Title: Charlotte County

Summary: Revises provisions for election of members of Charlotte County Airport Authority; provides for members to be known as commissioners; repeals obsolete provisions for election of members of Charlotte County Development Commission.

Full Text:
An act relating to Charlotte County; amending chapter 98-508, Laws of Florida, as amended; revising provisions for the election of members of the Charlotte County Airport Authority; providing for the members to be known as commissioners; repealing s. 6 of chapter-1207, Laws of Florida, relating to obsolete provisions for the election of members of the Charlotte County Development Commission; prov iding an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section of chapter-508, Laws of Florida, as amended by chapter 2011-263, Laws of Florida, is amended to read: Section 4. Membership, appointmen tterm of office.-The authority shall be composed of five members,also known as commissioners,one from each Charlotte County commission district,who are elected in the same manner as county officials, including partisan affiliation. Elections shall take place according to the following schedule: (1) Commissioners in odd-numbered districts shall be elected every years, beginning with the 2016 general election. (2) Commissioners in even-numbered districts shall be elected every years, beginning wi th the 2014 general election. ENROLLED HB 2013 Legislature Elected commissioners shall take office at the first meeting of the commission after the general election. Each candidate for the office of commissioner of the authority must reside in the district from which such candidate seeks election for at least 31 months immediately before the time of qualifying to run for that office as prescribed in this section. At each general election, the members of the authority shall be elected for a term of 34 years, and shall take office immedia tely upon election. Election of members of the authority shall be as prescribed by the general election laws of Florida.Section 2. Section of chapter-1207, Laws of Florida, is repealed. Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a la w.