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FL H0555
Bill
Status
Engrossed
4/27/2011
Primary Sponsor
Debbie Mayfield
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AI Summary
- Allows board of commissioners to employ a director and experts/consultants/agents/employees instead of appointing specific positions like chief engineer and attorney
- Requires commissioners to be elected in nonpartisan elections for 4-year terms pursuant to section 189.405, Florida Statutes, removing obsolete staggered term provisions
- Requires district to pay for $5,000 surety bonds required of commissioners before they assume office
- Requires commissioners to elect a secretary/treasurer from among their number and revises per diem and travel expense provisions to align with state officials under section 112.061, Florida Statutes
- Changes board's power from controlling and eliminating all mosquito and sandfly species to controlling mosquitoes and sandflies and diseases they transmit, and simplifies purchasing thresholds to align with chapter 287, Florida Statutes
- Revises borrowing authority to allow issuance of negotiable promissory notes and bonds to secure loans instead of tax anticipation notes with specific interest rate limits
- Authorizes district to purchase insurance as a public expenditure while reserving sovereign immunity rights
Legislative Description
Indian River Mosquito Control District
Last Action
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1002
5/2/2011
Committee Referrals
Economic Affairs3/10/2011
Community And Military Affairs Subcommittee2/16/2011
Full Bill Text
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