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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBack-Up from Law DepartmentThe 2016 Florida Statutes Title IX Cha ter 100 View Entire ELECTORS AND GENERAL, PRIMARY, SPECIAL, Chapter ELECTIONS BOND, AND REFERENDUM ELECTIONS 100.342 Notice of special election or referendum.—In any special election or referendum not otherwise provided for there shall be at least 30 days' notice of the election or referendum by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, district, or municipality, as the case may be. The publication shall be made at least twice, once in the fifth week and once in the third week prior to the week in which the election or referendum is to beheld. If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the county, district, or municipality, the notice shall be posted in no less than five places within the territorial limits of the county, district, or municipality. History.—s. 1, ch. 59-335; s. 2, ch. 65.60; s. 12, ch. 77-175. MMII-DADS County Home Rule Charter Provisions SECTION 6,02. MUNICIPAL POWERS. Each municipality shall have the authority to exercise all powers relating to its local affairs not inconsistent with this Charter. Each municipality may provide for higher standards of zoning, service, and regulation than those provided by the Board of County Commissioners in order that its individual character and standards may be preserved for its citizens; SECTION 6.03. MUNICIPAL CHARTERS. A. Except as provided in Section 6.04, any municipality in the county may adopt, amend, or revoke a charter for its own government or abolish its existence in the following manner, Its governing body shall, within 120 days after adopting a resolution or after the certification of a petition of ten percent of the qualified electors of the municipality, draftor have draftedby ainethod determined by municipal ordinance a proposed charter amendment, revocation, or abolition which shall be submitted to the electors of the municipalities, Unless an election occurs not less than 60 nor more than 120 days after the draft is submitted, the proposal shall be submitted at a special election within that time, The governing body shall make copies of the proposal available to the electors not less than 30 days before the election. Alternative proposals may be submitted. Each proposal approved by a majority of the electors voting on such proposal shall become effective at the time fixed in the proposal. B. All municipal charters, amendments thereto, and repeals thereof shall be filed with the Cleric of the Circuit Court, SECTION 6,04, CHANGES IN MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES. - A. The planning director shall study municipal boundaries with a view to recommending their orderly adjustment, improvement, and establishment. Proposed boundary changes may be initiated by the Planning Advisory Board., the Board. of County Commissioners, the governing body of a municipality, or by a petition of any person or group concerned. B. The Board of County. Commissioners, after obtaining :the approval of the municipal governing bodies concerned, after hearing the recommendations of the Planning Advisory Board, and after a public hearing, may by ordinance effect boundary changes, with an affirmative vote of the members of the Board of County Commissioners, In malting such decision, the Board shall 32 • See 2 X12. - Charter amendments, method of drafting; approval by city commission; submission to electorate. (a) The city attorney shall draft, with the assistance of any individual the city attorney deems necessary, a Charter amendment within 120 days after the city commission adopts a resolution directing the city attorney to prepare such amendment or after the certification of a petition of ten percent of the qualified electors of the City of Miami requesting such amendment. (b) The Charter amendment drafted by the city attorney shall be approved in final form by the city commission in. a resolution calling for a. special election upon the amendment. The resolution calling for the special election shall include the text of the amendment draft approved by the city commission, and such draft shall be deemed submitted to the electorate by the adoption of said resolution. (c) A special election upon said amendment shall occur not less than 60 nor more than 120 days after the draft is submitted.. (Ord. No. 10116, § 1, 6-12-86; Code 1980, § 42)