| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Tohopekaliga Water Authority, |
| 3 | Osceola County; amending chapter 2003-368, Laws of |
| 4 | Florida; providing for additional board members to be |
| 5 | appointed pursuant to an interlocal agreement with the |
| 6 | authority; providing an effective date. |
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 6 of chapter 2003- |
| 11 | 368, Laws of Florida, is amended to read: |
| 12 | Section 6. Governing Body. |
| 13 | (1) The governing body of the Authority shall consist of |
| 14 | five permanent members and one or more interlocal members, as |
| 15 | may be appointed, acting as the Board of Supervisors, each of |
| 16 | whom shall serve a term of 3 years commencing on October 1, |
| 17 | provided the procedure for appointment of members of the Board |
| 18 | of Supervisors and their initial terms of office shall be as |
| 19 | follows: |
| 20 | (a) Board Supervisor No. 1 and Board Supervisor No. 2 |
| 21 | shall serve for initial terms of approximately 2 years, ending |
| 22 | on September 30, 2005. Board Supervisor No. 1 shall be appointed |
| 23 | by the Osceola County Board of County Commissioners. Board |
| 24 | Supervisor No. 2 shall be appointed by the City Commission of |
| 25 | the City of Kissimmee. |
| 26 | (b) Board Supervisor No. 3 and Board Supervisor No. 4 |
| 27 | shall serve initial terms of approximately 3 years, ending on |
| 28 | September 30, 2006. Board Supervisor No. 3 shall be appointed by |
| 29 | the Osceola Board of County Commissioners. Board Supervisor No. |
| 30 | 4 shall be appointed by the City Commission of the City of |
| 31 | Kissimmee. |
| 32 | (c) Board Supervisor No. 5 shall serve an initial term of |
| 33 | approximately 4 years, ending September 30, 2007. Board |
| 34 | Supervisor No. 5 shall be collectively appointed by joint |
| 35 | resolution of the Osceola County Board of County Commissioners |
| 36 | and the City Commission of the City of Kissimmee and shall serve |
| 37 | as the Chairperson of the Board of Supervisors. |
| 38 | (d) By resolution, one additional Board Supervisor may be |
| 39 | appointed by each additional general-purpose local government |
| 40 | that has adopted a resolution authorizing the Authority to |
| 41 | provide services and facilities within a service area within its |
| 42 | boundaries and that has entered into an interlocal agreement |
| 43 | with the Authority authorizing the Authority to provide its |
| 44 | potable or nonpotable water or wastewater management or delivery |
| 45 | services or programs to retail customers within such service |
| 46 | area, provided such interlocal agreement expressly provides for |
| 47 | the appointment of such interlocal member of the Board of |
| 48 | Supervisors. Such appointment shall be effective only for so |
| 49 | long as the interlocal agreement is effective. Any interlocal |
| 50 | member appointed to the Board of Supervisors shall serve an |
| 51 | initial term of not more than 3 years, ending on September 30 of |
| 52 | the final year of the term. |
| 53 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |