Florida Senate - 2015                                    SB 1024
       
       
        
       By Senator Simmons
       
       
       
       
       
       10-00486B-15                                          20151024__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Central Florida Expressway
    3         Authority; amending s. 348.753, F.S.; requiring the
    4         chairs of the boards of specified county commissions
    5         each to appoint one member from their respective
    6         counties who is a commission member or chair or a
    7         county mayor to serve on the governing body of the
    8         authority; specifying that the terms of members
    9         appointed by the Governor end on a specified date;
   10         removing the requirement that the authority elect one
   11         of its members as secretary; repealing s.
   12         348.754(1)(c), F.S., relating to a requirement that
   13         the authority obtain prior approval of the Department
   14         of Transportation before extending or making additions
   15         or improvements to the expressway system in Lake
   16         County; amending s. 348.757, F.S.; removing the
   17         requirement that title in fee simple absolute to the
   18         former Orlando-Orange County Expressway System be
   19         transferred to the state upon the completion of the
   20         faithful performance and termination of a specified
   21         lease-purchase agreement; providing an effective date.
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   23  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   25         Section 1. Subsection (3) and paragraph (a) of subsection
   26  (4) of section 348.753, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   27         348.753 Central Florida Expressway Authority.—
   28         (3) The governing body of the authority shall consist of
   29  nine members. The chairs of the boards of the county commissions
   30  of Seminole, Lake, and Osceola Counties shall each appoint one
   31  member from their respective counties, who must may be a
   32  commission member or chair or a county mayor. The Mayor of
   33  Orange County shall appoint a member from the Orange County
   34  Commission. The Governor shall appoint three citizen members,
   35  each of whom must be a citizen of either Orange County, Seminole
   36  County, Lake County, or Osceola County. The eighth member must
   37  be the Mayor of Orange County and. The ninth member must be the
   38  Mayor of the City of Orlando shall also serve as members. The
   39  executive director of the Florida Turnpike Enterprise shall
   40  serve as a nonvoting advisor to the governing body of the
   41  authority. Each member appointed by the Governor shall serve for
   42  4 years, with his or her term ending on December 31 of his or
   43  her last year of service. Each county-appointed member shall
   44  serve for 2 years. The terms of standing board members expire
   45  June 20, 2014. Each appointed member shall hold office until his
   46  or her successor has been appointed and has qualified. A vacancy
   47  occurring during a term must be filled only for the balance of
   48  the unexpired term. Each appointed member of the authority must
   49  shall be a person of outstanding reputation for integrity,
   50  responsibility, and business ability, but, except as provided in
   51  this subsection, a person who is an officer or employee of a
   52  municipality or county may not be an appointed member of the
   53  authority. Any member of the authority is eligible for
   54  reappointment.
   55         (4)(a) The authority shall elect one of its members as
   56  chair of the authority. The authority shall also elect one of
   57  its members as vice chair, one of its members as secretary, and
   58  one of its members as treasurer. The chair, vice chair,
   59  secretary, and treasurer shall hold such offices at the will of
   60  the authority. Five members of the authority constitute a
   61  quorum, and the vote of five members is necessary for any action
   62  taken by the authority. A vacancy in the authority does not
   63  impair the right of a quorum of the authority to exercise all of
   64  the rights and perform all of the duties of the authority.
   65         Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
   66  348.754, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
   67         Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 348.757, Florida
   68  Statutes, is amended to read:
   69         348.757 Lease-purchase agreement.—
   70         (2) The lease-purchase agreement must provide for the
   71  leasing of the former Orlando-Orange County Expressway System,
   72  by the authority, as lessor, to the department, as lessee, and
   73  must prescribe the term of such lease and the rentals to be
   74  paid, and must provide that upon the completion of the faithful
   75  performance and the termination of the lease-purchase agreement,
   76  title in fee simple absolute to the former Orlando-Orange County
   77  Expressway System as then constituted shall be transferred in
   78  accordance with law by the authority, to the state and the
   79  authority shall deliver to the department such deeds and
   80  conveyances as shall be necessary or convenient to vest title in
   81  fee simple absolute in the state.
   82         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.