Florida Senate - 2007 SENATOR AMENDMENT
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11 Senator Baker moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 28. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) and
18 paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section 348.0003, Florida
19 Statutes, are amended to read:
20 348.0003 Expressway authority; formation;
21 membership.--
22 (2) The governing body of an authority shall consist
23 of not fewer than five nor more than nine voting members. The
24 district secretary of the affected department district shall
25 serve as a nonvoting member of the governing body of each
26 authority located within the district. Each member of the
27 governing body must at all times during his or her term of
28 office be a permanent resident of the county which he or she
29 is appointed to represent.
30 (d) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in
31 this subsection, in any county as defined in s. 125.011(1),
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1 the governing body shall be abolished on or before December
2 31, 2007. Prior to the termination of the existing governing
3 body, a new governing body consisting of eight members shall
4 be appointed as follows:
5 1. Three voting members shall be appointed by the
6 board of county commissioners of the county served by the
7 authority. Members appointed under this subparagraph shall
8 serve a term of 4 years each; however, for the purpose of
9 providing staggered terms, the initial appointees shall serve
10 terms as follows: one member shall serve for 1 year, one
11 member shall serve for 2 years, and one member shall serve for
12 3 years.
13 2. Four voting members shall be appointed by the
14 Governor subject to confirmation by the Senate at the next
15 regular session of the Legislature. Refusal or failure of the
16 Senate to confirm an appointment shall create a vacancy.
17 Members appointed under this subparagraph shall serve a term
18 of 4 years each; however, for the purpose of providing
19 staggered terms, the initial appointees shall serve terms as
20 follows: one member shall serve for 1 year, one member shall
21 serve for 2 years, one member shall serve for 3 years, and one
22 member shall serve for 4 years.
23 3. One member shall be the district secretary of the
24 department serving in the district that contains the county
25 served by the authority, who shall serve ex officio. of an
26 authority shall consist of up to 13 members, and the following
27 provisions of this paragraph shall apply specifically to such
28 authority. Except for the district secretary of the
29 department, the members must be residents of the county. Seven
30 voting members shall be appointed by the governing body of the
31 county. At the discretion of the governing body of the county,
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1 up to two of the members appointed by the governing body of
2 the county may be elected officials residing in the county.
3 Five voting members of the authority shall be appointed by the
4 Governor. One member shall be the district secretary of the
5 department serving in the district that contains such county.
6 This member shall be an ex officio voting member of the
7 authority. If the governing board of an authority includes any
8 member originally appointed by the governing body of the
9 county as a nonvoting member, when the term of such member
10 expires, that member shall be replaced by a member appointed
11 by the Governor until the governing body of the authority is
12 composed of seven members appointed by the governing body of
13 the county and five members appointed by the Governor. The
14 qualifications, terms of office, and obligations and rights of
15 members of the authority shall be determined by resolution or
16 ordinance of the governing body of the county in a manner that
17 is consistent with subsections (3) and (4).
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19 (c) Members of an authority shall be required to
20 comply with the applicable financial disclosure requirements
21 of s. 8, Art. II of the State Constitution ss. 112.3145,
22 112.3148, and 112.3149.
23 Section 29. Subsections (8) and (9) of section
24 348.0004, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (9)
25 and (10), respectively, and a new subsection (8) is added to
26 that section, to read:
27 348.0004 Purposes and powers.--
28 (8) Notwithstanding any provision of law, an
29 expressway authority located in a county as defined in s.
30 125.011(1) may not contract with any lobbyist as defined in s.
31 11.045(1)(f) to represent the authority and its interests.
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1 This does not preclude full-time employees of the authority
2 from lobbying on the authority's behalf.
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8 And the title is amended as follows:
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12 amending s. 348.0003, F.S.; revising provisions
13 relating to membership of the governing bodies
14 of specified expressway authorities; providing
15 for termination of the existing governing
16 bodies of such authorities and creation of new
17 governing bodies; providing for membership and
18 terms of office; revising members' financial
19 disclosure requirements; amending s. 348.0004,
20 F.S.; prohibiting specified expressway
21 authorities from contracting with lobbyists;
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