Bill Text: FL S0730 | 2014 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Municipal Governing Body Meetings

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2014-05-14 - Chapter No. 2014-14 [S0730 Detail]

Download: Florida-2014-S0730-Enrolled.html

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    2         An act relating to municipal governing body meetings;
    3         amending s. 166.0213, F.S.; authorizing the governing
    4         body of a municipality to hold joint meetings with the
    5         governing body of the county within which the
    6         municipality is located or the governing body of
    7         another municipality; authorizing the governing body
    8         of a municipality to prescribe the time and place of
    9         joint meetings by ordinance or resolution; providing
   10         an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Section 166.0213, Florida Statutes, is amended
   15  to read:
   16         166.0213 Governing body meetings.—
   17         (1) The governing body of a municipality having a
   18  population of 500 or fewer residents may hold meetings within 5
   19  miles of the exterior jurisdictional boundary of the
   20  municipality at such time and place as may be prescribed by
   21  ordinance or resolution.
   22         (2) The governing body of a municipality may hold joint
   23  meetings to receive, discuss, and act upon matters of mutual
   24  interest with the governing body of the county within which the
   25  municipality is located or the governing body of another
   26  municipality at such time and place as shall be prescribed by
   27  ordinance or resolution.
   28         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.