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House Bill 2043




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 2043

        By Representative Miller






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to district school board

  3         elections; requiring certain school districts

  4         to elect district school board members from

  5         single-member residence areas; providing for

  6         orderly transition; providing an effective

  7         date.

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

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11         Section 1.  (1)  In school districts having a

12  population of 900,000 or more persons, district school board

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

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

15  only, notwithstanding the provisions of s. 230.061, s. 230.10,

16  or s. 230.105, Florida Statutes.

17         (2)  In school districts having a population of 900,000

18  or more persons, the district school board shall provide for

19  the orderly transition to election from single-member

20  residence areas as the terms of incumbent school board members

21  expire.

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

23  law.

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26                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Requires district school board members to be elected from
28    single-member residence areas in school districts having
      a population of 900,000 or more persons. Provides for
29    orderly transition to election from single-member
      residence areas as the terms of incumbent school board
30    members expire.

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