Florida Senate - 2014         (PROPOSED COMMITTEE BILL) SPB 7084
       
       
        
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Environmental Preservation
       and Conservation
       
       
       
       
       592-02162-14                                          20147084__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to ratification of rules of the
    3         Department of Environmental Protection; ratifying
    4         specified rules relating to qualifications and
    5         performance reviews of contractors performing certain
    6         site rehabilitation activities for petroleum
    7         contaminated sites and procedures for procurement of
    8         such contractors for the sole and exclusive purpose of
    9         satisfying any condition on effectiveness pursuant to
   10         s. 120.541(3), F.S., which requires ratification of
   11         any rule meeting any specified thresholds for likely
   12         adverse impact or increase in regulatory costs;
   13         providing applicability; providing an effective date.
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   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   17         Section 1. (1) The following rules are ratified for the
   18  sole and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on
   19  effectiveness imposed under s. 120.541(3), Florida Statutes:
   20         (a) Rule 62-772.300, Florida Administrative Code, entitled
   21  “Contractor Qualifications and Performance Reviews,” as filed
   22  for adoption with the Department of State pursuant to the
   23  certification package dated December 27, 2013.
   24         (b) Rule 62-772.400, Florida Administrative Code, entitled
   25  “Procedures for the Competitive Procurement of Contractors and
   26  Assignment of Work,” as filed for adoption with the Department
   27  of State pursuant to the certification package dated December
   28  27, 2013.
   29         (2) This act serves no other purpose and may not be
   30  codified in the Florida Statutes. After this act becomes law,
   31  its enactment and effective dates shall be noted in the Florida
   32  Administrative Code or the Florida Administrative Register, or
   33  both, as appropriate. This act does not alter rulemaking
   34  authority delegated by prior law, does not constitute
   35  legislative preemption of or exception to any provision of law
   36  governing adoption or enforcement of the rules cited, and is
   37  intended to preserve the status of any cited rule as a rule
   38  under chapter 120, Florida Statutes. This act does not cure any
   39  rulemaking defect or preempt any challenge based on a lack of
   40  authority or a violation of the legal requirements governing the
   41  adoption of any rule cited.
   42         Section 2. This act shall take effect on becoming law.