Bill Amendment: FL S0444 | 2023 | Regular Session
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: Residency of Local Elected Officials
Status: 2023-04-27 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 411 (Ch. 2023-101) [S0444 Detail]
Download: Florida-2023-S0444-Senate_Floor_Amendment_555898.html
Bill Title: Residency of Local Elected Officials
Status: 2023-04-27 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 411 (Ch. 2023-101) [S0444 Detail]
Download: Florida-2023-S0444-Senate_Floor_Amendment_555898.html
Florida Senate - 2023 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 444 Ì555898pÎ555898 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Davis moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 35 - 62 4 and insert: 5 this section may notshallbe madeonlyin the 270 days before a 6 regular general election for the board of county commissioners 7odd-numbered years. Districts may not be drawn with the intent 8 to favor or disfavor a candidate for county commission or an 9 incumbent county commissioner based on the candidate’s or 10 incumbent’s residential address. Any ordinance enacted or 11 adopted by a county on or after July 1, 2023, which is in 12 conflict with this subsection is void. 13 Section 2. Section 166.0321, Florida Statutes, is created 14 to read: 15 166.0321 Division of municipalities into districts.—Each 16 municipality shall, from time to time, fix the boundaries of its 17 districts so as to keep them as nearly equal in proportion to 18 their respective populations as practicable, provided that such 19 changes may not be made in the 270 days before a regular general 20 election for the governing body of the municipality. Districts 21 may not be drawn with the intent to favor or disfavor a 22 candidate for member of the governing body or an incumbent 23 member of the governing body based on the candidate’s or 24 incumbent’s residential address. Any ordinance enacted or 25 adopted by a municipality on or after July 1, 2023, which is in 26 conflict with this section is void. 27 Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 1001.36, Florida 28 Statutes, is amended to read: 29 1001.36 District school board member residence areas.— 30 (2) AAnydistrict school board may make any change that it 31 deems necessary in the boundaries of any district school board 32 member residence area at any meeting of the district school 33 board, provided that such changes are notshall bemadeonlyin 34 the 270 days before a general electionodd-numbered yearsand 35 that no change that would affect the 36 37 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 38 And the title is amended as follows: 39 Delete lines 3 - 13 40 and insert: 41 officials; amending s. 124.01, F.S.; prohibiting 42 changes to county commissioner district boundaries 43 during a specified timeframe; prohibiting the 44 consideration of the residential addresses of certain 45 persons during the district-drawing process for boards 46 of county commissioners; providing construction; 47 creating s. 166.0321, F.S.; requiring municipalities 48 to fix the boundaries of their districts in a certain 49 manner; prohibiting changes to municipal district 50 boundaries during a specified timeframe; prohibiting 51 the consideration of the residential addresses of 52 certain persons during the district-drawing process; 53 providing construction; amending s. 1001.36, F.S.; 54 prohibiting changes to district school board member 55 residence area boundaries during a specified 56 timeframe; prohibiting