HB 0331 2003
   
1 A bill to be entitled
2          An act relating to the Central Florida Regional
3    Transportation Authority; amending s. 343.63, F.S.;
4    revising membership of the governing board of the
5    authority; providing an effective date.
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7          Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9          Section 1. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 343.63,
10    Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
11          343.63 Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority.-
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13          (2) The governing board of the authority shall consist of
14    711voting members, and 1 nonvoting memberas follows:
15          (a) Thechair of thecounty commissions of Seminole,
16    Orange, and Osceola Counties shall eachserve, ex officio, for
17    the term of their respective chairselect a commissioner as that
18    commission's representative on the board. The commissioner must
19    be a member of the county commission when elected and for the
20    full extent of his or her term. The terms of the county
21    commissioners on the governing board of the authority shall be 2
22    years.
23          (b) TheGovernor shall appoint three members to the board
24    pursuant to local government funding as determined by the sum of
25    contributions for the respective local government for 4 years
26    preceding the appointment as follows:
27          1. One member shall be mayor of a municipality within
28    Seminole, Orange, or Osceola County representing the largest
29    municipal contributor and shall serve a term concurrent with the
30    term of the appointing Governor.
31          2. Two members shall be appointed to serve a term
32    concurrent with the term of the appointing Governor and shall be
33    appointed from the local government making the largest
34    contribution. However, if the sum of the contributions of the
35    remaining local governments, excluding the contributions of the
36    largest local government contributor, are at least 50 percent of
37    the authority's total local funding contribution, one
38    appointment shall be made from the local government making the
39    second largest contribution. The mayor or chair of the county
40    commission representing the respective local governments
41    entitled to a gubernatorial appointment shall provide a list of
42    three nominees to the Governor for each appointment to the
43    board. The Governor shall appoint one member from each list
44    mayors of the cities of Altamonte Springs, Orlando, and
45    Kissimmee, or a member of each city commission designated by
46    each mayor, shall serve a term of 2 years on the board.
47          (c)The terms of the current governing board members shall
48    terminate on June 1, 2003, at which time the terms of the
49    members designated pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (d) shall
50    commence.The Governor shallmake appointments to the board
51    within 30 days after receipt of the nominations pursuant to
52    subparagraph (b)2., for a term beginning June 1, 2003, or as
53    soon thereafter as practicalappoint five members to the board.
54    Two of the members shall be residents of Orange County, one
55    member shall be a resident of Seminole County, one member shall
56    be a resident of Osceola County, and one member shall be a
57    resident of the City of Orlando. All five members shall serve a
58    term of 4 years.
59          (d) The Secretary of Transportation shall appoint the
60    district secretary, or his or her designee, for the district
61    within which the area served by the authority is located and
62    this member shallserve as an ex officio, votingbe a nonvoting
63    member.
64          (3) A vacancy during a term shall be filledby the
65    respective appointing authorityin the same manner as the
66    original appointment and only for the balance of the unexpired
67    term.
68          Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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