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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to Alachua County; amending the 2
Alachua County Home Rule Charter to expand the board 3
of county commissioners to seven members; requiring 4
the election of five county commissioners in single -5
member districts and two county commissioners at 6
large; providing for a referendum; providing an 7
effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Section 2.2(D) o f Article II of the Alachua 12
County Home Rule Charter is amended to read: 13
Sec. 2.2. - Legislative branch. 14
A.D. The county commission. The governing body of the 15
county shall be a board of county commissioners composed of 16
seven (7) five (5) members serving staggered terms of four (4) 17
years. There shall be one (1) commissioner for each of the five 18
(5) county commission districts established pursuant to general 19
law and they shall be elected by the qualified electors of that 20
district. There shall be two (2) at -large commissioners elected 21
on a countywide basis by the electors of the county. Each 22
candidate for the office of county commissioner shall reside 23
within the district from which such candidate seeks election at 24
the time of qualifying to run for that offic e, and during the 25
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term of office each commissioner shall reside in the district 26
from which such commissioner ran for office, provided that any 27
commissioner who is removed from a district by redistricting may 28
continue to serve during the balance of the term of office. 29
Section 2. Referendum election. — 30
(1) The referendum election called for by this act shall 31
be held on November 8, 2022, the 2022 General Election. 32
(2) The ballot title for the referendum question shall be 33
in substantially the following f orm: 34
AMENDING THE COUNTY CHARTER TO EXPAND COUNTY 35
COMMISSION TO SEVEN MEMBERS AND PROVIDE FOR ELECTIONS 36
(3) The referendum question shall be placed on the ballot 37
in substantially the following form: 38
Shall the board of county commissioners of Alachua 39
County, Florida, be increased from five to seven 40
members, with five of the seven members to be elected 41
to office from single -member districts by qualified 42
electors residing in each of those districts only, and 43
with the two remaining members to be elected by al l 44
electors of the county at large? 45
(_____) YES. 46
(_____) NO. 47
(4) In the event this question is answered affirmatively 48
by a majority of the qualified electors voting in the 49
referendum, the charter amendment will take effect. The 50
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referendum election shall be conducted by the Supervisor of 51
Elections of Alachua County in accordance with the Florida 52
Election Code. 53
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its approval by 54
a majority vote of the qualified electors of Alachua County 55
voting in a referendum c onducted in accordance with the 56
provisions of law relating to elections currently in force , 57
except this section and section 2 shall take effect upon 58
becoming a law. 59