| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Southwest Florida Water Management |
| 3 | District; amending s. 373.073, F.S.; revising the |
| 4 | residency requirements for vacancies on the governing |
| 5 | board of the district; providing an effective date. |
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| 7 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 9 | Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section |
| 10 | 373.073, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 11 | 373.073 Governing board.-- |
| 12 | (2) Membership on governing boards shall be selected from |
| 13 | candidates who have significant experience in one or more of the |
| 14 | following areas, including, but not limited to: agriculture, the |
| 15 | development industry, local government, government-owned or |
| 16 | privately owned water utilities, law, civil engineering, |
| 17 | environmental science, hydrology, accounting, or financial |
| 18 | businesses. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general |
| 19 | or special law to the contrary, vacancies in the governing |
| 20 | boards of the water management districts shall be filled |
| 21 | according to the following residency requirements, representing |
| 22 | areas designated by the United States Water Resources Council in |
| 23 | United States Geological Survey, River Basin and Hydrological |
| 24 | Unit Map of Florida--1975, Map Series No. 72: |
| 25 | (e) Southwest Florida Water Management District: |
| 26 | 1. Two members shall reside in Hillsborough County. |
| 27 | 2. One member shall reside in the area consisting of |
| 28 | Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties. |
| 29 | 2.3. Two members shall reside in Pinellas County. |
| 30 | 3.4. One member shall reside in Manatee County. |
| 31 | 4.5. Two members One member shall reside in Polk County. |
| 32 | 5.6. One member shall reside in Pasco County. |
| 33 | 6.7. One member shall be appointed at large from Levy, |
| 34 | Marion, Citrus, Sumter, Hernando, and Lake Counties. |
| 35 | 7.8. One member shall be appointed at large from Sarasota, |
| 36 | Hardee, DeSoto, Charlotte, and Highlands Counties. |
| 37 | 8.9. One member shall be appointed at large from Levy, |
| 38 | Marion, Citrus, Sumter, Hernando, Lake, Sarasota and, Hardee, |
| 39 | DeSoto, Charlotte, and Highlands Counties. |
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| 41 | A No county described in subparagraph 6. 7., subparagraph 7. 8., |
| 42 | or subparagraph 8. may not 9. shall have more than one member on |
| 43 | the governing board. |
| 44 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |