SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1924

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Grant moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 23, between lines 4 and 5,

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17         Section 25.  Subsection (1) of section 240.207, Florida

18  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to read:

19         240.207  Board of Regents; appointment of members;

20  qualifications and terms of office.--

21         (1)  The Board of Regents shall consist of the

22  Commissioner of Education and 13 citizens of this state who

23  shall be selected from the state at large, representative of

24  the geographical areas of the state; who shall have been

25  residents and citizens thereof for a period of at least 10

26  years prior to their appointment (one of whom shall be a

27  member registered as a full-time student in the State

28  University System and who shall have been a resident of this

29  state for at least 5 years prior to appointment in lieu of the

30  10 years required of other members); and who shall be

31  appointed by the Governor, approved by three members of the

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1924

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 1  Cabinet, and confirmed by the Senate.  However, no appointee

 2  shall take office until after his or her appointment has been

 3  approved by three members of the Cabinet.  The State Board of

 4  Education shall develop rules and procedures for review and

 5  approval of the appointees.  Except for the Commissioner of

 6  Education and except for the full-time student member, who

 7  shall serve for 1 year, the terms of office for the members of

 8  the Board of Regents appointed after the effective date of

 9  this act shall be 6 4 years and until their successors are

10  appointed and qualified, except in case of an appointment to

11  fill a vacancy, in which case the appointment shall be for the

12  unexpired term, and except as in this section otherwise

13  provided.  No member shall be selected from any county to

14  serve with any other member from the same county, except that

15  not more than two members may be selected from a county which

16  has a population in excess of 900,000, and with the exceptions

17  of the student member, who shall be selected at large, and the

18  Commissioner of Education. The Governor shall fill all

19  vacancies, subject to the above approval and confirmation,

20  that may at any time occur on the board.

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22  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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26  And the title is amended as follows:

27         On page 2, line 29, after the semicolon,

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30         amending s. 240.207, F.S.; revising the terms

31         of office of members of the Board of Regents;

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