Florida Senate - 2007                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2092
                        Barcode 742368
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11  Senator Siplin moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 1, between lines 9 and 10,
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17         Section 1.  Subsection (11) of section 1001.364,
18  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19         1001.364  Alternate procedure for election of district
20  school board chair.--
21         (11)  This section applies only to those counties not
22  organized by charter that have a population of between 800,000
23  and 900,000 according to the last federal decennial census.
24         Section 2.  Section 1001.371, Florida Statutes, is
25  amended to read:
26         1001.371  Organization of district school board.--On
27  the third Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each
28  year, the district school board shall organize by electing a
29  chair. It may elect a vice chair, and the district school
30  superintendent shall act ex officio as the secretary. If a
31  vacancy should occur in the position of chair, the district
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    5:44 PM   04/18/07                             s2092c1c-19-e7y

Florida Senate - 2007 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 2092 Barcode 742368 1 school board shall proceed to elect a chair at the next 2 ensuing regular or special meeting. At the organization 3 meeting, the district school superintendent shall act as chair 4 until the organization is completed. The chair and secretary 5 shall then make and sign a copy of the proceedings of 6 organization, including the schedule for regular meetings and 7 the names and addresses of all district school officers, and 8 annex their affidavits that the same is a true and correct 9 copy of the original, and the secretary shall file the 10 document within 2 weeks with the Department of Education. This 11 section does not apply to any school district with a district 12 school board chair who is elected by the board districtwide 13 vote. 14 15 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 16 17 18 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 19 And the title is amended as follows: 20 On page 1, line 2, delete that line 21 22 and insert: 23 An act relating to school districts; amending 24 ss. 1001.364 and 1001.371, F.S.; revising the 25 procedures for the election of a district 26 school board chair; 27 28 29 30 31 2 5:44 PM 04/18/07 s2092c1c-19-e7y