Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1672
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/23/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Transportation (Latvala) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 164 - 238
    4  and insert:
    5         (b)3.a. Two members of the board shall be the mayor, or the
    6  mayor’s designee, of the largest municipality within the service
    7  area of each of the following independent transit agencies or
    8  their legislatively created successor agencies: Pinellas
    9  Suncoast Transit Authority and Hillsborough Area Regional
   10  Transit Authority. The largest municipality is that municipality
   11  with the largest population as determined by the most recent
   12  United States Decennial Census.
   13         b. Should a mayor choose not to serve, his or her designee
   14  must be an elected official selected by the mayor from that
   15  largest municipality’s city council or city commission. A mayor
   16  or his or her designee shall serve a 2-year term with not more
   17  than three consecutive terms being served by any person.
   18         c. A designee’s term ends if the mayor leaves office for
   19  any reason. If a designee leaves elected office on the city
   20  council or commission, a vacancy exists on the board to be
   21  filled by the mayor of that municipality as provided in sub
   22  subparagraph a.
   23         (c) The following independent transit agencies or their
   24  legislatively created successor agencies shall each appoint from
   25  the membership of their governing bodies one member to the
   26  board: Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority and Hillsborough Area
   27  Regional Transit Authority. Each member appointed under this
   28  paragraph shall serve a 2-year term with not more than three
   29  consecutive terms being served by any person. If a member no
   30  longer meets the transit authority’s criteria for appointment, a
   31  vacancy exists on the board which must be filled as provided in
   32  this paragraph within 90 days.
   33         (d) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
   34  House of Representatives shall each appoint to the board one
   35  member from the regional business community, each of whom must
   36  reside in one of the counties governed by the authority and may
   37  not be an elected official. A member initially appointed under
   38  this paragraph shall serve a 1-year term. Thereafter, a member
   39  appointed under this paragraph shall serve a 2-year term with
   40  not more than three consecutive terms being served by any
   41  person. A vacancy during a term shall be filled within 90 days
   42  in the same manner as the original appointment for the remainder
   43  of the unexpired term.
   44         d. A mayor who has served three consecutive terms on the
   45  board must designate an elected official from that largest
   46  municipality’s city council or city commission to serve on the
   47  board for at least one term.
   48         4.a. One membership on the board shall rotate every 2 years
   49  between the mayor, or his or her designee, of the largest
   50  municipality within Manatee County and the mayor, or his or her
   51  designee, of the largest municipality within Sarasota County.
   52  The mayor, or his or her designee, from the largest municipality
   53  within Manatee County shall serve the first 2-year term. The
   54  largest municipality is that municipality with the largest
   55  population as determined by the most recent United States
   56  Decennial Census.
   57         b. Should a mayor choose not to serve, his or her designee
   58  must be an elected official selected by the mayor from that
   59  municipality’s city council or city commission.
   60         (e)5. The Governor shall appoint to the board three members
   61  from the regional four business community representatives, each
   62  of whom must reside in one of the seven counties governed by the
   63  authority and, none of whom may not be an elected official
   64  officials, and at least one but not more than two of whom shall
   65  represent counties within the federally designated Tampa Bay
   66  Transportation Management Area. Of the members initially
   67  appointed under this paragraph, one shall serve a 1-year term,
   68  one shall serve a 2-year term, and one shall serve a term as the
   69  initial chair as provided in subsection (5). Thereafter, a
   70  member Members appointed under this paragraph by the Governor
   71  shall serve a 2-year term 3-year terms with not more than three
   72  two consecutive terms being served by any person.
   73         (c) Appointments may be staggered to avoid mass turnover at
   74  the end of any 2-year or 4-year period. A vacancy during a term
   75  shall be filled by the respective appointing authority within 90
   76  days in the same manner as the original appointment and only for
   77  the remainder of the unexpired term.
   78         (3) The members of the board shall serve without
   79  compensation but shall be entitled to receive from the authority
   80  reimbursement for travel expenses and per diem actually incurred
   81  in connection with the business of the authority as provided in
   82  s. 112.061.
   83         (4) Members of the board shall comply with the applicable
   84  financial disclosure requirements of ss. 112.3145, 112.3148, and
   85  112.3149.
   86         (5) The Governor shall appoint one of the three members
   87  appointed under paragraph (2)(e) as the initial chair from among