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This bill ratifies a specific rule, Rule 62-42.300 of the Florida Administrative Code, concerning the minimum water flows and recovery strategy for the Lower Santa Fe and Ichetucknee Rivers and Priority Springs. This ratification is solely for the purpose of meeting a legal requirement under Florida Statutes section 120.541(3), which mandates legislative ratification for rules that are determined to have a significant adverse impact or increase regulatory costs beyond certain thresholds. The bill explicitly states that this ratification has no other purpose, will not be codified into the Florida Statutes, and does not affect the Department of Environmental Protection's general authority to make rules or cure any existing defects in the rulemaking process for the cited rule. The act is set to become effective on July 1, 2026.

Environment and Natural Resources (Senate)

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7034