Florida Senate - 2013                            (NP)    SB 1796
       
       
       
       By Senator Richter
       
       
       
       
       23-01081-13                                           20131796__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Lee County Tourist Development
    3         Council, Lee County; revising membership of the
    4         council; providing an exception to general law;
    5         providing an effective date.
    6  
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    8  
    9         Section 1. Lee County Tourist Development Council;
   10  composition.—Notwithstanding the provisions of s.
   11  125.0104(4)(e), Florida Statutes, the Lee County Tourist
   12  Development Council as established by Lee County ordinance
   13  pursuant to s. 125.0104, Florida Statutes, shall be composed of
   14  nine members who shall be appointed by the Board of County
   15  Commissioners of Lee County. The chair of the Board of County
   16  Commissioners of Lee County or another member as designated by
   17  the chair shall serve on the council. Two members of the council
   18  shall be elected municipal officials, one of whom shall be from
   19  one of the two municipalities that generated the highest
   20  revenues from the tourist tax in the previous 2 fiscal years and
   21  these two municipalities shall rotate membership every 2 years.
   22  The second municipal official shall be from one of the remaining
   23  municipalities and the second municipal seat shall also rotate
   24  every 2 years. Six members of the council shall be persons who
   25  are involved in the tourist industry and have demonstrated an
   26  interest in tourist development, of which members, not less than
   27  three nor more than four shall be owners or operators of motels,
   28  hotels, recreational vehicle parks, or other tourist
   29  accommodations in the county and subject to the tax. All members
   30  of the council shall be electors of the county. The changes in
   31  the composition of the membership of the Lee County Tourist
   32  Development Council mandated by this act are effective July 1,
   33  2013. The changes in composition of the membership of the Lee
   34  County Tourist Development Council mandated by the act may not
   35  cause the interruption of the current term of any person who is
   36  a member of the Lee County Tourist Development Council, except
   37  the two municipal members appointed on July 1, 2013. Except as
   38  specifically provided herein, the provisions of s.
   39  125.0104(4)(e), Florida Statutes, shall apply to the Lee County
   40  Tourist Development Council.
   41         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.