HB 0589 2003
1	CHAMBER ACTION
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6	The Committee on Local Government & Veterans' Affairs recommends
7	the following:
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9	Committee Substitute
10	Remove the entire bill and insert:
11	A bill to be entitled
12	An act relating to the Lee County School District;
13	requiring the Lee County School Board to submit to the
14	electors of the county school district in conjunction with
15	the 2004 general elections the question of whether the
16	district school board shall consist of five members, each
17	to be elected from a single-member residence area by
18	electors residing in that residence area only; providing an
19	exemption; providing for an earlier vote under certain
20	circumstances; providing for the expiration of the term of
21	current members under certain circumstances with staggered
22	terms thereafter; providing direction to the Supervisor of
23	Elections; providing for a referendum; providing a ballot
24	statement; providing for the district school board to draw
25	five single-member residence areas and to provide for
26	transition; providing for terms of office and staggering;
27	providing an effective date.
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29	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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31	Section 1. (1) The Lee County School Board shall submit
32	to the electors of the county school district for approval or
33	rejection at a referendum in conjunction with the 2004 general
34	election the question of whether the district school board shall
35	be composed of five members, each to be elected from a single-
36	member residence area by electors residing in the single-member
37	residence area only, notwithstanding the provisions of section
38	1001.36, section 1001.361, or section 1001.362, Florida
39	Statutes. If for any reason there is a countywide election prior
40	to the 2004 general election and 2004 primaries, the vote for
41	this act will occur on the earlier date. If the vote for this
42	act is prior to the qualifying period for the 2004 general
43	election, all school board seats will be up for election in the
44	year 2004 and staggered from that point forward.
45	(2) In accordance with section 101.161, Florida Statutes,
46	and subsection (1), the Supervisor of Elections of Lee County
47	shall place the title and substance of the referendum on the
48	ballot as follows:
49	ELECTION OF LEE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS
50	TO PROVIDE FOR SINGLE-MEMBER REPRESENTATION
51	Shall the election of Lee County School Board members be changed
52	so that board members are elected by the electors living in
53	their districts, rather than countywide?
54	Yes
55	No
56	Section 2. If the electors approve such election of
57	district school board members, the five single-member residence
58	areas must be drawn by the district school board, and the
59	district school board shall provide for the orderly transition
60	to such election of district school board members in the general
61	election of 2006. All five school board seats will be up for
62	reelection in the general election of 2006 and staggered from
63	that date forward.
64	Section 3. This act shall take effect upon approval of a
65	majority vote of those qualified electors of Lee County voting
66	in a referendum to be held by the supervisor of elections in
67	conjunction with the next general, special, or other election,
68	exclusive of primaries, to be held in Lee County, except that
69	this section and section 1 shall take effect upon becoming a
70	law.