1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to the Gasparilla Island Bridge |
3 | Authority, Charlotte and Lee Counties; amending |
4 | chapter 2000-425, Laws of Florida; correcting a |
5 | scrivener's error; revising requirements for the |
6 | election of the voting members of the board of |
7 | supervisors; clarifying and revising financial |
8 | disclosure requirements for members of the board of |
9 | supervisors; revising the authority's fiscal year; |
10 | providing an effective date. |
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12 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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14 | Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 4, subsections (3) |
15 | and (7) of section 5, and subsection (2) of section 12 of |
16 | section 2 of chapter 2000-425, Laws of Florida, are amended to |
17 | read: |
18 | Section 4. DEFINITIONS.-As used in this act, the following |
19 | words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless some |
20 | other meaning is plainly intended: |
21 | (4) "Lee County Commission" means the Lee Charlotte County |
22 | Board of County Commissioners. |
23 | Section 5. GOVERNING BODY.- |
24 | (3) The voting members of the Board of Supervisors shall |
25 | be elected by a plurality majority of the electors of the |
26 | authority voting in the general election in November of each |
27 | even-numbered year. Each elector may exercise one vote. Those |
28 | members duly elected to serve will take office on November 15 |
29 | following their election. |
30 | (a) Board Supervisor No. 1, Board Supervisor No. 3, Board |
31 | Supervisor No. 5, Board Supervisor No. 6, and Board Supervisor |
32 | No. 8 shall be first elected or appointed in the November 1996 |
33 | election and every fourth year thereafter. |
34 | (b) Board Supervisor No. 2, Board Supervisor No. 4, Board |
35 | Supervisor No. 7, and Board Supervisor No. 9 shall be first |
36 | elected or appointed at the November 1996 election to a 2-year |
37 | term. They shall be appointed or stand for election to a full 4- |
38 | year term commencing at the November 1998 election and shall be |
39 | elected or appointed every fourth year thereafter. |
40 | (7) The Board of Supervisors shall elect a chair and vice |
41 | chair from members of the authority, each of whom shall serve |
42 | for 1 year or until his or her successor is chosen. The chair, |
43 | or the vice chair in the chair's absence, shall preside at all |
44 | meetings of the authority and shall perform such additional |
45 | duties as prescribed by the members or contained in the bylaws |
46 | of the authority. The authority shall hold regular meetings at |
47 | least quarterly at such times and places as it may designate and |
48 | may hold more frequent special meetings. Three voting members |
49 | constitute a quorum for the purpose of meeting and transacting |
50 | business. Each voting member of the authority shall have one |
51 | vote. The authority may adopt bylaws and may make all policies, |
52 | procedures, rules, and regulations not inconsistent with this |
53 | act which it may deem necessary respecting the conduct of its |
54 | affairs. Such policies, procedures, rules, and regulations shall |
55 | provide for notice of all public meetings in conformity with the |
56 | requirements of section 189.417, Florida Statutes, and shall |
57 | provide that an agenda shall be prepared by the authority in |
58 | time to ensure that a copy of the agenda will be available at |
59 | least 3 days prior to any regular meetings of the authority. |
60 | After the agenda has been made available, items may be added for |
61 | good cause, as determined by the chair or person designated to |
62 | preside at the meeting. The reason for adding an item to the |
63 | agenda shall be stated in the record. Special or emergency |
64 | meetings may be called by the chair upon no less than 48 hours' |
65 | notice. The authority shall publish and thereafter codify and |
66 | index all rules, regulations, and resolutions formulated, |
67 | adopted, or used by authority in the discharge of its functions. |
68 | Such rules, regulations, and resolutions shall be made available |
69 | for public inspection and copying, at no more than cost. The |
70 | authority shall not be deemed to be an agency within the meaning |
71 | of chapter 120, Florida Statutes. The authority shall be deemed |
72 | to be an agency within the meaning of chapter 119, Florida |
73 | Statutes, and all records of the authority shall be open to the |
74 | public. The authority shall be deemed an agency or authority of |
75 | the county for purposes of section 286.011, Florida Statutes, |
76 | the "Government in the Sunshine" law. Notwithstanding s. |
77 | 348.0003(4)(c), Florida Statutes, all voting members of the |
78 | Board of Supervisors shall be deemed to be local officers for |
79 | the purposes of section 112.3145(3), Florida Statutes, requiring |
80 | disclosure of their financial interests. These statements of |
81 | financial interests shall be filed with the Florida Commission |
82 | on Ethics Lee County Supervisor of Elections and available for |
83 | public inspection. In addition to the foregoing, the authority |
84 | shall comply with the requirements of section 189.417, Florida |
85 | Statutes, regarding notice of meetings which shall be deemed to |
86 | supersede any inconsistent provisions of this section in the |
87 | event of conflict. |
88 | Section 12. BUDGET; REPORTS AND REVIEW.- |
89 | (2) The fiscal year for the authority shall commence on |
90 | October July 1 of each calendar year and shall conclude on |
91 | September June 30 of each calendar year. On or before September |
92 | June 1, the executive director shall prepare a proposed budget |
93 | for the ensuing fiscal year to be submitted to the board for |
94 | board approval. The proposed budget shall include, at the |
95 | direction of the board, an estimate of all necessary |
96 | expenditures of the authority for the ensuing fiscal year and an |
97 | estimate of income to the authority from all sources of revenue |
98 | provided in this act. The board shall consider the proposed |
99 | budget and may either approve the budget as proposed by the |
100 | manager or modify the same in part or in whole. |
101 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |