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    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 128

    By Senator Fasano





    11-80-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to labor organizations;

  3         creating s. 447.3075, F.S.; requiring that the

  4         officers of certain state law enforcement

  5         agencies be in a separate bargaining unit;

  6         providing guidelines for establishing such

  7         separate unit; providing an effective 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 447.3075, Florida Statutes, is

12  created to read:

13         447.3075  Law enforcement bargaining units; separate

14  units required; establishment.--

15         (1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

16  administrative rule, or decision to the contrary, any state

17  law enforcement agency that has 1,200 or more officers shall

18  be in a bargaining unit that is separate from officers in

19  other state law enforcement agencies. If the application of

20  this subsection requires that a new state law enforcement

21  bargaining unit be created, a question concerning

22  representation is not deemed to have arisen regarding the new

23  unit or the existing unit.

24         (2)  Upon appropriate petition, a representation

25  election to determine the bargaining representative for the

26  new unit shall be held notwithstanding any contract that

27  prohibits such election. After the initial election for the

28  new unit is conducted, all statutory election and contract

29  provisions shall apply.

30         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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      be in separate bargaining units. Provides guidelines for
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