This rulemaking is intended to update certain rules within Chapter 34-17, F.A.C., to reflect amendments made by Ch. 2024-253, Laws of Florida, to Section 112.324, Florida Statutes. These statutory changes become effective on October 1, 2024. The effect of the change, all of which are in accordance with the statutory amendments, will be to set a timeline for the Commission to send a copy of a referral to a respondent, to allow the Commission's Executive Director to order that a referral be investigated, and to clarify the procedure if a referral is not found legally sufficient for investigation.