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HCS/SB 283 - This act enacts provisions regarding tourism commissions and special road district commissioner elections. TOURISM COMMISSIONS (Section 67.1364) - Currently, all members of a tourism commission must be residents of the city or county enacting the corresponding sales tax. This act specifies that when the members of the tourism commission are appointed by the governing body of a city, the members must be residents of the city, or of the county in which any portion of the city is located. This act also specifies that if members of a tourism commission are appointed by the governing body of a county, all members shall be residents of such county. These provisions are identical to HB 913 (2017). SPECIAL ROAD DISTRICT COMMISSIONER ELECTIONS (Sections 137.565, 233.180) - This act allows owners of land, in addition to residents, to petition the county commission to submit to voters the question of additional tax rates for county roads and bridges. It also modifies who is eligible to be elected or appointed commissioner of a special road district, and provides that if two consecutive elections pass without any candidates for a special road district commissioner in municipal elections, the county commission shall appoint commissioners of the special road district for three-year terms thereafter with no further elections being held. These provisions are identical to HB 52 (2017), and are similar to HCS/HB 2456 (2016), SB 637 (2016), and provisions in SB 867 (2016). ERIC VANDER WEERD
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