Florida Senate - 2019                                    SB 1210
       
       
        
       By Senator Book
       
       
       
       
       
       32-01795-19                                           20191210__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to ratification of rules of the
    3         Department of Financial Services; ratifying a
    4         specified rule relating to implementation of expanded
    5         workers’ compensation benefits for first responders
    6         for the sole and exclusive purpose of satisfying any
    7         condition on effectiveness pursuant to s. 120.541(3),
    8         F.S., which requires ratification of any rule meeting
    9         any specified thresholds for likely adverse impact or
   10         increase in regulatory costs; providing applicability;
   11         providing an effective date.
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   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. (1) The following rule is ratified for the sole
   16  and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on the
   17  effectiveness imposed under s. 120.541(3), Florida Statutes:
   18  Rule 69L-3.009, Florida Administrative Code, entitled “Injuries
   19  that Qualify as Grievous Bodily Harm of a Nature that Shocks the
   20  Conscience,” as filed for adoption with the Department of State
   21  pursuant to the certification package dated December 5, 2018.
   22         (2) This act serves no other purpose and may not be
   23  codified in the Florida Statutes. After this act becomes law,
   24  its enactment and effective dates shall be noted in the Florida
   25  Administrative Code or the Florida Administrative Register, or
   26  both, as appropriate. This act does not alter rulemaking
   27  authority delegated by prior law, does not constitute
   28  legislative preemption of or exception to any provision of law
   29  governing adoption or enforcement of the rules cited, and is
   30  intended to preserve the status of any cited rule as a rule
   31  under chapter 120, Florida Statutes. This act does not cure any
   32  rulemaking defect or preempt any challenge based on a lack of
   33  authority or a violation of the legal requirements governing the
   34  adoption of any rule cited.
   35         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.