Florida SB 1296: Public Employees Relations Commission

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1296 
Public Employees Relations Commission 
2026-03-17T12:22:59Z 
Authorizing subpoenas to be served by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by personal service; revising application requirements for employee organization registration and renewal of registration; specifying the criteria by which the commission determines the method and timing of elections; providing that a petition to clarify the composition of a bargaining unit may be filed with the commission under certain circumstances; providing that implementation of appropriations from the Legislature which are specifically directed to be disbursed as salaries for employees of local governments are considered a financial urgency; authorizing certain public employers, public employees, and employee organizations, or combinations thereof, to file certain charges with the commission, etc. 
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 2 An act relating to the Public Employees Relations 
 3 Commission; amending s. 110.227, F.S.; conforming 
 4 final order requirements to ch. 120, F.S.; deleting a 
 5 provision requiring exceptions to a recommended order 
 6 to be filed within a specified timeframe; amending s. 
 7 112.0455, F.S.; revising the timeframe in which an 
 8 appeal hearing must be conducted; conforming final 
 9 order requirements to ch. 120, F.S.; amending s. 
 10 120.80, F.S.; providing applicability; amending s. 
 11 295.14, F.S.; conforming final order requirements to 
 12 ch. 120, F.S.; reordering and amending s. 447.203, 
 13 F.S.; revising and defining terms; amending s. 
 14 447.205, F.S.; revising the seal of the Public 
 15 Employees Relations Commission; amending s. 447.207, 
 16 F.S.; authorizing subpoenas to be served by certified 
 17 mail, return receipt requested, or by personal 
 18 service; revising requirements for proof of service; 
 19 deleting the requirement that the commission adopt 
 20 rules for the qualifications of persons who may serve 
 21 as mediators; authorizing the commission, under 
 22 certain circumstances, to waive the application of 
 23 part II of ch. 447, F.S., rather than only specified 
 24 provisions; amending s. 447.301, F.S.; revising 
 25 requirements for an employee organization membership 
 26 authorization form; requiring an employee 
 27 organization, within a specified timeframe, to revoke 
 28 the membership of and cease the collection of 
 29 membership dues from a public employee; providing that 
 30 a membership authorization form is valid if it meets 
 31 certain requirements; revising applicability; amending 
 32 s. 447.303, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes 
 33 made by the act; amending s. 447.305, F.S.; revising 
 34 application requirements for employee organization 
 35 registration and renewal of registration; requiring an 
 36 employee organization to provide an application for 
 37 renewal of registration to certain persons within a 
 38 specified timeframe; requiring a bargaining agent to 
 39 provide a remedy for incomplete application 
 40 information to the commission within a specified 
 41 timeframe; requiring the commission to dismiss an 
 42 application for renewal of registration under certain 
 43 circumstances; requiring the commission to notify the 
 44 bargaining agent when such application information is 
 45 complete; requiring the bargaining agent to petition 
 46 for recertification within a specified timeframe 
 47 thereafter; requiring the commission or one of its 
 48 designated agents to conduct an investigation if a 
 49 challenge to an application for renewal of 
 50 registration is filed; authorizing a designated agent 
 51 of the commission to conduct an investigation to 
 52 confirm validity of submitted information; exempting 
 53 certain employee organizations from a specified 
 54 requirement; requiring a registration fee for 
 55 applications for registration and renewal of 
 56 registration; requiring that certain employee 
 57 organization accounts be open for inspection by any 
 58 member of the organization or by the commission at a 
 59 reasonable time and place; providing for the 
 60 revocation of an employee organization’s certification 
 61 under certain circumstances; providing that decisions 
 62 issued by the commission in accordance with certain 
 63 provisions are final agency actions; amending s. 
 64 447.307, F.S.; revising requirements for the 
 65 certification and recertification of an employee 
 66 organization; requiring the commission to conduct 
 67 elections by specified methods; specifying the 
 68 criteria by which the commission determines the method 
 69 and timing of elections; requiring the commission to 
 70 conduct election by mail if requested by one of the 
 71 parties; providing the timeframe for when an election 
 72 by mail must be conducted; requiring the commission to 
 73 provide notice of such e