Senate Bill sb2518

    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 2518

    By Senator Dockery





    15-1058-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the election of county

  3         commissioners; amending s. 100.041, F.S.;

  4         providing that a county commissioner is deemed

  5         elected on the date that the county canvassing

  6         board certifies the results of the election;

  7         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.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section

12  100.041, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

13         100.041  Officers chosen at general election.--

14         (2)(a)  Each county commissioner from an odd-numbered

15  district shall be elected at the general election in each year

16  the number of which is a multiple of 4, for a 4-year term

17  commencing on the second Tuesday following such election, and

18  each county commissioner from an even-numbered district shall

19  be elected at the general election in each even-numbered year

20  the number of which is not a multiple of 4, for a 4-year term

21  commencing on the second Tuesday following such election. A

22  county commissioner is "elected" for purposes of this

23  paragraph on the date that the county canvassing board

24  certifies the results of the election pursuant to s. 102.151.

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

26  law.

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29                          SENATE SUMMARY

30    Provides that a county commissioner is deemed elected on
      the date that the county canvassing board certifies the
31    results of the election.

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