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House Bill 1517er

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    1997 Legislature                                       HB 1517



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  2         An act relating to Escambia County; amending

  3         chapter 92-248, Laws of Florida; providing for

  4         partisan election of members of the Escambia

  5         County Utilities Authority; providing an

  6         effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (b) of section 4 of chapter

11  92-248, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:

12         Section 4.  Governing body.--

13         (b)  The members initially appointed shall serve their

14  terms until their successors shall be duly elected under the

15  provisions of this subsection.  Successors to members shall be

16  elected by a majority of their electors in partisan

17  nonpartisan elections utilizing the primary and general

18  election system provided for in chapter 100, Florida Statutes.

19  Candidates shall qualify for nomination to such offices in the

20  manner provided in chapter 99, Florida Statutes, for the

21  qualification of candidates for the office of county

22  commissioner, and shall qualify with the Supervisor of

23  Elections of Escambia County.

24         (1)  The successors of the members of the board and

25  council appointed to the governing body of the authority, and

26  the successor of the fifth member appointed by the board,

27  shall be elected, in the primary and general elections held in

28  1984, by districts under the district plan of the board.  Each

29  such successor shall be an elector of the district from which

30  he is elected and shall be elected by the qualified electors

31  of that respective district.  There shall be no successor for


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  1  the sixth member appointed by the council and the seventh

  2  member appointed by the six other appointed members, and the

  3  terms of such appointed members shall expire upon the

  4  commencement of the terms of the members elected pursuant to

  5  this paragraph.

  6         (2)  The first successors elected for Districts Two and

  7  Four at the general election held in 1984 shall be elected to

  8  a 2-year term.  The first successors elected for Districts

  9  One, Three, and Five at the general election held in 1984

10  shall serve for a 4-year term.  Thereafter, each member shall

11  be elected for a term of 4 years.  Upon the expiration of a

12  term of office, a new successor to the office shall be elected

13  as designated in this paragraph; however, upon the occasion of

14  a vacancy for any elected office which vacancy occurs prior to

15  the expiration of the then present term of that office, a

16  successor shall be appointed by the Governor and the successor

17  shall be a resident of the district in which the vacancy

18  occurred.  Upon the occasion of a vacancy for any reason in

19  the term of office of a member of the initial governing body

20  of the authority which vacancy occurs prior to his replacement

21  by election, a successor shall be appointed in the same manner

22  as the initial appointment was made.  Any person appointed to

23  fill a vacancy shall be appointed to serve only for the

24  unexpired term and until a successor is duly elected.

25         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

26  law.

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