| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Central County Water Control |
| 3 | District, Hendry County; amending chapter 2000-415, Laws |
| 4 | of Florida; revising election provisions for members of |
| 5 | the board of supervisors; providing membership |
| 6 | requirements, qualifications, and terms; providing |
| 7 | election procedures; 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 9 of section 3 of chapter 2000-415, |
| 12 | Laws of Florida, is amended to read: |
| 13 | Section 9. Board of supervisors; membership and |
| 14 | qualifications; terms; election procedures.-- |
| 15 | (1) Membership; qualifications.--There shall be five |
| 16 | members of the district board. Three board members shall be |
| 17 | elected by district landowners pursuant to chapter 298, Florida |
| 18 | Statutes, on a one-acre, one-vote basis. Two board members shall |
| 19 | be elected by qualified electors, as defined in section 97.041, |
| 20 | Florida Statutes, who are residents of the district. Board |
| 21 | member seats shall be numbered 1, 3, and 5 for board members |
| 22 | elected pursuant to chapter 298, Florida Statutes, by |
| 23 | landowners, and numbered 2 and 4 for members elected by |
| 24 | qualified electors. |
| 25 | (2) Terms.--Board member 1 shall be elected at the annual |
| 26 | landowners' meeting to be held in April 2007 and shall hold |
| 27 | office until the general election in November 2010. Board member |
| 28 | 2 shall be elected at a special election to be set by the board |
| 29 | and conducted by the supervisor of elections in 2007. Board |
| 30 | member 2 shall hold office until the general election in |
| 31 | November 2008 or until a successor is elected and seated. |
| 32 | Thereafter, the term of board member 2 shall be 4 years. Board |
| 33 | member 3 shall be elected at an annual landowners' meeting held |
| 34 | in October 2008 to a term of 4 years. Board member 4 shall be |
| 35 | elected at the general election held in November 2008 to a term |
| 36 | of 4 years. Board member 5, who would have been elected in 2009, |
| 37 | shall hold office until 2010. Board member 5 shall be elected at |
| 38 | an annual landowners' meeting to be held in October 2010. |
| 39 | Thereafter, all board members shall serve terms of 4 years each |
| 40 | from the date of election, which terms shall expire 10 days |
| 41 | after the election of a successor supervisor. |
| 42 | (3) Election procedures.--Following the effective date of |
| 43 | this act, all landowners' meetings shall be held annually in |
| 44 | October. Landowners' meetings held in October of even-numbered |
| 45 | years shall elect supervisors pursuant to chapter 298, Florida |
| 46 | Statutes, as specified by this act. Supervisors to be elected by |
| 47 | qualified electors shall qualify and run as nonpartisan |
| 48 | candidates pursuant to general law. Elections shall be conducted |
| 49 | by the Hendry County Supervisor of Elections and held on the |
| 50 | general election day in November of even-numbered years. |
| 51 | Candidates elected by qualified electors shall be elected by a |
| 52 | plurality of the vote. The number of members of the district |
| 53 | board of supervisors shall be five. At each annual meeting of |
| 54 | the district, two supervisors will be elected for 3-year terms, |
| 55 | except that in elections held at the annual meetings in 2000 and |
| 56 | every third year thereafter one supervisor will be elected for a |
| 57 | 3-year term. |
| 58 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |