Florida Senate - 2014                              CS for SB 730
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Community Affairs; and Senator Galvano
       
       
       
       
       
       578-02187-14                                           2014730c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to municipal governing body meetings;
    3         amending s. 166.0213, F.S.; authorizing the governing
    4         body of a municipality to hold joint meetings with the
    5         governing body of the county within which the
    6         municipality is located; providing for the location
    7         and time of such meetings; providing an effective
    8         date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Section 166.0213, Florida Statutes, is amended
   13  to read:
   14         166.0213 Governing body meetings.—
   15         (1) The governing body of a municipality having a
   16  population of 500 or fewer residents may hold meetings within 5
   17  miles of the exterior jurisdictional boundary of the
   18  municipality at such time and place as may be prescribed by
   19  ordinance or resolution.
   20         (2) The governing body of a municipality may hold joint
   21  meetings with the governing body of the county within which the
   22  municipality is located in order to receive, discuss, and act
   23  upon matters of mutual interest. A joint meeting may be held
   24  within the municipality or the county at such time and place as
   25  may be prescribed by ordinance or resolution.
   26         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.