SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 686
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 705164
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senator Geller moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 (2) The governing board of the authority shall consist
19 of nine voting members, as follows:
20 (a) The county commissions of Miami-Dade Dade,
21 Broward, and Palm Beach Counties shall each elect a
22 commissioner as that commission's representative on the board.
23 The commissioner must be a member of the county commission
24 when elected and for the full extent of his or her term.
25 (b) The county commissions of Miami-Dade Dade,
26 Broward, and Palm Beach Counties shall each appoint a citizen
27 member to the board who is not a member of the county
28 commission but who is a resident of the county from which he
29 or she is appointed and a qualified elector of that county.
30 Insofar as practicable, the citizen member shall represent the
31 business and civic interests of the community.
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1 (c) The secretary of the Department of Transportation
2 shall appoint one of the district secretaries, or his or her
3 designee, for the districts within which the area served by
4 the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority tri-county
5 rail is located.
6 (d) If the authority's service area is expanded
7 pursuant to s. 343.54(5), the county containing the new
8 service area shall have three members appointed to the board
9 as follows:
10 1. The county commission of the county shall elect a
11 commissioner as that commission's representative on the board.
12 The commissioner must be a member of the county commission
13 when elected and for the full extent of his or her term.
14 2. The county commission of the county shall appoint a
15 citizen member to the board who is not a member of the county
16 commission but who is a resident and a qualified elector of
17 that county. Insofar as is practicable, the citizen member
18 shall represent the business and civic interests of the
19 community.
20 3. The Governor shall appoint a citizen member to the
21 board who is not a member of the county commission but who is
22 a resident and a qualified elector of that county. The other
23 eight members of the board shall elect, by a simple majority
24 vote, an at-large member who is a resident and qualified
25 elector in the area served by the tri-county rail.
26 (e) The Governor shall appoint two members one member
27 to the board who are residents and qualified electors is a
28 resident and qualified elector in the area served by the
29 authority but who are not residents of the same county and
30 also not residents of the county in which the district
31 secretary who was appointed pursuant to paragraph (c) is a
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1 resident tri-county rail.
2 (3)(a) Members of the governing board of the authority
3 shall be appointed to serve 4-year staggered terms, except
4 that the terms of the appointees of the Governor shall be
5 concurrent.
6 (b) The terms of the board members currently serving
7 on the authority that is being succeeded by this act shall
8 expire July 30, 2003, at which time the terms of the members
9 appointed pursuant to subsection (2) shall commence. The
10 Governor shall make his or her appointments to the board
11 within 30 days after July 30, 2003. The terms of the county
12 commissioners on the governing board of the authority shall be
13 2 years. All other members on the governing board of the
14 authority shall serve staggered 4-year terms. Each member
15 shall hold office until his or her successor has been
16 appointed.
17 (4) A vacancy during a term shall be filled by the
18 respective appointing authority in the same manner as the
19 original appointment and only for the balance of the unexpired
20 term.
21 (5) The members of the authority shall serve without
22 not be entitled to compensation, but are entitled to
23 reimbursement shall be reimbursed for travel expenses actually
24 incurred in their duties as provided by law.
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28 And the title is amended as follows:
29 On page 1, lines 5-9, delete those lines
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1 s. 343.53, F.S.; redesignating the Tri-County
2 Rail Authority as the South Florida Regional
3 Transportation Authority; revising provisions
4 relating to appointment of the governing board
5 of the authority; amending s. 343.54, F.S.;
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