§ 30-252. Notice and call of meetings of landowners; quorum; adjournments; representation at meetings; taking action without meeting.

(1)

The board shall publish notice of all meetings of landowners once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks prior to such meeting in a newspaper in Broward County in general circulation within the district. Meetings of landowners shall be held in a public place, or any other place made available for the purpose of such meeting in the Broward County Courthouse; and the place, date, and hour of holding such meeting and the purpose thereof shall be stated in the notice. Landowners representing a majority of the number of acres in the district, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the landowners; provided that irrespective of the number of acres represented, there shall be a minimum of five (5) landowners owning separate parcels of land, at each meeting. If a quorum is lacking at a landowners' meeting called for the election of supervisors of the district, the meeting shall be extended for fourteen (14) days in order to obtain a quorum. If at such second meeting a quorum is still lacking, a quorum shall be considered present if a minimum of five landowners owning separate parcels of land are present, and the candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected as supervisors of the district.

(2)

The board may call special meetings of the landowners at any time to receive reports of the board or for such other purpose as the board may determine. A special meeting of the landowners may also be called at any time upon notice as provided hereinabove at the written request of the owners of not less than twenty-five percent in acreage of the land within the district for the purpose of taking any lawful action by the landowners of the district. Such special meeting shall be called by any court of competent jurisdiction in the event that the board fails to do so upon request as provided in the preceding sentence. Except as otherwise provided in section 4 of this act [section 30-242 of this article] with respect to the election of supervisors, action taken at a meeting of the landowners shall be by affirmative vote of the owners of at least a majority in acreage of the land within the district represented at such meeting.

(3)

If no quorum is present or represented at a meeting of the landowners at the time and place the same is called to be held, the landowners present and represented, although less than a quorum, may adjourn to another time or day, and at such or any subsequent adjourned meeting may, if a quorum is then present or represented, take any action that the landowners could have taken at the meeting or meetings so adjourned for lack of a quorum.

(4)

At any meeting of the landowners, guardians may represent their wards; executors and administrators may represent the estate of deceased persons; trustees may represent lands held by them in trust; and private corporations may be represented by their duly authorized proxy. All landowners, including guardians, executors, administrators, trustees, and corporations, may be represented and vote by proxy.

(Sp. Acts, Ch. 82-274, § 14; Sp. Acts, Ch. 86-355, § 1)