HB 0641 2004
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Southwest Florida Water Management
3	District; amending s. 373.073, F.S.; revising the
4	residency requirements for vacancies on the governing
5	board of the district; amending s. 373.0693, F.S.;
6	correcting a cross reference; providing an effective date.
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8	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10	Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section
11	373.073, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
12	373.073 Governing board.--
13	(2) Membership on governing boards shall be selected from
14	candidates who have significant experience in one or more of the
15	following areas, including, but not limited to: agriculture, the
16	development industry, local government, government-owned or
17	privately owned water utilities, law, civil engineering,
18	environmental science, hydrology, accounting, or financial
19	businesses. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general
20	or special law to the contrary, vacancies in the governing
21	boards of the water management districts shall be filled
22	according to the following residency requirements, representing
23	areas designated by the United States Water Resources Council in
24	United States Geological Survey, River Basin and Hydrological
25	Unit Map of Florida--1975, Map Series No. 72:
26	(e) Southwest Florida Water Management District:
27	1. Two members shall reside in Hillsborough County.
28	2. One member shall reside in the area consisting of
29	Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties.
30	2.3.Two members shall reside in Pinellas County.
31	3.4.One member shall reside in Manatee County.
32	4.5. Two members One membershall reside in Polk County.
33	5.6.One member shall reside in Pasco County.
34	6.7.One member shall be appointed at large from Levy,
35	Marion, Citrus, Sumter, Hernando, and Lake Counties.
36	7.8.One member shall be appointed at large from Sarasota,
37	Hardee, DeSoto, Charlotte, and Highlands Counties.
38	8.9.One member shall be appointed at large from Levy,
39	Marion, Citrus, Sumter, Hernando, Lake, Sarasota, Hardee,
40	DeSoto, Charlotte, and Highlands Counties.
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42	No county described in subparagraph 6. 7., subparagraph 7. 8.,
43	or subparagraph 8. 9.shall have more than one member on the
44	governing board.
45	Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (8) of section
46	373.0693, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
47	373.0693 Basins; basin boards.--
48	(8)(a) At 11:59 p.m. on June 30, 1988, the area
49	transferred from the Southwest Florida Water Management District
50	to the St. Johns River Water Management District by change of
51	boundaries pursuant to chapter 76-243, Laws of Florida, shall
52	cease to be a subdistrict or basin of the St. Johns River Water
53	Management District known as the Oklawaha River Basin and said
54	Oklawaha River Basin shall cease to exist. However, any
55	recognition of an Oklawaha River Basin or an Oklawaha River
56	Hydrologic Basin for regulatory purposes shall be unaffected.
57	The area formerly known as the Oklawaha River Basin shall
58	continue to be part of the St. Johns River Water Management
59	District. There shall be established by the governing board of
60	the St. Johns River Water Management District the Oklawaha River
61	Basin Advisory Council to receive public input and advise the
62	St. Johns River Water Management District's governing board on
63	water management issues affecting the Oklawaha River Basin. The
64	Oklawaha River Basin Advisory Council shall be appointed by
65	action of the St. Johns River Water Management District's
66	governing board and shall include one representative from each
67	county which is wholly or partly included in the Oklawaha River
68	Basin. The St. Johns River Water Management District's governing
69	board member currently serving pursuant to s. 373.073(2)(c)2.3.
70	shall serve as chair of the Oklawaha River Basin Advisory
71	Council. Members of the Oklawaha River Basin Advisory Council
72	shall receive no compensation for their services but are
73	entitled to be reimbursed for per diem and travel expenses as
74	provided in s. 112.061.
75	Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.