Senate Bill sb0128c1

    Florida Senate - 2007                            CS for SB 128

    By the Committee on Governmental Operations; and Senators
    Fasano, Posey, Oelrich, Joyner, Atwater, Wise, Bennett,
    Haridopolos, Ring, Peaden, Aronberg and Lynn



    585-2010-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to labor organizations;

  3         providing a short title; creating s. 447.3075,

  4         F.S.; requiring that the officers of certain

  5         state law enforcement agencies be in a separate

  6         bargaining unit; providing an effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  This act may be cited as the "Florida

11  Highway Patrol Sergeant Nicholas Sottile Act."

12         Section 2.  Section 447.3075, Florida Statutes, is

13  created to read:

14         447.3075  Law enforcement bargaining units; separate

15  units required; establishment.--Notwithstanding any other

16  provision of law, administrative rule, or administrative

17  agency decision to the contrary, any state law enforcement

18  agency that has 1,200 or more officers shall be in a

19  bargaining unit that is separate from officers in other state

20  law enforcement agencies. If the application of this section

21  requires that a new state law enforcement bargaining unit be

22  created, a question concerning representation is not deemed to

23  have arisen regarding the new unit or the existing unit.

24         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

25  

26          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
27                         Senate Bill 128

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29  The Committee Substitute incorporates the amendments adopted
    in the Criminal Justice Committee providing a short title to
30  the act and establishing a revised procedure for the
    designation of a separate bargaining unit.
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