Bill Text: FL S0610 | 2010 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Collective Bargaining for Certain Public Employees [EPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Messages [S0610 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0610-Engrossed.html

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CS for SB 610                                    First Engrossed 
2010610e1 
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 that if the sheriff has contracted 
15         with another governmental body to act as the employer 
16         for certain employees, that body is the legislative 
17         body for those employees; providing an effective date. 
18 
19  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
20 
21         Section 1. Subsection (10) of section 447.203, Florida 
22  Statutes, is amended to read: 
23         447.203 Definitions.—As used in this part: 
24         (10) “Legislative body” means the State Legislature, the 
25  board of county commissioners, the district school board, the 
26  governing body of a municipality, or the governing body of an 
27  instrumentality or unit of government having authority to 
28  appropriate funds and establish policy governing the terms and 
29  conditions of employment and which, as the case may be, is the 
30  appropriate legislative body for the bargaining unit. 
31         (a) For purposes of s. 447.403, the Board of Governors of 
32  the State University System, or the board’s designee, is shall 
33  be deemed to be the legislative body with respect to all 
34  employees of each constituent state university. 
35         (b) For purposes of s. 447.403 the board of trustees of a 
36  community college is shall be deemed to be the legislative body 
37  with respect to all employees of the community college. 
38         (c) For purposes of s. 447.403, and as sovereign 
39  constitutional officers under s. 1(d), Art. VIII of the State 
40  Constitution, the sheriff, tax collector, property appraiser, 
41  supervisor of elections, and clerk of the circuit court are each 
42  deemed to be the legislative body for their respective 
43  employees. However, if provided by a county charter that was 
44  approved by a vote of the electors of the county and that 
45  expressly abolished the office of the sheriff, tax collector, 
46  property appraiser, supervisor of elections, or clerk of the 
47  court and expressly transferred all duties prescribed by general 
48  law to an elected or appointed charter officer, that officer is 
49  subject to such charter if the charter is not inconsistent with 
50  general law or with a special law approved by a vote of the 
51  electors under s. 1(g), Art. VIII of the State Constitution. 
52         (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), if the sheriff has 
53  contracted with another governmental body to function as the 
54  employer for firefighters as defined in s. 633.30, emergency 
55  medical technicians as defined in s. 401.23, or paramedics as 
56  defined in s. 401.23, that governmental body is the legislative 
57  body for those employees. 
58         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.