Section 288.11625, Florida Statutes, requires the department to certify and decertify applicants to receive state funding for spring training facilities and franchises. In Rules 73A-2.001, .002, .003, and .004, the department sets forth procedures ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

Division of Strategic Business Development

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

73A-2.001Certification for Spring Training Baseball Facilities

73A-2.002Decertification and Decertification Review for Spring Training Baseball Facilities

73A-2.003Certification for the Retention of Major League Baseball Spring Training Baseball Franchises

73A-2.004Decertification and Decertification Review for the Retention of Major League Baseball Spring Training Baseball Franchises

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Section 288.11625, Florida Statutes, requires the department to certify and decertify applicants to receive state funding for spring training facilities and franchises. In Rules 73A-2.001, .002, .003, and .004, the department sets forth procedures for applicants seeking certification and/or decertification. The department seeks to address the certification and decertification process in Rule 73A-2.001. In so doing, the department updates the rule to remove a 30-day evaluation period not required by statute, notice applicants that the department may request additional information, clarify the notices that the department will provide applicants, and modify the decertification timelines so that the rule conforms with the statute. Rules 73A-2.002, .003, and .004 will be repealed.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: The proposed rule implements the requirement that the department certify and decertify applicants for state funding for spring training baseball facilities and franchises.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 288.11621(8); 288.11631(6), FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 288.11621(2); 288.11621(5); 288.11631(2); 288.11631(5), 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: M. Linville Atkins, Office of General Counsel, Department of Economic Opportunity, 107 East Madison Street, MSC #110, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, [phone]

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