Florida HB 4083: Mangonia Park Septic to Sewer Conversion

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to City of Winter Springs, Seminole 2
County; amending the Charter of the City of Winter 3
Springs; providing for a five-member city commission, 4
including the mayor; providing that the mayor is a 5
voting member of the city commission; revising mayoral 6
duties; removing mayoral veto power; providing for 7
transition; requiring a referendum; providing 8
effective dates. 9
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11
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Section 1. Sections 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.05, and 4.10 of 13
Article IV, section 5.01 of Article V, section 6.02 of Article 14
VI, and section 8.01 of Article VII of the Charter of the City 15
of Winter Springs, are amended, and section 13.05 is added to 16
Article XIII of that charter, to read: 17
ARTICLE IV. - GOVERNING BODY 18
Section 4.01. - Composition; qualification of members; and 19
commission districts. 20
(a) Composition. There shall be a governing body composed 21
of the mayor and four (4) five (5) commission members elected by 22
the voters of the city as provided in this Charter. Not more 23
than one (1) commission member shall reside in each of the four 24
(4) five (5) commission districts provided for in Section 4.02 25

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(a) of this Charter. The mayor shall be elected at large and may 26
reside anywhere within the city. Each commissioner shall be 27
elected by the qualified electors of the City of Winter Springs. 28
The term "city commission" as used in this Charter shall refer 29
to the mayor and four (4) commission members elected by the 30
qualified electors, except as otherwise provided. 31
(b) Eligibility. Only qualified voters of the city shall 32
be eligible to hold the office of mayor or commissioner. Each 33
candidate seeking the office of city commissioner or mayor or 34
any other elective office of the city shall file a petition 35
signed by fifteen (15) registered voters of the city with the 36
city clerk. Each candidate seeking the office of city 37
commissioner or mayor or any other elective office of the city 38
shall have resided in the city one (1) year prior to the time of 39
qualifying. Each candidate seeking the office of city 40
commissioner shall be a resident of a designated commission 41
district established by ordinance and shall have resided in the 42
designated commission district six (6) months prior to the time 43
of qualifying. Notwithstanding the above requirement, city 44
commissioners shall run at large as commission candidates under 45
district designation. All candidates for offices in municipal 46
elections shall be registered and qualified electors of the city 47
at the time of their qualifying as a candidate with the city 48
clerk and shall file qualifying papers in accordance with state 49
statutes and pay the qualifying fee and election assessment 50

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provided for by city ordinances. Such application shall be filed 51
and the qualifying fee paid during the qualifying period 52
established by the city commission by ordinance. 53
Section 4.02. - Commission districts; adjustment of 54
districts. 55
(a) Number of districts. The city commission of the City 56
of Winter Springs, Florida, shall by separate ordinance divide 57
the city into four (4) five (5) geographical commission 58
districts. 59
(b) Districting commission. By the first day of February, 60
2027 1991, the first day of February, 1992, and every three (3) 61
years thereafter, the city commission shall appoint seven (7) 62
city electors determined from the registration of the last 63
regular election, one (1) to be appointed by each commissioner 64
from their respective district, and three (3) two (2) appointed 65
by the mayor from the city at large, who shall comprise the 66
districting commission. Electors chosen shall not be employed by 67
the city in any other capacity. The initial districting 68
commission, creating and establishing the first commission 69
districts, shall be appointed by each commissioner and the mayor 70
from the city at large. 71
(c) Report; specifications. The districting commission 72
shall file with the official designated by the city commission a 73
report containing a recommended plan for establishment or 74
adjustment of the commission district boundaries. The initial 75

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districting commission, creating and establishing the first 76
commissi