Florida Senate - 2007 SB 2518 By Senator Dockery 15-1058-07 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the election of county 3 commissioners; amending s. 100.041, F.S.; 4 providing that a county commissioner is deemed 5 elected on the date that the county canvassing 6 board certifies the results of the election; 7 providing an effective date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 12 100.041, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 13 100.041 Officers chosen at general election.-- 14 (2)(a) Each county commissioner from an odd-numbered 15 district shall be elected at the general election in each year 16 the number of which is a multiple of 4, for a 4-year term 17 commencing on the second Tuesday following such election, and 18 each county commissioner from an even-numbered district shall 19 be elected at the general election in each even-numbered year 20 the number of which is not a multiple of 4, for a 4-year term 21 commencing on the second Tuesday following such election. A 22 county commissioner is "elected" for purposes of this 23 paragraph on the date that the county canvassing board 24 certifies the results of the election pursuant to s. 102.151. 25 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a 26 law. 27 28 ***************************************** 29 SENATE SUMMARY 30 Provides that a county commissioner is deemed elected on the date that the county canvassing board certifies the 31 results of the election. 1 CODING: Wordsstrickenare deletions; words underlined are additions.