The board of directors for the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority will keep its current 15-member structure, as a bill that would have overhauled the agency died in the Florida Legislature Thursday morning.

The bill, sponsored by St. Pete Beach Republican Rep. Linda Chaney, would have downsized the board to 11 members, among other measures. It passed the state House of Representatives on Monday.

But Chaney’s proposal was a local bill — it would have affected only Pinellas County — and such bills can be pulled from consideration by a single state Senator after passing the House. Thursday, Sen. Darryl Rouson, D-St. Petersburg, nixed it.

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