House Bill 1095

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 1095

        By Representative Levine






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Boca Raton Airport

  3         Authority, Palm Beach County; amending ss. 4,

  4         8, ch. 82-259, Laws of Florida, as amended;

  5         providing for appointment and terms of members

  6         of the authority; revising eligibility

  7         requirements for members; revising quorum

  8         requirements for meetings of the authority;

  9         revising procedures for selecting or

10         terminating an airport manager; providing an

11         effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Section 4 of chapter 82-259, Laws of

16  Florida, as amended by section 1 of chapter 91-381, Laws of

17  Florida, and section 1 of chapter 99-421, Laws of Florida; and

18  section 8 of chapter 82-259, Laws of Florida, are amended to

19  read:

20         Section 4.  Membership; terms of office; officers;

21  quorum; meetings; removal.--

22         (1)  The authority shall consist of seven members.  As

23  a condition of eligibility for appointment and to hold office,

24  five members must reside within the municipality, and two

25  members must reside within the Greater Boca Raton Reserve

26  Area, as defined in chapter 67-1112, Laws of Florida. Of the

27  five municipal residents, three must reside east of U.S.

28  Interstate Highway 95 the airport, one must reside west of

29  U.S. Interstate Highway 95 the airport, and one may reside

30  anywhere in the municipality.

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  1         (2)  The county commission shall appoint two members,

  2  each of whom must reside within the Greater Boca Raton Reserve

  3  Area. The city council shall appoint the five members who must

  4  reside within the limits of the municipality as specified in

  5  subsection (1).

  6         (3)  The term of office for each member shall be 2 two

  7  years.  Each term shall expire on June 1 in the year of

  8  expiration of the term. The terms of office of three city

  9  council appointees expire in even-numbered years and the terms

10  of office of the remaining city council appointees expire in

11  odd-numbered years. The county and Boca Raton Pilots

12  Association members' terms shall expire in odd-numbered odd

13  years and the other members' terms shall expire in even years.

14         (4)  A chairman, vice chairman, and secretary shall be

15  chosen by and from the authority membership.  The term of

16  office for the chairman, vice chairman, and secretary shall be

17  1 one year, and no member shall hold the same office for more

18  than two consecutive terms.

19         (5)  A quorum shall consist of four three members, but

20  the affirmative vote of not fewer less than four three members

21  is shall be necessary to take any action except to adjourn.

22         (6)  The authority shall meet at least once each month

23  at such times and places within the city as shall be

24  determined by the authority.

25         (7)  Any member may be removed by the commission or

26  council which appointed that member, but only for grounds

27  constituting misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in

28  office, or upon conviction of any crime.  The unexcused

29  failure to attend three consecutive regular meetings of the

30  authority shall be deemed nonfeasance, without limiting the

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  1         (8)  Vacancies in office shall be filled by the

  2  appropriate appointing entity for the balance of the term.

  3  Each appointment to fill a vacancy shall be made from a list

  4  of nominees furnished by the entity which nominated the member

  5  who held the office.  In such cases, the list of nominees

  6  shall be filed  not later than 30 days after notice of the

  7  vacancy has been given to the nominating entity.

  8         Section 8.  Airport manager.--The authority shall

  9  employ an aviation-experienced airport manager to administer

10  all airport operations and to supervise all airport projects.

11  The decision to employ or terminate the employment of the

12  airport manager shall require the four-fifths vote of four the

13  members of the authority.

14         Section 2.  This act does not affect the term of office

15  of any person serving on the Boca Raton Airport Authority on

16  the effective date of this act.

17         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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