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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
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the Pasco County Mosquito Control 2
District, Pasco County; amending chapter 2005 -322, 3
Laws of Florida; providing applicability of laws on 4
term limits for independent special district board 5
members; providing for geographical subdistricts; 6
requiring the Pasco County Board of County 7
Commissioners to draw geographical subdistricts 8
subject to certain requirements; providing 9
qualifications for distric t board candidates and 10
members; removing obsolete language; providing an 11
effective date. 12
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14
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Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 1 of section 2 of 16
chapter 2005-322, Laws of Florida, is amende d to read: 17
Section 1. Minimum charter requirements. —In accordance 18
with section 189.404(3), Florida Statutes, the following 19
subsections shall comprise the minimum required charter 20
provisions for Pasco County Mosquito Control District: 21
(5) In accordance with section 388.101(1), Florida 22
Statutes, the district is governed by a three -member board, and 23
section 189.0312, Florida Statutes, as may be amended, applies 24
to this subsection, except that a member of the board may not 25
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serve for more than two 4 -year terms. Notwithstanding section 26
388.101, Florida Statutes, the following apply, beginning with 27
the November 2026 election: 28
(a) The office of each member of the board is designated 29
as being a seat on the board, distinguished from each of the 30
other seats by a numeral 1, 2, or 3, which represents designated 31
geographical subdistricts. 32
(b) The Pasco County Board of County Commissioners shall 33
be responsible for drawing the boundaries of the geographical 34
subdistricts after providing notice and public hearing as 35
provided in general law. The geographical subdistricts shall 36
consist of contiguous and compact territories, nearly equal in 37
population as is practicable, and shall use existing political 38
and geographical boundaries. The Pasco County Board of County 39
Commissioners shall draw initial geographical subdistricts by 40
January 1, 2026, and following the completion of a decennial 41
census thereafter. 42
(c) Candidates for the board must qualify as directed by 43
chapter 99, Florida Statutes. Each candidate must designate, a t 44
the time he or she qualifies, the seat on the board for which he 45
or she qualifies. Each candidate must reside in the designated 46
subdistrict, and only electors of the subdistrict are authorized 47
to vote for the member of that subdistrict. The name of each 48
candidate who qualifies must be included on the ballot in a way 49
that clearly indicates the seat for which he or she is a 50
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candidate. The candidate for each seat who receives the most 51
votes shall be elected to the board. 52
(d) Each member shall be elected fo r a term of 4 years and 53
serve until the member's successor assumes office. 54
(e) For the length of their terms of office, members of 55
the board must remain residents and electors of the subdistrict 56
from which they are elected to represent By resolution dated 57
March 8, 1993, the board elected to stagger the members' terms 58
of office pursuant to section 388.101(3), Florida Statutes. 59
Therefore, upon this act becoming law, one board member shall be 60
elected in the 2006 general election and two board members in 61
the 2008 general election. Thereafter, each election shall be 62
for a term of 4 years . The membership and organization of the 63
board shall be as set forth in this act and chapter 388, Florida 64
Statutes. 65
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 66