Senate Bill sb2572c1

    Florida Senate - 2003                           CS for SB 2572

    By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Constantine





    306-2411-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Central Florida Regional

  3         Transportation Authority; amending s. 343.63,

  4         F.S.; revising membership of the governing

  5         board of the authority; providing an effective

  6         date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Subsections (2) and (3) of section 343.63,

11  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

12         343.63  Central Florida Regional Transportation

13  Authority.--

14         (2)  The governing board of the authority shall consist

15  of five 11 voting members, and 1 nonvoting member as follows:

16         (a)  The chairs of the county commissions of Seminole,

17  Orange, and Osceola Counties or another member of the

18  commission designated by the chair shall each serve as a elect

19  a commissioner as that commission's representative on the

20  board.  The commissioner must be a member of the county

21  commission when elected and for the full extent of his or her

22  term.  The terms of the county commissioners on the governing

23  board of the authority shall be 2 years.

24         (b)  The mayor mayors of the cities of Altamonte

25  Springs, Orlando, or a member of the Orlando City Council and

26  Kissimmee, or a member of each city commission designated by

27  the each mayor, shall serve as a representative a term of 2

28  years on the board for the full extent of his or her term.

29         (c)  The Governor shall appoint five members to the

30  board. Two of the members shall be residents of Orange County,

31  one member shall be a resident of Seminole County, one member

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    Florida Senate - 2003                           CS for SB 2572
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 1  shall be a resident of Osceola County, and one member shall be

 2  a resident of the City of Orlando. All five members shall

 3  serve a term of 4 years.

 4         (c)(d)  The Secretary of Transportation shall appoint

 5  the district secretary, or his or her designee, for the

 6  district within which the area served by the authority is

 7  located and this member shall be a voting nonvoting member.

 8         (3)  A vacancy during a term shall be filled by the

 9  respective appointing authority in the same manner as the

10  original appointment and only for the balance of the unexpired

11  term.

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

13  law.

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15          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
16                         Senate Bill 2572

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18  The CS amends s. 343.63, F.S., to change the membership of the
    governing board of the Central Florida Regional Transportation
19  Authority from 11 members to 5 members as follows:

20  1.  The chair of the county commissions of Seminole, Orange,
    and Osceola Counties or their designees will each serve as
21  members for the term of their respective commission chairs.

22  2.  One member must be the mayor of the city of Orlando, or a
    member of the Orlando City Council, as designated by the
23  mayor, and serve for the full extent of his or her term.

24  3.  One member will be the FDOT district secretary or his or
    her designee.
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