Bill > S1708

This bill revises the process by which state agencies implement new laws through rulemaking, requiring agencies to annually prepare and publish a regulatory plan detailing which laws they intend to implement through new rules, and by when. It also establishes new deadlines for agencies to propose rules implementing new laws, specifically requiring them to publish a notice of rule development by November 1st and a notice of proposed rule by April 1st of the following year, with provisions for extensions. The bill also mandates that agencies periodically review their existing rules to ensure they remain consistent with current law and their authority, and requires agencies to publish their regulatory plans online and in the Florida Administrative Register, a daily publication of government notices. Furthermore, it introduces a mechanism where an agency's rulemaking authority can be automatically suspended if it fails to comply with these new requirements, with the suspension lifting once the agency takes corrective action or at the end of the legislative session. Finally, the bill repeals certain existing statutes related to rulemaking and regulatory plans and sets an effective date of July 1, 2014, for most of its provisions.