Senate Bill sb2236

    Florida Senate - 2006        (NP)                      SB 2236

    By Senator Sebesta





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Pinellas Suncoast

  3         Transit Authority; amending ch. 2000-424, Laws

  4         of Florida; revising the membership of the

  5         governing body of the authority; providing for

  6         initial terms of the new members; providing

  7         severability; providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 3 of section 2 of

12  chapter 2000-424, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:

13         Section 2.  The Pinellas County Suncoast Transit

14  Authority is re-created and reenacted to read:

15         Section 3.  Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority; status

16  and governing body.--

17         (2)(a)  The governing body of the authority shall

18  consist of 15 11 members, serving and selected as provided in

19  this paragraph.

20         1.  One member shall be appointed by the City Council

21  Commission of the City of Clearwater from its membership.

22         2.  One member shall be appointed by the City

23  Commission of the City of Dunedin from its membership.

24         3.  One member shall be appointed by the City

25  Commission of the City of Largo from its membership.

26         4.  One member shall be appointed by the City Council

27  of the City of Pinellas Park from its membership.

28         5.  One member shall be appointed by the City Council

29  of the City of St. Petersburg from its membership.

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 1         6.  One member shall be appointed by the combined

 2  municipal governing bodies of the Cities of Oldsmar, Safety

 3  Harbor, and Tarpon Springs from their membership.

 4         7.  One member shall be appointed by the combined

 5  municipal governing bodies of the Cities of Belleair, Belleair

 6  Bluffs, Gulfport, Kenneth City, Seminole, and South Pasadena

 7  from their membership.

 8         8.  One member shall be appointed by the combined

 9  municipal governing bodies of the Cities of Belleair Beach,

10  Belleair Shores, Indian Rocks Beach, Indian Shores, Madeira

11  Beach, North Redington Beach, Redington Beach, Redington

12  Shores, St. Pete Petersburg Beach, and Treasure Island from

13  their membership.

14         9.  Four members One member shall be appointed by the

15  Pinellas County Commission from its membership.

16         10.  One member shall be appointed by the Pinellas

17  County Commission, and this member may not be an elected

18  official.

19         11.  One member shall be appointed by the City Council

20  of the City of St. Petersburg, and this member may not be an

21  elected official.

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23  After the expiration of each term of each member of the

24  governing body of the authority, that member's successor shall

25  be chosen by the same appointing authority as the member and

26  must possess the same qualifications.  Each term of office

27  shall be 3 years, and a member may not serve more than three 3

28  consecutive terms as a member of the governing body of the

29  authority.

30         (b)  Each appointed member shall hold office until his

31  or her successor has been appointed and qualified.  A vacancy

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 1  occurring during a term shall be filled only for the balance

 2  of the unexpired term.  A selection to fill a vacancy or

 3  select a successor shall be made within 60 days after the

 4  occurrence of the vacancy or before expiration of the term,

 5  whichever is applicable.  If any selection is not made as

 6  provided in this subsection, the Board of County Commissioners

 7  of Pinellas County shall appoint an eligible person to the

 8  authority with like effect as if the selection were made by a

 9  municipality or group of municipalities.  Any member of the

10  authority is eligible for reappointment, except that the

11  member may not serve more than three 3 consecutive terms.

12         Section 2.  The additional member appointed by the City

13  of St. Petersburg pursuant to this act shall be appointed for

14  an initial term of 3 years. The three additional members

15  appointed by the Pinellas County Commission pursuant to this

16  act shall be appointed to initial terms of 1, 2, and 3 years,

17  respectively.

18         Section 3.  If any provision of this act or the

19  application thereof to any person or circumstance is held

20  invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or

21  applications of this act which can be given effect without the

22  invalid provision or application, and to this end the

23  provisions of this act are severable.

24         Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

25  law.

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