Florida Senate - 2022 SB 1524
By Senator Boyd
21-01543-22 20221524__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to recreation districts; amending s.
3 418.21, F.S.; providing that a recreation district may
4 choose to have a governing body elected by the
5 property owners of the district; requiring a
6 municipality or county ordinance to specify who may
7 vote in the governing body election; amending s.
8 418.22, F.S.; removing limitations on the authority of
9 a recreation district to negotiate for the sale of
10 certain bonds; providing an effective date.
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12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14 Section 1. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 418.21,
15 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
16 418.21 Governing body.—
17 (1) The governing body of a recreation district shall be
18 determined by ordinance of the municipality or county that
19 created the district and must be either:
20 (a) A five-member or larger board of supervisors elected
21 from among the property owners or residents of the district. For
22 a board elected by the property owners of the district, voting
23 is limited to one owner for each residential lot;, or
24 (b) The governing body of the municipality or county that
25 created the district.
26 (2)(a) If the governing body is a board of supervisors:,
27 (a) The ordinance must specify the date of the election and
28 which must provide that each property owners owner or residents
29 resident in the district have has the right to vote in the
30 election.
31 (b) The ordinance may stagger the also provide for the
32 staggering of terms of the supervisors or establish. The
33 ordinance may also provide for the establishment of designated
34 geographic areas within the district from each of which are
35 elected one or more members of the board of supervisors are
36 elected to represent that area, provided the ordinance is made
37 contingent on approval by a majority vote of the electors in
38 each designated area.
39 (c)(b) The members of the board must of supervisors shall
40 serve without compensation.
41 Section 2. Subsection (4) of section 418.22, Florida
42 Statutes, is amended to read:
43 418.22 Powers of recreation districts.—The charter of a
44 recreation district may grant to the recreation district the
45 following powers and all further or additional powers as the
46 governing body of the municipality or county establishing the
47 district may deem necessary or useful in order to exercise the
48 powers for which provision is hereinafter made. The powers which
49 may be granted by such charter include the following:
50 (4) To issue bonds, secured by ad valorem taxes or by
51 pledge of both such taxes and other revenues of the district, if
52 approved at a referendum held in such district, and to levy and
53 collect ad valorem taxes, without limitation or with such
54 limitation as may be imposed by charter, on all real property
55 subject to city taxation within such district in order to pay
56 the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same
57 respectively fall due or to accumulate a sinking fund for the
58 payment of principal and interest. The referendum required by
59 this subsection section may be held on the same day as any other
60 referendum related to the district; provided that such bonds
61 shall bear interest at a rate pursuant to s. 215.84 and be sold
62 at public sale. In the event an offer of an issue of bonds at
63 public sale produces no bid, or in the event all bids received
64 are rejected, The district may sell the bonds at public sale or
65 is authorized to negotiate for the sale of such bonds under such
66 rates and terms that comply with state law and as are
67 acceptable; provided that the no such bonds may not shall be
68 sold or delivered on terms less favorable than the terms
69 contained in any bids rejected at a the public sale thereof or
70 the terms contained in a the notice of public sale if no bids
71 were received at such public sale.
72 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.