HB 665

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Gasparilla Island Bridge
3	Authority, Charlotte and Lee Counties; amending
4	chapter 2000-425, Laws of Florida; correcting a
5	scrivener's error; revising requirements for the
6	election of the voting members of the board of
7	supervisors; clarifying and revising financial
8	disclosure requirements for members of the board of
9	supervisors; revising the authority's fiscal year;
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.  Subsection (4) of section 4, subsections (3)
15	and (7) of section 5, and subsection (2) of section 12 of
16	section 2 of chapter 2000-425, Laws of Florida, are amended to
17	read:
18	Section 4.  DEFINITIONS.-As used in this act, the following
19	words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless some
20	other meaning is plainly intended:
21	(4)  "Lee County Commission" means the Lee Charlotte County
22	Board of County Commissioners.
23	Section 5.  GOVERNING BODY.-
24	(3)  The voting members of the Board of Supervisors shall
25	be elected by a plurality majority of the electors of the
26	authority voting in the general election in November of each
27	even-numbered year. Each elector may exercise one vote. Those
28	members duly elected to serve will take office on November 15
29	following their election.
30	(a)  Board Supervisor No. 1, Board Supervisor No. 3, Board
31	Supervisor No. 5, Board Supervisor No. 6, and Board Supervisor
32	No. 8 shall be first elected or appointed in the November 1996
33	election and every fourth year thereafter.
34	(b)  Board Supervisor No. 2, Board Supervisor No. 4, Board
35	Supervisor No. 7, and Board Supervisor No. 9 shall be first
36	elected or appointed at the November 1996 election to a 2-year
37	term. They shall be appointed or stand for election to a full 4-
38	year term commencing at the November 1998 election and shall be
39	elected or appointed every fourth year thereafter.
40	(7)  The Board of Supervisors shall elect a chair and vice
41	chair from members of the authority, each of whom shall serve
42	for 1 year or until his or her successor is chosen. The chair,
43	or the vice chair in the chair's absence, shall preside at all
44	meetings of the authority and shall perform such additional
45	duties as prescribed by the members or contained in the bylaws
46	of the authority. The authority shall hold regular meetings at
47	least quarterly at such times and places as it may designate and
48	may hold more frequent special meetings. Three voting members
49	constitute a quorum for the purpose of meeting and transacting
50	business. Each voting member of the authority shall have one
51	vote. The authority may adopt bylaws and may make all policies,
52	procedures, rules, and regulations not inconsistent with this
53	act which it may deem necessary respecting the conduct of its
54	affairs. Such policies, procedures, rules, and regulations shall
55	provide for notice of all public meetings in conformity with the
56	requirements of section 189.417, Florida Statutes, and shall
57	provide that an agenda shall be prepared by the authority in
58	time to ensure that a copy of the agenda will be available at
59	least 3 days prior to any regular meetings of the authority.
60	After the agenda has been made available, items may be added for
61	good cause, as determined by the chair or person designated to
62	preside at the meeting. The reason for adding an item to the
63	agenda shall be stated in the record. Special or emergency
64	meetings may be called by the chair upon no less than 48 hours'
65	notice. The authority shall publish and thereafter codify and
66	index all rules, regulations, and resolutions formulated,
67	adopted, or used by authority in the discharge of its functions.
68	Such rules, regulations, and resolutions shall be made available
69	for public inspection and copying, at no more than cost. The
70	authority shall not be deemed to be an agency within the meaning
71	of chapter 120, Florida Statutes. The authority shall be deemed
72	to be an agency within the meaning of chapter 119, Florida
73	Statutes, and all records of the authority shall be open to the
74	public. The authority shall be deemed an agency or authority of
75	the county for purposes of section 286.011, Florida Statutes,
76	the "Government in the Sunshine" law. Notwithstanding s.
77	348.0003(4)(c), Florida Statutes, all voting members of the
78	Board of Supervisors shall be deemed to be local officers for
79	the purposes of section 112.3145(3), Florida Statutes, requiring
80	disclosure of their financial interests. These statements of
81	financial interests shall be filed with the Florida Commission
82	on Ethics Lee County Supervisor of Elections and available for
83	public inspection. In addition to the foregoing, the authority
84	shall comply with the requirements of section 189.417, Florida
85	Statutes, regarding notice of meetings which shall be deemed to
86	supersede any inconsistent provisions of this section in the
87	event of conflict.
88	Section 12.  BUDGET; REPORTS AND REVIEW.-
89	(2)  The fiscal year for the authority shall commence on
90	October July 1 of each calendar year and shall conclude on
91	September June 30 of each calendar year. On or before September
92	June 1, the executive director shall prepare a proposed budget
93	for the ensuing fiscal year to be submitted to the board for
94	board approval. The proposed budget shall include, at the
95	direction of the board, an estimate of all necessary
96	expenditures of the authority for the ensuing fiscal year and an
97	estimate of income to the authority from all sources of revenue
98	provided in this act. The board shall consider the proposed
99	budget and may either approve the budget as proposed by the
100	manager or modify the same in part or in whole.
101	Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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