Annual Regulatory Plans

Pursuant to Chapter 120.74, F.S., the Annual Regulatory Plan includes a listing of each law enacted or amended during the previous 12 months which creates or modifies the duties or authority of the agency. The plan also contains a listing of each law which the agency expects to implement by rulemaking before the following July 1, except emergency rulemaking. As required, each plan must include a certification executed on behalf of the agency verifying that the persons executing the certification have reviewed the plan and verifying that the agency regularly reviews all of its rules and identifies the period during which all rules have most recently been reviewed to determine if the rules remain consistent with the agency’s rulemaking authority and the laws implemented.By October 1 of each year, agencies are required to publish its regulatory plan on its website with a clearly labeled hyperlink to the current plan on the agency’s primary website homepage; electronically deliver the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee a copy of the certification; and publish a notice identifying the date of publication of the agency’s regulatory plan which includes a hyperlink providing direct access to the published plan. The regulatory plans shall be maintained at an active website for 10 years after the date of initial publication on the agency’s website.