Florida Administrative Code › 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › 1 - Departmental › Chapter 1-1 - RULEMAKING › Section 1-1.009 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
Definitions as used in rule Chapter 1-1, F.A.C.
(1) "Amended Rule" means a rule which is
				being or has been altered by adding, deleting or rephrasing text currently
				published in the Florida Administrative Code.
(2) "Coding" is a method by which rule text
				is underlined to indicate that text is new and stricken through to indicate
				that text is deleted.
(3) "File for
				Adoption" means delivery of a signed certification packet to and acceptance by
				an official in the Administrative Code and Register Section who is authorized
				to file official rulemaking documents.
(4) "General Notice" means any notice
				published in the Florida Administrative Register not defined as a "Rule
				Notice."
(5) "Law Implemented"
				means the language of the enabling statute being carried out or interpreted by
				an agency through rulemaking.
(6)
				"Proposed Rule" is a rule which is not yet adopted, but is currently undergoing
				rulemaking.
(7) "Promulgate" is the
				formal term used to refer to the rulemaking process authorized by Chapter 120,
				F.S.
(8) "Repealed Rule" is a rule
				which has been or is currently being revoked or rescinded.
(9) "Rule Certification Form" is the form
				signed by the person authorized to certify that the agency has complied with
				the statutory time limitations, that all rulemaking requirements have been met
				and that there is no administrative determination pending on the rule being
				filed for adoption.
(10) "Rule
				Chapter" refers to a number that identifies a major group of similar rules
				relating to a particular function within a division, within a major activity of
				an agency or within an agency included in a group of closely related agencies
				sharing the same title number. For example, "1-1" is a rule chapter which
				contains several individual rules of the Department of State, relating to a
				particular function.
(11) "Rule
				Notice" refers to a Notice of Rule Development, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,
				Notice of Intent to Adopt a Rule, Notice of Change, Notice of Withdrawal,
				Notice of Correction or a Notice of Emergency Rules.
(12) "Rule Number" is the entire rule number
				comprised of the title number, the chapter number, the decimal point with at
				least three digit identification number.
(13) "Rule Title" is the description of the
				rule which sufficiently indicates its content.
(14) "Rulemaking" means the adoption,
				amendment or repeal of a rule.
(15)
				"Rulemaking Authority" means the statutory language that explicitly authorizes
				or requires an agency to adopt, develop, establish, or otherwise create any
				statement coming within the definition of the term rule. (Notice: prior to July
				1, 2008, this term was "Specific Authority." In the history notes for rules
				promulgated after the effective date of this rule, the term "Rulemaking
				Authority" should be used rather than "Specific Authority." History notes for
				rules promulgated prior to the effective date of this rule, using "Specific
				Authority, " shall remain undisturbed, until and unless such rules are
				amended.)
(16) "Sub-unit" means a
				subsection, paragraph, subparagraph or sub-subparagraph of a rule.
(17) "Title Number" is the number assigned to
				each agency or closely related group of state agencies by the Department of
				State.
(18) "Transferred Rule" is a
				rule which has been renumbered and relocated from one rule chapter to another,
				with no changes in the text of the rule. The history note of the transferred
				rule includes the former rule number.
Rulemaking Authority
					 120.55(1)(c)
					 FS. Law Implemented 120.55(1)(c)
					 FS.
New 9-2-93, Amended 4-1-96, Formerly
					  1S-1.0015, Amended 3-8-09,
					 Formerly  1B-30.0015, Amended
					 10-1-12.