HB 1137

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to Hillsboro Inlet District, Broward
3	County; amending chapter 99-433, Laws of Florida;
4	decreasing the number of members on the board of
5	commissioners; revising the qualifications for appointment
6	to the board of commissioners; providing an effective
7	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 4 of chapter 99-433, Laws of Florida,
12	is amended to read:
13	Section 4.  Board of commissioners.--
14	(1)  The governing body of the Hillsboro Inlet
15	District shall consist of eight nine commissioners, who
16	shall serve without compensation, except as provided for in
17	section 11. One representative on the governing body or
18	Board of Commissioners of the Hillsboro Inlet District
19	shall be appointed by each of the City Commissions
20	Commissioners or Town Councils of the following
21	municipalities: the City Cities of Deerfield Beach,
22	Florida; the Town of Hillsboro Beach, Florida; the City of
23	Pompano Beach, Florida; the Town of Lauderdale-By-The-Sea,;
24	Florida; the City of Lighthouse Point, Florida; the City of
25	Fort Lauderdale, Florida; and, the Village of Sea Ranch
26	Lakes, Florida. The Board of County Commissioners, and two
27	representatives shall be appointed by the County Commission
28	of Broward County, Florida shall appoint one representative
29	to the Board of Commissioners of the Hillsboro Inlet
30	District. Each representative so appointed by the
31	aforementioned governmental entities municipalities shall
32	represent the respective governmental entity municipality
33	making such appointment, and the representatives appointed
34	by the county commission shall represent the unincorporated
35	areas. The duties, functions, and responsibilities of the
36	district shall continue as provided for herein in the event
37	that any municipality represented hereby is dissolved,
38	merged, or fails to appoint representatives to the district
39	board. Said representatives appointed by the respective
40	municipalities shall be qualified electors, residing in the
41	municipality district from which they are appointed for
42	more than six months prior to appointment. Effective
43	October 1, 2007, any new representatives appointed to the
44	district board shall also reside within the district
45	boundaries, as described in section 3. Effective October 1,
46	2007, any new representative appointed by the Board of
47	County Commissioners of Broward County shall be a qualified
48	elector, shall reside within Broward County, and shall
49	reside within the district's boundaries for more than 6
50	months prior to appointment. Notwithstanding any other
51	provision of this subsection, any representative on the
52	district board as of October 1, 2006, shall be exempt from
53	the requirement that the representative must reside within
54	the district's boundaries.
55	(2)  Four representatives shall constitute a majority
56	of the quorum at any a regular or special meeting and shall
57	be sufficient for any legal action to be taken by the
58	governing body of the district. Said commissioners shall be
59	known and designated as the "Board of Commissioners of the
60	Hillsboro Inlet District."
61	(3)  All members currently qualified and holding
62	office as commissioners shall continue in office until
63	their terms expire or as otherwise provided by law. The
64	said commissioners shall hold office for a term of 5 years
65	from the date of their respective appointments from the
66	appointing municipality or until their successors are
67	appointed and qualified. To the extent that any members of
68	the board of commissioners are members at the time of the
69	adoption of this act as appointees of the Board of County
70	Commissioners of Broward County, such members shall
71	continue as members until the expiration of their
72	respective appointment. No later than October 1, 2007, the
73	board of county commissioners shall determine which of its
74	appointees shall continue to serve as the county
75	representative. The Governor of the State of Florida shall
76	have the power to remove any member of said board of
77	commissioners for cause and shall fill any vacancies that
78	may at any time occur therein. Each member shall give bond
79	to the Governor of the State of Florida for the faithful
80	performance of his or her duties in the sum of $10,000 with
81	a surety company qualified to do business in the State of
82	Florida, as surety, which bond shall be approved and kept
83	by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Broward County,
84	Florida. The premiums on said bonds shall be paid as part
85	of the expenses of said district.
86	Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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