Florida Statute 447.509 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XXXI
LABOR

Chapter 447
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS

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F.S. 447.509

447.509 Other unlawful acts.—

(1) Employee organizations, their members, agents, or representatives, or any persons acting on their behalf are hereby prohibited from:

(a) Soliciting public employees during working hours of any employee who is involved in the solicitation.

(b) Distributing literature during working hours in areas where the actual work of public employees is performed, such as offices, warehouses, schools, police stations, fire stations, and any similar public installations. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the distribution of literature during the employee’s lunch hour or in such areas not specifically devoted to the performance of the employee’s official duties.

(c) Instigating or advocating support, in any positive manner, for an employee organization’s activities from high school or grade school students during classroom time.

(d) Offering anything of value to a public officer as defined in s. 112.313(1) which the public officer is prohibited from accepting under s. 112.313(2).

(e) Offering any compensation, payment, or thing of value to a public officer as defined in s. 112.313(1) which the public officer is prohibited from accepting under s. 112.313(4).

(2) No employee organization shall directly or indirectly pay any fines or penalties assessed against individuals pursuant to the provisions of this part.

(3) The circuit courts of this state shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this section by injunction and contempt proceedings, if necessary. A public employee who is convicted of a violation of any provision of this section may be discharged or otherwise disciplined by his or her public employer, notwithstanding further provisions of law, and notwithstanding the provisions of any collective bargaining agreement.

History.—s. 3, ch. 74-100; s. 162, ch. 97-103; s. 5, ch. 2023-35.

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Amendments to 447.509

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 447.509

Total Results: 7

Browning v. Brody

796 So. 2d 1191, 2001 WL 1048510

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 14, 2001 | Docket: 1249771

Cited 3 times | Published

of the no-strike provision of the Act and section 447.509 of the Act authorizes circuit courts to issue

Menegat v. City of Apopka

954 So. 2d 681, 2007 WL 1093478

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 13, 2007 | Docket: 1651962

Published

of Apopka ["Apopka"] on their claims that section 447.509(1)(a), Florida Statutes (2003) is facially

United Faculty of Fla. v. Fla. Bd. of Regents

585 So. 2d 991, 1991 WL 158231

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 16, 1991 | Docket: 1293829

Published

conduct as licensees of the state. Furthermore, section 447.509(1)(c) prohibits employee organizations or their

American Federation of Teachers-Hillsborough v. School Board of Hillsborough County

584 So. 2d 62, 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 7044, 1991 WL 133429

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 18, 1991 | Docket: 64660813

Published

subject to the limitations established in section 447.-509(l)(a) and (b). Subsection (b) prohibits the

Lee Cty. Sch. Bd. v. Pub. Emp. Rel. Com'n

513 So. 2d 1286

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 15, 1987 | Docket: 1689443

Published

follows: (1) PERC lacked jurisdiction because section 447.509[6] gives the *1289 circuit court exclusive

School Board of Lee County v. Public Employees Relations Commission

513 So. 2d 1286, 42 Educ. L. Rep. 679, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 2229, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 12173

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 15, 1987 | Docket: 64630241

Published

in holding the school board in violation of section 447.509(l)(b) by prohibiting distribution of literature

Okaloosa-Walton Junior College Board of Trustees v. Florida Public Employees Relations Commission

372 So. 2d 1378, 9 A.L.R. 4th 1, 102 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2419, 1979 Fla. App. LEXIS 15180

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 27, 1979 | Docket: 64571141

Published

in two sources: the reverse implications of Section 447.509, prohibiting employee solicitation at certain