| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Hillsborough County School |
| 3 | District; providing for a seven-member district school |
| 4 | board, with five members elected from single-member |
| 5 | residence areas and two members elected from the district |
| 6 | at large; providing for reapportionment; providing that |
| 7 | elections shall be held in accordance with general law; |
| 8 | repealing chapter 98-465, Laws of Florida, relating to the |
| 9 | calling of a referendum to authorize such a district |
| 10 | school board, to conform; providing an effective date. |
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| 12 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 14 | Section 1. (1) Consistent with the referendum held in |
| 15 | Hillsborough County on November 3, 1998, and with the consent of |
| 16 | the United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, |
| 17 | dated January 24, 2000, the governing body of the District |
| 18 | School Board of Hillsborough County shall consist of seven |
| 19 | members, five of whom shall be elected from single-member |
| 20 | residence areas and two of whom shall be elected from the |
| 21 | district at large, as provided in this act. |
| 22 | (2) Two seats shall be filled from the district at large, |
| 23 | and five seats shall be filled from single-member residence |
| 24 | areas that are designated District 1, District 2, District 3, |
| 25 | District 4, and District 5, respectively. The single-member |
| 26 | residence areas shall be reapportioned by the district school |
| 27 | board by resolution, in consultation with the county supervisor |
| 28 | of elections, in the odd-numbered year immediately following |
| 29 | each decennial census in accordance with section 1001.36(2), |
| 30 | Florida Statutes, and applied to the election held the following |
| 31 | year. |
| 32 | Section 2. The election of members of the district school |
| 33 | board shall be conducted in accordance with general law. |
| 34 | Section 3. Chapter 98-465, Laws of Florida, is repealed. |
| 35 | Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |