Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1226
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/09/2014           .                                
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    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 464 and 465
    4  insert:
    5         Section 15. Section 1001.34, Florida Statutes, is amended
    6  to read:
    7         1001.34 Membership of district school board.—
    8         (1) Each district school board shall be composed of not
    9  less than five members. Each member of the district school board
   10  shall be a qualified elector of the district in which she or he
   11  serves, shall be a resident of the district school board member
   12  residence area from which she or he is elected, and shall
   13  maintain said residency throughout her or his term of office.
   14         (2) A district school board may modify the number of
   15  members on its board by adopting a resolution that establishes
   16  the total number of members on the board, which may not be less
   17  than five, and the number of members who shall be elected by
   18  residence areas or elected at large. The resolution must specify
   19  an orderly method and procedure for modifying the membership of
   20  the board, including staggering terms of additional members as
   21  necessary. If the resolution is adopted, the district school
   22  board shall submit to the electors for approval at a referendum
   23  held at the next primary or general election the question of
   24  whether the number of board members should be modified in
   25  accordance with the resolution adopted by the district school
   26  board. If the referendum is approved, election of additional
   27  school board members may occur at any primary, general, or
   28  otherwise-called special election.
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   30  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   31  And the title is amended as follows:
   32         Delete line 29
   33  and insert:
   34         penalties; amending s. 1001.34, F.S.; establishing a
   35         process for modifying the membership of a district
   36         school board; providing for a referendum; repealing
   37         ss. 1001.47(7) and 1001.50(6),