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An act relating to the Hillsborough County Charter; 2
revising the number of commissioners on the Board of 3
County Commissioners of Hillsborough County; revising 4
the territory of each county district; revising 5
district reapportionment requirements; revising vote 6
count requirements for enactment of ordinances and 7
resolutions, county internal auditor appointments and 8
removals, county administrator appointments and 9
removals, county attorney appointments and removals, 10
and charter amendments; revising the process for 11
appointing the charter review board members and for 12
proposing amendments to the charter; providing 13
requirements for transitions to single-member 14
districts and 11-member board of commissioners; 15
requiring a referendum; providing effective dates. 16
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18
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Section 1. Sections 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.08, 20
4.10, 5.03, 6.03, 8.01, 8.02, and 8.03 of the Hillsborough 21
County Charter are amended, and sections 10.09 and 10.10 are 22
added to the charter, to read: 23
[ARTICLE] IV. - LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 24
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Sec. 4.02. - Board of County Commissioners. 26
The board of county commissioners shall consist of 9 seven 27
commissioners, each of whom shall be elected from one of nine 28
seven districts, unless the county has a population of at least 29
2,500,000 based on the most recent decennial census, in which 30
case the board of county commissioners shall consist of 11 31
members. and Each commissioner of whom shall be entitled to have 32
other employment which does not prevent the member from having 33
the time to discharge the duties of a commissioner. Prior to 34
voting on any matter of county business, any commissioner having 35
a conflict of interest shall declare that conflict to the board. 36
Sec. 4.03. - Districts. 37
The territory of three districts shall embrace the entire 38
territory of the county and be designated as districts 5, 6 and 39
7 respectively. The territory of each district four districts 40
shall be established by dividing all of the county into four 41
separate areas, designated numerically as districts 1 through 4 42
respectively, as nearly equal in population as practicable. 43
Sec. 4.04. - Residency requirement and limit on terms. 44
Each candidate for a seat on the board of county 45
commissioners shall be a citizen of the United States of 46
America, a registered voter of the district for which the 47
candidate qualifies, and a resident of Hillsborough County. No 48
person who has, or but for resignation could have, served as a 49
commission member from districts 1 through 4 for more than six 50

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years in two consecutive terms shall be elected as commission 51
member from districts 1 through 4 for the next succeeding term, 52
and no person who has, or but for resignation would have, served 53
as a commission member from districts 5 through 7 for more than 54
six years in two consecutive terms shall be elected as 55
commission member from districts 5 through 7 for the next 56
succeeding term. 57
Sec. 4.05. - Election and term of office. 58
Except as provided herein, all elections for the board of 59
county commissioners shall be as provided for county 60
commissioners in non-charter counties. Each commissioner shall 61
be elected by the electors residing in the district for which 62
the commissioner qualifies. Each commissioner shall be elected 63
for a term of four years, except as provided for initial 64
commissioners in the transition article and except that, in 65
order to reflect population shifts between decennial censuses as 66
quickly as possible, in 2030 1990 and every ten years thereafter 67
the commissioners to be elected from odd-numbered districts 1 68
and 3 shall be elected for terms of two years, and in 2032 1992 69
and every ten years thereafter the commissioners to be elected 70
from even-numbered districts 2 and 4 shall be elected for terms 71
of two years. Terms of office shall commence on the second 72
Tuesday following the general election at which the commissioner 73
was elected. 74
Sec. 4.06. - Reapportionment. 75

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Within 120 days after the certification of the federal 76
decennial census, the board of county