To update electronic transmission of plans, specifications, reports, and seals. SUMMARY: Eliminates out-of-date language.

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

Board of Landscape Architecture

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

61G10-11.011Electronic Transmission of Plans, Specifications, Reports, and Seals.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To update electronic transmission of plans, specifications, reports, and seals.

SUMMARY: Eliminates out-of-date language.

SUMMARY: Eliminates out-of-date language.

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS AND LEGISLATIVE RATIFICATION:

The Agency has determined that this 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: During discussion of the economic impact of this rule at its Board meeting, the Board concluded that this rule change will not have any impact on licensees and their businesses or the businesses that employ them. The rule will not increase any fees, business costs, personnel costs, will not decrease profit opportunities, and will not require any specialized knowledge to comply. This change will not increase any direct or indirect regulatory costs. Hence, the Board determined that a Statement of Estimated Regulatory Costs (SERC) was not necessary and that the rule will not require ratification by the Legislature. No person or interested party submitted additional information regarding the economic impact at that time.

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

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 481.306, 481.321 FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 481.321 FS.

IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN THE FAR.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Ruthanne Christie, Executive Director, Board of Landscape Architecture, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0791; [e-mail].

 

THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

 

61G10-11.011 Electronic Transmission of Plans, Specifications, Reports, and Seals.

(1) Landscape architecture work, which must be sealed under provisions of chapter 481, F.S., to be stored or transmitted in electronic format, shall be signed, dated, and sealed by the Landscape Architect.

(2) through (3) No Change.

(4) Alternatively, electronic files may be signed and sealed by creating a “signature” file that contains the Landscape Architect’s name and license number, a brief overall description of the documents, and a list of the electronic files to be sealed. Each file in the list shall be identified by its file name utilizing relative Uniform Resource Locators (URL) syntax described in the Internet Architecture Board’s Request for Comments (RFC) 1738, December 1994, which is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference by the Board and can be obtained from the Internet Website: ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1738.txt. Each file shall have an authentication code defined as an SHA-1 message digest described in Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 180-1 “Secure Hash Standard,” 1995 April 17, which is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference by the Board and can be obtained from the Internet Website: http://www.itl.nist.gov./div897/pubs/fip180-1.htm. A report shall be created that contains the Landscape Architect’s name and license number, a brief overall description of the documents in question and the authentication code of the signature file. This report shall be printed and manually signed, dated, and sealed by the Landscape Architect in responsible charge. The signature file is defined as sealed if its authentication code matches the authentication code on the printed, manually signed, dated and sealed report. Each electronic file listed in a sealed signature file is defined as sealed if the listed authentication code matches the file's computed authentication code.

Rulemaking Authority 481.306, 481.321 FS. Law Implemented 481.321 FS. History–New 2-16-06,                               .

 

NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Board of Landscape Architecture

NAME OF AGENCY HEAD WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Board of Landscape Architecture

DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: May 17, 2022

DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAR: July 19, 2022