Senate Bill 0984c1

    Florida Senate - 1999                            CS for SB 984

    By the Committee on Comprehensive Planning, Local and Military
    Affairs; and Senator Bronson




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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to county government; amending

  3         s. 125.61, F.S.; revising requirements relating

  4         to the number of members of a charter

  5         commission and the method of appointment of

  6         such members; specifying additional persons who

  7         may not serve on a charter commission;

  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.  Subsection (2) of section 125.61, Florida

13  Statutes, is amended to read:

14         125.61  Charter commission.--

15         (2)  The charter commission or appointed charter review

16  commission shall be composed of an odd number of not less than

17  11 or more than 15 members.  The members of the commission or

18  the review commission shall be appointed as follows, unless

19  the review commission is elected pursuant to the provisions of

20  the local charter: by

21         (a)  The board of county commissioners of said county

22  shall appoint 10 members.

23         (b)  If elected, the clerk of the circuit court, tax

24  collector, property appraiser, supervisor of elections, and

25  sheriff shall each appoint 1 member. If any of these officers

26  is appointed or if the office does not exist, the board of

27  county commissioners shall make the appointment that would

28  otherwise be made by that officer.

29         (c)  Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection

30  to the contrary, in a county with a population over 800,000, a

31  charter commission or appointed charter review commission may

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CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.






    Florida Senate - 1999                            CS for SB 984
    316-2093-99




  1  be composed of 20 members. All members shall be appointed by

  2  the board of county commissioners, except that the clerk of

  3  the circuit court, tax collector, property appraiser,

  4  supervisor of elections, and sheriff shall, if elected,

  5  appoint 1 member.

  6         (d)  or, If so directed in the initiative petition, in

  7  lieu of the appointments provided for in paragraphs (a) and

  8  (b), all charter commission members shall be appointed by the

  9  legislative delegation.

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11  No member of the Legislature, no employee of such member or of

12  the legislative delegation, no member of the or board of

13  county commissioners, no employee of the board, no elected

14  county constitutional officer, and no employee of any such

15  officer shall be a member of the charter commission.

16  Vacancies shall be filled within 30 days in the same manner as

17  the original appointments.

18         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

19  law.

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21          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
22                         Senate Bill 984

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24  CS for SB 984 differs from the bill in the following ways:

25  Clarifies language related to appointed or elected charter
    commissions;
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    Removes specific references to Miami-Dade County; and
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    Allows charter commissions in counties with a population of
28  more than 800,000 to be composed of 20, rather than 15,
    members.
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