Florida SB 7034: Taxation

Bill Text

7034 
Ratification of Rules of the Department of Environmental Protection 
2026-02-04T08:49:18Z 
Ratifying a specified rule relating to the Lower Santa Fe and Ichetucknee Rivers and Priority Springs minimum flows and recovery strategy for the sole and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness pursuant to s. 120.541(3), F.S., which requires ratification of any rule exceeding the specified thresholds for likely adverse impact or increase in regulatory costs, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 7034 

 By the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources 

 592-02474-26 20267034__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to ratification of rules of the 
 3 Department of Environmental Protection; ratifying a 
 4 specified rule relating to the Lower Santa Fe and 
 5 Ichetucknee Rivers and Priority Springs minimum flows 
 6 and recovery strategy for the sole and exclusive 
 7 purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness 
 8 pursuant to s. 120.541(3), F.S., which requires 
 9 ratification of any rule exceeding the specified 
 10 thresholds for likely adverse impact or increase in 
 11 regulatory costs; providing construction; providing an 
 12 effective date. 
 13 
 14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 15 
 16 Section 1. (1) The following rule is ratified for the sole 
 17 and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on the 
 18 effectiveness imposed under s. 120.541(3), Florida Statutes: 
 19 Rule 62-42.300, Florida Administrative Code, titled “The Lower 
 20 Santa Fe and Ichetucknee Rivers and Priority Springs,” as filed 
 21 for adoption with the Department of State pursuant to the 
 22 certification package dated December 31, 2025. 
 23 (2) This act serves no other purpose and may not be 
 24 codified in the Florida Statutes. After this act becomes a law, 
 25 its enactment and effective dates must be noted in the Florida 
 26 Administrative Code, the Florida Administrative Register, or 
 27 both, as appropriate. This act does not alter rulemaking 
 28 authority delegated by prior law, does not constitute 
 29 legislative preemption of or exception to any provision of law 
 30 governing adoption or enforcement of the rule cited, and is 
 31 intended to preserve the status of any cited rule as a rule 
 32 under chapter 120, Florida Statutes. This act does not cure any 
 33 rulemaking defect or preempt any challenge based on a lack of 
 34 authority or a violation of the legal requirements governing the 
 35 adoption of any rule cited. 
 36 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.