Florida Constitution
Article V, § 21 — Judicial interpretation of statutes and rules
Florida Const. art. V, § 21
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Fla. Const. art. V, § 21.
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In interpreting a state statute or rule, a state court or an officer hearing an administrative action pursuant to general law may not defer to an administrative agency’s interpretation of such statute or rule, and must instead interpret such statute or rule de novo.
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History
Proposed by Constitution Revision Commission, Revision No. 1, 2018, filed with the Secretary of State May 9, 2018; adopted 2018.
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