HB 0773
   
1 CHAMBER ACTION
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6          The Committee on Local Government & Veterans' Affairs recommends
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9          Committee Substitute
10          Remove the entire bill and insert:
11 A bill to be entitled
12          An act relating to the Central Florida Regional
13    Transportation Authority; amending s. 343.63, F.S.;
14    revising membership of the governing board of the
15    authority; providing an effective date.
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17          Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19          Section 1. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 343.63,
20    Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
21          343.63 Central Florida Regional Transportation
22    Authority.--
23          (2) The governing board of the authority shall consist of
24    five11 voting members, and 1 nonvoting memberas follows:
25          (a) The chairs of thecounty commissions of Seminole,
26    Orange, and Osceola Counties, or another member of the
27    commission designated by the county chair, shall each serve as a
28    elect a commissioner as that commission'srepresentative on the
29    board. The commissioner must be a member of the county
30    commission when elected andfor the full extent of his or her
31    term. The terms of the county commissioners on the governing
32    board of the authority shall be 2 years.
33          (b) The mayormayors of the citycities of Altamonte
34    Springs, Orlando, or a member of the Orlando City Council
35    designated by theand Kissimmee, or a member of each city
36    commission designated by each mayor, shall serve as a
37    representativea term of 2 years on the board for the full
38    extent of his or her term.
39          (c) The Governor shall appoint five members to the board.
40    Two of the members shall be residents of Orange County, one
41    member shall be a resident of Seminole County, one member shall
42    be a resident of Osceola County, and one member shall be a
43    resident of the City of Orlando. All five members shall serve a
44    term of 4 years.
45          (c)(d)The Secretary of Transportation shall appoint the
46    district secretary, or his or her designee, for the district
47    within which the area served by the authority is located and
48    this member shall be a votingnonvotingmember.
49          (3) A vacancy during a term shall be filled by the
50    respective appointing authorityin the same manner as the
51    original appointment and only for the balance of the unexpired
52    term.
53          Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.