Florida Administrative Code 28 - ADMINISTRATION COMMISSION
Here’s a refined overview of Florida Administrative Code (FAC) Chapter 28 – Administration Commission under Division 28 – Departmental:
📚 Structure & Scope
Division 28 covers Chapters 28‑10 through 28‑112, which govern internal Administration Commission procedures and powers (regulations.justia.com).
Key Chapters:
28‑10 – Certification of local governments authorized to review Developments of Regional Impact (regulations.justia.com).
28‑18 to 28‑37 – Land planning and regulations for Areas of Critical State Concern (e.g., Florida Keys, Apalachicola Bay, Green Swamp) (regulations.justia.com).
28‑40 to 28‑43 – Wage recovery procedures for defaulted educational loans; sheriff and municipal law‑enforcement budget appeals (regulations.justia.com).
28‑101 to 28‑112 – Internal procedural rules: organization, meeting scheduling, rulemaking, petitions for variances, declaratory statements, hearings, exceptions, remote proceedings, bid protests, court-facility costs, and employment rule exceptions (regulations.justia.com).
🔍 Important Provisions (Chapters 28‑102 to 28‑106 & 28‑108 to 28‑109)
These chapters codify the Uniform Rules of Procedure (per Fla. Stat. ch. 120) that the Administration Commission promulgates (floridabar.org):
28‑102 – Notices, agendas, emergency meetings
28‑103 – Rulemaking
28‑104 – Variances or waivers from those rules
28‑105 – Declaratory statements (petitions, interventions, agency disposition)
28‑106 – Hearings on requests involving “substantial interests,” including notices, conduct, mediation, evidence, orders (law.cornell.edu, regulations.justia.com, japc.state.fl.us)
28‑108 – Exceptions to Uniform Rules of Procedure
28‑109 – Conducting proceedings via communications technology (japc.state.fl.us, regulations.justia.com)
🏛️ Administration Commission Overview
Composed of the Governor (chair) and Cabinet members (myfloridalegal.com).
Staffed by Governor’s Office of Policy & Budget and General Counsel (myfloridalegal.com).
Oversees procedural governance of statewide administrative rulemaking, budget appeals, declaratory statements, variances, hearings, elections of exemptions, and land‑planning regulation in designated critical state areas (flrules.elaws.us).
✅ Summary Table
Part
Focus Area
28‑10 to 28‑43
Certification, Area regulations, loan & budget appeals
28‑101–28‑112
Internal procedures: meetings, rulemaking, variances, hearings, remote proceedings
🛠️ How It’s Used
Guides agency-level administrative proceedings, including public meetings, rulemaking, petitions for relief, budget disputes, and land planning.
Supports enforcement of the Administrative Procedures Act (Chapter 120, F.S.) at the commission level (regulations.justia.com, myfloridalegal.com).
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