| 13 | 13 | | An act relating to Alachua County; amending the 2 |
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| 14 | 14 | | Alachua County Home Rule Charter to require the 3 |
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| 15 | 15 | | election of county commissioners in single -member 4 |
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| 16 | 16 | | districts; providing for a referendum; providing 5 |
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| 17 | 17 | | effective dates. 6 |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Section 1. Section 2.2(A) of Article II of the Alachua 10 |
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| 22 | 22 | | County Home Rule Charter is amended to read: 11 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Sec. 2.2. - Legislative branch. 12 |
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| 24 | 24 | | A. The county commission. The governing body of the county 13 |
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| 25 | 25 | | shall be a board of county commissioners composed of five (5) 14 |
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| 26 | 26 | | members serving staggered terms of four (4) years. There shall 15 |
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| 27 | 27 | | be one (1) commissioner for each of the five (5) county 16 |
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| 28 | 28 | | commission districts established pursuant to general law and 17 |
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| 29 | 29 | | they shall be elected by the qualified electors of that district 18 |
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| 30 | 30 | | on a countywide basis by the electors of the county . Each 19 |
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| 31 | 31 | | candidate for the office of county commissioner shall reside 20 |
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| 32 | 32 | | within the district from which such candidate seeks election at 21 |
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| 33 | 33 | | the time of qualifying to run for that office, and during the 22 |
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| 34 | 34 | | term of office each commissioner shall reside in the district 23 |
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| 35 | 35 | | from which such commissioner ran for office, provided that any 24 |
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| 36 | 36 | | commissioner who is removed from a district by redistricting may 25 |
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| 45 | 45 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 47 | 47 | | continue to serve during the balance of the term of office. 26 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Section 2. Referendum election. — 27 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (1) The referendum election called for by this act shall 28 |
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| 50 | 50 | | be held on November 8, 2022, the 2022 General Election . 29 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (2) The ballot title for the referendum question shall be 30 |
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| 52 | 52 | | in substantially the following form: 31 |
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| 53 | 53 | | AMENDING THE COUNTY CHARTER TO PROVIDE FOR COUNTY 32 |
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| 54 | 54 | | COMMISSIONER ELECTIONS IN SINGLE -MEMBER DISTRICTS 33 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (3) The referendum question shall be placed on the ball ot 34 |
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| 56 | 56 | | in substantially the following form: 35 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Shall the five members of the board of county 36 |
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| 58 | 58 | | commissioners of Alachua County, Florida, be elected 37 |
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| 59 | 59 | | to office from single -member districts by electors 38 |
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| 60 | 60 | | residing in each of those districts only? 39 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (_____) YES. 40 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (_____) NO. 41 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (4) In the event this question is answered affirmatively 42 |
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| 64 | 64 | | by a majority of the qualified electors voting in the 43 |
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| 65 | 65 | | referendum, the charter amendment will take effect. The 44 |
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| 66 | 66 | | referendum election shall be conducted by the Supervisor of 45 |
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| 67 | 67 | | Elections of Alachua Co unty in accordance with the Florida 46 |
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| 68 | 68 | | Election Code. 47 |
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| 69 | 69 | | Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its approval by 48 |
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| 70 | 70 | | a majority vote of the qualified electors of Alachua County 49 |
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| 71 | 71 | | voting in a referendum conducted in accordance with the 50 |
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