Bill Text: FL S1796 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Lee County Tourist Development Council
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-05-03 - Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1007 (Ch. 2013-258) [S1796 Detail]
Download: Florida-2013-S1796-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2013 (NP) SB 1796 By Senator Richter 23-01081-13 20131796__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the Lee County Tourist Development 3 Council, Lee County; revising membership of the 4 council; providing an exception to general law; 5 providing an effective date. 6 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 9 Section 1. Lee County Tourist Development Council; 10 composition.—Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 11 125.0104(4)(e), Florida Statutes, the Lee County Tourist 12 Development Council as established by Lee County ordinance 13 pursuant to s. 125.0104, Florida Statutes, shall be composed of 14 nine members who shall be appointed by the Board of County 15 Commissioners of Lee County. The chair of the Board of County 16 Commissioners of Lee County or another member as designated by 17 the chair shall serve on the council. Two members of the council 18 shall be elected municipal officials, one of whom shall be from 19 one of the two municipalities that generated the highest 20 revenues from the tourist tax in the previous 2 fiscal years and 21 these two municipalities shall rotate membership every 2 years. 22 The second municipal official shall be from one of the remaining 23 municipalities and the second municipal seat shall also rotate 24 every 2 years. Six members of the council shall be persons who 25 are involved in the tourist industry and have demonstrated an 26 interest in tourist development, of which members, not less than 27 three nor more than four shall be owners or operators of motels, 28 hotels, recreational vehicle parks, or other tourist 29 accommodations in the county and subject to the tax. All members 30 of the council shall be electors of the county. The changes in 31 the composition of the membership of the Lee County Tourist 32 Development Council mandated by this act are effective July 1, 33 2013. The changes in composition of the membership of the Lee 34 County Tourist Development Council mandated by the act may not 35 cause the interruption of the current term of any person who is 36 a member of the Lee County Tourist Development Council, except 37 the two municipal members appointed on July 1, 2013. Except as 38 specifically provided herein, the provisions of s. 39 125.0104(4)(e), Florida Statutes, shall apply to the Lee County 40 Tourist Development Council. 41 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.