House Bill 1517c1

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000             CS/HB 1517

        By the Committee on Utilities & Communications and
    Representative Arnall





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida Public Service

  3         Commission Nominating Council; amending s.

  4         350.031, F.S.; providing that members shall

  5         serve at the pleasure of the appointing

  6         authority or the appointing authority's

  7         successor; providing an effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 350.031, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         350.031  Florida Public Service Commission Nominating

14  Council.--

15         (1)  There is created a Florida Public Service

16  Commission Nominating Council consisting of nine members. At

17  least one member of the council must be 60 years of age or

18  older.  Three members, including one member of the House of

19  Representatives, shall be appointed by the Speaker of the

20  House; three members, including one member of the Senate,

21  shall be appointed by the President of the Senate; and three

22  members shall be selected and appointed by a majority vote of

23  the other six members of the council. Members of the council

24  shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority or the

25  appointing authority's successor.  All terms shall be for no

26  more than 4 years, except those members of the House and

27  Senate, who shall serve no more than 2-year terms concurrent

28  with the 2-year elected terms of House members. Vacancies on

29  the council shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the

30  term in the same manner as original appointments to the

31  council.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000             CS/HB 1517

    193-158-00






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