Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1814
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Simmons) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 41 and 42
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subsection (1) and subsections
    6  (7) and (8) of section 163.511, Florida Statutes, are amended to
    7  read:
    8         163.511 Special neighborhood improvement districts;
    9  creation; referendum; board of directors; duration; extension.—
   10         (1) After a local planning ordinance has been adopted
   11  authorizing the creation of special neighborhood improvement
   12  districts, the governing body of a municipality or county may
   13  declare the need for and create special residential or business
   14  neighborhood improvement districts by the enactment of a
   15  separate ordinance for each district, which ordinance:
   16         (f) Provides for the appointment of a three-, five-, or
   17  seven-member 3-member board of directors for the district.
   18         (7) The business and affairs of a special neighborhood
   19  improvement district shall be conducted and administered by a
   20  board of three, five, or seven directors who must shall be
   21  landowners in residents of the proposed area and who are subject
   22  to ad valorem taxation in the district. Upon their appointment
   23  and qualification and in January of each year, the directors
   24  shall organize by electing from their number a chair and a
   25  secretary, and may also employ staff and legal representatives
   26  as deemed appropriate, who shall serve at the pleasure of the
   27  board and may receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the
   28  board. The secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of
   29  the district and shall be custodian of all books and records of
   30  the district. The directors shall not receive any compensation
   31  for their services, nor may they be employed by the district.
   32         (8) Within 30 days of the approval of the creation of a
   33  special neighborhood improvement district, if the district is in
   34  a municipality, a majority of the governing body of the
   35  municipality, or if the district is in the unincorporated area
   36  of the county, a majority of the county commission, shall
   37  appoint the three directors provided for herein, the number of
   38  which must be specified in the local planning ordinance, which
   39  must also provide for staggered terms of 3 years. The initial
   40  appointments shall be as follows: one for a 1-year term, one for
   41  a 2-year term, and one for a 3-year term. Each director shall
   42  hold office until his or her successor is appointed and
   43  qualified unless the director ceases to be qualified to act as a
   44  director or is removed from office. Vacancies on the board shall
   45  be filled for the unexpired portion of a term in the same manner
   46  as the initial appointments were made.
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   48  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   49  And the title is amended as follows:
   50         Delete lines 2 - 3
   51  and insert:
   52         An act relating to neighborhood improvement districts;
   53         amending s. 163.511, F.S.; increasing the maximum
   54         number of directors allowed for boards of special
   55         neighborhood improvement districts; deleting a
   56         provision requiring directors to serve for 3 years;
   57         requiring local planning ordinances to specify the
   58         number of directors and their term lengths and to
   59         provide for staggered terms; deleting a provision
   60         relating to term length for initial director
   61         appointments; creating s. 163.5161, F.S.; creating the