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Ordinance: 12695
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 05-00469 Final Action Date: 6/9/2005
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER
2/ARTICLE XI/ENTITLED "ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS, COMMITTEES,
COMMISSIONS," OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
AMENDED ("CITY CODE") BY SETTING FORTH REMOVAL AND TERM LIMITS
PROVISIONS OF SAID CODE; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION, A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Chapter 2/Article XI of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended, entitled
"Administration/Boards, Committees, Commissions," is amended in the following particulars:{1}
"Chapter 2
ADMINISTRATION
Article XI. Boards, Committees, Commissions
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Division 2. Standards for Creation and Review of Boards Generally
Sec. 2-885. Terms of office; term limit waiver.
(a) Unless otherwise specifically provided in the charter or the Code, the terms of office of the
members of each board shall be (i) one year, or ffi until the nominating commissioner leaves office,
or (iii) until recommended for removal, at the will of the nominating commissioner, voted upon by the
members of the City Commission, whichever occurs first. When the nominating commissioner leaves
office the board member's term shall expire. Vacancies on boards shall be filled by the commission
for the unexpired term. Board members shall continue to serve until their successors have been
appointed and qualified. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the downtown development
authority.
(b) No board member shall serve more than eight consecutive years on any one board. The
provisions of this section shall be applied prospectively to current board members. Nothing set forth in
the subsection above shall prohibit any individual from being reappointed to a city board after a hiatus
of two years.
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(c) Unless otherwise specifically provided in the Charter or the Code, tThe requirements
eight -consecutive -years limitation contained in this subsection (b) of this section may be waived for a
particular board member who has completed eight consecutive years to permit such board member to
be reconsidered annually for an additional one-year term by are unanimous vote of the members of
the city commission.
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Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in so far as they are inconsistent or in conflict
with the provisions of this Ordinance are repealed.
Section 3. If any section, part of section, paragraph, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is
declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be affected.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final reading and adoption
thereof. {2}
Footnotes:
{1} Words and/or figures stricken through shall be deleted. Underscored words and/or figures
shall be added. The remaining provisions are now in effect and remain unchanged. Asterisks
indicate omitted and unchanged material.
{2} This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within
ten days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Ordinance, it shall
become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission or upon the
effective date stated herein, whichever is later.
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