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Ordinance: 13610
File Number: 16-00687
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Miami, FL 33133
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Final Action Date: 6/9/2016
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER
2/ARTICLE XI/DIVISION 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
AMENDED, ENTITLED "ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS, COMMITTEES,
COMMISSIONS/STANDARDS FOR CREATION AND REVIEW OF BOARDS
GENERALLY", TO AMEND SECTION 2-885, ENTITLED "TERMS OF OFFICE;
TERM LIMIT WAIVER", TO PROVIDE THAT BOARD MEMBERS' TERMS MAY ONLY
BE EXTENDED FOR ONE (1) ADDITIONAL ONE (1) YEAR TERM; PROVIDING
THAT SUCH EXTENSION MUST BE APPROVED BY FIVE (5) MEMBERS OF THE
CITY COMMISSION; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING
FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Chapter 2/Article XI/Division 2 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended,
is amended in the following particulars: {1}
"CHAPTER 2
ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE XI. BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS
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:
(1) One year;
(2) Until the nominating commissioner leaves office; or
(3) 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.
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(b) Unless otherwise specifically provided in the Charter or the Code, 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.
(c) Unless otherwise specifically provided in the Charter or the Code, the eight -consecutive -years
limitation contained in subsection (b) of this section may only be waived once for a particular board
member who has completed eight consecutive years to permit such board member to be
reconsidered aaR61aµyfor axone 1 Ladditional one-year term by a unanimous vote of t#e-five 5
members of the city commission. This Subsection cannot be circumvented or avoided by
voluntarily resigning any portion of the consecutive eight (8) years.
Section 2. If any section, part of a section, paragraph, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is
declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be affected.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor. {2}
Footnotes:
{1 } Words and/or figures stricken through shall be deleted. Underscored words and/or figures shall
be added. The remaining provisions are not 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
(10) 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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