The Florida Senate

HB 7179: The Open Government Act

GENERAL BILL by Government Efficiency & Accountability Council ; Homan

The Open Government Act; defines term "unadopted rule"; provides additional procedures for rule adoption hearings; revises duties & procedures of Administrative Procedures Committee & agencies re review of agency rules; revises procedures for administrative determinations of invalidity of proposed rules; revises guidelines for award of attorney's fees & reasonable costs in certain challenges, etc. Amends Ch. 120.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  4/17/2007	House	• Filed; Introduced -HJ 00484
  4/20/2007	House	• Referred to Calendar -HJ 00569
  4/24/2007	House	• Placed on Special Order Calendar; Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading -HJ 00632
  5/4/2007	House	• Died on Calendar

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• HB 7179, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/17/2007 at 3:18 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Government Efficiency & Accountability Council (Post-Meeting) (pdf)

  Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 7183 (e1)		Homan	Compare	Last Action: 5/2/2008 H Veto Message transmitted to Secretary of State Location:
  S 1592 (e1)	Open Government Act [RPCC]	Bennett	Compare	Last Action: 5/1/2007 S Substituted HB 7183 (Vetoed by Governor) -SJ 00745; Laid on Table -SJ 00745 Location:
  S 1594 (c1)	Rules & Rulemaking [RPCC]	Bennett	Compare	Last Action: 5/4/2007 S Died in Committee on Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Location:

  Citations - Statutes (7)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  120.52	Definitions.
  120.54	Rulemaking.
  120.545	Committee review of agency rules.
  120.55	Publication.
  120.56	Challenges to rules.
  120.57	Additional procedures for particular cases.
  120.595	Attorney's fees.

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