The Rules Committee offers its first substitute to file no. 2011-523:

Introduced by the Council President at the request of the Supervisor of Elections and substituted by the Rules Committee:

ORDINANCE 2011-523

AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A CHANGE IN POLLING PLACE LOCATIONS FOR PRECINCTS 05N, 08C AND 09X IN THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, DUVAL COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS THEY ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO SERVE AS POLLING PLACES FOR THE SPECIAL ELECTIONS, TO BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON ENACTMENT, AS REQUESTED BY THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS, PURSUANT TO SECTION 352.102, ORDINANCE CODE; REQUESTING EMERGENCY APPROVAL; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Jacksonville:

Section 1.	Precinct Location Changes Approved. At the request of the Supervisor of Elections for Duval County, and pursuant to Section 352.102, Ordinance Code, the Council, acting as the governing body for Duval County, hereby approves the polling place location changes in precincts 05N, 08C AND 09X as listed in Revised Exhibit 1, labeled as “Revised Exhibit 1, Amended Public Notice, August 15, 2011 – Rules”, attached hereto, due to the fact that they are no longer able to serve as polling places for the special elections, to be effective immediately for all special, primary and general elections conducted after passage. The Supervisor of Elections and the Council Secretary are hereby authorized and directed to include these precincts and polling place locations in the Polling Place List on file in their respective offices.

Section 2.	Requesting Emergency Passage Pursuant to Council Rule 4.901 – Emergency. The Supervisor of Elections is requesting emergency passage of this legislation. The nature of the emergency is to ensure that notice of the locations of the polling place changes are included in any sample ballots, registration cards and other polling place location notifications in advance of the special elections on September 20, 2011 and October 18, 2011 to replace State Senator Tony Hill.

Section 3.	Effective Date.	This Ordinance shall become effective upon signature by the Mayor or upon becoming effective without the Mayor’s signature.

Form Approved:

_____/s/ Margaret M. Sidman____

Office of General Counsel

Legislation Prepared By:	Steven E. Rohan

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