FL S0854

Allows boards of special neighborhood improvement districts to have three, five, or seven members instead of a fixed three-member board, with the specific number to be specified in the local planning ordinance.

Requires that board members be elected to staggered terms as specified in the local planning ordinance, rather than the current fixed 1, 2, and 3-year initial terms.

Changes the qualification requirement for directors from "residents of" to "landowners in" the proposed district area, while maintaining the requirement that they be subject to ad valorem taxation in the district.

Removes language requiring directors to receive no compensation and prohibiting employment by the district, replacing it with language that directors "may not receive compensation" or "be employed by the district."

Effective July 1, 2019.