0167 - VOTING
 
All motions shall require for adoption a majority vote of those present and voting, except as provided by statute, these bylaws, or parliamentary authority. Upon the demand of any member of the Board, the vote shall be recorded by roll call.
           
Abstentions shall only be permitted as authorized by law.
           
All actions requiring a vote can be conducted by voice vote, a vote taken electronically, or show of hands, unless a roll-call vote is requested or required. Each vote and abstention shall be recorded. Proxy voting is prohibited.
           
Pursuant to State law, no Board member shall vote in an official capacity upon any measure which would inure to his/her special private gain or loss; which s/he knows would inure to the special private gain or loss of any principal by whom s/he is retained or to the parent organization or subsidiary of a corporate principal by which s/he is retained, other than an agency as defined in F.S. 112.312(2); or which s/he knows would inure to the special private gain or loss of a relative or business associate of the Board member. Such Board member shall, prior to the vote being taken, publicly state to the assembly the nature of the Board member's interest in the matter from which s/he is abstaining from voting. Such Board member shall make every reasonable effort to disclose the nature of his/her interest as a public record in a memorandum filed with the person responsible for recording the minutes of the meeting, who shall incorporate the memorandum in the minutes. If it is not possible for the State public officer to file a memorandum before the vote, the memorandum must be filed with the person responsible for recording the minutes of the meeting no later than fifteen (15) days after the vote.

Revised 7/22/14
Reviewed 10/10/24

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