Bill Text: FL S0650 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Collective Bargaining for Certain Public Employees

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-11-17 - Withdrawn prior to introduction -SJ 55 [S0650 Detail]

Download: Florida-2012-S0650-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2012                                     SB 650
       
       
       
       By Senator Hays
       
       
       
       
       20-00601-12                                            2012650__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to collective bargaining for certain
    3         public employees; amending s. 447.203, F.S.;
    4         specifying that for purposes of resolving an impasse
    5         the sheriff, the tax collector, the property
    6         appraiser, the supervisor of elections, and the clerk
    7         of the circuit court are each deemed the “legislative
    8         body” for their respective employees; providing that
    9         in a county that has expressly abolished the office of
   10         any constitutional officer, such duties are
   11         transferred to the officer as provided for under the
   12         county charter if the charter is not inconsistent with
   13         general law or a special law approved by a vote of the
   14         electors; providing an effective date.
   15  
   16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   18         Section 1. Subsection (10) of section 447.203, Florida
   19  Statutes, is amended to read:
   20         447.203 Definitions.—As used in this part:
   21         (10) “Legislative body” means the State Legislature, the
   22  board of county commissioners, the district school board, the
   23  governing body of a municipality, or the governing body of an
   24  instrumentality or unit of government having authority to
   25  appropriate funds and establish policy governing the terms and
   26  conditions of employment and which, as the case may be, is the
   27  appropriate legislative body for the bargaining unit.
   28         (a) For purposes of s. 447.403, the Board of Governors of
   29  the State University System, or the board’s designee, is shall
   30  be deemed to be the legislative body with respect to all
   31  employees of each constituent state university.
   32         (b) For purposes of s. 447.403 the board of trustees of a
   33  community college is shall be deemed to be the legislative body
   34  with respect to all employees of the community college.
   35         (c) For purposes of s. 447.403, and as sovereign
   36  constitutional officers under s. 1(d), Art. VIII of the State
   37  Constitution, the sheriff, tax collector, property appraiser,
   38  supervisor of elections, and clerk of the circuit court are each
   39  deemed to be the legislative body for their respective
   40  employees. However, if provided by a county charter that was
   41  approved by a vote of the electors of the county and that
   42  expressly abolished the office of the sheriff, tax collector,
   43  property appraiser, supervisor of elections, or clerk of the
   44  court and expressly transferred all duties prescribed by general
   45  law to an elected or appointed charter officer, that officer is
   46  subject to such charter if the charter is not inconsistent with
   47  general law or with a special law approved by a vote of the
   48  electors under s. 1(g), Art. VIII of the State Constitution.
   49         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.