House Bill hb1049

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1049

        By Representative Ross






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the City of Lakeland;

  3         amending section (9)(b) of Division I of Part I

  4         of the amended Charter of the City of Lakeland,

  5         1976; revising the type of utility the sale,

  6         lease, or disposal of which must be authorized

  7         by a two-thirds vote of the city's electors;

  8         defining "electric utility" for the purpose of

  9         the act; providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of section 9 of Division I of

14  Part I of the amended Charter of the City of Lakeland, 1976,

15  is amended to read:

16         Section 9.  Limitations on powers of city commission.

17         (b)  The City of Lakeland shall not sell, lease, or

18  otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the assets of

19  the electric utility any light or water plant, or gas plant,

20  until such sale or lease has previously been authorized by an

21  affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the electors,

22  otherwise qualified to vote in an election duly called for

23  that purpose. For the purpose of this section only, "electric

24  utility" shall mean those assets used to engage in the

25  business of generating, transmitting, or distributing

26  electrical energy, as well as any related activities

27  authorized by this Charter or applicable law.

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

29  law.

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