This proposed rulemaking effectuates amendments to chapter 493, FS, passed during the 2016 legislative session, requiring Division licensees have their fingerprints entered into and retained within the statewide automated biometric identification ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES

Division of Licensing

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

5N-1.116Classification of Licenses; Insurance; Fees

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: This proposed rulemaking effectuates amendments to Chapter 493, FS, passed during the 2016 legislative session, requiring Division licensees have their fingerprints entered into and retained within the statewide automated biometric identification system established in Section 943.05(2)(b), F.S. Additional amendments remove language duplicative of statutory requirements, organize existing license and examination fees into biennial and triennial licenses, and update a citation to, and remove an outdated website for, an agency form. The effect will be to ensure implementation of a statutory mandate while updating the Division’s rule.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Fingerprint Retention Fees and other technical rule amendments.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 215.405, 493.6103, 493.6105(3)(j), 493.6107, 493.6202, 493.6302, 493.6402, 493.6203(5), F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 215.405, 493.6105(1), 493.6105(3)(j), 493.6107, 493.6110, 493.6111, 493.6113, 493.6115(13), 493.6201, 493.6202, 493.6203(5), 493.6301, 493.6302, 493.6401, 493.6402, FS.

IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE REGISTER.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: John Roberts, Government Analyst I, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Licensing, P.O. Box 5708, Tallahassee, Florida 32314, [phone], [e-mail]

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.