Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) Attendance at
Council Meetings. Council members shall attend all regularly scheduled Council
meetings unless prevented from doing so by reason of court order, subpoena,
business with a court which has the sole prerogative of setting the date of
such business, death of a family member, illness of the Council member, or
hospitalization of the member's immediate family.
(a) No Council member may be absent from
three consecutive regularly scheduled Council meetings unless the absence is
excused for one of the reasons stated in subsection (2), of this rule. An
absence for any reason other than the reasons stated in subsection (2),
constitutes an unexcused absence for the purpose of declaring a vacancy on the
Council. An otherwise excused absence is not excused if the Council member
fails to notify the Board office of the impending absence prior to the
regularly scheduled Council meeting at which the absence will occur or unless
the failure to notify the Board office is the result of circumstances
surrounding the reason for the absence which the Council itself excuses after
the absence has occurred.
(b)
"Family" consists of immediate family, nieces, nephews, cousins, and
in-laws.
(c) "Immediate family"
consists of spouse, child, parents, parent-in-law, siblings, grandchildren, and
grandparents.
(2)
Principal office, normal hours, service of process.
(a) The principal office of the Council is in
Tallahassee.
(b) The office is open
from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays, excluding holidays.
(c) The Executive Director of the Council, at
the Council's address, is the Council's agent for service of process for all
matters relating to the Council.
Rulemaking Authority
456.011,
478.43(1) FS.
Law Implemented 456.011
FS.
New 5-31-93, Formerly 21M-75.002, Amended 11-16-93,
Formerly 61F6-75.002, 59R-50.002, Amended 5-18-00,
9-26-01.
