| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Department of Citrus; amending s. |
| 3 | 601.04, F.S., relating to the membership of the Florida |
| 4 | Citrus Commission; conforming provisions to changes made |
| 5 | by the act; amending s. 601.09, F.S.; revising and |
| 6 | reorganizing the citrus districts of the state; |
| 7 | establishing four such districts; specifying the counties |
| 8 | within each district; amending s. 601.154, F.S.; |
| 9 | conforming provisions to changes made by the act; |
| 10 | providing an effective date. |
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| 12 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 14 | Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) and subsection |
| 15 | (4) of section 601.04, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 16 | 601.04 Florida Citrus Commission; creation and |
| 17 | membership.-- |
| 18 | (1) |
| 19 | (c) There shall be three four members of the commission |
| 20 | from each of the four three citrus districts. Each member must |
| 21 | reside in the district from which she or he was appointed. For |
| 22 | the purposes of this section, the residence of a member shall be |
| 23 | the actual physical and permanent residence of the member. |
| 24 | (4) It is the intent of the Legislature that the |
| 25 | commission be redistricted every 5 years. Redistricting shall be |
| 26 | based on the total boxes produced from each of the four three |
| 27 | districts during that 5-year period. |
| 28 | Section 2. Section 601.09, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
| 29 | read: |
| 30 | (Substantial rewording of section. See |
| 31 | s. 601.09, F.S., for present text.) |
| 32 | 601.09 Citrus districts.--For purposes of this chapter, |
| 33 | the state is divided into four districts composed of the |
| 34 | following counties: |
| 35 | (1) Citrus District One: Levy, Alachua, Putnam, St. Johns, |
| 36 | Flagler, Marion, Citrus, Sumter, Lake, Seminole, Orange, |
| 37 | Hernando, Pasco, Pinellas, Hillsborough, Polk, and Osceola |
| 38 | Counties. |
| 39 | (2) Citrus District Two: Manatee, Hardee, DeSoto, |
| 40 | Sarasota, Charlotte, Lee, Collier, and Monroe Counties. |
| 41 | (3) Citrus District Three: Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, |
| 42 | St. Lucie, Martin, Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade Counties. |
| 43 | (4) Citrus District Four: Highlands, Okeechobee, Glades, |
| 44 | and Hendry Counties. |
| 45 | Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section |
| 46 | 601.154, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 47 | 601.154 Citrus Stabilization Act of Florida.-- |
| 48 | (4)(a) Every marketing order issued pursuant to the |
| 49 | provisions of this section shall provide for an advisory council |
| 50 | to advise the Department of Citrus in the administration |
| 51 | thereof. Two members of such advisory council shall be appointed |
| 52 | by the commission chair, subject to commission concurrence, from |
| 53 | each of the four three citrus districts as defined in s. 601.09 |
| 54 | from producer nominees submitted by producers on or before the |
| 55 | date of the hearing provided for in subsection (2). To qualify |
| 56 | for appointment, such producer nominees shall meet the same |
| 57 | qualifications as those for grower members of the commission set |
| 58 | forth in s. 601.04(1). |
| 59 | Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. |