Florida Senate - 2023 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 444
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Senator Davis moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 35 - 62
4 and insert:
5 this section may not shall be made only in the 270 days before a
6 regular general election for the board of county commissioners
7 odd-numbered years. Districts may not be drawn with the intent
8 to favor or disfavor a candidate for county commission or an
9 incumbent county commissioner based on the candidate’s or
10 incumbent’s residential address. Any ordinance enacted or
11 adopted by a county on or after July 1, 2023, which is in
12 conflict with this subsection is void.
13 Section 2. Section 166.0321, Florida Statutes, is created
14 to read:
15 166.0321 Division of municipalities into districts.—Each
16 municipality shall, from time to time, fix the boundaries of its
17 districts so as to keep them as nearly equal in proportion to
18 their respective populations as practicable, provided that such
19 changes may not be made in the 270 days before a regular general
20 election for the governing body of the municipality. Districts
21 may not be drawn with the intent to favor or disfavor a
22 candidate for member of the governing body or an incumbent
23 member of the governing body based on the candidate’s or
24 incumbent’s residential address. Any ordinance enacted or
25 adopted by a municipality on or after July 1, 2023, which is in
26 conflict with this section is void.
27 Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 1001.36, Florida
28 Statutes, is amended to read:
29 1001.36 District school board member residence areas.—
30 (2) A Any district school board may make any change that it
31 deems necessary in the boundaries of any district school board
32 member residence area at any meeting of the district school
33 board, provided that such changes are not shall be made only in
34 the 270 days before a general election odd-numbered years and
35 that no change that would affect the
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38 And the title is amended as follows:
39 Delete lines 3 - 13
40 and insert:
41 officials; amending s. 124.01, F.S.; prohibiting
42 changes to county commissioner district boundaries
43 during a specified timeframe; prohibiting the
44 consideration of the residential addresses of certain
45 persons during the district-drawing process for boards
46 of county commissioners; providing construction;
47 creating s. 166.0321, F.S.; requiring municipalities
48 to fix the boundaries of their districts in a certain
49 manner; prohibiting changes to municipal district
50 boundaries during a specified timeframe; prohibiting
51 the consideration of the residential addresses of
52 certain persons during the district-drawing process;
53 providing construction; amending s. 1001.36, F.S.;
54 prohibiting changes to district school board member
55 residence area boundaries during a specified
56 timeframe; prohibiting