SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1567, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 474624
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senator Bennett moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment
14 Strike line 490 through line 553,
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16 and insert: hold office for terms of 4 years each and until
17 their successors shall be duly elected and qualified.
18 (3) The first board of supervisors of the district
19 shall be composed of five persons, two of whom shall hold
20 office for 4 years, one of whom shall hold office for 3 years,
21 one of whom shall hold office for 2 years, and one of whom
22 shall hold office for 1 year, which terms shall terminate in
23 June of their applicable final year. Within 120 days after
24 this act becomes a law, a special meeting of landowners of the
25 West Villages Improvement District shall be held for the
26 purpose of electing the first board of supervisors for the
27 West Villages Improvement District as herein provided. Notice
28 of such special meeting of landowners shall be given by
29 causing publication thereof to be made once a week for 2
30 consecutive weeks prior to such meeting in the newspaper of
31 general paid circulation that the City of North Port publishes
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SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1567, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 474624
1 notices of city meetings, and prior to the meeting, provision
2 of 2 weeks advance written notice to the City of North Port
3 City Manager including the agenda and any backup material.
4 Such special meeting of landowners shall be held in a public
5 place in the City of North Port, and the place, date, and hour
6 of holding such meeting and the purpose thereof shall be
7 stated in the notice. The landowners when assembled shall
8 organize by electing a chair who shall preside at the meeting
9 and a vice chair, secretary, and treasurer. At such meeting,
10 each and every acre, or any fraction thereof, of land in the
11 district shall represent one vote and each owner shall be
12 entitled to one vote in person or by written proxy for every
13 acre of land, or any fraction thereof, owned by such owner in
14 the district. Candidates must be citizens of the United States
15 and shall be nominated prior to commencement of the initial
16 election. The landowners shall first vote for the 2
17 supervisors who are to hold office for the 2 seats with an
18 initial term of 4 years as herein provided, and the persons
19 receiving the highest and next highest number of votes for
20 such supervisor offices shall be declared and elected as the
21 supervisors for said 2 seats. The landowners shall next vote
22 for the supervisor who is to hold office for that seat with a
23 term of 3 years as provided herein, and the person receiving
24 the highest number of votes for such supervisor shall be
25 declared and elected as such supervisor for said seat. Said
26 landowners shall continue to so vote for each remaining seat
27 until the supervisor who is to hold office for the term of 1
28 year as herein provided is elected for said seat. The
29 landowners present or voting by proxy at the meeting shall
30 constitute a quorum.
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