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SB 1568: City of Gainesville, Alachua County

LOCAL BILL by Perry

City of Gainesville, Alachua County; Repealing section 3.06 of the city’s charter, relating to the appointment, qualifications, powers, and duties of the general manager for utilities of Gainesville Regional Utilities; creating the Gainesville Regional Utilities Authority and establishing it as the governing board of Gainesville Regional Utilities; requiring a referendum, etc.

Effective Date: Only upon its approval by a majority vote of those qualified electors of the City of Gainesville voting in a referendum to be held in March 2018, in conjunction with the citywide election to be held in the City of Gainesville, except that this section and section 4 of this act shall take effect upon becoming a law
Last Action: 5/5/2017 Senate - Died in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 759 (Ch. 2017-200)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities (CU)
  2. Community Affairs (CA)
  3. Rules (RC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/2/2017 Senate • Filed
3/14/2017 Senate • Referred to Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Community Affairs; Rules -SJ 203
3/15/2017 Senate • Introduced -SJ 203
3/30/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities, 04/04/17, 9:30 am, 301 Senate Office Building --Meeting cancelled
5/5/2017 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 759 (Ch. 2017-200)