House Bill 3555

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3555

        By Representative Crow






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to employee organizations;

  3         amending s. 447.303, F.S.; limiting deductions

  4         by employers of dues of certain employee

  5         organizations under certain circumstances;

  6         providing exceptions; providing an effective

  7         date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Section 447.303, Florida Statutes, is

12  amended to read:

13         447.303  Dues; deduction and collection.--Any employee

14  organization which has been certified as a bargaining agent

15  shall have the right to have its dues and uniform assessments

16  deducted and collected by the employer from the salaries of

17  those employees who authorize the deduction of said dues and

18  uniform assessments.  However, such authorization is revocable

19  at the employee's request upon 30 days' written notice to the

20  employer and employee organization.  Said deductions shall

21  commence upon the bargaining agent's written request to the

22  employer.  The employer shall not grant a dues deduction to

23  any other employee organization, except a religious

24  institution or qualified charitable institution under s.

25  501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986,

26  as amended, provided such institutions do not represent, or

27  attempt to represent, bargaining unit members in terms and

28  conditions of employment. Reasonable costs to the employer of

29  said deductions shall be a proper subject of collective

30  bargaining.  Such right to deduction, unless revoked pursuant

31  to s. 447.507, shall be in force for so long as the employee

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3555

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  1  organization remains the certified bargaining agent for the

  2  employees in the unit.  The public employer is expressly

  3  prohibited from any involvement in the collection of fines,

  4  penalties, or special assessments.

  5         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1 of the

  6  year in which enacted.

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  9                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Limits employer deductions of dues of employee
11    organizations to those organizations certified as
      bargaining agents and religious or charitable
12    institutions which do not represent bargaining unit
      members in terms and conditions of employment. See bill
13    for details.

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