Florida Senate - 2013                             (NP)    SB 990
       
       
       
       By Senator Bullard
       
       
       
       
       39-01158-13                                            2013990__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Key Largo Wastewater Treatment
    3         District, Monroe County; amending chapter 2002-337,
    4         Laws of Florida, as amended; revising provisions
    5         relating to vacancies on the district’s governing
    6         board; revising compensation of the governing board
    7         members; providing an effective date.
    8  
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   10  
   11         Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 5 and section 7 of
   12  section 1 of chapter 2002-337, Laws of Florida, as amended by
   13  chapter 2004-457, Laws of Florida, are amended to read:
   14         Section 5. Governing board.—
   15         (6) If any vacancy occurs in a seat occupied by a governing
   16  board member elected by the qualified electors, the remaining
   17  members of the governing board shall, within 60 45 days after
   18  the vacancy occurs, appoint an eligible a person to fill the
   19  vacant seat, provided that:
   20         (a) If any such vacancy occurs on or after the 30th day
   21  immediately before the first day set by law for qualifying for
   22  election to a special district office, any person appointed to
   23  fill that vacant seat shall hold such office and serve in such
   24  capacity for the remainder of the unexpired term of the
   25  governing board member who previously held that seat.
   26         (b) If any such vacancy occurs before the 30th day
   27  immediately before the first day set by law for qualifying for
   28  election to a special district office, any person so appointed
   29  to fill that vacant seat shall hold such office and serve in
   30  such capacity until the first regular board of commissioners
   31  meeting after the first Monday after the next general election.
   32         1. In such event, the vacancy shall be filled by election
   33  at the next general election pursuant to section 189.405(2)(a),
   34  Florida Statutes.
   35         2. In such general election, the candidates receiving the
   36  highest totals, consistent with section 189.405(4), Florida
   37  Statutes, shall be deemed elected to the available seats on the
   38  governing board.
   39         3. The governing board member elected with the lowest vote
   40  total shall fill the vacant seat and shall hold such office and
   41  serve in such capacity for the remainder of the unexpired term
   42  of the governing board member who previously held that seat who
   43  would be eligible to hold the office until the end of the
   44  unexpired term or until the next general election, whichever
   45  occurs first. Any person elected at such next general election
   46  to fill such seat shall serve in such capacity for the remainder
   47  of the predecessor’s term.
   48         Section 7. Governing board; compensation, expense
   49  reimbursement.—The members of the governing board shall receive
   50  as compensation for their services a fee of $382 $300 per
   51  meeting, not to exceed three meetings per month. The amount of
   52  compensation shall be adjusted annually, effective October 1 of
   53  each year, based upon the United States Department of Commerce,
   54  Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for All Urban
   55  Consumers provided in section 287.017(2), Florida Statutes. In
   56  addition, each board member shall be reimbursed for expenses as
   57  provided in section 112.061, Florida Statutes.
   58         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.