House Bill 4463

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 4463

        By Representative Rayson






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the City of Sunrise, Broward

  3         County; creating the South Broward Utility

  4         Advisory Board; providing for membership,

  5         qualifications, terms, responsibilities, and

  6         powers of the board; providing an

  7         appropriation; providing a limitation of the

  8         power of the board; providing for adoption of

  9         procedures and regulations; providing an

10         effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  There is hereby created the South Broward

15  Utility Advisory Board, which shall be an advisory board of

16  the City of Sunrise. The board shall be composed of seven

17  members, as follows:  two members shall be appointed by the

18  City of Sunrise, two members shall be appointed by the Town of

19  Davie, one member shall be appointed by the City of Pembroke

20  Pines, and two members shall be appointed by the Broward

21  County Commission. Each appointed member shall be a water and

22  sewer user within the service area of the former South Broward

23  Utility. Terms of each member shall be for 2 years, except

24  that all appointments and retention of board members shall be

25  at the sole discretion of the appointing authorities.

26         (1)  The responsibility of the board shall be to review

27  and advise the City of Sunrise regarding any proposed change

28  by the city to the water and sewer rates charged within the

29  area which was formerly the South Broward Utility service

30  area. In the event of a proposed rate change within such area,

31  the South Broward Utility Advisory Board may require the City

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 4463

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  1  of Sunrise to hire a rate consultant to advise the city

  2  regarding such proposed rate change.

  3         (2)  Within 30 days following notice of a rate change,

  4  the advisory board shall present a report of its findings to

  5  the Commission of the City of Sunrise. If presented within the

  6  30-day period, the report shall be considered by the

  7  commission before rates may be altered or changed within the

  8  area formerly served by the South Broward Utility.

  9         (3)  The City of Sunrise shall appropriate not more

10  than $25,000 annually for a rate consultant for the South

11  Broward Utility Advisory Board, as provided in subsection (1).

12         (4)  The advisory board shall have no legal standing to

13  bring any legal action.

14         (5)  The City of Sunrise shall, by ordinance, provide

15  for such other procedures and regulations which are not in

16  conflict with this act as are necessary for the continued

17  operation of the board.

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

19  law.

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