| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Northern Palm Beach County |
| 3 | Improvement District, Palm Beach County; amending chapter |
| 4 | 2000-467, Laws of Florida, as amended; requiring prior |
| 5 | written notice of candidacy to be eligible for election to |
| 6 | the Board of Supervisors; 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. Section 6 of section 3 of chapter 2000-467, |
| 11 | Laws of Florida, as amended by chapter 2005-302, Laws of |
| 12 | Florida, is amended to read: |
| 13 | Section 6. Meetings of landowners; elections.-- |
| 14 | (A) Each year during the month of November, beginning with |
| 15 | the month of November 2006, a meeting of the landowners of the |
| 16 | District shall be held for the purpose of electing Supervisors |
| 17 | and hearing reports of the Board of Supervisors; provided, |
| 18 | however, that a meeting of the landowners shall be held during |
| 19 | the month of November 2005, for the purpose of receiving reports |
| 20 | of the Board of Supervisors and considering any matters upon |
| 21 | which the Board of Supervisors may request the advice and views |
| 22 | of the landowners. The Board of Supervisors shall have the power |
| 23 | to call special meetings of the landowners at any time to |
| 24 | receive reports of the Board of Supervisors or consider and act |
| 25 | upon any matter upon which the Board of Supervisors may request |
| 26 | advice. Notice of all meetings of the landowners shall be given |
| 27 | by the Board of Supervisors by causing publication thereof to be |
| 28 | made for 2 consecutive weeks prior to such meeting in some |
| 29 | newspaper published in Palm Beach County. The meetings of the |
| 30 | landowners shall be held in some public place in said County, |
| 31 | and the place, day, and hour of holding such meetings shall be |
| 32 | stated in the notice. The landowners when assembled shall |
| 33 | organize by electing a Chair who shall preside at the meeting. |
| 34 | The Secretary of the Board of Supervisors shall be the Secretary |
| 35 | of such meeting. At all such meetings each and every acre, or |
| 36 | any fraction thereof, of land in the District, except publicly |
| 37 | owned property against which the District does not levy |
| 38 | assessments, shall represent one share, and each owner shall be |
| 39 | entitled to one vote in person or by written proxy for every |
| 40 | acre, or any fraction thereof, of land owned by him or her in |
| 41 | the District. The person receiving the highest number of votes |
| 42 | for Supervisor shall be declared and elected as such Supervisor. |
| 43 | Those landowners present or voting by proxy shall constitute a |
| 44 | quorum at any meeting of the landowners. |
| 45 | (B) Guardians may represent their wards, and personal |
| 46 | representatives may represent the estates of deceased persons. |
| 47 | Trustees may represent lands held by them in trust, and private |
| 48 | and municipal corporations may be represented by their officers |
| 49 | or duly authorized agents. Guardians, personal representatives, |
| 50 | trustees, and corporations may vote by proxy. |
| 51 | (C) To be eligible for election pursuant to this section, |
| 52 | a candidate for the office of Supervisor shall file a written |
| 53 | notice of intention to be a candidate in the office of the |
| 54 | District at least 30 days before the annual meeting of the |
| 55 | landowners. |
| 56 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |