Senate Bill 1908

    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 1908

    By Senator Dyer





    14-790-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to district school board

  3         elections; providing for a referendum in

  4         certain counties with respect to the

  5         composition and manner of electing the school

  6         board; requiring affected school boards to

  7         provide an orderly transition to a school board

  8         so composed if approved by the electors;

  9         providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  (1)  In a county that has a population of

14  650,000 or more persons as of the last decennial census, other

15  than a county as defined in section 125.011(1), Florida

16  Statutes, the district school board shall submit to the

17  electors for approval at a referendum to be held on the first

18  Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1998 the question

19  of whether the school board should be composed of nine

20  members, seven of whom are to be elected from a single-member

21  residence area by electors residing in the single-member

22  residence area only, and two of whom are to be elected

23  at-large, notwithstanding the provisions of section 230.061,

24  section 230.10, or section 230.105, Florida Statutes.

25         (2)  If the electors approve such election of district

26  school board members, the seven single-member residence areas

27  must be drawn by the school board, and the district school

28  board shall provide for the orderly transition to such

29  election of school board members as the terms of incumbent

30  school board members expire.

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 1908
    14-790-98




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

  2  law.

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  5                          SENATE SUMMARY

  6    Provides for a referendum on the composition and manner
      of electing school board members in specified counties.
  7    Requires district school boards to draw up single-member
      residence areas and to provide for an orderly transition
  8    to the new system if approved by the electors.

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