Senate Bill sb2900

    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                      SB 2900

    By Senator Bullard





    39-1798-03                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Lee County School

  3         District; requiring the Lee County School Board

  4         to submit to the electors of the county school

  5         district the question of whether the district

  6         school board shall consist of five members,

  7         each to be elected from a single-member

  8         residence area by electors residing in that

  9         residence area only; requiring the district

10         school board to provide for the orderly

11         transition to such election of district school

12         board members, if approved; providing for the

13         staggering of district school board member

14         terms; providing for a referendum; providing a

15         ballot statement; providing an 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.  (1)  The Lee County School Board shall

20  submit to the electors of the county school district for

21  approval or rejection at a referendum in conjunction with the

22  2004 general election the question of whether the district

23  school board shall be composed of five members, each to be

24  elected from a single-member residence area by electors

25  residing in the single-member residence area only,

26  notwithstanding the provisions of section 1001.36, section

27  1001.361, or section 1001.362, Florida Statutes.

28         (2)  If the electors approve such election of district

29  school board members, the five single-member residence areas

30  must be drawn by the district school board, and the district

31  school board shall provide for the orderly transition to such

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    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                      SB 2900
    39-1798-03                                              See HB




 1  election of district school board members in the general

 2  election of 2006.  All five school board seats will be up for

 3  reelection in the general election of 2006 and staggered from

 4  that date forward. If for any reason there is a countywide

 5  election prior to the 2004 general election and 2004

 6  primaries, the vote for this act will occur on the earlier

 7  date.  If it is prior to the qualifying period for the 2004

 8  general election, all school board seats will be up for

 9  election in the year 2004 and staggered from that point

10  forward.

11         Section 2.  In accordance with section 101.161, Florida

12  Statutes, and section 1 of this act, the Supervisor of

13  Elections of Lee County shall place the title and substance of

14  the referendum on the ballot as follows:

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16           ELECTION OF LEE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS

17           TO PROVIDE FOR SINGLE-MEMBER REPRESENTATION

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19  Shall the election of Lee County School Board members be

20  changed so that board members are elected by the electors

21  living in their districts, rather than countywide?

22         Yes

23         No

24         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon approval of

25  a majority vote of those qualified electors of Lee County

26  voting in a referendum to be held by the supervisor of

27  elections in conjunction with the next primary, general,

28  special, or other election to be held in Lee County, except

29  that this section shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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