Florida Senate - 2015                             CS for SB 1024
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Simmons
       
       
       
       
       
       596-02195-15                                          20151024c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Central Florida Expressway
    3         Authority; amending s. 348.753, F.S.; requiring the
    4         chairs of the boards of specified county commissions
    5         each to appoint one member from their respective
    6         counties who is a commission member or chair or a
    7         county mayor to serve on the governing body of the
    8         authority; specifying that the terms of members
    9         appointed by the Governor end on a specified date;
   10         removing the requirement that the authority elect one
   11         of its members as secretary; amending s. 348.757,
   12         F.S.; removing the requirement that title in fee
   13         simple absolute to the former Orlando-Orange County
   14         Expressway System be transferred to the state upon the
   15         completion of the faithful performance and termination
   16         of a specified lease-purchase agreement; providing an
   17         effective date.
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   19  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   21         Section 1. Subsection (3) and paragraph (a) of subsection
   22  (4) of section 348.753, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   23         348.753 Central Florida Expressway Authority.—
   24         (3) The governing body of the authority shall consist of
   25  nine members. The chairs of the boards of the county commissions
   26  of Seminole, Lake, and Osceola Counties shall each appoint one
   27  member from their respective counties, who must may be a
   28  commission member or chair or a county mayor. The Mayor of
   29  Orange County shall appoint a member from the Orange County
   30  Commission. The Governor shall appoint three citizen members,
   31  each of whom must be a citizen of either Orange County, Seminole
   32  County, Lake County, or Osceola County. The eighth member must
   33  be the Mayor of Orange County and. The ninth member must be the
   34  Mayor of the City of Orlando shall also serve as members. The
   35  executive director of the Florida Turnpike Enterprise shall
   36  serve as a nonvoting advisor to the governing body of the
   37  authority. Each member appointed by the Governor shall serve for
   38  4 years, with his or her term ending on December 31 of his or
   39  her last year of service. Each county-appointed member shall
   40  serve for 2 years. The terms of standing board members expire
   41  June 20, 2014. Each appointed member shall hold office until his
   42  or her successor has been appointed and has qualified. A vacancy
   43  occurring during a term must be filled only for the balance of
   44  the unexpired term. Each appointed member of the authority must
   45  shall be a person of outstanding reputation for integrity,
   46  responsibility, and business ability, but, except as provided in
   47  this subsection, a person who is an officer or employee of a
   48  municipality or county may not be an appointed member of the
   49  authority. Any member of the authority is eligible for
   50  reappointment.
   51         (4)(a) The authority shall elect one of its members as
   52  chair of the authority. The authority shall also elect one of
   53  its members as vice chair, one of its members as secretary, and
   54  one of its members as treasurer. The chair, vice chair,
   55  secretary, and treasurer shall hold such offices at the will of
   56  the authority. Five members of the authority constitute a
   57  quorum, and the vote of five members is necessary for any action
   58  taken by the authority. A vacancy in the authority does not
   59  impair the right of a quorum of the authority to exercise all of
   60  the rights and perform all of the duties of the authority.
   61         Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 348.757, Florida
   62  Statutes, is amended to read:
   63         348.757 Lease-purchase agreement.—
   64         (2) The lease-purchase agreement must provide for the
   65  leasing of the former Orlando-Orange County Expressway System,
   66  by the authority, as lessor, to the department, as lessee, and
   67  must prescribe the term of such lease and the rentals to be
   68  paid, and must provide that upon the completion of the faithful
   69  performance and the termination of the lease-purchase agreement,
   70  title in fee simple absolute to the former Orlando-Orange County
   71  Expressway System as then constituted shall be transferred in
   72  accordance with law by the authority, to the state and the
   73  authority shall deliver to the department such deeds and
   74  conveyances as shall be necessary or convenient to vest title in
   75  fee simple absolute in the state.
   76         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.