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House Bill 1789




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1789

        By Representative Sanderson






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to district school board

  3         elections; requiring certain school districts

  4         to elect school district board members from

  5         single-member residence areas; 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.  (1)  In school districts having a

11  population of 1 million or more persons, district school board

12  members must be elected from single-member residence areas by

13  electors residing in each of the single-member residence areas

14  only, notwithstanding the provisions of sections 230.061,

15  230.10, or 230.105, Florida Statutes.

16         (2) In school districts having a population of 1

17  million or more persons, the district school board shall

18  provide for the orderly transition to election from

19  single-member residence areas as the terms of incumbent school

20  board members expire.

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

22  law.

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25                          SENATE SUMMARY

26    Requires district school board members to be elected from
      single-member residence areas in school districts having
27    a population of 1 million or more persons.

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