1983-07 Supporting PBC in Legislative Intent for Uniform Municipal Filing Election Dates and Absentee Ballots.. r ~
RESOLUTION NO. 7-83
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A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PAi1~I BEACH, FLORIDA,
SUPPORTING AN ACT RELATING TO PALM BEACH COUNTY; PROVIDING FOR LEGISLATIVE
' INTF.NP; PROVIDING UNIFORM FILING DATES AND UNIFORM ELECTION DATES FOR MUN-
ICIPAL ELECTIONS; PROVIDING FOR TERMS OF OFFICE; PROVIDING FOR CORRESPONDENCE
OF TERMS OF MUNICIPAL OFFICE 1t3 THE COM~N DATES PROVIDID IN THIS ACT; PRO-
VIDING THAT THE GENERAL LAW FOR ABSENTEE BALLdL5 SHALL APPLY TD ALL ABSENTEE
BALSdYTS IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS; PROVIDING FOR F.xN~~rrONS; PROVIDING AN EFFECT-
IVE DATE.
BE IT RESOLVID BY THE VILIAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLARIDA.
Section 1. That the proposed legislative act attached hereto, and
by reference made a part hereof, be adopted by the State Legislature and
supported by the Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation.
Section 2. This Resolution shall take effect imrediately upon
passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTID THIS 10th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1983.
ATTEST:
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A bill to be entitled •~
~ An act relating to Palm Beach •County; providing for legis-
2 lative intent; providing uniform filing dates and uniform elec-
s tion dates for municipal elections; providing for terms of
4 office; providing fi:or correspondence of terms of nunicipal
s office to the common dates provided in this act; providing that
6 the general law for absentee ballots shall apply to all'absente
7 ballots in municipal elections; providing for exemptions; pro-
8 viding an effective date. •
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Be it Enacted by the Legislature of -the State of Flortda:
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Sectional. It is the intent of this act to provide for
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aniform filing an d.electlon.dates for, all municipal elections.
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to elect .municipal. officers in Palm Beach County. It is not
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the intent of this act to determine the length of terms of
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municipal offices..
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Section 2. Candidates.f.or any municipal office in Pain
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,Beach County shall file such papers and pay's,~ch•fees as may
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be required by law with the applicable municipal clerk no
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earlier than noon on the. last Tuesday in -0anuary nor later than
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noon on the second Tuesday .in February`•of the calendar year in
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which the election is to be held. The naves of'a11 candidates
21 and the offices for which they have filed shail be received by
22 the super-visor of elections •from•the,munfcipal•clerks by 5:.00
23 p.m, on the first Friday after the close of. qualifying.
24 Section 3. Any election relating to a municipal office,
25 other. than run-of f, elections .held pursuant to Sec.~4 of this
26 act or special election s`,~sha11 be •held on the second Tuesday
27 in March of the calendar
year:
2a Section 4, Any municipality which by charter or local
29 ordinance requires that a r'un-off election be held in .the
3o event no candidate receives'a mafori.ty of.the votes for an
31 office shall hold such election on the 4th Tuesday in March
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1 of the calendar year.
2 Section 5. Municipal officers elected pursuant•to this
3 act shal) take office,wi,thin;ten• (10) dav5 after 'election s.,
4 with the specific day to be decided by local ordinance.
s Section 6. qny municipal officer whose term of office
6 expires after July 1. 1984 shall continue in office un~il•the
~ election of his successor in. 1985. Any municipal officer whose
8 term of office expires on or.6efore July 1, 1984 shall continue
9 in office only until the .election of his successor•in March.
10 1984.
tl Section 7: The general law in regard to absentee ballots
t2 shall apply to all absentee ballots. for municipal elections,
13 except that the words "municipal clerk" shall be substituted
la vrhenever the word "su.pervisor"'appears in those sections con-
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15 cerning absentee ballots. However. the supervisor of elections
is 'may handle absentee ballots• for .any mudtCtpai,i~ty lvhich •s o•
17 requests. •
18 Section 8. This act shall take effect January 2, 1984.
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