§ 5. Qualification of Members; Expenses; Voting Requirements; Financial Disclosure; Suspension and Removal from Office.

Every member elected to the Utilities Commission shall be both a customer of the Orlando Utilities Commission and a qualified elector residing within the area served by the Orlando Utilities Commission, and no officer, whether elected or appointed, and no employee of a county or municipality within the said service area, shall be qualified to serve as a member of said Commission, and provided that no member who has served two successive terms of four years each shall be eligible to succeed himself, except for the mayor of the City of Orlando. The mayor and at least two members of the Utilities Commission shall reside in the City of Orlando and, effective upon the vacancy to be filled in January 1987, at least one member of the Commission shall reside in the unincorporated service area of the Orlando Utilities Commission. The members of the Commission shall be entitled to payment of reasonable expenses on account of service on the Commission. Members of the Commission shall be subject to the provisions of Florida Statutes § 286.012, relating to voting at meetings of the Commission, and to the provision of Florida Statutes § § 112.311—112.3175, inclusive, relating to financial disclosure and conflicts of interest, and to the provisions of Florida Statutes § 112.501, relating to suspension and removal from office.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 9861(1923), § 5; Laws of Fla. ch. 31078(1955), § 1; Laws of Fla. Ch. 86-421, § 1)