Bill Text: FL S1424 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Special Neighborhood Improvement Districts
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-11 - Laid on Table, refer to HB 1009 [S1424 Detail]
Download: Florida-2020-S1424-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2020 SB 1424
By Senator Gruters
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to special neighborhood improvement
3 districts; amending s. 163.511, F.S.; revising the
4 number of directors allowed on the boards of special
5 neighborhood improvement districts; requiring local
6 planning ordinances to specify the number of directors
7 and provide for 4-year staggered terms; requiring that
8 directors be landowners in the proposed area and be
9 subject to certain taxation; making technical changes;
10 providing an effective date.
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12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14 Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subsection (1) and subsections
15 (7) and (8) of section 163.511, Florida Statutes, are amended to
16 read:
17 163.511 Special neighborhood improvement districts;
18 creation; referendum; board of directors; duration; extension.—
19 (1) After a local planning ordinance has been adopted
20 authorizing the creation of special neighborhood improvement
21 districts, the governing body of a municipality or county may
22 declare the need for and create special residential or business
23 neighborhood improvement districts by the enactment of a
24 separate ordinance for each district, which ordinance:
25 (f) Provides for the appointment of a three-member board of
26 directors, a five-member board of directors, or a seven-member
27 3-member board of directors for the district, the members of
28 which must be elected to staggered terms of 4 years. The number
29 of appointed directors must be specified in the ordinance.
30 (7) The business and affairs of a special neighborhood
31 improvement district shall be conducted and administered by a
32 board of three, five, or seven directors who must shall be
33 landowners in residents of the proposed area and who are subject
34 to ad valorem taxation in the district. Upon their appointment
35 and qualification and in January of each year, the directors
36 shall organize by electing from their number a chair and a
37 secretary, and may also employ staff and legal representatives
38 as deemed appropriate, who shall serve at the pleasure of the
39 board and may receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the
40 board. The secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of
41 the district and is the shall be custodian of all books and
42 records of the district. The directors may shall not receive any
43 compensation for their services or, nor may they be employed by
44 the district.
45 (8) Within 30 days after of the approval of the creation of
46 a special neighborhood improvement district, if the district is
47 in a municipality, a majority of the governing body of the
48 municipality, or, if the district is in the unincorporated area
49 of the county, a majority of the county commission, shall
50 appoint the three directors provided for under this section
51 herein for staggered terms of 3 years. The initial appointments
52 shall be as follows: one for a 1-year term, one for a 2-year
53 term, and one for a 3-year term. Each director shall hold office
54 until his or her successor is appointed and qualified unless the
55 director ceases to be qualified to act as a director or is
56 removed from office. Vacancies on the board shall be filled for
57 the unexpired portion of a term in the same manner as the
58 initial appointments were made.
59 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.
