The Florida Senate

240.309  State Board of Community Colleges; organization; meetings; fiscal year.--

(1)  The State Board of Community Colleges shall, within 60 days after its appointment, organize, adopt a seal, and adopt rules for administration and procedures not inconsistent herewith and may from time to time amend such rules. At its organizational meeting, the board shall elect from among its members a chair and vice chair, each to serve for 1 year, and annually thereafter shall elect such officers who shall serve for 1-year terms until their successors are elected. At its organizational meeting, the board shall fix a date and place for its regular meetings. Seven members shall constitute a quorum, and no meeting may be held with less than a quorum present. The board may appoint members to such committees as it from time to time shall establish. Members of such committees may include persons who are not members of the board.

(2)  Special meetings of the board may be called as provided by the board in its rules. Regular meetings of the board shall normally be held at the offices of the board, which shall be in Leon County, but, whenever the convenience of the public may be promoted, the board may hold meetings, hearings, and proceedings at any other place in the state designated by the board.

(3)  The board shall meet not less than four times in every fiscal year.

(4)  The fiscal year of the board shall conform to the fiscal year of the state.

History.--s. 45, ch. 79-222; s. 17, ch. 83-326; s. 45, ch. 95-148.