Florida Senate - 2023                                     SB 444
       
       
        
       By Senator Ingoglia
       
       
       
       
       
       11-00362-23                                            2023444__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to district school board elections;
    3         amending s. 1001.361, F.S.; providing that an elected
    4         candidate for district school board must reside in the
    5         district school board member residence area by the
    6         date she or he assumes office instead of upon
    7         qualifying for office; making technical changes;
    8         providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Section 1001.361, Florida Statutes, is amended
   13  to read:
   14         1001.361 Election of board by districtwide vote.
   15  Notwithstanding any provision of local law or any county
   16  charter, the election of members of the district school board
   17  must shall be by vote of the qualified electors of the entire
   18  district in a nonpartisan election as provided in chapter 105.
   19  Each elected candidate for district school board member must
   20  shall, by the date at the time she or he assumes office
   21  qualifies, be a resident of the district school board member
   22  residence area from which she or he was elected the candidate
   23  seeks election. Each candidate who qualifies to have her or his
   24  name placed on the ballot must shall be listed according to the
   25  district school board member residence area in which she or he
   26  is a candidate resides. Each qualified elector of the district
   27  is shall be entitled to vote for one candidate from each
   28  district school board member residence area. The candidate from
   29  each district school board member residence area who receives
   30  the highest number of votes in the general election shall be
   31  elected to the district school board.
   32         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.