Senate Bill 1526

    Florida Senate - 1998        (NP)                      SB 1526

    By Senator Dudley





    25-859-98                                               See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the East County Water

  3         Control District, Lee and Hendry counties;

  4         amending chapter 87-477, Laws of Florida, as

  5         amended; providing for a change in the date of

  6         election of members of the district board of

  7         supervisors for each seat to conform with the

  8         state general election cycle; providing for

  9         extension of terms of the current members of

10         the district board of supervisors; providing an

11         effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Subsection (3) of section 1 of chapter

16  87-477, Laws of Florida, as amended by chapters 90-393 and

17  93-309, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:

18         Section 1.  The provisions of chapter 298, Florida

19  Statutes, and chapter 63-1549, Laws of Florida, as amended, to

20  the contrary notwithstanding, the following provisions, to the

21  extent of any conflict, shall control the East County Water

22  Control District:

23         (3)  Thereafter, all district supervisor elections

24  shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in

25  November of even-numbered odd-numbered years. All district

26  supervisors shall be elected at large by nonpartisan plurality

27  vote with the candidate who receives the highest number of

28  votes for each seat winning the election. Only registered

29  voters residing within the district shall be permitted to

30  vote. The costs of any election shall be borne by the

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    Florida Senate - 1998        (NP)                      SB 1526
    25-859-98                                               See HB




  1  district. Terms of all supervisors shall begin on the day

  2  after the election as established by this act.

  3         Section 2.  The terms of the supervisors of the Board

  4  of Supervisors of the East County Water Control District

  5  serving on the effective date of this act shall each be

  6  extended for 1 year to the first Tuesday after the first

  7  Monday in November of the even-numbered year following the

  8  year in which their term is currently due to expire.

  9         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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