SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. HB 3961, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Dudley moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 1, lines 13-18, delete those lines

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16  and insert:  and a body corporate and politic, may, pursuant

17  to the provisions of s. 191.005(1)(a), Florida Statutes, and

18  this act, be governed by a three-member board if proposed by

19  resolution of the governing board of a district adopted no

20  later than 30 days after the effective date of this act and

21  approved by vote of the electors of the district in a

22  referendum to be held at the same time as the first primary

23  election in 1998. The ballot question shall read:

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25         The governing board of the        District

26         proposes that the district continue to be

27         governed by a three-member governing board. If

28         approved by the electorate, the governing board

29         will have three members and      seats will be

30         open on the 1998 general election ballot. If

31         not approved, the governing board will have

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. HB 3961, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.    





 1         five members and     seats will be open on the

 2         1998 general election ballot. Are you in favor

 3         of keeping the board a three-member board?

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 9         Section 2.  If a referendum proposing to keep

10  the governing board at three members is approved by

11  the voters, the candidates who qualified for the

12  fourth and fifth seats on the board shall be refunded

13  any qualifying fees paid, and no vote shall occur for

14  the fourth and fifth seats at the general election.

15  Elections held for the governing board after the 1998

16  general election shall be in accordance with the terms

17  of s. 191.005, Florida Statutes.

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19  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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23  And the title is amended as follows:

24         On page 1, line 6, after the semicolon

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26  insert:

27         providing for a referendum; providing for the

28         form of the ballot

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