HB 0773 2003
1	CHAMBER ACTION
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6	The Committee on Transportation recommends the following:
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8	Committee Substitute
9	Remove the entire bill and insert:
10	A bill to be entitled
11	An act relating to the Central Florida Regional
12	Transportation Authority; amending s. 343.63, F.S.;
13	revising membership of the governing board of the
14	authority; providing an effective date.
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16	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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18	Section 1. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 343.63,
19	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
20	343.63 Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority.-
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22	(2) The governing board of the authority shall consist of
23	seven11 voting members, and 1 nonvoting memberas follows:
24	(a) The chair of the county commissions of Seminole,
25	Orange, and Osceola Counties shall each serve, ex officio, for
26	the term of their respective chairselect a commissioner as that
27	commission's representative on the board. The commissioner must
28	be a member of the county commission when elected and for the
29	full extent of his or her term. The terms of the county
30	commissioners on the governing board of the authority shall be 2
31	years.
32	(b) One member shall be mayor of a municipality within
33	Seminole, Orange, or Osceola County representing the largest
34	municipal contributor and shall serve a term concurrent with the
35	term of the appointing Governor.
36	(c)(b) The Governor shall appoint four members to the
37	board pursuant to local government funding as determined by the
38	sum of contributions for the respective local government for 4
39	years preceding the appointment as follows:
40	1. Three members shall be appointed to serve a term
41	concurrent with the term of the appointing Governor and shall be
42	appointed from the local government making the largest
43	contribution. However, if the sum of the contributions of the
44	remaining local governments, excluding the contributions of the
45	largest local government contributor, are at least 50 percent of
46	the authority's total local funding contribution, one
47	appointment shall be made from the local government making the
48	second largest contribution. The mayor or chair of the county
49	commission representing the respective local governments
50	entitled to a gubernatorial appointment shall provide a list of
51	three nominees to the Governor for each appointment to the
52	board. The Governor shall appoint one member from each list
53	mayors of the cities of Altamonte Springs, Orlando, and
54	Kissimmee, or a member of each city commission designated by
55	each mayor, shall serve a term of 2 years on the board.
56	2. One member shall be a resident of the remaining county
57	other than the county meeting the qualifications of subparagraph
58	1. The chair of the remaining county commission of such county
59	shall provide the Governor with a list of three nominees and the
60	Governor shall appoint one member from such list of nominees.
61	(d)(c)The terms of the current governing board members
62	shall terminate on June 1, 2003, at which time the terms of the
63	members designated pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (c) shall
64	commence. The Governor shall make appointments to the board
65	within 30 days after receipt of the nominations pursuant to
66	paragraph (c), for a term beginning June 1, 2003, or as soon
67	thereafter as practicalappoint five members to the board. Two
68	of the members shall be residents of Orange County, one member
69	shall be a resident of Seminole County, one member shall be a
70	resident of Osceola County, and one member shall be a resident
71	of the City of Orlando. All five members shall serve a term of 4
72	years.
73	(d) The Secretary of Transportation shall appoint the
74	district secretary, or his or her designee, for the district
75	within which the area served by the authority is located and
76	this member shall be a nonvoting member.
77	(3) A vacancy during a term shall be filled by the
78	respective appointing authorityin the same manner as the
79	original appointment and only for the balance of the unexpired
80	term.
81	Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.