Florida Senate - 2012                             CS for SB 1698
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Education Pre-K - 12; and Senator Wise
       
       
       
       
       581-03686-12                                          20121698c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to teachers; amending s. 447.203,
    3         F.S.; excluding certain professional teacher
    4         associations from the definition of “employee
    5         organization” for purposes of provisions relating to
    6         public employee organizations unless such associations
    7         apply for registration under specified provisions;
    8         providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Subsection (11) of section 447.203, Florida
   13  Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         447.203 Definitions.—As used in this part:
   15         (11) “Employee organization” or “organization” means any
   16  labor organization, union, association, fraternal order,
   17  occupational or professional society, or group, however
   18  organized or constituted, that which represents, or seeks to
   19  represent, any public employee or group of public employees
   20  concerning any matters relating to their employment relationship
   21  with a public employer, except that a “professional teacher
   22  association” as defined in s. 1001.03(4) shall not be included
   23  in this definition until it applies for registration pursuant to
   24  s. 447.305.
   25         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.