33-102.101 Public Information and Inspection of Records.

(1) Requests for information may be directed to the Office of the Secretary, Department of Corrections, 501 South Calhoun Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2500. Requests for personal inspection and copying of any records that are open to the public may be directed to the same office or to any office of the Department where such records are kept.

(2) There will be a charge of $0.15 per page for standard legal or letter size copies, or if special equipment or paper is required, the Department facility or office shall charge the estimated actual cost of making the copies.

(3) In addition to the actual cost of materials and supplies, a special service charge will be assessed for providing information when the nature or volume of the records requested requires extensive clerical or supervisory assistance by departmental personnel. For the purpose of this rule, “extensive” means that it will take more than 15 minutes to locate, review for confidential information, copy and refile the requested material. The special service charge will be computed to the nearest quarter of an hour exceeding 15 minutes based on the current rate of pay for the paygrade of the person who performed the service and will be assessed regardless of the number of individual copies made.

(4) Payment of costs assessed in subsection (2) or (3) must be received before copies will be provided.

(5) When copies requested pursuant to this rule are available to be picked up or for mailing, the requestor shall be notified of the costs of reproduction as specified in subsections (2) and (3) on Form DC1-201, Invoice for Production of Records. Form DC1-201. Form DC1-201 shall also indicate if any information is redacted from the copies provided as required by state law. Form DC1-201, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-11952, is hereby incorporated by reference. Copies of this form are available from the Forms Control Administrator, 501 South Calhoun Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2500. The effective date of Form DC1-201 is 05/20.

Rulemaking Authority 944.09 FS. Law Implemented 119.07, 119.071 FS. History–New 10-8-76, Amended 2-24-81, Formerly 33-1.04, Amended 6-9-86, 2-9-88, Formerly 33-1.004, Amended 10-29-01, 12-5-05, 4-16-08, 12-25-08, 8-18-09, 2-26-12, 8-12-12, 5-24-20.

33-102.201 Rule Notices.

(1) Notices of the development, proposed adoption, proposed amendment, or proposed repeal of a Department rule will be provided to affected persons as required by Sections 120.54(2) and (3), F.S.

(2) Notice will be provided by:

(a) Publishing in the Florida Administrative Register all required Notices of Rule Development prior to the publication of any related Notice of Proposed Rule.

(b) Publishing in the Florida Administrative Register all Notices of Proposed Rule at least 28 days before the Department’s intended action.

(c) Publishing in the Florida Administrative Register all Notices of Change at least 21 days before the Department’s intended action.

(d) Posting all published Notices of Rule Development, Notices of Proposed Rule, and Notices of Change on the Department’s public website.

(e) Posting a memorandum within three business days of notice publication on all inmate bulletin boards at all state correctional institutions, private correctional facilities, annexes, work camps, road prisons, and work release centers informing inmates that published Notices of Rule Development, Notices of Proposed Rule, or Notices of Change are available for review in the institutional library or administrative office.

(f) Circulating a copy of published Notices of Rule Development, Notices of Proposed Rule, and Notices of Change within three business days of publication among the inmates housed in any confinement or management status that has restricted inmate movement that would prevent an inmate from accessing the institutional library or administrative office.

Rulemaking Authority 944.09 FS. Law Implemented 120.54 FS. History–New 10-8-76, Amended 5-2-85, Formerly 33-12.01, Amended 8-13-97, Formerly 33-12.001, Amended 7-17-08, 1-12-21.

33-102.202 Qualified Representatives.

Inmates shall not act as qualified representatives in administrative proceedings.

Rulemaking Authority 944.09 FS. Law Implemented 120.81, 944.09 FS. History–New 8-2-01.