HB 0773 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	seven11 voting members, and 1 nonvoting memberas follows:
15	(a) The chair of thecounty commissions of Seminole,
16	Orange, and Osceola Counties shall each serve, 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) One member shall be mayor of a municipality within
24	Seminole, Orange, or Osceola County representing the largest
25	municipal contributor and shall serve a term concurrent with the
26	term of the appointing Governor.
27	(c)(b) The Governor shall appoint three members to the
28	board pursuant to local government funding as determined by the
29	sum of contributions for the respective local government for 4
30	years preceding the appointment as follows:
31	1. 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	2. One member shall be a resident of either of the two
48	remaining counties other than the county meeting the
49	qualifications of subparagraph 1. The chairs of the two
50	remaining county commissions of such counties shall each provide
51	the Governor with a list of three nominees and the Governor
52	shall appoint one member from such list of nominees.
53	(d)(c)The terms of the current governing board members
54	shall terminate on June 1, 2003, at which time the terms of the
55	members designated pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (c) shall
56	commence. The Governor shall make appointments to the board
57	within 30 days after receipt of the nominations pursuant to
58	paragraph (c), for a term beginning June 1, 2003, or as soon
59	thereafter as practicalappoint five members to the board. Two
60	of the members shall be residents of Orange County, one member
61	shall be a resident of Seminole County, one member shall be a
62	resident of Osceola County, and one member shall be a resident
63	of the City of Orlando. All five members shall serve a term of 4
64	years.
65	(d) The Secretary of Transportation shall appoint the
66	district secretary, or his or her designee, for the district
67	within which the area served by the authority is located and
68	this member shall be a nonvoting member.
69	(3) A vacancy during a term shall be filled by the
70	respective appointing authorityin the same manner as the
71	original appointment and only for the balance of the unexpired
72	term.
73	Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.