SB 1180 — Community Development Districts

providing that a member designated in the petition may resign and that such resignation is irrevocable;

requiring the governing body to fill certain vacancies according to the applicable law;

requiring the chief judge of the judicial circuit to fix a day for holding the recall election, which must be held within a prescribed timeframe under specified conditions;

requiring that the ballots include specified information;

prescribing procedures for holding special elections to fill vacancies created by the recall petition;

providing for the filling of a vacancy created by a member resigning before the recall election;

prohibiting a member from being the subject of a recall petition until the member has served a specified portion of his or her term of office;

prohibiting a member removed by recall or resignation from being eligible to be appointed to the governing body for a specified timeframe after his or her removal;

requiring the clerk to preserve the petitions and related papers for a specified timeframe;

prohibiting a person from impersonating another, purposely writing his or her name or residence falsely, or signing any paper with certain knowledge;

prohibiting a person from employing or Page 3 of 15 CODING:

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providing criminal penalties;

providing legislative intent;

providing applicability;

amending s.

190.006, F.S.;

providing that certain board members of community development districts are subject to specified election recall provisions;

96 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

98 Section 1.

(b) This subsection does not apply to the adoption or enforcement of any resolution, order, rule, or policy by a communityPage development4 districtof to15 enforceCODING: deed restrictions.

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(7) “Compact, urban, mixed-use district” means a district Pageconsisting 3of a maximum of 1575 CODING:acres which is located within a municipality, and within either a qualified opportunity zone designated by the United States Department of the Treasury pursuant to 26 U.S.C.

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Florida Senate - 2026 CS for CS for SB 1180 594-03161-26 20261180c2 consisting of a maximum of 75 acres which is located within a municipality, and within either a qualified opportunity zone designated by the United States Department of the Treasury pursuant to 26 U.S.C.

190.005(1), the clerk of the circuit court of the countyPage that5 contains a majority of the15 qualifiedCODING: electors of the district.

(b) “Subdistrict” means the area or region previously contained in a community development district that has been merged with one or more other community development districts to Page 4 of 15 CODING:

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190.046.(b) “District” means the area or region of a community development district from which a member of the governing board is elected by such area’s or region’s electors.

(2) APPLICATION.—Any member of the boardgoverning ofbody supervisors of a community development district who is elected to the boardgoverning body by the qualified electors of the community development district may be removed from office by the qualified electors of the community development district.

ToIf bethe subjectmember torepresents recall,a thedistrict memberand mustis haveelected servedonly atby leastelectors one-fourthresiding ofin histhat ordistrict, heronly termelectors ofresiding officein atthat thedistrict timeare aeligible to sign the petition isto filedrecall asthat providedmember and are entitled to vote in subsectionthe (4).recall election.

If the member represents a subdistrictdistrict and is elected onlyat large by the electors residingof inthe thatcommunity subdistrict,development onlydistrict, all electors residingof inthe thatcommunity subdistrictdevelopment district are eligible to sign the petition to recall that member and are entitled to vote in the recall election.

If the member is elected at large by the electors of the district, all electors of the district are eligible to sign the petition to recall that member and are entitled to vote in the recall election.

(3) GROUNDSRECALL FORPETITION.— RECALL.—The(a) groundsPetition forcontent.—A removalpetition ofmust memberscontain of the boardname of supervisors of a district elected by qualified electors are, for the purposesperson ofsought this act, limited to thebe followingrecalled reasons and musta bestatement containedof ingrounds thefor recallrecall. petition:

(a)The Malfeasance;statement of grounds may not exceed 200 words, and the stated grounds are limited solely to those specified in paragraph (d).

(b)If Misfeasance;more than one member of the governing body is sought to be recalled, regardless of whether such member is elected by the electors of a district or by the electors of the community development district at large, a separate recall Page 6 of 15 CODING:

(c) Neglect of duty;

(d) Drunkenness;

(e) Incompetence;

(f) Permanent inability to perform official duties;

or (g) Conviction of a felony involving moral turpitude.

(4) RECALL PETITION.— Page 5 of 15 CODING:

Florida Senate - 2026 CS for CS for SB 1180 594-03161-26578-02269-26 20261180c220261180c1 (a) Petition content.—A recall petition must containbe theprepared namefor ofeach the board member sought to be recalledrecalled. and a statement of grounds for recall, which are limited solely to those specified in subsection (3).

IfUpon morerequest, than one member of the boardcontent of supervisorsa ispetition soughtmay tobe, bebut recalled, regardless of whether such member is electednot byrequired theto electorsbe, ofprovided a district or by the electorsproponent ofin aalternative subdistrict,formats. a separate recall petition must be prepared for each board member sought to be recalled.

(b) Requisite signatures.—The petition must be signed by at least 10 percent of the total number of registered electors of the community development district or of a subdistrict.district thereof.

(c)All Recallsignatures committee.—Themust qualifiedbe electorsobtained ofas theprovided districtin makingparagraph charges(e) containedwithin ina theperiod statement of grounds30 fordays, recall,and asall wellsigned asand thosedated signingpetition forms must be filed at the recallsame petition,time, mustno belater designatedthan as35 days after the recalldate committee.on which the first signature is obtained on the petition.

A(c) specificRecall personcommittee.—Electors mustof bethe designatedcommunity development district making charges contained in the petitionstatement asof chairgrounds offor therecall, committee,as andwell suchas personthose shallsigning actthe onrecall behalfpetition, ofmust be designated as the recall committee.

TheA recallspecific committeeperson andmust be designated in the boardpetition memberas beingchair recalledof arethe subjectcommittee, toand chapterthis 106.person shall act on behalf of the committee.

(d)The Signaturerecall process.—Onlycommittee electorsand of the districtofficer orbeing subdistrict,recalled as applicable, are eligiblesubject to signchapter the106. recall petition.

Each(d) petitionGrounds mustfor containrecall.—The appropriategrounds linesfor removal of elected members of the governing body of a community development district are, for eachthe elector’spurposes originalof signature,this whichact, signaturelimited to the following and must be madecontained in inkthe orpetition: indelible pencil;

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Malfeasance;

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Misfeasance;

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Neglect of duty;

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Drunkenness;

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Incompetence;

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Permanent inability to perform official duties;

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Conviction of a felony involving moral turpitude.

(e) Signature process.—Only electors of the district or the community development district are eligible to sign the petition.

Each elector signing a petition shall sign and date his or her name in ink or indelible pencil.

Each petition must contain appropriate lines for each elector’s original signature;

(e)(f) Filing of signed petitions.—Thepetitions.—All recallsigned petition andforms itsmust Pagebe 6filed ofat 15the CODING:same time, no later than 35 days after the date on which the first signature is obtained on the petition.

WordsThe strickenperson aredesignated deletions;as chair of the committee shall file the signed petition forms with the clerk.

wordsThe underlinedpetition aremay additions.not be amended after it is filed with the clerk.

Florida Senate - 2026 CS for CS for SB 1180 594-03161-26 20261180c2 accompanying signature pages must be filed by the chair of the recall committee no later than 35 days after the date on which the first signature is obtained on the recall petition.

The petition may not be amended after it is filed with the clerk, except as provided in subparagraph (h)3.

(f) Notification.—The clerk shall provide written notice, by certified mail, to both the district’s registered agent and the board member subject to recall that a recall petition has been filed, and provide a copy of such petition, within 7 days of receipt of the recall petition.

No more than 60 days after the date on which theall recall petition isforms are filed, the clerk shall submit the recall petition forms to the supervisor of elections, who shall promptly verify the signatures in accordance with s.

99.097 and determine whether the requisite number of valid signatures has been obtained.obtained for the petition.

The recall committee seeking verification of the signatures must pay in advance to the supervisor of elections the actual cost of such signature verification.

If the community development district lies in more than one county, the clerk mustshall submit theeach recall petition form to the respective supervisor of elections inwith eachjurisdiction countyover inthe whichelector thethat districtPage is8 located.of 15 CODING:

In such event, the supervisor of elections of each county shall determine the number of verified and valid signatures that have been submitted for their respective jurisdictions, and upon receipt of such determinations, the supervisor of elections of the county in which the clerk is located shall be responsible for providing the reporting required by paragraph (h).

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The petition and its accompanying documents provided to the clerk must, upon request, be made available in alternative Page 7 of 15 CODING:

Florida Senate - 2026 CS for CS for SB 1180 594-03161-26578-02269-26 20261180c220261180c1 formatssigned by the recallindividual committeepetition. as requested by the clerk.

(h) Reporting.— 1.

If the supervisor of elections determines that the recall petition does not contain the requisite number of verified and valid signatures, the recall proceedings are terminated and the clerk must provide written notice of such insufficiency determination and termination of recall proceedings to the district’s registered agent, the board member subject to recall, and the recall committee without taking further action.

Any recall petition deemed insufficient may not be used in any other proceeding.

IfUpon thefiling supervisorwith ofthe electionsclerk, determines that the petition has the requisite number of verified and validall signatures,subsequent thepapers clerkor mustforms providerequired writtenor notice,permitted by certified mail, to thebe district’sfiled registeredwith agent and the recallclerk committeein ofconnection thewith recallthis petitionsection sufficiencymust, determination, and shall serve upon therequest, boardbe membermade soughtavailable toin bealternative recalled,formats by certified mail, notice of such certification and a request that the boardclerk. member submit a rebuttal statement to the clerk within 30 days after receipt of the request.

AIf qualifiedthe electorsupervisor maydetermines havethat histhe orpetition herdoes namenot removedcontain fromthe requisite number of verified and valid signatures, the recallclerk, petitionupon byreceipt submittingof asuch signedwritten requestdetermination, inmust writingcertify such determination to the clerkgoverning statingbody suchof intention.the community development district and file the petition without taking further action, and the matter ends.

SuchNo requestadditional mustnames may be madeadded noto laterthe thanpetition, 30and daysthe afterpetition themay datenot thebe electorused signedin theany petition.other proceeding.

Within4. 7 days after a qualified elector notifying the clerk to remove his or her name from the recall petition, the clerk shall recalculate the current percentage of verified and valid signatures.

If the clerksupervisor of elections determines that the petition has the requisite number of current verified and valid signaturessignatures, fallsthe belowprocedures theoutlined thresholdin Pagesubsection 8(4) ofmust 15be CODING:followed.

If the community development district lies in more than one county, the supervisor of elections of each county shall confer as to whether the requisite numbers of verified and valid signatures have been submitted and the supervisor of elections of the county in which the clerk is located shall make a determination whether the petition has the requisite number of verified and valid signatures.

(4) RECALL PETITION AND DEFENSE.— (a) Notice.—Upon receipt of a written determination that the requisite number of signatures has been obtained, the clerk shall at once serve upon the member sought to be recalled a certified copy of the petition.

Within 5 days after service, the member sought to be recalled may file with the clerk a defensive Page 9 of 15 CODING:

Florida Senate - 2026 CS for CS for SB 1180 594-03161-26578-02269-26 20261180c220261180c1 requiredstatement by paragraph (b), the clerk must send written notice of suchnot insufficiencymore determinationthan and200 terminationwords. of recall proceedings to the district’s registered agent, the board member subject to recall, and the recall committee without taking further action.

(5)(b) RECORDContent OF RECALL PROCEEDINGS.—If the supervisor of elections determines that a recall petition has the requisite number of verified and validpreparation.—Within signatures,5 and within 30 days after the date of receipt of the rebuttaldefensive statement or after the last date a rebuttaldefensive statement could have been filed, the clerk mustshall prepare a document entitled “Record“Recall ofPetition Recalland Proceedings.”Defense,” Thewhich Recordconsists of Recall Proceedings must include the recall petition, theincluding determinationcopies of the supervisororiginally ofsigned electionspetitions regarding the amount of verified and validcounterparts. signatures, and the rebuttal statement, if provided, or, if no rebuttal statement was received, an indication that none was received.

The RecordRecall ofPetition Recalland ProceedingsDefense must becontain sentlines bythat certifiedconform mail to theparagraph district’s(3)(e) registeredand agent, the boarddefensive memberstatement subjector, toif recall,no anddefensive thestatement chairhas ofbeen thefiled, recalla committee.statement to that effect.

The districtclerk shall postmake thecopies Record of the Recall ProceedingsPetition onand itsDefense websitewhich withinare 14sufficient daysto aftercarry receipt.the signatures of 30 percent of the registered electors.

(6)Immediately RECALLafter REFERENDUMpreparing PETITION.—and (a)making Petitionsufficient content.—Uponcopies the receipt of the RecordRecall ofPetition Recalland Proceedings,Defense, the recallclerk committeeshall maydeliver circulatethe acopies petitionto onthe whetherperson adesignated referendumas tochair recallof the boardcommittee memberand shouldtake behis held.or her receipt therefor.

A(c) recallRequisite referendumsignatures.—Upon petitionreceipt mustof contain the nameRecall ofPetition and Defense, the personcommittee soughtmay tocirculate bethe recalledpetition andto aobtain copythe signatures of the15 Recordpercent of Recallthe Proceedings.electors.

(b)All Requisitesignatures signatures.—Themust be obtained and all signed recallpetition referendumforms mustfiled Pagewith 9the clerk no later than 60 days after delivery of 15the CODING:Recall Petition and Defense to the chair of the committee.

(d) Verification of signatures.—Within 30 days after receipt of the signed Recall Petition and Defense, the supervisor of elections shall determine the number of valid signatures and certify whether 15 percent of the qualified electors of the community development district have signed the petition.

The supervisor of elections must be paid by the persons or committee seeking verification the actual cost of Page 10 of 15 CODING:

Florida Senate - 2026 CS for CS for SB 1180 594-03161-26578-02269-26 20261180c220261180c1 besignature signedverification. by at least 15 percent of the electors.

(c)If Signaturethe process.—Allcommunity qualifieddevelopment electorsdistrict oflies in more than one county, the districtsupervisor areof eligibleelections of each county shall confer as to signwhether the recallnumber referendumof petition.valid signatures required have been submitted.

EachThe recallsupervisor referendumof petitionelections mustof containthe appropriatecounty linesin forwhich eachthe qualifiedclerk elector’sis originallocated signature,shall whichmake signaturea shalldetermination bewhether madethe inpetition inkhas orthe indeliblerequisite pencil;number of verified and valid signatures.

printed(e) name;Reporting.—If the supervisor of elections determines that the requisite number of signatures has not been obtained, the clerk must certify such determination to the governing body and retain the petitions.

streetThe address;proceedings must be terminated, and the petitions may not be used again.

city;If the supervisor of elections determines that at least 15 percent of the qualified electors signed the petition, the clerk must immediately serve notice of that determination upon the member sought to be recalled and deliver to the governing body a certificate as to the percentage of qualified electors who signed.

county;If the community development district lies in more than one county, the supervisor of elections of each county shall confer as to whether the total number of requisite signatures has not been obtained.

voter(5) registrationRECALL numberELECTION.—If the member designated in the petition files his or dateher ofwritten birth;resignation within 5 days after the last-mentioned notice, the resignation is irrevocable.

FloridaThe drivergoverning licensebody number,shall Floridathen identificationproceed cardto numberfill issuedthe pursuantvacancy according to s.the applicable law.

322.051,In or the lastabsence fourof digitsa resignation, the chief judge of the qualifiedjudicial elector’scircuit socialin securitywhich number;the community development district is located shall fix a day for holding a recall election for the removal of any member not Page 11 of 15 CODING:

and the date signed.

(d) Filing of signed petitions.—The signed recall referendum petition and its accompanying signature pages must be filed with the clerk no later than 60 days after the chair of the recall committee’s receipt of the Record of Recall Proceedings.

(e) Notification.—The clerk shall provide written notice, by certified mail, to both the district’s registered agent and the board member subject to recall that a recall referendum petition has been filed, and provide a copy of such petition, within 7 days after receipt of the recall referendum petition.

(f) Verification of signatures.— 1.

No more than 30 days after the date on which the recall referendum petition is filed, the clerk shall submit the recall referendum petition to the supervisor of elections, who shall promptly verify the signatures in accordance with s.

99.097 and determine whether the requisite number of valid signatures has been obtained.

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IfAny thesuch communityelection developmentmust districtbe liesheld innot less than 30 days or more than one60 county,days after the clerkexpiration mustof submit the recalllast-mentioned referendum5-day petitionperiod toand at the supervisorsame oftime electionsas inany eachother countygeneral inor whichspecial theelection districtheld iswithin located.the period;

Inbut suchif event,no thesuch supervisorelection ofis electionsto ofbe eachheld countywithin shall determine the number of verified and valid signatures that haveperiod, been submitted for his or her respective jurisdiction, and upon receipt of such determinations, the supervisorjudge ofmust electionscall ofa thespecial countyrecall inelection whichto the clerk is located shall be responsibleheld forwithin providing the reportingperiod requiredaforesaid. by paragraph (g).

2.(6) BALLOTS.—The ballots at the recall election must conform to the following:

The recall referendum petition and its accompanying documents provided to the clerk must, upon request, be made available in alternative formats by the recall committee as requested by the clerk.

(g) Reporting.— 1.

If the supervisor of elections determines that the recall referendum petition does not contain the requisite number of verified and valid signatures, the recall vote proceedings are terminated and the clerk must provide written notice of such insufficiency determination and termination of recall vote proceedings to the registered agent of the district, the board member subject to recall, and the recall committee without taking further action.

Any recall referendum petition deemed insufficient may not be used in any other proceeding.

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If the supervisor of elections determines that the recall referendum petition has the requisite number of verified and valid signatures, the clerk must provide written notice, by certified mail, to the district’s registered agent, the board member sought to be recalled, and the recall committee of the Page 11 of 15 CODING:

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Florida Senate - 2026 CS for CS for SB 1180 594-03161-26 20261180c2 recall referendum petition sufficiency determination and the date, time, and location of the recall referendum.

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A qualified elector may have his or her name removed from the recall referendum petition by submitting a signed written request to the clerk stating such intention.

Such request must be made no later than 30 days after the date the elector signed the petition.

Within 7 days after a qualified elector notifying the clerk to remove his or her name from the recall referendum petition, the clerk shall recalculate the current percentage of verified and valid signatures.

If the number of current verified and valid signatures falls below the threshold required by paragraph (b), the clerk must send written notice of such insufficiency determination and termination of recall proceedings to the district’s registered agent, the board member subject to recall, and the recall committee without taking further action.

(7) RECALL REFERENDUM.— (a) Upon its confirmation that the recall referendum petition has the requisite number of verified and valid signatures, the supervisor of elections shall fix a day for holding the recall referendum.

The supervisor of elections shall administer such referendum in accordance with s.

190.006(3)(d).

The recall committee must pay in advance to the supervisor of elections the actual cost of holding the recall referendum.

(b) Any recall election must be held not less than 30 days or more than 90 days after the certification, and at the same time as any other general or special election held within such period;

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Florida Senate - 2026 CS for CS for SB 1180 594-03161-26 20261180c2 to be held within the period aforesaid.

(c) Notice of the recall referendum shall be published by the district in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the district at least 14 days in advance of such referendum.

Notice of the recall referendum shall also be mailed to each qualified elector at his or her last known address at least 14 days in advance of such referendum.

The board shall use and rely upon the official records maintained by the supervisor of elections and property appraiser or tax collector in each county in determining such addresses.

The notices shall contain the date, time, and location of the referendum and shall include a statement that the Record of Recall Proceedings is available for review on the district’s website.

The recall committee must pay in advance to the district the actual cost of the recall referendum notices.

(d) The ballots at the recall referendum must conform to the following:

“Shall (name.... of person) be removed as a member of the board of supervisors of (name of community development district) by recall?” Immediately following each question there must be printed on the ballots the two propositions in the following order:

be removed from the office of ....

by recall?” Immediately following each question there must be printed on the ballots the two propositions in the following order:

should not be removed from office.” (e)(7) AFILLING recallOF referendumVACANCIES; authorized by this section must be canceled by the supervisor of elections if the board member subject to the recall submits his or her resignation, which is irrevocable, within 20 days after notice is sent via certified mail pursuant to paragraph (6)(e).

TheSPECIAL districtELECTIONS.— shall(a) promptlyIf Pagean 13election is held for the recall of 15members CODING:elected only at large, candidates to succeed such members for the unexpired terms must be voted on at the same election and must be elected in the same manner as provided by the appropriate law for the election of candidates at general elections.

Candidates may not be elected to succeed any particular member.

If only one member is removed, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes must be declared elected to fill the vacancy.

If more than one member is removed, candidates equal in number to the number of members removed must be declared elected to fill the vacancies;

and, among the successful candidates, those receiving the greatest number of votes must be declared elected for the longest terms.

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(8)(b) FILLINGIf OFan VACANCIESelection CREATEDis BYheld RECALL.—for (a)the Ifrecall aof majoritymembers ofelected theonly qualifiedfrom electorsdistricts, ofcandidates to succeed such members for the districtunexpired orterms subdistrictmust votingbe invoted theon recallat referenduma approvesspecial election called by the recallchief judge of the boardjudicial membercircuit in which the recalldistricts referendum,are aslocated determinednot byless thethan supervisor30 ofdays elections,or themore boardthan member60 subjectdays toafter the recallexpiration immediatelyof ceasesthe torecall holdelection. office.

The vacancyqualifying createdperiod, byfor thepurposes recallof this section, must be filledestablished by the boardchief judge of supervisorsthe pursuantjudicial tocircuit s.after consultation with the clerk.

190.006(4),Any exceptcandidate that,seeking ifelection threeto orfill morethe boardunexpired membersterm areof a recalled atcommunity development district member must reside in the samedistrict referendum,represented by the Governorrecalled mustmember filland qualify for office in the vacancymanner pursuantrequired toby s.law.

114.04.Each candidate receiving the highest number of votes for each office in the community development district recall election must be declared elected to fill the unexpired term of the recalled member.

(b)Candidates Ifseeking aelection majorityto offill thea qualifiedvacancy electorscreated ofby the districtremoval orof subdistricta votingmember inare thesubject recallto referendumchapter do106. not approve the recall, the recall proceedings are terminated.

(9)(c) RESTRICTIONSIf ONan BOARDelection APPOINTMENT.—A person who is removedheld byfor athe recall pursuantof tomembers thisof section,the orgoverning whobody resignscomposed afterof aboth petitionmembers haselected beenat filedlarge againstand himelected orby her,and isrepresenting nota eligibledistrict, tocandidates be appointed to thesucceed district’ssuch boardmembers offor supervisorsthe withinunexpired aterms periodmust ofbe 2voted yearson afterat thea datespecial ofelection suchas recallprovided orin resignation.paragraph (b).

(10)(d) RETENTIONIn OFany PETITION.—Therecall clerkelection shallheld preservepursuant allto papersparagraph comprising(b) of or connectedparagraph with(c), aif petitiononly forone member is voted to be removed from office, the vacancy created by the recall formust abe periodfilled ofby 2the yearsgoverning afterbody suchaccording papersto arethe filed.applicable law for filling vacancies.

(11)(8) OFFENSESEFFECT RELATINGOF TORESIGNATIONS.—If RECALL PETITIONS AND RECALL REFERENDUM PETITIONS.—A person may not impersonate another, purposely write his or her name or residence falsely in the signingmember of anythe recallgoverning petition or recall referendum petition or Page 1413 of 15 CODING:

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AIf personall mayof notthe employmembers orof paythe anothergoverning body are sought to acceptbe employmentrecalled orand paymentall forof circulatingthe ormembers witnessingresign abefore the recall petitionelection, orthe recall referendumelection petition.must be canceled, and a special election must be called to fill the unexpired terms of the resigning members.

AIf personall whoof violatesthe thismembers subsectionof commitsthe agoverning misdemeanorbody are sought to be recalled and any of the secondmembers degree,resign punishablebefore the recall election, the proceedings for the recall of members not resigning and the election of successors to fill the unexpired terms must continue and have the same effect as providedthough inthere s.had been no resignation.

(9) WHEN PETITION MAY BE FILED.—A petition to recall any member of the governing body of a community development district may not be filed until the member has served one-fourth of his or her term of office.

A person who is removed by a recall, or resigns after a petition has been filed against him or her, is not eligible to be appointed to the governing body within a period of 2 years after the date of such recall or resignation.

(10) RETENTION OF PETITION.—The clerk shall preserve all papers comprising or connected with a petition for recall for a period of 2 years after they are filed.

(11) OFFENSES RELATING TO PETITIONS.—A person may not impersonate another, purposely write his or her name or residence falsely in the signing of any petition for recall or forge any name thereto, or sign any paper with knowledge that he or she is not a qualified elector of the community development district.

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A person who violates this section commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s.

(12) INTENT.—It is the intent of the Legislature that the recall procedures provided in this section be uniform statewide.

Therefore, all special law provisions that are contrary to the provisions of this section are hereby repealed to the extent of this conflict.

(13) APPLICABILITY.—The provisions of this section apply to all community development districts.