1 | Representative Gaetz offered the following: |
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3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
4 | Between lines 11 and 12, insert: |
5 | Section 1. Section 447.18, Florida Statutes, is created to |
6 | read: |
7 | 447.18 Written authorization required to expend certain |
8 | employee dues, assessments, fines, or penalties.- |
9 | (1) A labor organization may not use dues, uniform |
10 | assessments, fines, penalties, or special assessments paid by an |
11 | employee to make contributions or expenditures, as defined in s. |
12 | 106.011, without the express written authorization of the |
13 | employee. The written authorization must be executed by the |
14 | employee separately for each fiscal year of the labor |
15 | organization and shall be accompanied by a detailed account, |
16 | provided by the labor organization, of all contributions and |
17 | expenditures made by the labor organization in the preceding 24 |
18 | months. The labor organization shall estimate its expected |
19 | contributions and expenditures for the fiscal year and shall |
20 | reduce the amount collected during the fiscal year from each |
21 | employee who has not executed a written authorization. If the |
22 | actual contributions and expenditures of the labor organization |
23 | exceed its estimated contributions and expenditures, the labor |
24 | organization shall provide a refund at the end of the fiscal |
25 | year to each employee who has not executed a written |
26 | authorization. |
27 | (2) The employee may revoke the authorization described in |
28 | subsection (1) at any time. If an employee revokes the |
29 | authorization, the employee is entitled to a pro rata reduction |
30 | of such dues, uniform assessments, fines, penalties, or special |
31 | assessments for the remainder of the fiscal year of the labor |
32 | organization. The amount of the reduction shall be based on the |
33 | proportion of the contributions and expenditures, as defined in |
34 | s. 106.011, in relation to the total annual contributions and |
35 | expenditures of the labor organization for the preceding fiscal |
36 | year. |
37 | (3) A labor organization may not require an employee to |
38 | provide the authorization described in subsection (1) as a |
39 | condition of membership in the labor organization. |
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43 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
44 | Remove line 2 and insert: |
45 | An act relating to labor and employment; creating s. 447.18, |
46 | F.S.; prohibiting labor organizations from using dues, uniform |
47 | assessments, fines, penalties, or special assessments to make |
48 | political contributions or expenditures without an employee's |
49 | written authorization; providing for a refund to employees who |
50 | have not given a written authorization in certain situations; |
51 | requiring that the labor organization provide notice of such |
52 | contributions and expenditures; prohibiting a labor organization |
53 | from requiring an employee to authorize the collection of funds |
54 | for political contributions and expenditures as a condition of |
55 | membership in the organization; creating s. 448.111, |