Florida Administrative Code
29 - REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCILS
29A - Emerald Coast Regional Council
Chapter 29A-1 - ORGANIZATION
Section 29A-1.003 - Council Membership and Appointments, Term of Office, Vacancies

(a) Escambia, Okaloosa and Bay Counties shall each have two voting representatives on the Council appointed by their respective boards of county commissioners. The voting representatives shall be county commissioners selected from the individual counties. The cities of Pensacola, Fort Walton Beach and Panama City shall each have one voting representative on the Council appointed by their respective city council or commission. The voting representative shall be city councilmen or commissioners selected from the individual cities. If a city does not desire representation on the Council then the next largest city shall be eligible for membership. If no city within the county desires representation on the Council then the vote shall revert to the county and the county shall appoint an additional representative. The voting representative shall be a county commissioner.

(b) Santa Rosa, Walton, Washington, and Holmes Counties shall each have one voting representative on the Council appointed by his or her respective board of county commissioners. The voting representative shall be county commissioners selected from the individual counties. The principal city within each of the four counties shall be entitled to one voting representative on the Council appointed by his or her respective city council. The voting representative shall be a city councilman selected from the individual cities. If the principal city does not desire representation on the Council then the next largest city shall be eligible for membership. If no city within the four counties desires representation on the Council then the vote shall revert to the county and the county shall appoint an additional representative to serve on the Council. The voting representative shall be a county commissioner.

(c) Two-thirds of the representatives serving as voting members on the Council shall be elected officials appointed by the cities and counties. The remaining one-third of the voting members on the Council are appointed by the Governor.

(d) In addition to the membership previously specified, any municipality within the jurisdictional boundary of the Council may be admitted, by a majority vote of the Council, to membership on the Council. Such membership shall be considered on the basis of a municipality's uniqueness and special characteristics. Each municipality so admitted to membership shall have one voting representative on the Council appointed by the respective city council or commission. The voting representative shall be a city councilman or commissioner.

(e) The City of Destin shall have one voting representative on the Council.

(f) The City of Callaway and the City of Parker shall each have one voting representative on the Council.