 | complied with, that all statutory rulemaking requirements have |
228 | been met, and that there is no administrative determination |
229 | pending on the rule. |
230 | 4. At the time a rule is filed, the committee shall |
231 | certify whether the agency has responded in writing to all |
232 | material and timely written comments or written inquiries made |
233 | on behalf of the committee. The department shall reject any rule |
234 | that is not filed within the prescribed time limits; that does |
235 | not comply with all statutory rulemaking requirements and rules |
236 | of the department; upon which an agency has not responded in |
237 | writing to all material and timely written inquiries or written |
238 | comments; upon which an administrative determination is pending; |
239 | or which does not include a statement of estimated regulatory |
240 | costs, if required. |
241 | 5. If a rule has not been adopted within the time limits |
242 | imposed by this paragraph or has not been adopted in compliance |
243 | with all statutory rulemaking requirements, the agency proposing |
244 | the rule shall withdraw the rule and give notice of its action |
245 | in the next available issue of the Florida Administrative |
246 | Weekly. |
247 | 6. The proposed rule shall be adopted on being filed with |
248 | the Department of State and become effective 20 days after being |
249 | filed, on a later date specified in the notice required by |
250 | subparagraph (a)1., or on a date required by statute, or upon |
251 | ratification by the Legislature pursuant to s. 120.541(3). Rules |
252 | not required to be filed with the Department of State shall |
253 | become effective when adopted by the agency head, or on a later |
254 | date specified by rule or statute, or upon ratification by the |
255 | Legislature pursuant to s. 120.541(3). If the committee notifies |
256 | an agency that an objection to a rule is being considered, the |
257 | agency may postpone the adoption of the rule to accommodate |
258 | review of the rule by the committee. When an agency postpones |
259 | adoption of a rule to accommodate review by the committee, the |
260 | 90-day period for filing the rule is tolled until the committee |
261 | notifies the agency that it has completed its review of the |
262 | rule. |
263 |
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264 | For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "administrative |
265 | determination" does not include subsequent judicial review. |
266 | Section 2. Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) and subsection |
267 | (4) of section 120.541, Florida Statutes, as amended by chapter |
268 | 2010-279, Laws of Florida, are amended to read: |
269 | 120.541 Statement of estimated regulatory costs.- |
270 | (1) |
271 | (d) At least 21 45 days before filing the rule for |
272 | adoption, an agency that is required to revise a statement of |
273 | estimated regulatory costs shall provide the statement to the |
274 | person who submitted the lower cost regulatory alternative and |
275 | to the committee and shall provide notice on the agency's |
276 | website that it is available to the public. |
277 | (4) This section Paragraph (2)(a) does not apply to the |
278 | adoption of emergency rules pursuant to s. 120.54(4) or the |
279 | adoption of federal standards pursuant to s. 120.54(6). |
280 | Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section |
281 | 120.56, Florida Statutes, as amended by chapter 2010-279, Laws |
282 | of Florida, is amended to read: |
283 | 120.56 Challenges to rules.- |
284 | (2) CHALLENGING PROPOSED RULES; SPECIAL PROVISIONS.- |
285 | (a) A substantially affected person may seek an |
286 | administrative determination of the invalidity of a proposed |
287 | rule by filing a petition seeking such a determination with the |
288 | division within 21 days after the date of publication of the |
289 | notice required by s. 120.54(3)(a); within 10 days after the |
290 | final public hearing is held on the proposed rule as provided by |
291 | s. 120.54(3)(e)2.; within 20 44 days after the statement of |
292 | estimated regulatory costs or revised statement of estimated |
293 | regulatory costs, if applicable, has been prepared and made |
294 | available as provided in s. 120.541(1)(d); or within 20 days |
295 | after the date of publication of the notice required by s. |
296 | 120.54(3)(d). The petition must state with particularity the |
297 | objections to the proposed rule and the reasons that the |
298 | proposed rule is an invalid exercise of delegated legislative |
299 | authority. The petitioner has the burden of going forward. The |
300 | agency then has the burden to prove by a preponderance of the |
301 | evidence that the proposed rule is not an invalid exercise of |
302 | delegated legislative authority as to the objections raised. A |
303 | person who is substantially affected by a change in the proposed |
304 | rule may seek a determination of the validity of such change. A |
305 | person who is not substantially affected by the proposed rule as |
306 | initially noticed, but who is substantially affected by the rule |
307 | as a result of a change, may challenge any provision of the rule |
308 | and is not limited to challenging the change to the proposed |
309 | rule. |
310 | Section 4. Subsections (3) and (4) are added to section |
311 | 120.74, Florida Statutes, to read: |
312 | 120.74 Agency review, revision, and report.- |
313 | (3) Beginning in 2012, and no later than July 1 of each |
314 | year, each agency shall file with the President of the Senate, |
315 | the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the committee a |
316 | regulatory plan identifying and describing each rule the agency |
317 | proposes to adopt for the 12-month period beginning on the July |
318 | 1 reporting date and ending on the subsequent June 30, excluding |
319 | emergency rules. |
320 | (4) For the year 2011, the certification required in |
321 | subsection (2) may omit any information included in the reports |
322 | provided under s. 120.745. Reporting under subsections (1) and |
323 | (2) shall be suspended for the year 2013, but required reporting |
324 | under those subsections shall resume in 2015 and biennially |
325 | thereafter. |
326 | Section 5. Section 120.745, Florida Statutes, is created |
327 | to read: |
328 | 120.745 Legislative review of agency rules in effect on or |
329 | before November 16, 2010.- |
330 | (1) DEFINITIONS.-The following definitions apply |
331 | exclusively to this section: |
332 | (a) "Agency" has the same meaning and application as |
333 | provided in s. 120.52(1), but for the purposes of this section |
334 | excludes each officer and governmental entity in the state with |
335 | jurisdiction in one county or less than one county. |
336 | (b) "Compliance economic review" means a good faith |
337 | economic analysis that includes and presents the following |
338 | information pertaining to a particular rule: |
339 | 1. A justification for the rule summarizing the benefits |
340 | of the rule; and |
341 | 2. A statement of estimated regulatory costs as described |
342 | in s. 120.541(2); however: |
343 | a. The applicable period for the economic analysis shall |
344 | be 5 years beginning on July 1, 2011; |
345 | b. For the analysis required in s. 120.541(2)(a)3., the |
346 | estimated regulatory costs over the 5-year period shall be used |
347 | instead of the likely increase in regulatory costs after |
348 | implementation; and |
349 | c. An explanation of the methodology used to conduct the |
350 | analysis must be provided. A technical methodology need not be |
351 | used to develop the statement of estimated regulatory costs, if |
352 | the agency uses routine regulatory communications or its |
353 | Internet website to reasonably survey regulated entities, |
354 | political subdivisions, and local governments and makes good |
355 | faith estimates of regulatory costs in conformity with |
356 | recommendations from the Office of Fiscal Accountability and |
357 | Regulatory Reform ("OFARR"), or from one or more legislative |
358 | offices if requested by the agency and such request is approved |
359 | by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of |
360 | Representatives. |
361 | (c) "Data collection rules" means those rules requiring |
362 | the submission of data to the agency from external sources, |
363 | including, but not limited to, local governments, service |
364 | providers, clients, licensees, regulated entities, other |
365 | constituents, and market participants. |
366 | (d) "Revenue rules" means those rules fixing amounts or |
367 | providing for the collection of money. |
368 | (e) "Rule" has the same general meaning and application as |
369 | provided in s. 120.52(16), but for purposes of this section may |
370 | include only those rules for which publication in the Florida |
371 | Administrative Code is required pursuant to s. 120.55(1). As |
372 | used in this section, the term "rule" means each entire |
373 | statement and all subparts published under a complete title, |
374 | chapter, and decimal rule number in the Florida Administrative |
375 | Code in compliance with Florida Administrative Code Rule 1B- |
376 | 30.001. |
377 | (2) ENHANCED BIENNIAL REVIEW.-By December 1, 2011, each |
378 | agency shall complete an enhanced biennial review of the |
379 | agency's existing rules, which shall include, but is not limited |
380 | to: |
381 | (a) Conduct of the review and submission of the report |
382 | required by s. 120.74 and an explanation of how the agency has |
383 | accomplished the requirements of s. 120.74(1). This paragraph |
384 | extends the October 1 deadline provided in s. 120.74(2) for the |
385 | year 2011. |
386 | (b) Review of each rule to determine whether the rule has |
387 | been reviewed by OFARR pursuant to the Governor's Executive |
388 | Order 2011-01. |
389 | (c) Review of each rule to determine whether the rule is a |
390 | revenue rule, to identify the statute or statutes authorizing |
391 | the collection of any revenue, to identify the fund or account |
392 | into which revenue collections are deposited, and, for each |
393 | revenue rule, to determine whether the rule authorizes, imposes, |
394 | or implements: |
395 | 1. Registration, license, or inspection fees. |
396 | 2. Transportation service tolls for road, bridge, rail, |
397 | air, waterway, or port access. |
398 | 3. Fees for a specific service or purpose not included in |
399 | subparagraph 1. or subparagraph 2. |
400 | 4. Fines, penalties, costs, or attorney fees. |
401 | 5. Any tax. |
402 | 6. Any other amounts collected that are not covered under |
403 | subparagraphs 1.-5. |
404 | (d) Review of each rule to determine whether the rule is a |
405 | data collection rule, providing the following information for |
406 | each rule determined to be a data collection rule: |
407 | 1. The statute or statutes authorizing the collection of |
408 | such data. |
409 | 2. The purposes for which the agency uses the data and any |
410 | purpose for which the data is used by others. |
411 | 3. The policies supporting the reporting and retention of |
412 | the data. |
413 | 4. Whether and to what extent the data is exempt from |
414 | public inspection under chapter 119. |
415 | (e) Identification of each entire rule the agency plans to |
416 | repeal and, if so, the estimated timetable for repeal. |
417 | (f) Identification of each entire rule or subpart of a |
418 | rule the agency plans to amend to substantially reduce the |
419 | economic impact and the estimated timetable for amendment. |
420 | (g) Identification of each rule for which the agency will |
421 | be required to prepare a compliance economic review, to include |
422 | each entire rule that: |
423 | 1. The agency does not plan to repeal on or before |
424 | December 31, 2012; |
425 | 2. Was effective on or before November 16, 2010; and |
426 | 3. Probably will have any of the economic impacts |
427 | described in s. 120.541(2)(a), for 5 years beginning on July 1, |
428 | 2011, excluding in such estimation any part or subpart |
429 | identified for amendment under paragraph (e). |
430 | (h) Listing of all rules identified for compliance |
431 | economic review in paragraph (g), divided into two approximately |
432 | equal groups, identified as "Group 1" and "Group 2." Such |
433 | division shall be made at the agency's discretion. |
434 | (i) Written certification of the agency head to the |
435 | committee verifying the completion of the report for all rules |
436 | of the agency, including each separate part or subsection. The |
437 | duty to certify completion of the report is the responsibility |
438 | solely of the agency head as defined in s. 120.52(3) and may not |
439 | be delegated to any other person. If the defined agency head is |
440 | a collegial body, the written certification must be prepared by |
441 | the chair or equivalent presiding officer of that body. |
442 | (3) PUBLICATION OF REPORT.-No later than December 1, 2011, |
443 | each agency shall publish, in the manner provided in subsection |
444 | (7), a report of the entire enhanced biennial review pursuant to |
445 | subsection (2), including the results of the review; a complete |
446 | list of all rules the agency has placed in Group 1 or Group 2; |
447 | the name, physical address, fax number, and e-mail address for |
448 | the person the agency has designated to receive all inquiries, |
449 | public comments, and objections pertaining to the report; and |
450 | the certification of the agency head pursuant to paragraph |
451 | (2)(i). The report of results shall summarize certain |
452 | information required in subsection (2) in a table consisting of |
453 | the following columns: |
454 | (a) Column 1: Agency name. |
455 | (b) Column 2: F.A.C. rule number, with subcolumns |
456 | including: |
457 | 1. Column 2a: F.A.C. title and any subtitle or chapter |
458 | designation; and |
459 | 2. Column 2b: F.A.C. number, excluding title and subtitle |
460 | or chapter designation. |
461 | (c) Column 3: OFARR reviewed rule under Executive Order |
462 | 2011-01. Entries should be "Y" or "N." |
463 | (d) Column 4: Revenue rule/fund or account with subcolumns |
464 | including: |
465 | 1. Column 4a: Licensure fees. |
466 | 2. Column 4b: Transportation tolls. |
467 | 3. Column 4c: Other fees. |
468 | 4. Column 4d: Fines. |
469 | 5. Column 4e: Tax. |
470 | 6. Column 4f: Other revenue. |
471 |
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472 | Entries should be "N" or the identification of the fund or |
473 | account where receipts are deposited and provide notes |
474 | indicating the statutory authority for revenue collection. |
475 | (e) Column 5: Data collection rule. Entries should be "Y" |
476 | or "N." If "Y," provide notes supplying the information required |
477 | in paragraph (2)(d). |
478 | (f) Column 6: Repeal. Entries should be "Y" or "N" for the |
479 | entire rule. If "Y," provide notes estimating the timetable for |
480 | repeal. |
481 | (g) Column 7: Amend. Entries should be "Y" or "N," based |
482 | on the response required in paragraph (2)(f), and provide notes |
483 | identifying each specific subpart that will be amended and |
484 | estimating the timetable for amendment. |
485 | (h) Column 8: Effective on or before 11/16/2010. Entries |
486 | should be "Y" or "N." |
487 | (i) Column 9: Section 120.541(2)(a) impacts. Entries |
488 | should be "NA" if Column 8 is "N" or, if Column 6 is "Y," "NP" |
489 | for not probable, based on the response required in subparagraph |
490 | (2)(f)3., or "1" or "2," reflecting the group number assigned by |
491 | the division required in paragraph (2)(h). |
492 | (4) PUBLIC COMMENT ON ENHANCED BIENNIAL REVIEW AND REPORT; |
493 | OBJECTIONS.-Public input on reports required in subsection (3) |
494 | may be provided by stating an objection to the information |
495 | required in paragraphs (2)(b), (c), (d), and (g) and identifying |
496 | the entire rule or any subpart to which the objection relates, |
497 | and shall be submitted in writing or electronically to the |
498 | person designated in the report. |
499 | (a) An objection under this subsection to a report that an |
500 | entire rule or any subpart probably will not have, for 5 years |
501 | beginning on July 1, 2011, any of the economic impacts described |
502 | in s. 120.541(2)(a), must include allegations of fact upon which |
503 | the objection is based, stating the precise information upon |
504 | which a contrary evaluation of probable impact may be made. |
505 | Allegations of fact related to other objections may be included. |
506 | (b) Objections may be submitted by any interested person |
507 | no later than June 1, 2012. |
508 | (c) The agency shall determine whether to sustain an |
509 | objection based upon the information provided with the objection |
510 | and whether any further review of information available to the |
511 | agency is necessary to correct its report. |
512 | (d) No later than 20 days after the date an objection is |
513 | submitted, the agency shall publish its determination of the |
514 | objection in the manner provided in subsection (7). |
515 | (e) The agency's determination with respect to an |
516 | objection is final but not a final agency action subject to |
517 | further proceedings, hearing, or judicial review. |
518 | (f) If the agency sustains an objection, it shall amend |
519 | its report within 10 days after the determination. The amended |
520 | report shall indicate that a change has been made, the date of |
521 | the last change, and identify the amended portions. The agency |
522 | shall publish notice of the amendment in the manner provided in |
523 | subsection (7). |
524 | (g) On or before July 1, 2012, the agency shall deliver a |
525 | written certification of the agency head or designee to the |
526 | committee verifying the completion of determinations of all |
527 | objections under this subsection and of any report amendments |
528 | required under paragraph (f). The certification shall be |
529 | published as an addendum to the report required in subsection |
530 | (3). Notice of the certification shall be published in the |
531 | manner provided in subsection (7). |
532 | (5) COMPLIANCE ECONOMIC REVIEW OF RULES AND REQUIRED |
533 | REPORT.-Each agency shall perform a compliance economic review |
534 | and report for all rules, including separate reviews of |
535 | subparts, listed under Group 1 "Group 1 rules" or Group 2 "Group |
536 | 2 rules" pursuant to subparagraph (2)(g)3. Group 1 rules shall |
537 | be reviewed and reported on in 2012, and Group 2 rules shall be |
538 | reviewed and reported on in 2013. |
539 | (a) No later than May 1, each agency shall: |
540 | 1. Complete a compliance economic review for each entire |
541 | rule or subpart in the appropriate group. |
542 | 2. File the written certification of the agency head with |
543 | the committee verifying the completion of each compliance |
544 | economic review required for the respective year. The |
545 | certification shall be dated and published as an addendum to the |
546 | report required in subsection (3). The duty to certify |
547 | completion of the required compliance economic reviews is the |
548 | responsibility solely of the agency head as defined in s. |
549 | 120.52(3) and may not be delegated to any other person. If the |
550 | defined agency head is a collegial body, the written |
551 | certification must be prepared by the chair or equivalent |
552 | presiding officer of that body. |
553 | 3. Publish a copy of the compliance economic review, |
554 | directions on how and when interested parties may submit lower |
555 | cost regulatory alternatives to the agency, and the date the |
556 | notice is published in the manner provided in subsection (7). |
557 | 4. Publish notice of the publications required in |
558 | subparagraphs 2. and 3. in the manner provided in subsection |
559 | (7). |
560 | 5. Submit each compliance economic review to the Small |
561 | Business Regulatory Advisory Council for its review. |
562 | (b) Any agency rule, including subparts, reviewed pursuant |
563 | to Executive Order 2011-01 are exempt from the compliance |
564 | economic review if the review found that the rule: |
565 | 1. Does not unnecessarily restrict entry into a profession |
566 | or occupation; |
567 | 2. Does not adversely affect the availability of |
568 | professional or occupational services to the public; |
569 | 3. Does not unreasonably affect job creation or job |
570 | retention; |
571 | 4. Does not place unreasonable restrictions on individuals |
572 | attempting to find employment; |
573 | 5. Does not impose burdensome costs on businesses; or |
574 | 6. Is justifiable when the overall cost-effectiveness and |
575 | economic impact of the regulation, including indirect costs to |
576 | consumers, is considered. |
577 | (c) No later than August 1, the Small Business Regulatory |
578 | Advisory Council may submit lower cost regulatory alternatives |
579 | to any rule to the agency that adopted the rule. No later than |
580 | June 15, other interested parties may submit lower cost |
581 | regulatory alternatives to any rule. |
582 | (d) No later than December 1, each agency shall publish a |
583 | final report of the agency's review under this subsection in the |
584 | manner provided in subsection (7). For each rule the report |
585 | shall include: |
586 | 1. The text of the rule. |
587 | 2. The compliance economic review for the rule. |
588 | 3. All lower regulatory cost alternatives received by the |
589 | agency. |
590 | 4. The agency's written explanation for rejecting |
591 | submitted lower regulatory cost alternatives. |
592 | 5. The agency's justification to repeal or amend the rule |
593 | or to retain the rule without amendment. |
594 | 6. The written certification of the agency head to the |
595 | committee verifying the completion of the reviews and reporting |
596 | required under this subsection for that year. The certification |
597 | shall be dated and published as an addendum to the report |
598 | required in subsection (3). The duty to certify completion of |
599 | the report is the responsibility solely of the agency head as |
600 | defined in s. 120.52(3) and may not be delegated to any other |
601 | person. If the defined agency head is a collegial body, the |
602 | written certification must be prepared by the chair or |
603 | equivalent presiding officer of that body. |
604 | (e) Notice of publication of the final report and |
605 | certification shall be published in the manner provided in |
606 | subsection (7). |
607 | (f) By December 1, each agency shall begin proceedings |
608 | under s. 120.54(3) to amend or repeal those rules so designated |
609 | in the report under this subsection. Proceedings to repeal rules |
610 | are exempt from the requirements for the preparation, |
611 | consideration, or use of a statement of estimated regulatory |
612 | costs under s. 120.54 and the provisions of s. 120.541. |
613 | (6) LEGISLATIVE CONSIDERATION.-With respect to a rule |
614 | identified for retention without amendment in the report |
615 | required in subsection (5), the Legislature may consider |
616 | specific legislation nullifying the rule or altering the |
617 | statutory authority for the rule. |
618 | (7) MANNER OF PUBLICATION OF NOTICES, DETERMINATIONS, AND |
619 | REPORTS.-Agencies shall publish notices, determinations, and |
620 | reports required under this section exclusively in the following |
621 | manner: |
622 | (a) The agency shall publish each notice, determination, |
623 | and complete report on its Internet website. If the agency does |
624 | not have an Internet website, the information shall be published |
625 | on the committee's Internet website using |
626 | www.japc.state.fl.us/[agency name]/ in place of the address of |
627 | the agency's Internet website. The following URL formats shall |
628 | be used: |
629 | 1. Reports required under subsection (3), including any |
630 | reports amended as a result of a determination under subsection |
631 | (4): |
632 | [Address of agency's Internet website]/2011_Rule_review/ |
633 | [Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.) title and subtitle |
634 | (if applicable) designation for the rules included]. |
635 | (Example: http://www.dos.state.fl.us/2011_Rule_review/1S). |
636 | 2. The lists of Group 1 rules and Group 2 rules, required |
637 | under subsection (3): |
638 | [Address of agency's Internet website]/2011_Rule_review/ |
639 | Economic_Review/Schedule. |
640 | (Example: http://www.dos.state.fl.us/2011_Rule_review/ |
641 | Economic_Review/Schedule) |
642 | 3. Determinations under subsection (4): |
643 | [Address of agency's Internet website]/2011_Rule_review/ |
644 | Objection_Determination/[F.A.C. Rule number]. |
645 | (Example: http://www.dos.state.fl.us/2011_Rule_review/ |
646 | Objection_Determination/1S-1.001). |
647 | 4. Completed compliance economic reviews reported under |
648 | subsection (5): |
649 | [Address of agency's Internet website]/2011_Rule_review/ |
650 | Economic Review/[F.A.C.Rule number]. |
651 | (Example: http://www.dos.state.fl.us/2011_Rule_review/ |
652 | Economic_Review/1S-1.001). |
653 | 5. Final reports under paragraph (5)(d), with the |
654 | appropriate year: |
655 | [Address of agency's Internet website]/2011_Rule_review/ |
656 | Economic Review/[YYYY_Final_Report]. |
657 | (Example: http://www.dos.state.fl.us/2011_Rule_review/ |
658 | Economic Review/2012_Final_Report). |
659 | (b)1. Each notice shall be published using the following |
660 | URL format: |
661 | [Address of agency's Internet website]/ |
662 | 2011_Rule_review/Notices. |
663 | (Example: |
664 | http://www.dos.state.fl.us/2011_Rule_review/Notices). |
665 | 2. Once each week a copy of all notices published in the |
666 | previous week on the Internet under this paragraph shall be |
667 | delivered to the Department of State, for publication in the |
668 | next available issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly, and a |
669 | copy shall be delivered by electronic mail to the committee. |
670 | 3. Each notice shall identify the publication for which |
671 | notice is being given and include: |
672 | a. The name of the agency. |
673 | b. The name, physical address, fax number, and e-mail |
674 | address for the person designated to receive all inquiries, |
675 | public comments, and objections pertaining to the publication |
676 | identified in the notice. |
677 | c. The particular Internet address through which the |
678 | publication may be accessed. |
679 | d. The date the notice and publication is first published |
680 | on the agency's Internet website. |
681 | (c) Publication pursuant to this section is deemed to be |
682 | complete as of the date the notice, determination, or report is |
683 | posted on the agency's Internet website. |
684 | (8) FAILURE TO FILE CERTIFICATION OF COMPLETION.-If an |
685 | agency fails to timely file any written certification required |
686 | in paragraph (2)(i), paragraph (4)(g), subparagraph (5)(a)2., or |
687 | subparagraph (5)(d)6., the entire rulemaking authority delegated |
688 | to the agency by the Legislature under any statute or law shall |
689 | be suspended automatically as of the due date of the required |
690 | certification and shall remain suspended until the date that the |
691 | agency files the required certification with the committee. |
692 | (a) During the period of any suspension under this |
693 | subsection, the agency has no authority to engage in rulemaking |
694 | under s. 120.54. |
695 | (b) A suspension under this subsection does not authorize |
696 | an agency to promulgate any statement defined as a rule under s. |
697 | 120.52(16). |
698 | (c) A suspension under this subsection shall toll the time |
699 | requirements under s. 120.54 for any rulemaking proceeding the |
700 | agency initiated before the date of suspension, which time |
701 | requirements shall resume on the date the agency files the |
702 | written certification with the committee and publishes notice of |
703 | the required certification in the manner provided in subsection |
704 | (7). |
705 | (d) Failure to timely file a written certification |
706 | required under paragraph (2)(i) tolls the time for public |
707 | response, which period shall not begin until the date the agency |
708 | files the written certification with the committee and publishes |
709 | notice of the required certification in the manner provided in |
710 | subsection (7). The period for public response shall be extended |
711 | by the number of days equivalent to the period of suspension |
712 | under this subsection. |
713 | (e) Failure to timely file a written certification |
714 | required under subparagraph (5)(a)2. shall toll the deadline for |
715 | submission of lower cost regulatory alternatives for any rule or |
716 | subpart for which a compliance economic review has not been |
717 | timely published. The period of tolling shall be the number of |
718 | days after May 1 until the date of the certification as |
719 | published. |
720 | (9) EXEMPTION FROM ENHANCED BIENNIAL REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE |
721 | ECONOMIC REVIEW.- |
722 | (a) An agency is exempt from subsections (1)-(8) if it has |
723 | cooperated or cooperates with OFARR in a review of the agency's |
724 | rules in a manner consistent with Executive Order 2011-01, or |
725 | any alternative review directed by OFARR; if the agency or OFARR |
726 | identifies each data collection rule and each revenue rule; and |
727 | if the information developed thereby becomes publicly available |
728 | on the Internet by December 1, 2011. Each such agency is exempt |
729 | from the biennial review required in s. 120.74(2) for the year |
730 | 2011. |
731 | (b) For each rule reviewed under this subsection, OFARR |
732 | may identify whether the rule imposes a significant regulatory |
733 | cost or economic impact and shall schedule and obtain or direct |
734 | a reasonable economic estimate of such cost and impact for each |
735 | rule so identified. A report on each such estimate shall be |
736 | published on the Internet by December 31, 2013. On or before |
737 | October 1, 2013, the agency head shall certify in writing to the |
738 | committee that the agency has completed each economic estimate |
739 | required under this paragraph and thereupon the agency is exempt |
740 | from the biennial review required in s. 120.74(2) for the year |
741 | 2013. |
742 | (c) The exemption under this paragraph does not apply |
743 | unless the agency head certifies in writing to the committee, on |
744 | or before October 1, 2011, that the agency has chosen such |
745 | exemption and has cooperated with OFARR in undertaking the |
746 | review required in paragraph (a). |
747 | (10) REPEAL.-This section is repealed July 1, 2014. |
748 | Section 6. Section 120.7455, Florida Statutes, is created |
749 | to read: |
750 | 120.7455 Legislative survey of regulatory impacts.- |
751 | (1) From July 1, 2011, until July 1, 2014, the Legislature |
752 | may establish and maintain an Internet-based public survey of |
753 | regulatory impact soliciting information from the public |
754 | regarding the kind and degree of regulation affecting private |
755 | activities in the state. The input may include, but need not be |
756 | limited to: |
757 | (a) The registered business name or other name of each |
758 | reporting person. |
759 | (b) The number and identity of agencies licensing, |
760 | inspecting, registering, permitting, or otherwise regulating |
761 | lawful activities of the reporting person. |
762 | (c) The types, numbers, and nature of licenses, permits, |
763 | and registrations required for various lawful activities of the |
764 | reporting person. |
765 | (d) The identity of local, state, and federal agencies, |
766 | and other entities acting under color of law which regulate the |
767 | lawful activities of the reporting person or otherwise exercise |
768 | power to enforce laws applicable to such activities. |
769 | (e) The identification and nature of each ordinance, law, |
770 | or administrative rule or regulation deemed unreasonably |
771 | burdensome by the reporting person. |
772 | (2) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the |
773 | House of Representatives may certify in writing to the chair of |
774 | the committee and to the Attorney General the establishment and |
775 | identity of any Internet-based public survey established under |
776 | this section. |
777 | (3) Any person reporting or otherwise providing |
778 | information solicited by the Legislature in conformity with this |
779 | section is immune from any enforcement action or prosecution |
780 | that: |
781 | (a) Is instituted on account of, or in reliance upon, the |
782 | fact of reporting or nonreporting of information in response to |
783 | the Legislature's solicitation of information pursuant to this |
784 | section; or |
785 | (b) Uses information provided in response to the |
786 | Legislature's solicitation of information pursuant to this |
787 | section. |
788 | (4) Any alleged violator against whom an enforcement |
789 | action is brought may object to any proposed penalty in excess |
790 | of the minimum provided by law or rule on the basis that the |
791 | action is in retaliation for the violator providing or |
792 | withholding any information in response to the Legislature's |
793 | solicitation of information pursuant to this section. If the |
794 | presiding judge determines that the enforcement action was |
795 | motivated in whole or in part by retaliation, any penalty |
796 | imposed is limited to the minimum penalties provided by law for |
797 | each separate violation adjudicated. |
798 | Section 7. The amendment of section 120.74, Florida |
799 | Statutes, and the creation of sections 120.745 and 120.7455, |
800 | Florida Statutes, by this act do not change the legal status of |
801 | a rule that has otherwise been judicially or administratively |
802 | determined to be invalid. |
803 | Section 8. Subsection (16) of section 120.80, Florida |
804 | Statutes, is amended, and subsections (17) and (18) are added to |
805 | that section, to read: |
806 | 120.80 Exceptions and special requirements; agencies.- |
807 | (16) FLORIDA BUILDING COMMISSION.- |
808 | (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 120.542, the |
809 | Florida Building Commission may not accept a petition for waiver |
810 | or variance and may not grant any waiver or variance from the |
811 | requirements of the Florida Building Code. |
812 | (b) The Florida Building Commission shall adopt within the |
813 | Florida Building Code criteria and procedures for alternative |
814 | means of compliance with the code or local amendments thereto, |
815 | for enforcement by local governments, local enforcement |
816 | districts, or other entities authorized by law to enforce the |
817 | Florida Building Code. Appeals from the denial of the use of |
818 | alternative means shall be heard by the local board, if one |
819 | exists, and may be appealed to the Florida Building Commission. |
820 | (c) Notwithstanding ss. 120.565, 120.569, and 120.57, the |
821 | Florida Building Commission and hearing officer panels appointed |
822 | by the commission in accordance with s. 553.775(3)(c)1. may |
823 | conduct proceedings to review decisions of local building code |
824 | officials in accordance with s. 553.775(3)(c). |
825 | (d) Section 120.541(3) does not apply to the adoption of |
826 | amendments and the triennial update to the Florida Building Code |
827 | expressly authorized by s. 553.73. |
828 | (17) STATE FIRE MARSHAL.-Section 120.541(3) does not apply |
829 | to the adoption of amendments and the triennial update to the |
830 | Florida Fire Prevention Code expressly authorized by s. |
831 | 633.0215. |
832 | (18) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.-Sections 120.54(3)(b) |
833 | and 120.541 do not apply to the adjustment of tolls pursuant to |
834 | s. 338.165(3). |
835 | Section 9. Paragraph (l) is added to subsection (1) of |
836 | section 120.81, Florida Statutes, to read: |
837 | 120.81 Exceptions and special requirements; general |
838 | areas.- |
839 | (1) EDUCATIONAL UNITS.- |
840 | (l) Sections 120.54(3)(b) and 120.541 do not apply to the |
841 | adoption of rules pursuant to s. 1012.22, s. 1012.27, s. |
842 | 1012.34, s. 1012.335, or s. 1012.795. |
843 | Section 10. Paragraph (p) is added to subsection (2) of |
844 | section 120.569, Florida Statutes, to read: |
845 | 120.569 Decisions which affect substantial interests.- |
846 | (2) |
847 | (p) For any proceeding arising under chapter 373, chapter |
848 | 378, or chapter 403, if a nonapplicant petitions as a third |
849 | party to challenge an agency's issuance of a license, permit, or |
850 | conceptual approval, the order of presentation in the proceeding |
851 | is for the permit applicant to present a prima facie case |
852 | demonstrating entitlement to the license, permit, or conceptual |
853 | approval, followed by the agency. This demonstration may be made |
854 | by entering into evidence the application and relevant material |
855 | submitted to the agency in support of the application, and the |
856 | agency's staff report or notice of intent to approve the permit, |
857 | license, or conceptual approval. Subsequent to the presentation |
858 | of the applicant's prima facie case and any direct evidence |
859 | submitted by the agency, the petitioner initiating the action |
860 | challenging the issuance of the license, permit, or conceptual |
861 | approval has the burden of ultimate persuasion and has the |
862 | burden of going forward to prove the case in opposition to the |
863 | license, permit, or conceptual approval through the presentation |
864 | of competent and substantial evidence. The permit applicant and |
865 | agency may on rebuttal present any evidence relevant to |
866 | demonstrating that the application meets the conditions for |
867 | issuance. Notwithstanding subsection (1), this paragraph applies |
868 | to proceedings under s. 120.574. |
869 | Section 11. This act shall take effect upon becoming a |
870 | law. |