| 1 | Representative(s) Sorensen offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment |
| 4 | Remove line(s) 1145-1172 and insert: |
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| 6 | called by the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority and conducted by |
| 7 | the Monroe County Supervisor of Elections, to be held no later |
| 8 | than October 31, 2005, on the question of whether the Board of |
| 9 | Directors of the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority shall be |
| 10 | elected by qualified electors rather than appointed by the |
| 11 | Governor. If the question is approved by a majority vote of |
| 12 | those qualified electors of Monroe County voting on the question |
| 13 | in the referendum, section 4 of the charter contained in section |
| 14 | 3 of this act shall be superseded by the following: |
| 15 | Section 4. Board of directors; organization; |
| 16 | qualification; term of office; quorum.--The Board of Directors |
| 17 | of the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority shall be the governing |
| 18 | body of the authority and shall, subject to the provisions of |
| 19 | this act, exercise the powers granted to the authority under |
| 20 | this act. The board of directors shall consist of five members |
| 21 | who shall each represent one of five districts which shall be |
| 22 | coterminous with the districts of the Board of County |
| 23 | Commissioners of Monroe County. Each member of the board of |
| 24 | directors shall be a registered elector within Monroe County and |
| 25 | shall have been a resident of the district for 6 months prior to |
| 26 | the date of election. The members of the board shall be elected |
| 27 | by the qualified electors of the county at large as follows: two |
| 28 | members, representing districts one and two, shall be elected at |
| 29 | the general election to be held in November 2006, and three |
| 30 | members, representing districts three, four, and five, shall be |
| 31 | elected at the general election to be held in November 2008. |
| 32 | Each current member shall remain in office until his or her |
| 33 | successor is elected and assumes the duties of the position. The |
| 34 | terms of the members elected as provided in this section |