Amending rule to update conversion units used in figuring equivalent boxes for payment of equalization excise assessments in the case that the actual number of boxes cannot be substantiated by appropriate records. The figures are updated every three ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF CITRUS

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

20-9.002Processed Form

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Amending rule to update conversion units used in figuring equivalent boxes for payment of equalization excise assessments in the case that the actual number of boxes cannot be substantiated by appropriate records. The figures are updated every three years in order to ensure equivalent boxes are up to date and fair. The computation is based on a five-year weighted average. An audit by agency’s Inspector General discovered that the current figures in the chart were based on a three-year weighted average; therefore, the rule is being amended to correct the error.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Conversion units used in figuring equivalent boxes for payment of equalization excise assessments and housekeeping updates.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 601.10(1), 601.15(1),(10)(a), 601.155(3),(7) FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 601.15(5),(6), 601.155 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: Alice P. Wiggins, Legal Administrative Assistant, Florida Department of Citrus, P.O. Box 9010, Bartow, Florida 33831-9010 or [e-mail] or http://fdocgrower.com/legal/rules/

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE FROM THE CONTACT PERSON LISTED ABOVE.