HB 7025 - Administrative Procedures Summary

• Revises notice requirements for rule development and proposed rules, including provisions for electronic delivery and online access to incorporated materials at time of notice publication

• Expands public workshop scope to include information gathering for estimated regulatory cost statements; requires agency personnel responsible for rules and cost statements to attend public hearings

• Creates presumption of adverse impact on small business for rules meeting specified criteria (10+ hours compliance time, $500+ tax increases, $1,000+ operating cost increases, or $1,000+ capital expenditures)

• Establishes new process for substantially affected persons to submit lower cost regulatory alternatives within 21 days of notice, requiring agencies to respond and potentially extend filing deadlines by 21 days

• Requires publication of notice when agencies suspend rulemaking to convene separate proceedings under due process provisions, tolling all rulemaking deadlines during such suspension

• Adds requirement for community development district petitions to include statement explaining prospective economic impact in accordance with regulatory cost estimate requirements

• Effective date: July 1, 2015