House Bill 3961e2

                                         HB 3961, Second Engrossed



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Collier County; providing

  3         for a three-member district board for the Big

  4         Corkscrew Island Fire Control and Rescue

  5         District, an independent special fire control

  6         district and a body of corporate and politic;

  7         providing for a referendum; providing for the

  8         form of the ballot providing an effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  The Big Corkscrew Island Fire Control and

13  Rescue District, an independent special fire control district

14  and a body corporate and politic, may, pursuant to the

15  provisions of s. 191.005(1)(a), Florida Statutes, and this

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

17  resolution of the governing board of a district adopted no

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

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

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

21  election in 1998. The ballot question shall read:

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23         The governing board of the        District

24         proposes that the district continue to be

25         governed by a three-member governing board. If

26         approved by the electorate, the governing board

27         will have three members and      seats will be

28         open on the 1998 general election ballot. If

29         not approved, the governing board will have

30         five members and     seats will be open on the

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                                         HB 3961, Second Engrossed



  1         1998 general election ballot. Are you in favor

  2         of keeping the board a three-member board?

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  4         Yes     

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  6         No      

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  8         Section 2.  If a referendum proposing to keep the

  9  governing board at three members is approved by the voters,

10  the candidates who qualified for the fourth and fifth seats on

11  the board shall be refunded any qualifying fees paid, and no

12  vote shall occur for the fourth and fifth seats at the general

13  election. Elections held for the governing board after the

14  1998 general election shall be in accordance with the terms of

15  s. 191.005, Florida Statutes.

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

17  law.

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