Florida Senate - 2026                   (PROPOSED BILL) SPB 7034
       
       
        
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Environment and Natural
       Resources
       
       
       
       
       592-02076A-26                                         20267034pb
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to ratification of rules of the
    3         Department of Environmental Protection; ratifying a
    4         specified rule relating to the Lower Santa Fe and
    5         Ichetucknee Rivers and Priority Springs minimum flows
    6         and recovery strategy for the sole and exclusive
    7         purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness
    8         pursuant to s. 120.541(3), F.S., which requires
    9         ratification of any rule exceeding the specified
   10         thresholds for likely adverse impact or increase in
   11         regulatory costs; providing construction; providing an
   12         effective date.
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   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   16         Section 1. (1) The following rule is ratified for the sole
   17  and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on the
   18  effectiveness imposed under s. 120.541(3), Florida Statutes:
   19  Rule 62-42.300, Florida Administrative Code, titled “The Lower
   20  Santa Fe and Ichetucknee Rivers and Priority Springs,” as filed
   21  for adoption with the Department of State pursuant to the
   22  certification package dated December 31, 2025.
   23         (2) This act serves no other purpose and may not be
   24  codified in the Florida Statutes. After this act becomes a law,
   25  its enactment and effective dates must be noted in the Florida
   26  Administrative Code, the Florida Administrative Register, or
   27  both, as appropriate. This act does not alter rulemaking
   28  authority delegated by prior law, does not constitute
   29  legislative preemption of or exception to any provision of law
   30  governing adoption or enforcement of the rule cited, and is
   31  intended to preserve the status of any cited rule as a rule
   32  under chapter 120, Florida Statutes. This act does not cure any
   33  rulemaking defect or preempt any challenge based on a lack of
   34  authority or a violation of the legal requirements governing the
   35  adoption of any rule cited.
   36         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.