Florida Senate - 2025 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1618
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Senator Calatayud moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 277 and 278
4 insert:
5 Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
6 125.901, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
7 125.901 Children’s services; independent special district;
8 council; powers, duties, and functions; public records
9 exemption.—
10 (1) Each county may by ordinance create an independent
11 special district, as defined in ss. 189.012 and 200.001(8)(e),
12 to provide funding for children’s services throughout the county
13 in accordance with this section. The boundaries of such district
14 shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the county. The
15 county governing body shall obtain approval at a general
16 election, as defined in s. 97.021, by a majority vote of those
17 electors voting on the question, to annually levy ad valorem
18 taxes which shall not exceed the maximum millage rate authorized
19 by this section. Any district created pursuant to the provisions
20 of this subsection shall be required to levy and fix millage
21 subject to the provisions of s. 200.065. Once such millage is
22 approved by the electorate, the district shall not be required
23 to seek approval of the electorate in future years to levy the
24 previously approved millage. However, a referendum to increase
25 the millage rate previously approved by the electors must be
26 held at a general election, and the referendum may be held only
27 once during the 48-month period preceding the effective date of
28 the increased millage.
29 (b) However, any county as defined in s. 125.011(1) may
30 instead have a governing body composed consisting of 33 members,
31 including the superintendent of schools, or his or her designee;
32 two representatives of public postsecondary education
33 institutions located in the county; the county manager or the
34 equivalent county officer, or his or her designee; the district
35 administrator from the appropriate district of the Department of
36 Children and Families, or the administrator’s designee who is a
37 member of the Senior Management Service or the Selected Exempt
38 Service; the director of the county health department or the
39 director’s designee; the state attorney for the county or the
40 state attorney’s designee; the chief judge assigned to juvenile
41 cases, or another juvenile judge who is the chief judge’s
42 designee and who shall sit as a voting member of the board,
43 except that the judge may not vote or participate in setting ad
44 valorem taxes under this section; an individual who is selected
45 by the board of the local United Way or its equivalent; a member
46 of a locally recognized faith-based coalition, selected by that
47 coalition; a member of the local chamber of commerce, selected
48 by that chamber or, if more than one chamber exists within the
49 county, a person selected by a coalition of the local chambers;
50 a member of the early learning coalition, selected by that
51 coalition; a representative of a labor organization or union
52 active in the county; a member of a local alliance or coalition
53 engaged in cross-system planning for health and social service
54 delivery in the county, selected by that alliance or coalition;
55 a member of the local Parent-Teachers Association/Parent
56 Teacher-Student Association, selected by that association; a
57 youth representative selected by the local school system’s
58 student government; a local school board member appointed by the
59 chair of the school board; the mayor of the county or the
60 mayor’s designee; one member of the county governing body,
61 appointed by the chair of that body; a member of the state
62 Legislature who represents residents of the county, selected by
63 the chair of the local legislative delegation; an elected
64 official representing the residents of a municipality in the
65 county, selected by the county municipal league; and five 4
66 members-at-large, appointed to the council by the majority of
67 sitting council members. The remaining seven members shall be
68 appointed by the Governor in accordance with procedures set
69 forth in paragraph (a), except that the Governor may remove a
70 member for cause or upon the written petition of the council.
71 Appointments by the Governor must, to the extent reasonably
72 possible, represent the geographic and demographic makeup
73 diversity of the population of the county. Members who are
74 appointed to the council by reason of their position are not
75 subject to the length of terms and limits on consecutive terms
76 as provided in this section. The remaining appointed members of
77 the governing body shall be appointed to serve 3-year 2-year
78 terms, except that those members appointed by the Governor shall
79 be appointed to serve 4-year terms, and the youth representative
80 and the legislative delegate shall be appointed to serve 1-year
81 terms. A member may be reappointed; however, a member may not
82 serve for more than three consecutive terms. A member is
83 eligible to be appointed again after a 2-year hiatus from the
84 council.
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87 And the title is amended as follows:
88 Delete line 9
89 and insert:
90 specified purpose; amending s. 125.901, F.S.; revising
91 the composition and terms of membership of certain
92 councils; amending s. 216.251, F.S.; deleting