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CHAPT 61-1861
(HOUSE BILL NO. 2212)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 6, 14 AND 82 CHAPTER
57-1126, LAWS OF FLORIDA, SPECIAL ACTS OF 1957,
THE SAME BEING AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT TO
INCORPORATE THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA,
IN DUVAL COUNTY, AND TO PROVIDE FOR ITS GOVERN-
MENT AND PRESCRIBE ITS JURISDICTION, POWERS,
PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES, AND TO ABOLISH THE
PRESENT MUNICIPALITY OF THE TOWN OF ATLANTIC
BEACH." PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA:
Section 1. That section 6 of chapter 57-1126, Laws
of Florida, special acts of 1957, entitled: "An act to
incorporate the city of Atlantic Beach, Florida, in
Duval county, and to provide for its government and
prescribe its jurisdiction, powers, privileges and im-
munities, and to abolish the present municipality of
the town of Atlantic Beach", be and the same is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
Section 6. Qualifications and disqualifications.--
Members of the city commission shall have been residents
of the city for one year, shall have qualifications of
electors in the city, and shall be freeholders within
the limits of the city. Members of the city commission
shall not hold any other elective public office. Any
member of the city commission ceasing to possess the
foregoing qualifications or Wao shall have been convicted
or who shall be convicted of a crime involving moral
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turpitude, shall forfeit his office. Absence from four
consecutive regular meetings of the city commission shall
operate to vacate the seat of a member, unless such
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absence is excused by the city commission by resolution
setting forth the fact of such excuse duly entered upon
the minutes.
Section 2. That section 14 of chapter 57-1126,
Laws of Florida, special acts of 1957, be and the same
is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
Section 14. Induction of city commission into office :
meetings of city commission: After each general election,
the newly elected city commissioners shall assume the
duties of office at a meeting of the city commission held
at 8:00 p.m. on the first Tuesday in November. All other
regular meetings of the city commission shall be fixed by
ordinance, but there shall not be less than one regular
meeting each month. All official meetings of the city
commission shall be held at the city hall and be open to
the public.
Section 3. That section 82 of said chapter 57-1126,
Laws of Florida, special acts of 1957, be and the same is
hereby amended by striking therefrom the word "December"
and inserting in lieu thereof the word "November".
Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately
upon its passage and approval by the Governor, or upon
becoming a law without such approval.
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Became a law without the Governor's approval.
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