Administrative law.

CS/CS/CS/SB 1010--Administrative Procedures

This bill amends statutory provisions relating to Internet publication of the Florida Administrative Weekly, and revises and creates various duties of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee. The bill revises some duties of the Department of State and the Administration Commission, and revises duties with respect to rulemaking for agencies. The bill revises provisions relating to the timing and substance of petitions for administrative review of agency actions. The bill also expands eligibility under the Florida Equal Access to Justice Act, through which small business parties may receive attorney's fees and costs when they prevail in certain adjudicatory or administrative proceedings, to include certain individuals whose net worth did not exceed $2 million at the time of the state agency action. It also clarifies an agency's duty to report on changes made to proposed rules after a final public hearing. The bill requires the Division of Administrative Hearings and agencies to recommend cases or disputes suitable for a statutory summary heating process. It requires an agency's final order in certain cases involving disputed issues of material fact to explicitly rule on the exceptions that parties take with the recommended order. If approved by the governor, it takes effect July 1, 2005.