Senate Bill 1682

    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 1682

    By Senator Rossin





    35-1175-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Marine Fisheries

  3         Commission; amending s. 370.026, F.S.;

  4         providing that at all times one member of the

  5         commission must be a representative of the

  6         fishing industry; providing an 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 (1) of section 370.026, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         370.026  Marine Fisheries Commission.--

13         (1)  There is created within the Board of Trustees of

14  the Internal Improvement Trust Fund a Marine Fisheries

15  Commission which shall be composed of seven members who have

16  resided in the state for at least 5 years. The seven members

17  shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by

18  the Senate, and shall be exempt from the Career Service

19  System. The Governor shall consider affected interests when

20  making appointments to the commission. At all times one of the

21  members must be a representative of the fishing industry. No

22  single interest group shall dominate the membership of the

23  commission. As soon as practicable after this act becomes a

24  law, two members shall be appointed for terms ending August 1,

25  1985; three members shall be appointed for terms ending August

26  1, 1986; and the remaining members shall be appointed for

27  terms ending August 1, 1987. Thereafter, all appointments

28  shall be for 4-year terms. If a vacancy occurs, a member shall

29  be appointed by the Governor for the unexpired term. A

30  commission member whose term has expired shall continue

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  1  sitting on the commission with full rights until he or she has

  2  been replaced.

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

  4  law.

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  7                          SENATE SUMMARY

  8    Requires that at all times at least one of the seven
      members of the Marine Fisheries Commission be a
  9    representative of the fishing industry.

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