HB 601

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Sebastian Inlet Tax District,
3	Brevard and Indian River Counties; amending chapter
4	2003-373, Laws of Florida; requiring the members of
5	the district's board of commissioners to be elected by
6	a plurality of the qualified electors of the district;
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.  Subsection (b) of section 3 of section 3 of
12	chapter 2003-373, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
13	Section 3.
14	(b)  Board members shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis
15	by a plurality majority of the qualified electors of the
16	District voting at the election to be held in both Indian River
17	and Brevard Counties as follows:
18	1.  Any candidate for membership on the Board shall qualify
19	as provided by law. The ballots shall be in the form for general
20	elections as provided by law.
21	2.  The election officials of each voting district or
22	precinct within the Sebastian Inlet Tax District shall conduct
23	the election of the members of the Board of Commissioners of the
24	District at the time of conducting such general election. Each
25	voter who is qualified to vote in each such general election in
26	the respective election districts or precincts situated within
27	the boundaries of the Sebastian Inlet Tax District and who
28	resides within the boundaries of such District shall be entitled
29	to cast a ballot for the election of members of the Board of
30	Commissioners of said Sebastian Inlet Tax District.
31	3.  Upon the closing of the polls in each election district
32	or precinct, the officials conducting such elections shall tally
33	the votes cast for members of the Board of Commissioners of the
34	Sebastian Inlet Tax District. The vote shall be canvassed in the
35	manner provided by general law.
36	Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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