House Bill 1551

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 1551

        By Representative Morroni






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Board of Juvenile

  3         Welfare, Pinellas County; amending chapter

  4         23483, Laws of Florida, 1945, as amended;

  5         providing that the state attorney and the

  6         public defender for the county shall be members

  7         of the board; reducing the number of board

  8         members who are juvenile-division circuit

  9         judges and the number of board members who are

10         appointed by the Governor; requiring appointees

11         of the Governor to be confirmed by the Senate;

12         providing terms of office; providing

13         applicability to current members who are

14         appointees of the Governor; providing an

15         effective date.

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

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19         Section 1.  Section 1 of chapter 23483, Laws of

20  Florida, 1945, as amended, is amended to read:

21         Section 1.  Juvenile Welfare Board created; terms of

22  members.

23         There is hereby created for Pinellas County, Florida, a

24  Board of Juvenile Welfare, which shall consist of nine (9)

25  members.  One (1) member Three (3) of said members shall be

26  the county superintendent of public instruction, and the

27  second member shall be a judge in and both judges of the

28  juvenile division of the circuit court, who each shall hold

29  office on the said board during the term of office in the

30  official capacity stated.  The third and fourth members shall

31  be the state attorney and the public defender for the county,

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 1551

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  1  and the fifth member shall be an appointed member of the Board

  2  of County Commissioners of Pinellas County, Florida, who each

  3  shall hold office on the said board for a two year term during

  4  the term of office in the official capacity stated.  The other

  5  four (4) five (5) members shall be appointed by the Governor

  6  of the State of Florida and confirmed by the Senate.  All

  7  appointments of members of the said board required to be made

  8  by the Governor shall be for the term of four (4) years each.

  9  If any of the members of the said board required to be

10  appointed by the Governor under the provisions of this section

11  act shall resign, die, or be removed from office, the vacancy

12  thereby created shall, as soon as practicable, be filled by

13  appointment by the Governor, and such appointment to fill a

14  vacancy shall be for the unexpired term of the person who

15  resigns, dies, or is removed from office.  However, the

16  amendment of this section by this act to reduce the number of

17  members of the board who are appointed by the Governor does

18  not affect the term of any current member of the board

19  appointed by the Governor, and the board shall temporarily

20  consist of ten (10) members until such time as the term of one

21  of those current members terminates or expires, at which time

22  that position shall terminate and the board shall return to

23  its normal nine (9) members.

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

25  law.

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