The Florida Senate

232.62  Governing organization for athletics; structure.--The governing structure of the organization is as follows:

(1)  The organization shall operate as a representative democracy in which the sovereign authority is within its member schools. Except as provided in this act, the organization shall govern its affairs through its bylaws.

(2)  Each member school, on its annual application for membership, shall name its official representative to the organization. This representative must be either the principal or his or her designee. That designee must either be an assistant principal or athletic director housed within that same school.

(3)  The organization's membership shall be divided along existing county lines into four contiguous and compact administrative regions, each containing an equal or nearly equal number of member schools to ensure equitable representation on the organization's board of directors, representative assembly, and committee on appeals.

History.--s. 3, ch. 97-53.