RULE NO: RULE TITLE
68-1.001: Adoption of Uniform Rules of Procedure; Due Process Procedures; Subject Matter Index; Official Reporter
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of this proposed new rule is to place existing Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission procedural provisions currently located in Rules 68A-2.009 and 68A-2.013 into a single rule in a new rule chapter clearly designated to apply to the entire agency. This effort is being done in conjunction with the repeal of obsolete rules in Rule Chapter 68A-2, F.A.C., and the transfer of certain rules (Rules 68A-2.014 and 68A-2.015) intact from that chapter to new rule 68-1. The effect of this rule will be to make the procedural rules more readily available to the public.
SUMMARY: The new rule will consolidate the Commission’s procedural rules in a new chapter designated for the entire agency and will incorporate the Commission’s existing due process procedures into the procedural rule.
SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: No Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared.
Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: Article IV, Section 9, Florida Constitution.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: Article IV, Section 9, Florida Constitution.
A HEARING WILL BE HELD AT THE TIME, DATE AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
TIME AND DATE: Each day, June 7 - 8, 2006, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
PLACE: Marriott West Palm Beach, 1001 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach, Florida, 33401.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: the ADA Coordinator, at (850)488-6411. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency by calling (850)488-9542. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: James Antista, General Counsel, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, 620 South Meridian Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1600, (850) 487-1764.

THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

 68-1.001 Adoption of Uniform Rules of Procedure; Due Process Procedures; Subject Matter Index; Official Reporter.

(1) The Uniform Rules of Procedure, Chapter 28, Florida Administrative Code, shall be the procedural rules of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

(2) The due process procedures adopted by the Commission on July 7, 1999, are incorporated herein by reference.

(3) The Commission designates Florida Administrative Law Reports (FALR) as its official reporter for purposes of publishing and indexing by subject matter all Commission orders rendered pursuant to exercise of authority granted to the Commission by state statute.

 

Specific Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const., Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla.Const., 120.54(5) 120.53(2)  History– New_________.

NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: James V. Antista, General Counsel.
NAME OF SUPERVISOR OR PERSON WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: February 1, 2006
DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAW: October 28, 2005.
BE ADVISED THAT THESE PROPOSED RULES MAY BE FILED FOR ADOPTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOLLOWING THE COMMISSION MEETING AT WHICH THEY ARE CONSIDERED IF THE RULES ARE NOT CHANGED. IF CHANGED, THE RULES MAY BE FILED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER PUBLICATION OF A NOTICE OF CHANGE IN THE F.A.W.