Senate Bill sb2902

    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                      SB 2902

    By Senator Bullard





    39-1799-03                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Lee County; amending the Lee

  3         County Home Rule Charter to provide for the

  4         election of commissioners from single

  5         districts; providing for the creation of

  6         districts; providing an exception; providing

  7         for a referendum; providing a ballot statement;

  8         providing for the staggering of commissioner

  9         terms; 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.  Section 2.2 A. of Article II of the Lee

14  County Home Rule Charter is amended to read:

15         Section 2.  In accordance with the requirements of

16  section 101.161, Florida Statutes, and section 3, the

17  Supervisor of Elections of Lee County shall place the title

18  and substance of the referendum on the ballot as follows:

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20                ELECTION OF LEE COUNTY COMMISSION

21       MEMBERS TO PROVIDE FOR SINGLE-MEMBER REPRESENTATION

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23  Shall the election of Lee County Commission members be changed

24  so that commissioners are elected by the people who live in

25  their districts, rather than countywide?

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27         No

28         Section 3.  If for any reason there is a countywide

29  election prior to the 2004 general election and 2004

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

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

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    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                      SB 2902
    39-1799-03                                              See HB




 1  general election, all county commission seats will be up for

 2  election in the year 2004 and staggered from that point

 3  on.  If the next countywide election is in 2004, all county

 4  commission seats will be up for election in the year 2006 and

 5  staggered from that point on.

 6         Section 4.  This act shall take effect only upon its

 7  approval by a majority vote of those qualified electors of Lee

 8  County voting in a referendum to be held by the Lee County

 9  Board of County Commissioners in conjunction with the next

10  regular primary, special, general, or other election, in

11  accordance with the provisions of law relating to elections

12  currently in force, except that this section shall take effect

13  upon becoming a law.

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