FL S0372

Requires agencies to publish notice of rule development within 30 days after a public hearing on an unadopted rule and file a proposed rule within 180 days, or publish a statement explaining the delay; prohibits reliance on unadopted rules unless the agency publishes a statement explaining why formal rulemaking is infeasible.

Expands publication requirements in the Florida Administrative Register to include lists of rules filed for adoption in the previous 7 days and rules pending legislative ratification; requires agencies with e-mail notification services to notify recipients of rulemaking activities.

Clarifies procedures for challenging proposed and adopted rules, specifying that petitioners must prove they are substantially affected by a rule and establishing the agency's burden to prove the rule is not an invalid exercise of delegated authority.

Allows parties in agency action proceedings to challenge rules as invalid or unadopted through a collateral challenge procedure and permits consolidation of such proceedings; prohibits agency action based on unadopted or invalid rules.

Requires agencies by June 30, 2017, to review and certify which rules constitute minor violations and publish these designations; applies special summary hearing procedures to administrative challenges of special event permits.