Florida HB 4005: Riviera Beach Utilities Special District Water Treatment Plant Crucial Infrastructure Improvements

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An act relating to the City of Naples Airport 2
Authority, Collier County; amending chapter 69-1326, 3
Laws of Florida, as amended, relating to the City of 4
Naples Airport Authority; removing provisions relating 5
to authority members' duties and responsibilities; 6
removing provisions that prohibit officers and 7
employees of the city from being authority members; 8
removing provisions that prohibit authority members 9
from receiving compensation; providing for authority 10
memberships by election rather than by appointment; 11
providing requirements for elections; providing 12
authority membership terms and qualifications; 13
providing interim services and vacancy fillings; 14
conforming provisions to changes made by the act; 15
providing an effective date. 16
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18
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Section 1. Section 3 of chapter 69-1326, Laws of Florida, 20
as amended by chapters 79-516 and 90-468, Laws of Florida, is 21
amended to read: 22
Section 3. There is hereby created a body politic and 23
corporate to be known as the City of Naples Airport Authority 24
for the purpose of operating and maintaining the airport 25

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facilities at the City of Naples Municipal Airport, located in 26
Collier County, Florida, or any other airport in Collier County 27
which the airport authority may contract to operate. The 28
authority is hereby constituted a public instrumentality, and 29
the exercise by the authority of the powers conferred by this 30
act shall be deemed and held to be the performance of essential 31
governmental functions. 32
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Said authority shall not transact any business or exercise its 34
powers hereunder until or unless the city council of the City of 35
Naples by proper resolution shall declare that there is need for 36
the authority to function. The determination as to whether there 37
is such need for the authority to function may be made by the 38
city council on its own motion. In any suit, action or 39
proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of or relating 40
to any contract of the authority, the authority shall be 41
conclusively deemed to have become established and authorized to 42
transact business and exercise its powers hereunder upon proof 43
of the adoption of a resolution by the city council declaring 44
the need for the authority. A copy of such resolution duly 45
certified by the clerk shall be admissible in evidence in any 46
suit, action or proceeding. 47
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The city council by an affirmative vote of four (4) members of 49
the council shall appoint five (5) persons as members 50

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commissioners of the authority created for the city. Three (3) 51
of the members commissioners who are first appointed shall be 52
designated to serve for terms of 1, 2, and 3 one (1), two (2) 53
and three (3) years, respectively; and the remaining two (2) of 54
such members commissioners shall be designated to serve for 55
terms of 4 four (4) years each, from the date of their 56
appointment. Thereafter, members commissioners shall be 57
appointed as aforesaid for a term of office of 4 four (4) years, 58
except that all vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired 59
term. No commissioner of the authority may be an officer or 60
employee of the city. A commissioner shall hold office until his 61
successor has been appointed and has qualified. A certificate of 62
the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner shall be 63
filed with the clerk, and such certificate shall be conclusive 64
evidence of the due and proper appointment of such commissioner. 65
A commissioner shall receive no compensation for his services, 66
but he shall be entitled to the necessary expenses, including 67
traveling expenses, incurred in the discharge of his duties. 68
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Beginning with the 2026 general election, the authority shall be 70
composed of five members, with three members, designated as 71
seats 1, 2, and 3, who are residents of the City of Naples, and 72
two members, designated as seats 4 and 5, who are residents of 73
Collier County outside of the municipal boundaries of the City 74
of Naples. All members shall be elected by the qualified 75

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electors of Collier County. All members shall be elected at the 76
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