Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1626
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/02/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Calatayud) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 191 - 233
    4  and insert:
    5  equivalent county officer, or his or her designee; the district
    6  administrator from the appropriate district of the Department of
    7  Children and Families, or the administrator’s designee who is a
    8  member of the Senior Management Service or the Selected Exempt
    9  Service; the director of the county health department or the
   10  director’s designee; the state attorney for the county or the
   11  state attorney’s designee; the chief judge assigned to juvenile
   12  cases, or another juvenile judge who is the chief judge’s
   13  designee and who shall sit as a voting member of the board,
   14  except that the judge may not vote or participate in setting ad
   15  valorem taxes under this section; an individual who is selected
   16  by the board of the local United Way or its equivalent; a member
   17  of a locally recognized faith-based coalition, selected by that
   18  coalition; a member of the local chamber of commerce, selected
   19  by that chamber or, if more than one chamber exists within the
   20  county, a person selected by a coalition of the local chambers;
   21  a member of the early learning coalition, selected by that
   22  coalition; a representative of a labor organization or union
   23  active in the county; a member of a local alliance or coalition
   24  engaged in cross-system planning for health and social service
   25  delivery in the county, selected by that alliance or coalition;
   26  a member of the local Parent-Teachers Association/Parent
   27  Teacher-Student Association, selected by that association; a
   28  youth representative selected by the local school system’s
   29  student government; a local school board member appointed by the
   30  chair of the school board; the mayor of the county or the
   31  mayor’s designee; one member of the county governing body,
   32  appointed by the chair of that body; a member of the state
   33  Legislature who represents residents of the county, selected by
   34  the chair of the local legislative delegation; an elected
   35  official representing the residents of a municipality in the
   36  county, selected by the county municipal league; and 4 members
   37  at-large, appointed to the council by the majority of sitting
   38  council members. The remaining seven members shall be appointed
   39  by the Governor in accordance with procedures set forth in
   40  paragraph (a), except that the Governor may remove a member for
   41  cause or upon the written petition of the council. Appointments
   42  by the Governor must, to the extent reasonably possible,
   43  represent the geographic and demographic makeup diversity of the
   44  population of the county. Members who are appointed to the
   45  council by reason of their position are not subject to the
   46  length of terms and limits on consecutive terms as provided in
   47  this section. The remaining appointed members of the governing
   48  body shall be appointed to serve 3-year 2-year terms,
   49  
   50  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   51  And the title is amended as follows:
   52         Delete lines 18 - 21
   53  and insert:
   54         revising membership requirements for the governing
   55         bodies of certain independent special districts;
   56         authorizing the county governing body to select an
   57         interim appointment for a vacancy under certain
   58         circumstances; revising the terms for certain members
   59         of the districts’ governing bodies; amending s.