Applications for Aquacultural Activities, Payments and Fees for Aquacultural Activities  

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    BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND

    RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

    18-21.021Applications for Aquacultural Activities

    18-21.022Payments and Fees for Aquacultural Activities

    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. 44 No. 251, December 28, 2018 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

    18-21.021 Applications for Aquacultural Activities.

    (1) No change.

    (a) through (t) No change.

    (u) Requests to renew leases shall be made on the Application to Renew an Aquaculture Lease Shellfish (FDACS 15160, Rev.06/16) or Application to Renew an Aquaculture Lease Live Rock (FDACS 15412, Rev. 06/17). Applications to sublease shall be made on the Application for Sublease of Sovereignty Submerged Land Aquaculture Lease (FDACS 15114, Rev. 08/16/09). Applications for transferring leases shall be made on Assignment and Assumption of Lease (FDACS 15113, Rev. 04/14). The applications listed in this paragraph are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference and may be obtained on the Internet at http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-XXXX and http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-XXXX or by writing to the Division of Aquaculture at 600 S. Calhoun Street, Suite 217, Tallahassee, Florida 32399.

    (2) through (7) No change.

    Rulemaking Authority 253.03(7) FS. Law Implemented 253.002, 253.04, 253.67-.75, 253.77, 373.427(2)(a), 597.010 FS. History–New 9-1-09,             .

     

    18-21.022 Payments and Fees for Aquacultural Activities.

    (1) through (3) No change.

    (4) The annual fee shall be revised March 1 of each year and increased or decreased based on the average change over time in the price paid by all urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services. In determining the change, the Board will annually consult the Consumer Price Index figures established for the previous five years by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, computed as provided in the BLS Publication “Handbook of Methods,” Chapter 17, June 2007, and found on the BLS website at http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch17.pdf which is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference and may be obtained on the Internet at http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-XXXX or by writing to the Division of Aquaculture at 600 S. Calhoun Street, Suite 217, Tallahassee, Florida 32399. There shall be a 10 percent cap on any annual increase.

    (5) through (8) No change.

    Rulemaking Authority 253.03(7), (11), 253.73 FS. Law Implemented 253.002, 253.04, 253.67-.75, 253.77, 597.010 FS. History–New 9-1-09,             .