| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Pinellas Suncoast Transit |
| 3 | Authority, Pinellas County; amending chapter 2000-424, |
| 4 | Laws of Florida; providing for additional members of the |
| 5 | authority's governing body; providing for appointment of |
| 6 | additional members; providing for staggering of initial |
| 7 | terms of additional members; 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. Subsection (2) of section 3 of section 2 of |
| 13 | chapter 2000-424, Laws of Florida, is amended to read: |
| 14 | Section 3. Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority; status and |
| 15 | governing body.-- |
| 16 | (2)(a) The governing body of the authority shall consist |
| 17 | of 15 11 members, serving and selected as provided in this |
| 18 | paragraph. |
| 19 | 1. One member shall be appointed by the City Council |
| 20 | Commission of the City of Clearwater from its membership. |
| 21 | 2. One member shall be appointed by the City Commission of |
| 22 | the City of Dunedin from its membership. |
| 23 | 3. One member shall be appointed by the City Commission of |
| 24 | the City of Largo from its membership. |
| 25 | 4. One member shall be appointed by the City Council of |
| 26 | the City of Pinellas Park from its membership. |
| 27 | 5. Two members One member shall be appointed by the City |
| 28 | Council of the City of St. Petersburg from its membership. |
| 29 | 6. One member shall be appointed by the combined municipal |
| 30 | governing bodies of the Cities of Oldsmar, Safety Harbor, and |
| 31 | Tarpon Springs from their membership. |
| 32 | 7. One member shall be appointed by the combined municipal |
| 33 | governing bodies of the Cities of Belleair, Belleair Bluffs, |
| 34 | Gulfport, Kenneth City, Seminole, and South Pasadena from their |
| 35 | membership. |
| 36 | 8. One member shall be appointed by the combined municipal |
| 37 | governing bodies of the Cities of Belleair Beach, Belleair |
| 38 | Shores, Indian Rocks Beach, Indian Shores, Madeira Beach, North |
| 39 | Redington Beach, Redington Beach, Redington Shores, St. Pete |
| 40 | Petersburg Beach, and Treasure Island from their membership. |
| 41 | 9. Four members One member shall be appointed by the |
| 42 | Pinellas County Commission from its membership. |
| 43 | 10. One member shall be appointed by the Pinellas County |
| 44 | Commission, and this member may not be an elected official. |
| 45 | 11. One member shall be appointed by the City Council of |
| 46 | the City of St. Petersburg, and this member may not be an |
| 47 | elected official. |
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| 49 | After the expiration of each term of each member of the |
| 50 | governing body of the authority, that member's successor shall |
| 51 | be chosen by the same appointing authority as the member and |
| 52 | must possess the same qualifications. Each term of office shall |
| 53 | be 3 years, and a member may not serve more than 3 consecutive |
| 54 | terms as a member of the governing body of the authority. |
| 55 | (b) Each appointed member shall hold office until his or |
| 56 | her successor has been appointed and qualified. A vacancy |
| 57 | occurring during a term shall be filled only for the balance of |
| 58 | the unexpired term. A selection to fill a vacancy or select a |
| 59 | successor shall be made within 60 days after the occurrence of |
| 60 | the vacancy or before expiration of the term, whichever is |
| 61 | applicable. If any selection is not made as provided in this |
| 62 | subsection, the Board of County Commissioners of Pinellas County |
| 63 | shall appoint an eligible person to the authority with like |
| 64 | effect as if the selection were made by a municipality or group |
| 65 | of municipalities. Any member of the authority is eligible for |
| 66 | reappointment, except that the member may not serve more than 3 |
| 67 | consecutive terms. |
| 68 | Section 2. The additional member to be appointed by the |
| 69 | City of St. Petersburg shall be appointed for the initial term |
| 70 | of 3 years. One of the additional members to be appointed by the |
| 71 | Pinellas County Commission shall serve an initial term of 3 |
| 72 | years, another additional member to be appointed by the Pinellas |
| 73 | County Commission shall serve an initial term of 2 years, and |
| 74 | the third additional member to be appointed by the Pinellas |
| 75 | County Commission from its membership shall serve an initial |
| 76 | term of 1 year. |
| 77 | Section 3. If any provision of this act or the application |
| 78 | thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the |
| 79 | invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of |
| 80 | this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision |
| 81 | or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are |
| 82 | declared severable. |
| 83 | Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |