Senate Bill sb1894

    Florida Senate - 2001        (NP)                      SB 1894

    By Senator Peaden





    1-829-01                                                See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the City of Pensacola,

  3         Escambia County; amending section 4 of chapter

  4         15425, Laws of Florida, 1931, as amended;

  5         providing for clarification of the

  6         qualifications for a candidate for election to

  7         or appointment to fill a vacancy on the city

  8         council; 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.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section

13  4 of chapter 15425, Laws of Florida, 1931, as amended by

14  subsequent Laws of Florida and ordinances of the City of

15  Pensacola, is amended to read:

16         Section 4.  CREATION AND COMPOSITION OF CITY COUNCIL.--

17         (1)  Establishment of city council and qualifications

18  of members.--

19         (a)  Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, all

20  powers of the city shall be vested in a council of ten (10)

21  members.  Seven (7) of these members shall be elected from

22  seven (7) single-member districts.  Each candidate shall be a

23  resident and a registered qualified voter within the district

24  from which the candidate seeks to be elected for a period of

25  not less than six (6) months prior to the date the candidate

26  qualifies to run for office or, in the case of a candidate for

27  appointment to fill a vacancy in office, shall be a resident

28  and a registered voter within the district for a period of not

29  less than six (6) months prior to the date of appointment.

30  The remaining three (3) members of the city council, one of

31  whom shall be elected as mayor, shall be elected at large

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    Florida Senate - 2001        (NP)                      SB 1894
    1-829-01                                                See HB




  1  throughout the city.  Each candidate for election, or for

  2  appointment to fill a vacancy in office, for one of the three

  3  (3) at-large seats shall be a resident and a registered

  4  qualified voter of the City of Pensacola, Florida, for the

  5  aforesaid period.

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

  7  law.

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