| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Alachua County Housing Authority; |
| 3 | amending chapter 71-526, Laws of Florida; providing that |
| 4 | the Alachua County Commission may appoint two alternate |
| 5 | members to the Alachua County Housing Authority; providing |
| 6 | that the Alachua County Housing Authority is not a |
| 7 | dependent special district; providing severability; |
| 8 | providing an effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Chapter 71-526, Laws of Florida, is amended to |
| 13 | read: |
| 14 | Section 1. The Commissioners of the Alachua County Housing |
| 15 | Authority shall be appointed by the Board of County |
| 16 | Commissioners of Alachua County, Florida, in lieu of the method |
| 17 | appointment provided for under section Chapter 421.27, |
| 18 | subsection (2), Florida Statutes; provided, however, the board |
| 19 | of county commissioners may appoint one at-large alternate |
| 20 | member and one alternate tenant commissioner. |
| 21 | Section 2. The Alachua County Housing Authority is an |
| 22 | independent authority and not a dependent special district of |
| 23 | Alachua County, because the Board of County Commissioners of |
| 24 | Alachua County cannot remove housing authority members or |
| 25 | control housing authority budgets. |
| 26 | Section 3. If any provision of this act or its application |
| 27 | to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity |
| 28 | shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act |
| 29 | that can be given effect without the invalid provision of the |
| 30 | application, and to this end the provisions of the act are |
| 31 | declared severable. |
| 32 | Section 2. This act shall take effect on July 1, 1971. |
| 33 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |