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13	13		An act relating to the Municipal Service District of 2
14	14		Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Johns County; amending ch. 82 -3
15	15		375, Laws of Florida, as amended; revising provisions 4
16	16		relating to terms of office of District Trustees; 5
17	17		revising the capital expenditure amount required to be 6
18	18		approved by the voters of the district; revising the 7
19	19		authority of the district to approve such expenditure; 8
20	20		revising a limitation on the amount of the district's 9
21	21		contingency reserves; providing an effective date. 10
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23	23		Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12
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25	25		Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2), paragraph (h) 14
26	26		of subsection (4), and subsection (5) of section 2 of chapter 15
27	27		82-375, Laws of Florida, as amended by chapters 90 -463 and 2002-16
28	28		373, Laws of Florida, are amended to read: 17
29	29		Section 2. The following is the charter of the Municipal 18
30	30		Service District of Ponte Vedra Beach: 19
31	31		(2) 20
32	32		(b) At the 1990 general election, seven District Trustees 21
33	33		shall be elected by the qualified voters of the district, with 22
34	34		three for 2-year terms and four for 4 -year terms, and they shall 23
35	35		be elected to serve until their successors are elected and 24
36	36		qualified. The seats shall be numbered consecutively one th rough 25
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47	47		seven. In the 1990 general election, the odd numbered seats 26
48	48		shall be elected for terms of 4 years, the even numbered seats 27
49	49		for terms of 2 years. The term of office of the District 28
50	50		Trustees elected at each succeeding election shall be 4 years , 29
51	51		except that a person may not appear on the ballot for reelection 30
52	52		to the office of Trustee if, by the end of his or her current 31
53	53		term of office, the person will have served, or but for 32
54	54		resignation would have served, in that office for a total of 12 33
55	55		years, provided that any Trustee currently in office and serving 34
56	56		an unexpired term in office will be permitted to complete that 35
57	57		term in office. To be eligible for election, a person must 36
58	58		reside in the district and be qualified to vote in the district. 37
59	59		A trustee may not se rve more than two consecutive 4 -year terms. 38
60	60		(4) The district is authorized and empowered: 39
61	61		(h) To acquire, construct, operate, maintain, equip, 40
62	62		improve, extend, enlarge, or improve capital projects within or 41
63	63		without the district for the purposes of enab ling the district 42
64	64		to perform the specialized public functions or services as 43
65	65		herein provided. However, expenditures on any individual capital 44
66	66		project, including acquisition of real or personal property, 45
67	67		that exceed exceeds a total cost of $150,000 or 25 percent of 46
68	68		the district's current annual budgeted expenses, whichever is 47
69	69		greater, must first be approved by a voting majority of 48
70	70		qualified voters in the district. The Board of District Trustees 49
71	71		shall determine the method to be used to determine whether 50
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82	82		voters approve a capital expenditure or expenditures exceeding 51
83	83		$150,000 or 25 percent of the district's current annual budgeted 52
84	84		expenses, whichever is greater, and approval of a majority of 53
85	85		those voters participating in or responding to the method used 54
86	86		by the District Trustees to decide the issue shall be sufficient 55
87	87		to approve expenditure of funds exceeding $150,000 for the 56
88	88		project. Whatever method is used to determine voter approval of 57
89	89		such expenditure, the District Trustees in presenting the issue 58
90	90		to be decided shall generally describe the project to be 59
91	91		undertaken by the expenditure and the estimated cost thereof. In 60
92	92		addition, the Board of District Trustees shall not expend more 61
93	93		than $50,000 from contingency reserves for any unbudgeted 62
94	94		capital project in any fi scal year; 63
95	95		(5) "Contingency reserves," defined as the amount of funds 64
96	96		remaining at the end of the fiscal year , less the amount 65
97	97		required to operate the district at the beginning of the next 66
98	98		fiscal year, shall not exceed $200,000 or 25 percent of the 67
99	99		district's current annual budgeted expenses, whichever is 68
100	100		greater, in any fiscal year. Any amount of contingency reserves 69
101	101		exceeding $200,000 or 25 percent of the district's current 70
102	102		annual budgeted expenses, whichever is greater, at the end of 71
103	103		any fiscal year must be used to reduce the ad valorem tax levy 72
104	104		for the entire district for the following fiscal year. 73
105	105		Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2024. 74