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Article: HB 7183--Administrative Procedures.(Administrative Law)(Brief article)
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- Florida Bar News
- Article date:
- July 1, 2007
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This bill revises provisions in the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), codified in Ch. 120, relating to unadopted agency rules. The bill creates incentives for agencies to adopt rules and for affected persons to challenge unadopted rules by creating requirements for agency adoption of policy statements as rules and bolstering the ability of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee to examine unadopted agency rules and modifies provisions relating to the award of costs and fees in rule challenges. The bill also modifies provisions of the APA concerning the incorporation by reference of materials into agency rules. In addition to technical or administrative ...