(LATE FILED)Amendment
Bill No. 0985
Amendment No. 081501
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative(s) Zapata offered the following:
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3     Substitute Amendment for Amendment (656615) (with title
4amendments)
5Between lines 3465 and 3466, insert:
6     Section 52.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) and paragraph
7(c) of subsection (4) of section 348.0003, Florida Statutes, are
8amended to read:
9     348.0003  Expressway authority; formation; membership.--
10     (2)  The governing body of an authority shall consist of
11not fewer than five nor more than nine voting members. The
12district secretary of the affected department district shall
13serve as a nonvoting member of the governing body of each
14authority located within the district. Each member of the
15governing body must at all times during his or her term of
16office be a permanent resident of the county which he or she is
17appointed to represent.
18     (d)  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this
19subsection, in any county as defined in s. 125.011(1), the
20governing body shall be abolished on or before December 31,
212007. Prior to the termination of the existing governing body, a
22new governing body consisting of eight members shall be
23appointed as follows:
24     1.  Three voting members shall be appointed by the board of
25county commissioners of the county served by the authority.
26Members appointed under this subparagraph shall serve a term of
274 years each; however, for the purpose of providing staggered
28terms, the initial appointees shall serve terms as follows: one
29member shall serve for 1 year, one member shall serve for 2
30years, and one member shall serve for 3 years.
31     2.  Four voting members shall be appointed by the Governor
32subject to confirmation by the Senate at the next regular
33session of the Legislature. Refusal or failure of the Senate to
34confirm an appointment shall create a vacancy. Members appointed
35under this subparagraph shall serve a term of 4 years each;
36however, for the purpose of providing staggered terms, the
37initial appointees shall serve terms as follows: one member
38shall serve for 1 year, one member shall serve for 2 years, one
39member shall serve for 3 years, and one member shall serve for 4
40years.
41     3.  One member shall be the district secretary of the
42department serving in the district that contains the county
43served by the authority, who shall serve ex officio of an
44authority shall consist of up to 13 members, and the following
45provisions of this paragraph shall apply specifically to such
46authority. Except for the district secretary of the department,
47the members must be residents of the county. Seven voting
48members shall be appointed by the governing body of the county.
49At the discretion of the governing body of the county, up to two
50of the members appointed by the governing body of the county may
51be elected officials residing in the county. Five voting members
52of the authority shall be appointed by the Governor. One member
53shall be the district secretary of the department serving in the
54district that contains such county. This member shall be an ex
55officio voting member of the authority. If the governing board
56of an authority includes any member originally appointed by the
57governing body of the county as a nonvoting member, when the
58term of such member expires, that member shall be replaced by a
59member appointed by the Governor until the governing body of the
60authority is composed of seven members appointed by the
61governing body of the county and five members appointed by the
62Governor. The qualifications, terms of office, and obligations
63and rights of members of the authority shall be determined by
64resolution or ordinance of the governing body of the county in a
65manner that is consistent with subsections (3) and (4).
66     (4)
67     (c)  Members of an authority shall be required to comply
68with the applicable financial disclosure requirements of s. 8,
69Art. II of the State Constitution ss. 112.3145, 112.3148, and
70112.3149.
71     Section 53.  Subsection (8) of section 348.0004, Florida
72Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (10), and new subsection
73(8) is added to that section, to read:
74     348.0004  Purposes and powers.--
75     (8)  In any county as defined in s. 125.011(1), an
76expressway authority shall not use surplus toll revenues for the
77purpose of payments to registered lobbyists as defined in s.
7811.045.
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82     Remove line 266 and insert:
83purposes; amending s. 348.0003, F.S.; revising provisions
84relating to membership of the governing bodies of specified
85expressway authorities; providing for termination of the
86existing governing bodies of such authorities and creation of
87new governing bodies; providing for membership and terms of
88office; revising members' financial disclosure requirements;
89amending s. 348.0004, F.S.; revising authorization for use of
90surplus toll revenue by specified expressway authorities;
91providing an effective date.


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