Senate Bill sb2330

    Florida Senate - 2006        (NP)                      SB 2330

    By Senator Fasano





    11-1755-06                                          See HB 925

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Pinellas County Tourist

  3         Development Council, Pinellas County; amending

  4         chapter 2001-307, Laws of Florida; revising the

  5         membership of the council; providing the

  6         effective date for such changes in council

  7         membership; 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.  Section 1 of chapter 2001-307, Laws of

12  Florida, is amended to read:

13         Section 1.  Pinellas County Tourist Development

14  Council; composition.--Notwithstanding the provisions of

15  section 125.0104(4)(e), Florida Statutes, the Pinellas County

16  Tourist Development Council as established by Pinellas County

17  ordinance pursuant to section 125.0104, Florida Statutes, the

18  "Local Option Tourist Development Act," shall be composed of

19  12 11 members who shall be appointed by the Pinellas County

20  Board of County Commissioners. The chair of the Pinellas

21  County Board of County Commissioners or any other member as

22  designated by the chair shall serve on the council. Four Three

23  members of the council shall be elected municipal officials,

24  one of whom shall be from the most populous municipality in

25  Pinellas County, one of whom shall be from the municipality in

26  which the greatest percentage of tourist development tax

27  revenue is generated in Pinellas County, and at least one of

28  whom shall be from among the cities of Belleair Beach,

29  Belleair Shore, Indian Rocks Beach, Indian Shores, Madeira

30  Beach, North Redington Beach, Redington Beach, Redington

31  Shores, St. Pete Beach, and Treasure Island, and one of whom

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    Florida Senate - 2006        (NP)                      SB 2330
    11-1755-06                                          See HB 925




 1  shall be from a city in Pinellas County that is not

 2  specifically named in this section. Seven members of the

 3  council shall be persons who are involved in the tourist

 4  industry and who have demonstrated an interest in tourist

 5  development, of which members, not less than three nor more

 6  than four shall be owners or operators of motels, hotels,

 7  recreational vehicle parks, or other tourist accommodations in

 8  the county and subject to the tax. All members of the council

 9  shall be electors of the county. The changes in the

10  composition of the membership of the Pinellas County Tourist

11  Development Council mandated by this act are effective October

12  1, 2006 2001, and shall not cause the interruption of the

13  current term of any person who is a member of the Pinellas

14  County Tourist Development Council on October 1, 2006 2001.

15  Except as specifically provided herein, the provisions of

16  section 125.0104(4)(e), Florida Statutes, shall apply to the

17  Pinellas County Tourist Development Council.

18         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

19  law.

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