HB 0773, Engrossed 1
   
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.
6         
7          Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
8         
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
12    Authority.--
13          (2) The governing board of the authority shall consist of
14    five11 voting members, and 1 nonvoting memberas follows:
15          (a) The chairs of thecounty commissions of Seminole,
16    Orange, and Osceola Counties, or another member of the
17    commission designated by the county chair, shall each serve as a
18    elect a commissioner as that commission'srepresentative on the
19    board. The commissioner must be a member of the county
20    commission when elected andfor the full extent of his or her
21    term. The terms of the county commissioners on the governing
22    board of the authority shall be 2 years.
23          (b) The mayormayors of the citycities of Altamonte
24    Springs, Orlando, or a member of the Orlando City Council
25    designated by theand Kissimmee, or a member of each city
26    commission designated by each mayor, shall serve as a
27    representativea term of 2 years on the board for the full
28    extent of his or her term.
29          (c) The Governor shall appoint five members to the board.
30    Two of the members shall be residents of Orange County, one
31    member shall be a resident of Seminole County, one member shall
32    be a resident of Osceola County, and one member shall be a
33    resident of the City of Orlando. All five members shall serve a
34    term of 4 years.
35          (c)(d)The Secretary of Transportation shall appoint the
36    district secretary, or his or her designee, for the district
37    within which the area served by the authority is located and
38    this member shall be a votingnonvotingmember.
39          (3) A vacancy during a term shall be filled by the
40    respective appointing authorityin the same manner as the
41    original appointment and only for the balance of the unexpired
42    term.
43          Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.