Senate Bill sb1764

    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1764

    By Senator Saunders





    37-368A-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the South Florida Water

  3         Management District; amending s. 373.073, F.S.;

  4         revising the residence requirements for the

  5         members of the governing board; providing an

  6         effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section

11  373.073, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

12         373.073  Governing board.--

13         (2)  Membership on governing boards shall be selected

14  from candidates who have significant experience in one or more

15  of the following areas, including, but not limited to:

16  agriculture, the development industry, local government,

17  government-owned or privately owned water utilities, law,

18  civil engineering, environmental science, hydrology,

19  accounting, or financial businesses. Notwithstanding the

20  provisions of any other general or special law to the

21  contrary, vacancies in the governing boards of the water

22  management districts shall be filled according to the

23  following residency requirements, representing areas

24  designated by the United States Water Resources Council in

25  United States Geological Survey, River Basin and Hydrological

26  Unit Map of Florida--1975, Map Series No. 72:

27         (d)  South Florida Water Management District:

28         1.  Two members shall reside in Dade County.

29         2.  One member shall reside in Broward County.

30         3.  One member shall reside in Palm Beach County.

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 1         4.  One member shall reside in Collier County, Lee

 2  County, Hendry County, or Charlotte County.

 3         5.  One member shall reside in Glades County,

 4  Okeechobee County, Highlands County, Polk County, Orange

 5  County, or Osceola County.

 6         6.  One member Two members, appointed at large, shall

 7  reside in an area consisting of St. Lucie, Martin, Palm Beach,

 8  Broward, Dade, and Monroe Counties.

 9         7.  One member, appointed at large, shall reside in an

10  area consisting of Collier, Lee, Charlotte, Hendry, Glades,

11  Osceola, Okeechobee, Polk, Highlands, and Orange Counties.

12         8.  One member shall reside in St. Lucie County or

13  Martin County.

14         9.8.  No county shall have more than three members on

15  the governing board.

16         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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19                          SENATE SUMMARY

20    Revises residence requirements for the governing board of
      the South Florida Water Management District.
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