Senate Bill sb0006
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Florida Senate - 2006 SB 6
By Senator Siplin
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the governing board of the
3 Central Florida Regional Transportation
4 Authority; amending s. 343.63, F.S.; increasing
5 the membership of the board; revising the
6 method of appointing members to the board;
7 authorizing appointments by the Governor and
8 specified county commissions; providing for
9 specified mayors or designated council or
10 commission members to serve on the board;
11 providing for the member appointed by the
12 Secretary of Transportation to be a nonvoting
13 member; specifying certain qualifications for
14 board members and terms of service; providing
15 for an appointment in the case of a vacancy;
16 providing an effective date.
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18 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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20 Section 1. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 343.63,
21 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
22 343.63 Central Florida Regional Transportation
23 Authority.--
24 (2) The governing board of the authority shall consist
25 of 11 five voting members and one nonvoting member as follows:
26 (a) The chairs of the county commissions of Seminole,
27 Orange, and Osceola Counties, or another member of the
28 commission designated by the county chair, shall each appoint
29 a commissioner to serve as a representative on the board. The
30 commissioner must be a member of the county commission when
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1 appointed and during for the full extent of his or her board
2 term.
3 (b) The mayors mayor of Altamonte Springs, the City of
4 Orlando, and Kissimmee, respectively, or a member of the
5 Orlando City Council designated by the mayor, shall each serve
6 as a representative on the board for the full extent of his or
7 her term or shall designate a member of his or her municipal
8 council or commission to serve as a representative on the
9 board for the full extent of the mayor's term.
10 (c) The Governor shall appoint five board members to
11 4-year terms, two of whom must be residents of Orange County,
12 one of whom must be a resident of Seminole County, one of whom
13 must be a resident of Osceola County, and one of whom must be
14 a resident of Orlando. One of the Governor's appointees must
15 be older than 60 years of age and a member of a statewide
16 organization representing elderly residents, one must be
17 disabled and a member of a statewide organization representing
18 disabled residents, and three must be minorities or members of
19 a group representing minorities.
20 (d)(c) The Secretary of Transportation shall appoint
21 the district secretary, or his or her designee, for the
22 district within which the area served by the authority is
23 located and this member shall be a nonvoting voting member.
24 (3) A vacancy during a term shall be filled by the
25 respective appointing authority in the same manner as the
26 original appointment and only for the balance of the unexpired
27 term.
28 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.
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