Senate Bill sb1346

    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                      SB 1346

    By Senator Cowin





    20-327A-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Lake County Water

  3         Authority, formerly known as the Oklawaha Basin

  4         Recreation and Water Conservation and Control

  5         Authority, Lake County; amending ch. 29222,

  6         Laws of Florida, 1953, as amended; providing

  7         conditions for the authority's election of

  8         officers; 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.  Section 4 of chapter 29222, Laws of

13  Florida, 1953, as amended by chapters 57-1484, 59-1466,

14  63-1507, 65-1787, 69-1209, and 2000-492, Laws of Florida, is

15  amended to read:

16         Section 4.  A governing body for the Authority is

17  created, consisting of seven members who are residents of Lake

18  County, which body shall be known and designated as the "Board

19  of Trustees of the Lake County Water Authority," but which

20  shall be referred to as "the board." Five of the members must

21  each reside in a geographic area identical to a county

22  commission district, to be elected by the electors of the

23  county at large. Two of the members will be elected by the

24  electors of the county at large without regard to their

25  residence. On the second Tuesday following the general

26  election in 2000, the term of office of each person serving on

27  the board immediately before that date expires, and the

28  members of the board shall be elected by the electors of Lake

29  County in nonpartisan elections conducted by the supervisor of

30  elections pursuant to section 189.405, Florida Statutes, in

31  accordance with the Florida Election Code, chapters 97 through

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  1  106, Florida Statutes, beginning with the general election in

  2  2000, for terms of 4 years beginning on the second Tuesday

  3  following the general election. For purposes of staggering

  4  terms, the members elected in 2000 from odd-numbered areas and

  5  the at-large member receiving the higher number of votes shall

  6  be elected to 4-year terms and the members elected from

  7  even-numbered areas and the at-large member receiving the

  8  lower number of votes shall be elected to 2-year terms.

  9  Thereafter, each member shall be elected for a term of 4

10  years, except that a person may not be elected to more than

11  two consecutive 4-year terms. At the first meeting in December

12  of each year or, during a year in which there is a general

13  election, at a meeting held no later than 30 days after the

14  general election if the meeting and the election of officers

15  have been advertised properly, the board shall select one of

16  their number as Chair and one as Vice Chair of the board. The

17  Clerk of the Circuit Court of Lake County shall act as

18  Secretary and Treasurer of the board without any additional

19  compensation. In the event the provision pertaining to the

20  duties of the Clerk of the Circuit Court is for any reason

21  held to be invalid, the board may select one of its members to

22  serve as its Secretary and Treasurer, or it may appoint a

23  nonmember of the board as its Secretary and Treasurer, and

24  such nonmember shall receive compensation commensurate with

25  the responsibilities as determined by the board. The board

26  shall select a nonmember to serve as Executive Director of the

27  Authority, and such nonmember shall receive compensation

28  commensurate with the responsibilities as determined by the

29  board. The board shall require a surety bond of any person,

30  including the Clerk of the Circuit Court, who shall act as

31  Secretary and Treasurer of the board, in an amount to be fixed

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  1  by the board, which bond in the case of the appointment of the

  2  Clerk of the Circuit Court or a member of the board shall be

  3  in addition to the bond furnished by such person as Clerk of

  4  the Circuit Court or as a member of the board, and the premium

  5  thereon shall be paid by the board as a necessary expense of

  6  operation.

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

  8  law.

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