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        "url": "https://amendsignal.com/changes/florida-department-of-commerce-proposes-same-day-sharing-of-reemployment-assistance-appeal-filings/",
        "title": "Florida Department of Commerce requires same-day copies of reemployment appeal filings to the opposing party",
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                "value": "73B-21.010"
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            "what_changed": "The Florida Department of Commerce adopted amendments to the Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission's procedural rules, effective June 22, 2026. A copy of each brief, motion or request must now go to the opposing party on the same date it goes to the Commission, the rule no longer lists the delivery methods for that copy, and the term 'administrative record' is now defined for supplemental evidence.",
            "whos_affected": "Employers that are parties to a reemployment assistance appeal before the Commission, and the legal, compliance or HR staff who handle those appeals.",
            "what_to_do": "When you file a brief, motion or request with the Commission, provide a copy to the opposing party on the same date. Also give the hearing referee your evidence before the hearing, because the Commission's own review of administrative records does not cover evidence you should have provided then."
        },
        "summary": "The Florida Department of Commerce adopted amendments to the procedural rules of the Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission, effective June 22, 2026. A party that files a brief, motion or request with the Commission must provide a copy to the opposing party on the same date, and the rule no longer limits how that copy is delivered. The amendments also define which administrative records the Commission may look into for supplemental evidence.",
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                "text": "The amendments were adopted and took effect on June 22, 2026.",
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                        "source": "https://flrules.org/Gateway/View_notice.asp?id=30973378",
                        "locator": "History of this Rule, Final row",
                        "excerpt": "73B-21.010 Briefs and Motions 30973378 Effective: ... 06/22/2026"
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                "kind_label": "From the source",
                "text": "Rule 73B-21.010(5) now requires that a copy of every brief, motion or request also be provided to the opposing party or parties on the same date it is provided to the Commission.",
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                    {
                        "source": "https://flrules.org/Gateway/View_notice.asp?id=30793734",
                        "locator": "Rule 73B-21.010(5)",
                        "excerpt": "A copy of all briefs, motions, or requests shall [added: also] be [added: provided to] [deleted: served on] the opposing party or parties [added: on the same date as provided to the Commission]"
                    }
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            {
                "kind": "fact",
                "kind_label": "From the source",
                "text": "The rule removes the old list of methods (hand delivery, courier or mail) for delivering the copy to the opposing party.",
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                    {
                        "source": "https://flrules.org/Gateway/View_notice.asp?id=30793734",
                        "locator": "Rule 73B-21.010(5)",
                        "excerpt": "[deleted: by hand delivery, courier, or by mail]"
                    },
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                        "source": "https://flrules.org/Gateway/View_notice.asp?id=30793734",
                        "locator": "Summary",
                        "excerpt": "The amendments to Rule 73B-21.010 clarify that documents filed with the Commission shall be contemporaneously served on the opposing party and remove language limiting the methods that parties can serve such documents."
                    }
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                "kind": "fact",
                "kind_label": "From the source",
                "text": "Filings with the Commission may still go by hand delivery, courier, mail, email or fax, and count as filed when the Commission receives them.",
                "evidence": [
                    {
                        "source": "https://flrules.org/Gateway/View_notice.asp?id=30793734",
                        "locator": "Rule 73B-21.010(5)",
                        "excerpt": "Briefs, motions or requests may be [added: provided] [deleted: transmitted] by hand delivery ... shall be considered filed when received by the Commission."
                    }
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            {
                "kind": "fact",
                "kind_label": "From the source",
                "text": "Rule 73B-21.011(2)(a) now defines the administrative record the Commission may investigate for supplemental evidence: records generated by the Florida Department of Commerce, and by the Florida Department of Revenue as its agent, relating to reemployment assistance tax services. It excludes evidence a party should have given the hearing referee before the hearing under Rule 73B-20.015.",
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                    {
                        "source": "https://flrules.org/Gateway/View_notice.asp?id=30793734",
                        "locator": "Rule 73B-21.011(2)(a)",
                        "excerpt": "For purposes of this rule, administrative record means records generated by the Florida Department of Commerce and the Florida Department of Revenue as the agent of the Florida Department of Commerce relating to reemployment assistance tax services."
                    },
                    {
                        "source": "https://flrules.org/Gateway/View_notice.asp?id=30793734",
                        "locator": "Rule 73B-21.011(2)(a)",
                        "excerpt": "This does not include evidence that a party should have provided the referee prior to the hearing in accordance with Rule 73B-20.015, F.A.C."
                    }
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            {
                "kind": "fact",
                "kind_label": "From the source",
                "text": "The rules govern hearing procedures in reemployment assistance appeals before the Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission.",
                "evidence": [
                    {
                        "source": "https://flrules.org/Gateway/View_notice.asp?id=30793734",
                        "locator": "Summary of Statement of Estimated Regulatory Costs",
                        "excerpt": "The proposed rules amend established hearing procedures for reemployment assistance appeals and have no economic impact."
                    }
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                "kind": "inference",
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                "text": "Employers are affected when they are a party to such an appeal and file briefs, motions or requests, or receive them from the opposing party. The rule speaks of parties and does not name employers specifically.",
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                    {
                        "source": "https://flrules.org/Gateway/View_notice.asp?id=30793734",
                        "locator": "Rule 73B-21.010(5)",
                        "excerpt": "the opposing party or parties [added: on the same date as provided to the Commission]"
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            {
                "kind": "fact",
                "kind_label": "From the source",
                "text": "The agency found the change will not have an adverse impact on small business and has no economic impact.",
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                    {
                        "source": "https://flrules.org/Gateway/View_notice.asp?id=30793734",
                        "locator": "Summary of Statement of Estimated Regulatory Costs",
                        "excerpt": "The Agency has determined that this will not have an adverse impact on small business"
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                "text": "Employers that file in appeals need a habit of sending the opposing party a copy the same day they file, rather than later.",
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                        "source": "https://flrules.org/Gateway/View_notice.asp?id=30793734",
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                        "excerpt": "the opposing party or parties [added: on the same date as provided to the Commission]"
                    }
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            {
                "kind": "inference",
                "kind_label": "Our analysis",
                "text": "Employers cannot rely on the Commission's investigation of administrative records to bring in evidence they should have given the referee before the hearing, so timely evidence submission matters more.",
                "evidence": [
                    {
                        "source": "https://flrules.org/Gateway/View_notice.asp?id=30793734",
                        "locator": "Rule 73B-21.011(2)(a)",
                        "excerpt": "This does not include evidence that a party should have provided the referee prior to the hearing in accordance with Rule 73B-20.015, F.A.C."
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                "text": "A party that files a brief, motion or request with the Commission must also provide a copy to the opposing party or parties on the same date it is provided to the Commission.",
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                    {
                        "source": "https://flrules.org/Gateway/View_notice.asp?id=30793734",
                        "locator": "Rule 73B-21.010(5)",
                        "excerpt": "A copy of all briefs, motions, or requests shall [added: also] be [added: provided to] [deleted: served on] the opposing party or parties [added: on the same date as provided to the Commission]"
                    }
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                "kind": "recommendation",
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                "text": "Consider updating your reemployment assistance appeal procedures so that whoever files a brief, motion or request with the Commission sends the opposing party a copy the same day.",
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                        "source": "https://flrules.org/Gateway/View_notice.asp?id=30793734",
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                "kind": "recommendation",
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                "text": "Consider making sure the people who handle appeals give the hearing referee all relevant evidence before the hearing, since the Commission's review of administrative records does not reach evidence that should have been provided then.",
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                        "source": "https://flrules.org/Gateway/View_notice.asp?id=30793734",
                        "locator": "Rule 73B-21.011(2)(a)",
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                    {
                        "source": "https://flrules.org/Gateway/View_notice.asp?id=30793734",
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                        "excerpt": "The proposed rules amend established hearing procedures for reemployment assistance appeals and have no economic impact."
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                        "source": "https://flrules.org/Gateway/View_notice.asp?id=30793734",
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                "criterion": "industries",
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                    {
                        "source": "https://flrules.org/Gateway/View_notice.asp?id=30793734",
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                    {
                        "source": "https://flrules.org/Gateway/View_notice.asp?id=30793734",
                        "locator": "Purpose and Effect",
                        "excerpt": "To clarify that documents filed with the Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission must be contemporaneously served on the opposing party; to remove language limiting the methods of service"
                    }
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                    {
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                        "excerpt": "Briefs, motions or requests may be [added: provided] [deleted: transmitted] by hand delivery ... shall be considered filed when received by the Commission."
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                        "excerpt": "the opposing party or parties [added: on the same date as provided to the Commission]"
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                "question": "Did the amendment to Rule 73B-21.011 on supplemental evidence also take effect on June 22, 2026?",
                "context": "The rule history page available for this record covers Rule 73B-21.010 only."
            },
            {
                "question": "Which delivery methods count for providing the copy to the opposing party?",
                "context": "The rule removed the old list of hand delivery, courier or mail and does not name the methods that now apply to the copy."
            },
            {
                "question": "Does 'the same date as provided to the Commission' mean the date a filing is sent or the date the Commission receives it?",
                "context": "The rule says filings count as filed when received, but ties the copy to the date the filing is provided."
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