Bill Text: FL S1080 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Local Redistricting

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2023-05-05 - Died in Community Affairs, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 411 (Ch. 2023-101) [S1080 Detail]

Download: Florida-2023-S1080-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2023                                    SB 1080
       
       
        
       By Senator Yarborough
       
       
       
       
       
       4-00294B-23                                           20231080__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to local redistricting; amending s.
    3         124.01, F.S.; prohibiting the consideration of the
    4         residential addresses of certain persons during the
    5         district-drawing process for boards of county
    6         commissioners; providing construction; creating s.
    7         166.0321, F.S.; requiring municipalities to fix the
    8         boundaries of their districts in a certain manner;
    9         specifying that district changes may be made only in
   10         odd-numbered years; prohibiting the consideration of
   11         the residential addresses of certain persons during
   12         the district-drawing process; providing construction;
   13         amending s. 1001.36, F.S.; prohibiting the
   14         consideration of the residential addresses of certain
   15         persons during the residence-area-drawing process for
   16         district school boards; providing construction;
   17         providing an effective date.
   18          
   19  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   21         Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 124.01, Florida
   22  Statutes, is amended to read:
   23         124.01 Division of counties into districts; county
   24  commissioners.—
   25         (3) The board of county commissioners shall, from time to
   26  time, fix the boundaries of the county commissioners’ above
   27  districts so as to keep them as nearly equal in proportion to
   28  population as practicable, possible; provided, that changes made
   29  in the boundaries of county commissioner districts pursuant to
   30  this section are shall be made only in odd-numbered years.
   31  Districts may not be drawn with the intent to favor or disfavor
   32  a candidate for county commission or an incumbent county
   33  commissioner based on the candidate’s or incumbent’s residential
   34  address. Any ordinance enacted or adopted by a county on or
   35  after July 1, 2023, which is in conflict with this subsection is
   36  void.
   37         Section 2. Section 166.0321, Florida Statutes, is created
   38  to read:
   39         166.0321 Division of municipalities into districts.—Each
   40  municipality, shall, from time to time, fix the boundaries of
   41  its districts so as to keep them as nearly equal in proportion
   42  to their respective populations as practicable, provided that
   43  such changes are made only in odd-numbered years. Districts may
   44  not be drawn with the intent to favor or disfavor a candidate
   45  for member of the governing body or an incumbent member of the
   46  governing body based on the candidate’s or incumbent’s
   47  residential address. Any ordinance enacted or adopted by a
   48  municipality on or after July 1, 2023, which is in conflict with
   49  this section is void.
   50         Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 1001.36, Florida
   51  Statutes, is amended to read:
   52         1001.36 District school board member residence areas.—
   53         (2) A Any district school board may make any change that it
   54  deems necessary in the boundaries of any district school board
   55  member residence area at any meeting of the district school
   56  board, provided that such changes are shall be made only in odd
   57  numbered years and that no change that would affect the
   58  residence qualifications of any incumbent member disqualifies
   59  shall disqualify such incumbent member during the term for which
   60  he or she is elected. Residence areas may not be drawn with the
   61  intent to favor or disfavor a candidate for district school
   62  board member or an incumbent district school board member based
   63  on the candidate’s or incumbent’s residential address. Any
   64  resolution adopted by a district school board on or after July
   65  1, 2023, which is in conflict with this subsection is void.
   66         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.