The St. Petersburg Times has taken note of the Florida House’s plan to give Gov. Rick Scott and the state cabinet the power to repeal rules.

This short Buzz item probably does a better job than I have of explaining concisely how it will make the repeals more difficult to challenge:

HB 993 would allow Cabinet members during their first six months in office to repeal rules if they are obsolete or if they conflict with policies they are trying to implement. The repeal could be challenged, but Cabinet members could individually override the challenge. An objection to the override could be filed with the 1st District Court of Appeal.

The measure passed the Government Oversight Committee today with no debate. Irv Slosberg, D-Boca Raton, cast the lone dissenting vote. Afterward, I chased him down and asked him why.

“I just don’t think we need to give him that power,” he said of the governor. “That’s the bottom line.”