02-039 O IN CE NO. 02- a 3
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, TO REFERENDUM~ AN AMENDMENT TO THE
THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH AT ARTICLE IV,
SECTION ENTITLED "TERMS OF ELECTIVE OFFICES." TO
MODIFY LIMITS TO
FOR A NOTICE OF AN OF
THE ELECTION TO BE IN
ACO THE
ELECTION
LAW;
WHEREAS, Chapter 166, Florida
amendments in Florida; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 166, Florida
may be submitted to a referendum
, Florida, in an
WHEREAS, the Commission has
entitled "Terms of elective offices," of'
NOW, THEREFORE, BE
CITY OF BOYNTON
Section 1. The forego
being true and correct and
as
for a methodology of
FLORIDA,
"WHEREAS" clauses
~made a specific part
as amended, provides that such an
by the City Commission of the City of
modifications to Article IV, Section
and
CITY COMMISSION OF
hereby ratified and confirmed
Ordinance upon adoption
~ IV, Subsection (a) of Section 50.
of the Charter City of Boynton Beach is hereby
50. Term of elective offices.
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The term ofj~ffice of a district commission member and the
or shall be for)/nree (3) years and no person shall be eligible to ho
the office of ]f district commission member fOr more than tWo (2)
vid. ~d, this _te]Sn limitation shall not apply to a district commission mc
the office o?Mayor and a MaY°r who may run for a district commissiOn
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"Term of elective
to read as follows:
of office of the
office of Mayor
;ecutive terms,
may run
Section 3, The ballot title and the explanatory statement
followed by the word shall be set forth as
general election in November 2002 by the qualified
Boynton Beach, Florida:
of
the
of the City of
MODIFYING TERM LIMITS
COMMISSION SEAT
Title
TO
SEEK
SEAT
Statement
The current term limitation language of the
years from nmning for a Commission seat or a
running for the Mayor seat. A "yes" vote to the
hhis limitation and allow a Mayor who has
Commissioner who has served six years to
term.
a Mayor who has served six
served six years from
eliminate
years to run for a Commission seat or a
Mayor seat, without having to sit out a
YES [] NO
Section 4. Adverti,~emenl~,
~uthofized and directed to advertise
accordance with the State of Florida
City Clerk o:
referendum
Code.
City of Boynton Beach is hereby
contemplated herein all in
Section fi.
Boynton Beach that the'
7_.harter of the
the intention of the
of this Ordinance shall
Florida Charter if~
Commission of the City of
and be made a part of the
elections.
Section 6.
shall be held by any court
unconstitutional or invalid
validity of the other
Section 7.
parts of Resolutions
such conflict.
If any clause, section, or o~er part of this Ordinance
competent jurisdiction to be uncons~tutional or invalid, such
shall be considered as eliminated and~in no way effecting the
Ordinance.
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All Ordinances or parts of Ordin~es, Resolutions, or
conflict herewith, be and the same are hereby repea~to the extent of
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Section 8. Effective Date of Ordinance_ This Ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon its adoption.
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Section 9, Effective Date of Prnpo,qed Charter. Adndment~. The Proposed
Charter Amendments will take effect upon the affirmative vote~ a majority of those electors
voting in the Nov~qber 2002 election in the City ofBoynton B~ch.
PASSED AND AD~PTED BY THE CITY COM~_ SSION OF THE CITY OF
BOYNTON BEACHiX~LORIDA, ON THE FIRST ~RI~AD1NG, THIS DAY'OF
,2002. ' /
SECOND, FINAL RE D PASSAGE th~ DAY OF ,
2002. ,. /
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CITY OF ¢,OYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
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~v~ay~r,x,
~e Mayor ~
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ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Commissioner
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