Senate Bill 0984

    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 984

    By Senator Bronson





    18-950-99                                               See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to county government; amending

  3         s. 125.61, F.S.; revising requirements relating

  4         to the number of members of a charter

  5         commission and the method of appointment of

  6         such members; specifying additional persons who

  7         may not serve on a charter commission;

  8         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.  Subsection (2) of section 125.61, Florida

13  Statutes, is amended to read:

14         125.61  Charter commission.--

15         (2)  The charter commission shall be composed of an odd

16  number of not less than 11 or more than 15 members.  The

17  members of the commission shall be appointed as follows: by

18         (a)  The board of county commissioners of said county

19  shall appoint 10 members, except that in Miami-Dade County the

20  board of county commissioners shall appoint all members.

21         (b)  If elected, the clerk of the circuit court, tax

22  collector, property appraiser, supervisor of elections, and

23  sheriff shall each appoint 1 member. If any of these officers

24  is appointed or if the office does not exist, the board of

25  county commissioners shall make the appointment that would

26  otherwise be made by that officer. This paragraph does not

27  apply in Miami-Dade County.

28         (c)  or, If so directed in the initiative petition, in

29  lieu of the appointments provided for in paragraphs (a) and

30  (b), all 15 members shall be appointed by the legislative

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CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.






    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 984
    18-950-99                                               See HB




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  2  No member of the Legislature, no employee of such member or of

  3  the legislative delegation, no member of the or board of

  4  county commissioners, no employee of the board, no elected

  5  county constitutional officer, and no employee of any such

  6  officer shall be a member of the charter commission.

  7  Vacancies shall be filled within 30 days in the same manner as

  8  the original appointments.

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

10  law.

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      Provides that a county charter commission be composed of
15    15 members rather than 11-15 members, and that
      appointments to a commission be made by elected county
16    constitutional officers in addition to the board of
      county commissioners. Expands the prohibition against
17    members of the Legislature or board of county
      commissioners serving on a commission to include elected
18    county constitutional officers and employees of any of
      those persons or entities.
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