Florida Senate - 2023                                    SB 7002
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
       
       
       
       
       
       592-02145-23                                          20237002__
    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 standards for onsite
    5         sewage treatment and disposal systems and for domestic
    6         wastewater facility planning for facilities expansion,
    7         collection/transmission systems, and an operation and
    8         maintenance manual for the sole and exclusive purpose
    9         of satisfying any condition on effectiveness pursuant
   10         to s. 120.541(3), F.S., which requires ratification of
   11         any rule exceeding the specified thresholds for likely
   12         adverse impact or increase in regulatory costs;
   13         providing construction; 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 the
   19  effectiveness imposed under s. 120.541(3), Florida Statutes:
   20         (a) Rule 62-6.001, Florida Administrative Code, titled
   21  “General,” as filed for adoption with the Department of State
   22  pursuant to the certification package dated May 10, 2022.
   23         (b) Rules 62-600.405, 62-600.705, and 62-600.720, Florida
   24  Administrative Code, titled “Domestic Wastewater Facilities:
   25  Planning for Wastewater Facilities Expansion,” “Domestic
   26  Wastewater Facilities: Collection/Transmission Systems,” and
   27  “Domestic Wastewater Facilities: Operation and Maintenance
   28  Manual,” respectively, as filed for adoption with the Department
   29  of State pursuant to the certification package dated November
   30  16, 2021.
   31         (2) This act serves no other purpose and may not be
   32  codified in the Florida Statutes. After this act becomes a law,
   33  its enactment and effective dates must be noted in the Florida
   34  Administrative Code, the Florida Administrative Register, or
   35  both, as appropriate. This act does not alter rulemaking
   36  authority delegated by prior law, does not constitute
   37  legislative preemption of or exception to any provision of law
   38  governing adoption or enforcement of the rule cited, and is
   39  intended to preserve the status of any cited rule as a rule
   40  under chapter 120, Florida Statutes. This act does not cure any
   41  rulemaking defect or preempt any challenge based on a lack of
   42  authority or a violation of the legal requirements governing the
   43  adoption of any rule cited.
   44         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.