| 1 | Representative Gaetz offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 1695 and 1696, insert: |
| 5 | Section 59. Section 447.18, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 6 | to 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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| 42 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 43 | Remove line 144 and insert: |
| 44 | Services; creating s. 447.18, F.S.; prohibiting labor |
| 45 | organizations from using dues, uniform assessments, fines, |
| 46 | penalties, or special assessments to make political |
| 47 | contributions or expenditures without an employee's |
| 48 | written authorization; providing for a refund to employees |
| 49 | who have not given a written authorization in certain |
| 50 | situations; requiring that the labor organization provide |
| 51 | notice of such contributions and expenditures; prohibiting |
| 52 | a labor organization from requiring an employee to |
| 53 | authorize the collection of funds for political |
| 54 | contributions and expenditures as a condition of |
| 55 | membership in the organization; providing an effective |
| 56 | date. |