| 1 | Representative(s) Zapata offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with directory and title amendments) |
| 4 | Between lines 3465 and 3466, insert: |
| 5 | Section 52. Subsection (2) of section 348.0003, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 348.0003 Expressway authority; formation; membership.-- |
| 8 | (2) The governing body of an authority shall consist of |
| 9 | not fewer than five nor more than nine voting members. The |
| 10 | district secretary of the affected department district shall |
| 11 | serve as a nonvoting member of the governing body of each |
| 12 | authority located within the district. Each member of the |
| 13 | governing body must at all times during his or her term of |
| 14 | office be a permanent resident of the county which he or she is |
| 15 | appointed to represent. |
| 16 | (a) Two members of the authority shall be appointed for |
| 17 | terms of 4 years by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the |
| 18 | Senate. Such persons may not hold elective office during their |
| 19 | terms of office. |
| 20 | (b) For a single-county authority, the remaining members |
| 21 | shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners for |
| 22 | terms of 3 years. |
| 23 | (c) For a multicounty authority, the remaining members |
| 24 | shall be apportioned, based on the population of such counties, |
| 25 | among the counties within the authority. Each such member shall |
| 26 | be appointed by the applicable board of county commissioners for |
| 27 | a term of 3 years. |
| 28 | (d) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this |
| 29 | subsection, in any county as defined in s. 125.011(1), the |
| 30 | governing body shall be abolished on or before December 31, |
| 31 | 2007. Prior to the termination of the existing governing body, a |
| 32 | new governing body consisting of an authority shall consist of |
| 33 | up to 13 7 members shall be appointed as follows:, and the |
| 34 | following provisions of this paragraph shall apply specifically |
| 35 | to such authority. Except for the district secretary of the |
| 36 | department, the members must be residents of the county. Seven |
| 37 | voting members shall be appointed by the governing body of the |
| 38 | county. At the discretion of the governing body of the county, |
| 39 | up to two of the members appointed by the governing body of the |
| 40 | county may be elected officials residing in the county. Five |
| 41 | voting members of the authority shall be appointed by the |
| 42 | Governor. One member shall be the district secretary of the |
| 43 | department serving in the district that contains such county. |
| 44 | This member shall be an ex officio voting member of the |
| 45 | authority. If the governing board of an authority includes any |
| 46 | member originally appointed by the governing body of the county |
| 47 | as a nonvoting member, when the term of such member expires, |
| 48 | that member shall be replaced by a member appointed by the |
| 49 | Governor until the governing body of the authority is composed |
| 50 | of seven members appointed by the governing body of the county |
| 51 | and five members appointed by the Governor. |
| 52 | 1. Three voting members shall be appointed by the Board of |
| 53 | County Commissioners encompassing the county served by the |
| 54 | authority. |
| 55 | 2. Three voting members shall be appointed by the Governor |
| 56 | subject to confirmation by the Senate at the next regular |
| 57 | session of the Legislature. Refusal or failure of the Senate to |
| 58 | confirm an appointment shall create a vacancy. |
| 59 | 3. One member shall be the district secretary of the |
| 60 | Department of Transportation serving in the district that |
| 61 | contains the county served by the authority, who shall serve ex |
| 62 | officio. |
| 63 | 4. Each such member's term of office shall be for 4 years |
| 64 | or until his or her successor shall have been appointed and |
| 65 | qualified. However, for the purpose of providing staggered |
| 66 | terms, of the initial appointments by the Governor and the Board |
| 67 | of County Commissioners shall be as follows: |
| 68 | a. For the members to be appointed by the Governor; one |
| 69 | member shall serve shall serve for 1 year; one member shall |
| 70 | serve for 2 years; and one member shall serve for 3 years. |
| 71 | b. For the members to be appointed by the the Board of |
| 72 | County Commissioners; one member shall serve shall serve for 1 |
| 73 | year; one member shall serve for 2 years; and one member shall |
| 74 | serve for 3 years. |
| 75 | (e) The qualifications, terms of office, and obligations |
| 76 | and rights of members of the authority shall be determined by |
| 77 | resolution or ordinance of the governing body of the county in a |
| 78 | manner that is consistent with subsections (3) and (4). |
| 79 | ======= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ======= |
| 80 | Remove line(s) 266 and insert: |
| 81 | purposes; revising membership provisions for certain expressway |
| 82 | authorities; providing an effective date. |