Florida Statute 447.609 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXI
LABOR

Chapter 447
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS

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F.S. 447.609

447.609 Representation in proceedings.—Any full-time employee or officer of any public employer or employee organization may represent his or her employer or any member of a bargaining unit in any proceeding authorized in this part, excluding the representation of any person or public employer in a court of law by a person who is not a licensed attorney.

History.—s. 24, ch. 77-343; s. 163, ch. 97-103.

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Florida Public Employees Council 79 v. Jacksonville Employees Together

738 So. 2d 489, 161 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 3183, 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 10581, 1999 WL 569617

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 5, 1999 | Docket: 64789786

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Code ,Rule 28-106.106. We affirm, because section 447.609, Florida Statutes (1997), obviates the need

Metropolitan Dade County v. Dade County Employees, Local 1363

376 So. 2d 1206, 1979 Fla. App. LEXIS 16103

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 7, 1979 | Docket: 64572808

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non-lawyers. Further, I would hold that Florida Statute § 447.609 was not intended to authorize a union representative