Natural Gas Fuel Fleet Vehicle Rebate

 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES

Office of Energy

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

5O-4.001Natural Gas Fuel Fleet Vehicle Rebate

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 39, No. 205, October 21, 2013 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

The Notice of Proposed Rule was inadvertently published without the full Summary of Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost and Legislative Ratification. The full version is below.

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS (SERC) AND LEGISLATIVE RATIFICATION: The Agency has determined that this rule will not have an adverse impact on small business or likely increase directly or indirectly regulatory costs in excess of $200,000 in the aggregate within one year after the implementation of the rule. A SERC has not been prepared by the agency.

The Agency has determined that the proposed rule is not expected to require legislative ratification based on the statement of estimated regulatory costs or, if no SERC is required, the information expressly relied upon and described herein: The Department’s economic analysis of the adverse impact or potential regulatory costs of the proposed rule did not exceed any of the criteria established in Section 120.541(2)(a), Florida Statutes. The Natural Gas Fuel Fleet Vehicle Rebate is a voluntary program. Taxpayers may elect to participate in this program to take advantage of rebates associated with the purchase, lease, or conversion of a qualifying natural gas vehicle. Additionally, no interested party provided statements or submitted additional information regarding the economic impact for this program.

Any person who wishes to provide information regarding the statement of estimated regulatory costs or to provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.

 

5O-4.001 Natural Gas Fuel Fleet Vehicle Rebate.

(1) through (8) No change.

(9) Upon request of the Department, the applicant shall make the vehicles for which the applicant has applied for a rebate available for inspection by the department to verify the VIN number, the conversion kit ID number, and other information contained in the Natural Gas Fuel Fleet Vehicle Rebate Application, Form FDACS-01976, Rev. 10/13, submitted by the applicant. The Department reserves the right to verify in person any information included with any application. If the Department intends to verify application information in person, written notification of this intent will be provided to the applicant.

(10) The Department reserves the right to request information from an applicant before a determination is made as to the status of their rebate application. If this information is not provided by the applicant, the application shall be deemed incomplete.

(10)(11) Applications received after funding has been exhausted will be returned to applicant with a notice that funding has been exhausted for that program year. Applicants will be notified if their application appeared to be complete or incomplete.

(11)(12) Materials Incorporated by Reference. The Natural Gas Fuel Fleet Vehicle Rebate Application, Form FDACS-01976, Rev. 10/13, is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference. The form may be obtained by contacting the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Energy, at 600 South Calhoun Street, Suite 251, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0001, or emailing [e-mail], and is available online at: http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-XXXXX.

Rulemaking Authority 377.810(5) FS. Law Implemented 377.810 FS. History–New________.