| 1 | Representative(s) Zapata offered the following: |
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| 3 | Substitute Amendment for Amendment (656615) (with title |
| 4 | amendments) |
| 5 | Between lines 3465 and 3466, insert: |
| 6 | Section 52. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) and paragraph |
| 7 | (c) of subsection (4) of section 348.0003, Florida Statutes, are |
| 8 | amended to read: |
| 9 | 348.0003 Expressway authority; formation; membership.-- |
| 10 | (2) The governing body of an authority shall consist of |
| 11 | not fewer than five nor more than nine voting members. The |
| 12 | district secretary of the affected department district shall |
| 13 | serve as a nonvoting member of the governing body of each |
| 14 | authority located within the district. Each member of the |
| 15 | governing body must at all times during his or her term of |
| 16 | office be a permanent resident of the county which he or she is |
| 17 | appointed to represent. |
| 18 | (d) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this |
| 19 | subsection, in any county as defined in s. 125.011(1), the |
| 20 | governing body shall be abolished on or before December 31, |
| 21 | 2007. Prior to the termination of the existing governing body, a |
| 22 | new governing body consisting of eight members shall be |
| 23 | appointed as follows: |
| 24 | 1. Three voting members shall be appointed by the board of |
| 25 | county commissioners of the county served by the authority. |
| 26 | Members appointed under this subparagraph shall serve a term of |
| 27 | 4 years each; however, for the purpose of providing staggered |
| 28 | terms, the initial appointees shall serve terms as follows: one |
| 29 | member shall serve for 1 year, one member shall serve for 2 |
| 30 | years, and one member shall serve for 3 years. |
| 31 | 2. Four voting members shall be appointed by the Governor |
| 32 | subject to confirmation by the Senate at the next regular |
| 33 | session of the Legislature. Refusal or failure of the Senate to |
| 34 | confirm an appointment shall create a vacancy. Members appointed |
| 35 | under this subparagraph shall serve a term of 4 years each; |
| 36 | however, for the purpose of providing staggered terms, the |
| 37 | initial appointees shall serve terms as follows: one member |
| 38 | shall serve for 1 year, one member shall serve for 2 years, one |
| 39 | member shall serve for 3 years, and one member shall serve for 4 |
| 40 | years. |
| 41 | 3. One member shall be the district secretary of the |
| 42 | department serving in the district that contains the county |
| 43 | served by the authority, who shall serve ex officio of an |
| 44 | authority shall consist of up to 13 members, and the following |
| 45 | provisions of this paragraph shall apply specifically to such |
| 46 | authority. Except for the district secretary of the department, |
| 47 | the members must be residents of the county. Seven voting |
| 48 | members shall be appointed by the governing body of the county. |
| 49 | At the discretion of the governing body of the county, up to two |
| 50 | of the members appointed by the governing body of the county may |
| 51 | be elected officials residing in the county. Five voting members |
| 52 | of the authority shall be appointed by the Governor. One member |
| 53 | shall be the district secretary of the department serving in the |
| 54 | district that contains such county. This member shall be an ex |
| 55 | officio voting member of the authority. If the governing board |
| 56 | of an authority includes any member originally appointed by the |
| 57 | governing body of the county as a nonvoting member, when the |
| 58 | term of such member expires, that member shall be replaced by a |
| 59 | member appointed by the Governor until the governing body of the |
| 60 | authority is composed of seven members appointed by the |
| 61 | governing body of the county and five members appointed by the |
| 62 | Governor. The qualifications, terms of office, and obligations |
| 63 | and rights of members of the authority shall be determined by |
| 64 | resolution or ordinance of the governing body of the county in a |
| 65 | manner that is consistent with subsections (3) and (4). |
| 66 | (4) |
| 67 | (c) Members of an authority shall be required to comply |
| 68 | with the applicable financial disclosure requirements of s. 8, |
| 69 | Art. II of the State Constitution ss. 112.3145, 112.3148, and |
| 70 | 112.3149. |
| 71 | Section 53. Subsection (8) of section 348.0004, Florida |
| 72 | Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (10), and new subsection |
| 73 | (8) is added to that section, to read: |
| 74 | 348.0004 Purposes and powers.-- |
| 75 | (8) In any county as defined in s. 125.011(1), an |
| 76 | expressway authority shall not use surplus toll revenues for the |
| 77 | purpose of payments to registered lobbyists as defined in s. |
| 78 | 11.045. |
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| 81 | =========== T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ======== |
| 82 | Remove line 266 and insert: |
| 83 | purposes; amending s. 348.0003, F.S.; revising provisions |
| 84 | relating to membership of the governing bodies of specified |
| 85 | expressway authorities; providing for termination of the |
| 86 | existing governing bodies of such authorities and creation of |
| 87 | new governing bodies; providing for membership and terms of |
| 88 | office; revising members' financial disclosure requirements; |
| 89 | amending s. 348.0004, F.S.; revising authorization for use of |
| 90 | surplus toll revenue by specified expressway authorities; |
| 91 | providing an effective date. |