Senate Bill sb1776

    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1776

    By Senator Alexander





    17-814-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Southwest Florida Water

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

  4         revising the residency requirements for

  5         vacancies on the governing board of the

  6         district; providing an 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 (e) 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         (e)  Southwest Florida Water Management District:

28         1.  Two members shall reside in Hillsborough County.

29         2.  One member shall reside in the area consisting of

30  Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties.

31         2.3.  Two members shall reside in Pinellas County.

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1776
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 1         3.4.  One member shall reside in Manatee County.

 2         4.5.  Two members One member shall reside in Polk

 3  County.

 4         5.6.  One member shall reside in Pasco County.

 5         6.7.  One member shall be appointed at large from Levy,

 6  Marion, Citrus, Sumter, Hernando, and Lake Counties.

 7         7.8.  One member shall be appointed at large from

 8  Sarasota, Hardee, DeSoto, Charlotte, and Highlands Counties.

 9         8.9.  One member shall be appointed at large from Levy,

10  Marion, Citrus, Sumter, Hernando, Lake, Sarasota and, Hardee,

11  DeSoto, Charlotte, and Highlands Counties.

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13  A No county described in subparagraph 6. 7., subparagraph 7.

14  8., or subparagraph 8. may not 9. shall have more than one

15  member on the governing board.

16         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

17  law.

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20                          SENATE SUMMARY

21    Revises the residency requirements for vacancies on the
      governing board of the Southwest Florida Water Management
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