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1010 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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1414 A bill to be entitled 1
1515 An act relating to public employees; amending s. 2
1616 447.207, F.S.; revising a requirement that the Public 3
1717 Employees Relations Commission may waive relating to 4
1818 employee organizations certified as a bargaining agent 5
1919 to represent mass transit employees; amending s. 6
2020 447.301, F.S.; requiring certain public employees to 7
2121 submit executed membership authorization forms to the 8
2222 bargaining agent; removing obsolete language; 9
2323 conforming a cross-reference; revising applicability; 10
2424 amending s. 447.303, F.S.; revising the employee 11
2525 organizations that have the right to have dues and 12
2626 uniform assessments deducted and collected by the 13
2727 employer; amending s. 447.305, F.S.; revising the 14
2828 information employee organizations must provide in 15
2929 applications for registration; deleting requirement 16
3030 that an employee organization's annual financial 17
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3232 information required in an employee organization's 19
3333 annual financial statement; revising the date upon 20
3434 which an employee organization must submit certain 21
3535 information for a renewal of registration; revising 22
3636 the employee organizations that must petition the 23
3737 commission for recertification; revising the timeframe 24
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4747 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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5151 petition; revising the actions for which the 26
5252 commission may revoke or deny an employee 27
5353 organization's registration or certification; revising 28
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55-by the act; providing provisions for renewals of 30
56-registration of employee organizations during a 31
57-specified timeframe; prohibiting the commission from 32
58-taking certain actions during a specified timeframe 33
59-regarding a renewal of registration application; 34
60-providing an effective date. 35
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62-Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 37
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64- Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (12) of section 39
65-447.207, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 40
66- 447.207 Commission; powers and duties. — 41
67- (12) Upon a petition by a public employer after it has 42
68-been notified by the Department of Labor that the public 43
69-employer's protective arrangement covering mass transit 44
70-employees does not meet the requirements of 49 U.S.C. s. 5333(b) 45
71-and would jeopardize the employer's continued eligibility to 46
72-receive Federal Transit Administration funding, the commission 47
73-may waive, to the extent ne cessary for the public employer to 48
74-comply with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. s. 5333(b), any of the 49
75-following for an employee organization that has been certified 50
55+by the act; providing an effective date. 30
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57+Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 32
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59+ Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (12) of section 34
60+447.207, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 35
61+ 447.207 Commission; powers and duties. — 36
62+ (12) Upon a petition by a public employer after it has 37
63+been notified by the Department of Labor that the public 38
64+employer's protective arrangement covering mass transit 39
65+employees does not meet the requirements of 49 U.S.C. s. 5333(b) 40
66+and would jeopardize the employer' s continued eligibility to 41
67+receive Federal Transit Administration funding, the commission 42
68+may waive, to the extent necessary for the public employer to 43
69+comply with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. s. 5333(b), any of the 44
70+following for an employee organization that has been certified 45
71+as a bargaining agent to represent mass transit employees: 46
72+ (a) The prohibition on dues and assessment deductions 47
73+provided in s. 447.303(1) as it applies to a mass transit 48
74+employee who has provided a copy of his or her membership 49
75+authorization form to the employer as part of the authorization 50
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88-as a bargaining agent to represent mass transit employees: 51
89- (a) The prohibition on dues and assessment deductions 52
90-provided in s. 447.303(1) as it applies to a mass transit 53
91-employee who has provided a copy of his or her membership 54
92-authorization form to the employer as part of the authorization 55
93-of dues and assessment deductions under a waiver . 56
94- Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 57
95-447.301, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 58
96- 447.301 Public employees' rights; organization and 59
97-representation.— 60
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99- (b)1. Beginning July 1, 2023, A public employee who 62
100-desires to be a member of an employee organization must sign and 63
101-date a membership authorization form, as prescribed by the 64
102-commission, and submit the executed form to with the bargaining 65
103-agent. 66
104- 2. The membership authorization form must identify the 67
105-name of the bargaining agent; the name of the employee; the 68
106-class code and class title of the employee; the name of the 69
107-public employer and employing agency, if applicable; the amount 70
108-of the initiation fee and of the monthly dues which the member 71
109-must pay; and the name and total amount of salary, allowances, 72
110-and other direct or indirect disbursements, including 73
111-reimbursements, paid to each of the five highest compensated 74
112-officers and employees of the employee organization disclosed 75
88+of dues and assessment deductions under a waiver . 51
89+ Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 52
90+447.301, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 53
91+ 447.301 Public employees' rights; or ganization and 54
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94+ (b)1. Beginning July 1, 2023, A public employee who 57
95+desires to be a member of an employee organization must sign and 58
96+date a membership authorization form, as prescribed by the 59
97+commission, and submit the executed form to with the bargaining 60
98+agent. 61
99+ 2. The membership authorization form must identify the 62
100+name of the bargaining agent; the name of the employee; the 63
101+class code and class title of the employee; the name of the 64
102+public employer and employing agency, if applicab le; the amount 65
103+of the initiation fee and of the monthly dues which the member 66
104+must pay; and the name and total amount of salary, allowances, 67
105+and other direct or indirect disbursements, including 68
106+reimbursements, paid to each of the five highest compensated 69
107+officers and employees of the employee organization disclosed 70
108+under s. 447.305(2)(d) s. 447.305(2)(c). 71
109+ 3. The membership authorization form must contain the 72
110+following statement in 14 -point type: 73
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112+The State of Florida is a right -to-work state. 75
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126- 3. The membership authorization form must contain the 77
127-following statement in 14 -point type: 78
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129-The State of Florida is a right -to-work state. 80
130-Membership or non-membership in a labor union is not 81
131-required as a condition of employment, and union 82
132-membership and payment of union dues and assessments 83
133-are voluntary. Each person has the right to join and 84
134-pay dues to a labor union or to refrain from joining 85
135-and paying dues to a labor union. No employee may be 86
136-discriminated against in any manner for joining and 87
137-financially supporting a labor union or for refusing 88
138-to join or financially support a labor union. 89
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140- 4. A public employee may revoke membership in the employee 91
141-organization at any time of the year. Upon receipt of the 92
142-employee's written revocation of membership, the employee 93
143-organization must revoke a public employee's membership. The 94
144-employee organization may not limit an employee's right to 95
145-revoke membership to certain dates. If a public employee must 96
146-complete a form to revoke membership in the employee 97
147-organization, the form may not require a reason for the public 98
148-employee's decision to revoke his or her membership. 99
149- 5. An employee organization must retain for inspection by 100
125+Membership or non-membership in a labor union is not 76
126+required as a condition of employment, and union 77
127+membership and payment of union dues and assessments 78
128+are voluntary. Each person has the right to join and 79
129+pay dues to a labor union or to refrain from joining 80
130+and paying dues to a labor union. No employee may be 81
131+discriminated against in any manner for joining and 82
132+financially supporting a labor union or for refusing 83
133+to join or financially support a labor union. 84
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135+ 4. A public employee may revoke membership in the employee 86
136+organization at any time of the year. Upon receipt of the 87
137+employee's written revocation of membership, the employee 88
138+organization must revoke a public employee's membership. The 89
139+employee organization may not limit an employee's right to 90
140+revoke membership to certain dates. If a public employee must 91
141+complete a form to revoke membership in the employee 92
142+organization, the form may not require a reason for the public 93
143+employee's decision to revoke his or h er membership. 94
144+ 5. An employee organization must retain for inspection by 95
145+the commission such membership authorization forms and any 96
146+revocations. 97
147+ 6. This paragraph does not apply to members of an employee 98
148+organization that has been certified as a bargaining unit the 99
149+majority of whose employees eligible for representation are 100
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162-the commission such membership authorization forms and any 101
163-revocations. 102
164- 6. This paragraph does not apply to members of an employee 103
165-organization that has been certified as a bargaining unit the 104
166-majority of whose employees eligible for representation are 105
167-employed as agent to represent law enforcement officers, 106
168-correctional officers, or correction al probation officers as 107
169-those terms are defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), or (3), 108
170-respectively;, or firefighters as defined in s. 633.102 ; 911 109
171-public safety telecommunicators as defined in s. 401.465(1); or 110
172-emergency medical technicians or paramedics as defin ed in s. 111
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176- Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 115
177-447.303, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 116
178- 447.303 Dues; deduction and collection. — 117
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180-a bargaining agent to represent a bargaining unit the majority 119
181-of whose employees eligible for representation are employed as 120
182-law enforcement officers, correctional officers, or correctional 121
183-probation officers as those te rms are defined in s. 943.10(1), 122
184-(2), or (3), respectively ;, or firefighters as defined in s. 123
185-633.102; 911 public safety telecommunicators as defined in s. 124
186-401.465(1); or emergency medical technicians or paramedics as 125
162+employed as agent to represent law enforcement officers, 101
163+correctional officers, or correctional probation officers as 102
164+those terms are defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), or (3), 103
165+respectively;, or firefighters as defined in s. 633.102 ; 911 104
166+public safety telecommunicators as defined in s. 401.465(1); or 105
167+emergency medical technicians or paramedics as defined in s. 106
168+401.23. 107
169+ 7. The commission may adopt rules to implement this 108
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171+ Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 110
172+447.303, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 111
173+ 447.303 Dues; deduction and collection. — 112
174+ (2)(a) An employee organization that has been certified as 113
175+a bargaining agent to represent a bargaining unit the majority 114
176+of whose employees eligible for representation are employed as 115
177+law enforcement officers, correctional officers, or correctional 116
178+probation officers as those terms are defined in s. 943.10(1), 117
179+(2), or (3), respectively ;, or firefighters as defined i n s. 118
180+633.102; 911 public safety telecommunicators as defined in s. 119
181+401.465(1); or emergency medical technicians or paramedics as 120
182+defined in s. 401.23 has the right to have its dues and uniform 121
183+assessments for the bargaining unit deducted and collected by 122
184+the employer from the salaries of those employees who authorize 123
185+the deduction and collection of said dues and uniform 124
186+assessments. However, such authorization is revocable at the 125
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200-assessments for the bargaining unit deducted and collected by 127
201-the employer from the salaries of those employees who authorize 128
202-the deduction and collection of said dues and uniform 129
203-assessments. However, such authorization is revoca ble at the 130
204-employee's request upon 30 days' written notice to the employer 131
205-and employee organization. Said deductions shall commence upon 132
206-the bargaining agent's written request to the employer. 133
207- Section 4. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (1) and 134
208-subsections (2), (3), (6), (8), (9), and (11) of section 135
209-447.305, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 136
210- 447.305 Registration of employee organization. — 137
211- (1) Every employee organization seeking to become a 138
212-certified bargaining agent for public employees s hall register 139
213-with the commission pursuant to the procedures set forth in s. 140
214-120.60 prior to requesting recognition by a public employer for 141
215-purposes of collective bargaining and prior to submitting a 142
216-petition to the commission requesting certification as an 143
217-exclusive bargaining agent. Further, if such employee 144
218-organization is not registered, it may not participate in a 145
219-representation hearing, participate in a representation 146
220-election, or be certified as an exclusive bargaining agent. The 147
221-application for registration required by this section shall be 148
222-under oath and in such form as the commission may prescribe and 149
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200+and employee organization. Said deductions shall commence upon 127
201+the bargaining agent's written request to the employer. 128
202+ Section 4. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (1) and 129
203+subsections (2), (3), (6), (8), (9), and (11) of section 130
204+447.305, Florida Statutes, are ame nded to read: 131
205+ 447.305 Registration of employee organization. — 132
206+ (1) Every employee organization seeking to become a 133
207+certified bargaining agent for public employees shall register 134
208+with the commission pursuant to the procedures set forth in s. 135
209+120.60 prior to requesting recognition by a public employer for 136
210+purposes of collective bargaining and prior to submitting a 137
211+petition to the commission requesting certification as an 138
212+exclusive bargaining agent. Further, if such employee 139
213+organization is not registered, it may not participate in a 140
214+representation hearing, participate in a representation 141
215+election, or be certified as an exclusive bargaining agent. The 142
216+application for registration required by this section shall be 143
217+under oath and in such form as the commission may prescribe and 144
218+shall include: 145
219+ (c) The amount of the initiation fee and the amount and 146
220+collection frequency of the monthly dues and uniform assessments 147
221+that a member which members must pay. 148
222+ (d) The current annual audited financial statement of the 149
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237-collection frequency of the monthly dues and uniform assessments 152
238-that a member which members must pay. 153
239- (d) The current annual audited financial statement of the 154
240-organization, prepared by an independent certified public 155
241-accountant licensed under chapter 473 . 156
242- (2) A registration granted to an employee organization 157
243-pursuant to the provisions of this section runs shall run for 1 158
244-year after from the date of issuance. A registration must shall 159
245-be renewed annually by filing an application for renewal under 160
246-oath with the commission, which application must shall reflect 161
247-any changes in the information provided to the commission in 162
248-conjunction with the employee organization's preceding 163
249-application for registration or previous renewal, whichever is 164
250-applicable. Each application for renewal of registration must 165
251-shall include a current annual audited financial statement, 166
252-prepared certified by an independent certified public accountant 167
253-licensed under chapter 473 and signed by the employee 168
254-organization's president and treasurer or corresponding 169
255-principal officers, containing all of the following information 170
256-in such detail as may be necessary accurately to disclose its 171
257-financial condition and operations for its preceding fiscal year 172
258-and in such categories as the commission may prescribe: 173
259- (a) Assets and liabilities at the beginning and end of the 174
260-fiscal year.; 175
236+accountant licensed under chapter 473 . 151
237+ (2) A registration granted to an employee organization 152
238+pursuant to the provisions of this section runs shall run for 1 153
239+year after from the date of issuance. A registration must shall 154
240+be renewed annually by filing an application for renewal under 155
241+oath with the commission, which application must shall reflect 156
242+any changes in the information provided to the commission in 157
243+conjunction with the employee organization's preceding 158
244+application for registration or previous renewal, whichever is 159
245+applicable. Each application for renewal of registration must 160
246+shall include a current annual audited financial statement, 161
247+prepared certified by an independent certified public accountant 162
248+licensed under chapter 473 and signed by the employee 163
249+organization's president and treasurer or corresponding 164
250+principal officers, containing all of the following information 165
251+in such detail as may be necessary accurately to disclose its 166
252+financial condition and operations for its preceding fiscal year 167
253+and in such categories as the commission may prescribe: 168
254+ (a) Assets and liabilities at the beginning and end of the 169
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256+ (b) Receipts of any kind and th e sources thereof.; 171
257+ (c) Disbursements by category. 172
258+ (d)(c) Salary, allowances, and other direct or indirect 173
259+disbursements, including reimbursed expenses, to each officer 174
260+and also to each employee who, during such fiscal year, received 175
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274- (c) Disbursements by category. 177
275- (d)(c) Salary, allowances, and other direct or indirect 178
276-disbursements, including reimbursed expenses, to each officer 179
277-and also to each empl oyee who, during such fiscal year, received 180
278-more than $10,000 in the aggregate from such employee 181
279-organization and any other employee organization affiliated with 182
280-it or with which it is affiliated or which is affiliated with 183
281-the same national or internatio nal employee organization .; 184
282- (e)(d) Direct and indirect loans made to any officer, 185
283-employee, or member which aggregated more than $250 during the 186
284-fiscal year, together with a statement of the purpose, security, 187
285-if any, and arrangements for repayment .; and 188
286- (f)(e) Direct and indirect loans to any business 189
287-enterprise, together with a statement of the purpose, security, 190
288-if any, and arrangements for repayment. 191
289- (3) In addition to subsection (2), an employee 192
290-organization that has been certified as the bargain ing agent for 193
291-public employees must include for each such certified bargaining 194
292-unit all of the following information and documentation as of 195
293-the 30th day immediately preceding the date upon which its 196
294-current registration is scheduled to end of renewal in its 197
295-application for any renewal of registration on or after October 198
296-1, 2023: 199
297- (a) The number of employees in the bargaining unit who are 200
273+more than $10,000 in the aggregate from such employee 176
274+organization and any other employee organization affiliated with 177
275+it or with which it is affiliated or which is affiliated with 178
276+the same national or international employee organization .; 179
277+ (e)(d) Direct and indirect loans made to any officer, 180
278+employee, or member which aggregated more than $250 during the 181
279+fiscal year, together with a statement of the purpose, security, 182
280+if any, and arrangements for repayment .; and 183
281+ (f)(e) Direct and indirect loans to any business 184
282+enterprise, together with a statement of the purpose, security, 185
283+if any, and arrangements for repayment. 186
284+ (3) In addition to subsection (2), an employee 187
285+organization that has been certified as the bargaining agent for 188
286+public employees must include for each such cert ified bargaining 189
287+unit all of the following information and documentation as of 190
288+the 30th day immediately preceding the date upon which its 191
289+current registration is scheduled to end of renewal in its 192
290+application for any renewal of registration on or after Oct ober 193
291+1, 2023: 194
292+ (a) The number of employees in the bargaining unit who are 195
293+eligible for representation by the employee organization. 196
294+ (b) The number of employees in the bargaining unit who 197
295+have submitted signed membership authorization forms without a 198
296+subsequent revocation of such membership. 199
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311- (b) The number of employees in the bargaining unit who 202
312-have submitted signed membership authorization forms without a 203
313-subsequent revocation of such membership. 204
314- (c) The number of employees in the bargaining unit who 205
315-paid dues to the employee organization. 206
316- (d) The number of employees in the bargaining unit who d id 207
317-not pay dues to the employee organization. 208
318- (e) Documentation provided by an independent certified 209
319-public accountant retained by the employee organization which 210
320-verifies the information provided in paragraphs (a) -(d). 211
321- (6) Notwithstanding the provisio ns of this chapter 212
322-relating to collective bargaining, an employee organization 213
323-certified as a bargaining agent to represent a bargaining unit 214
324-for which that had less than 60 percent of the employees in the 215
325-unit have submitted membership authorization forms without 216
326-subsequent revocation and paid dues to the employee organization 217
327-eligible for representation in the bargaining unit pay dues 218
328-during its last registration period must petition the commission 219
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330-exclusive representative of all employees in the bargaining unit 221
331-within 30 days 1 month after the date on which the employee 222
332-organization applies for renewal of registration pursuant to 223
333-subsection (2). The certification of an employee organization 224
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310+paid dues to the employee organization. 201
311+ (d) The number of employees in the bargaining unit who did 202
312+not pay dues to the employee organization. 203
313+ (e) Documentation provided by an independent certified 204
314+public accountant retained by the employee organization which 205
315+verifies the information provided in paragraphs (a) -(d). 206
316+ (6) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter 207
317+relating to collective bargaining, an emplo yee organization 208
318+certified as a bargaining agent to represent a bargaining unit 209
319+for which that had less than 60 percent of the employees in the 210
320+unit have submitted membership authorization forms without 211
321+subsequent revocation and paid dues to the employee o rganization 212
322+eligible for representation in the bargaining unit pay dues 213
323+during its last registration period must petition the commission 214
324+pursuant to s. 447.307(2) and (3) for recertification as the 215
325+exclusive representative of all employees in the bargainin g unit 216
326+within 30 days 1 month after the date on which the employee 217
327+organization applies for renewal of registration pursuant to 218
328+subsection (2). The certification of an employee organization 219
329+that does not comply with this section is revoked. 220
330+ (8) The commission may conduct an investigation to confirm 221
331+the validity of any information submitted pursuant to this 222
332+section. The commission may revoke or deny an employee 223
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349-section. The commission may revoke or deny an employee 228
350-organization's registration or cer tification if it finds that 229
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353-pursuant to this subsection , including a refusal to permit the 232
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355-revocations pursuant to s. 447.301(1)(b)5.; or 234
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360-is a final agency action that is reviewable pursuant to s. 239
361-447.504. 240
362- (9) An employee organization is exempt from the 241
363-requirements of subsections (3)-(8) only with respect to the 242
364-circumstances of each bargaining unit the majority of whose 243
365-employees eligible for representation are employed as do not 244
366-apply to an employee organization that has been certified as the 245
367-bargaining agent to represent law enforcement officers, 246
368-correctional officers, or correctional probation officers as 247
369-those terms are defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), or (3), 248
370-respectively;, or firefighters as defi ned in s. 633.102; 911 249
371-public safety telecommunicators as defined in s. 401.465(1); or 250
347+ (a) Failed to cooperate with the investigation conducted 226
348+pursuant to this subsection , including a refusal to permit the 227
349+commission to inspect membership authorization forms or 228
350+revocations pursuant to s. 447.301(1)(b)5. ; or 229
351+ (b) Intentionally misrepresent ed the information it 230
352+submitted pursuant to this section subsection (3). 231
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354+A decision issued by the commission pursuant to this subsection 233
355+is a final agency action that is reviewable pursuant to s. 234
356+447.504. 235
357+ (9) Subsections (3) -(8) do not apply to a an employee 236
358+organization that has been certified as the bargaining unit the 237
359+majority of whose employees eligible for representation are 238
360+employed as agent to represent law enforcement officers, 239
361+correctional officers, or correctional probation officers as 240
362+those terms are defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), or (3), 241
363+respectively;, or firefighters as defined in s. 633.102 ; 911 242
364+public safety telecommunicators as defined in s. 401.465(1); or 243
365+emergency medical technicians or paramedics as defined in s. 244
366+401.23. 245
367+ (11) Every employee organization shall keep accurate 246
368+accounts of its income and expenses, which accounts shall be 247
369+open for inspection at all reasonable times by any member of the 248
370+organization or by the commission. In addition, each employee 249
371+organization that has been ce rtified as a bargaining agent must 250
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390-organization that has been certified as a bargaining agent must 257
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427-based solely on the employee organization's failure to submit a 282
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385+prepared by an independent certified public accountant licensed 252
386+under chapter 473 which that includes a detailed breakdown of 253
387+revenues and expenditures in such categories as the commission 254
388+may prescribe, and an accounting of membership dues and 255
389+assessments. The employee organization must notify its members 256
390+annually of all costs of membership. 257
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