Florida Statute 447.609 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 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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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 447.609

Level: Degree
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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 447.609.

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Cases Citing Statute 447.609

Total Results: 4

City of Marathon v. PROF. FIREFIGHTERS

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-12-26T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 946 So. 2d 1187

Snippet: 447 of the Florida Statutes (sections 447.201-447.609) grants public employees the right of organization

Florida Public Employees Council 79 v. Jacksonville Employees Together

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-08-05T00:00:00-07:00

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

Snippet: Code ,Rule 28-106.106. We affirm, because section 447.609, Florida Statutes (1997), obviates the need for…appearance, which the ALJ accepted pursuant to section 447.609, providing: Representation in proceedings.— Any…lay representatives to be “qualified,” section 447.609 presumes that an officer of an employee organization…, which implemented section 120.62(2). Section 447.609 was thereafter enacted in 1977. In 1980, the supreme… the following provisions implementing section 447.609 and 120.62(2).2 Fla. Admin. Code 38D-13.07 (1985

Board of County Commissioners v. Citrus, Cannery Food Processing & Allied Workers, Drivers, Warehousemen & Helpers, Local Union 173

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1998-11-20T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 738 So. 2d 953, 163 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2252, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 14808, 1998 WL 933218

Snippet: Chapter 447 is comprised of sections 447.201 through 447.609 that all deal with public employees. . Section

Metropolitan Dade County v. Dade County Employees, Local 1363

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1979-11-07T00:00:00-08:00

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

Snippet: . Further, I would hold that Florida Statute § 447.609 was not intended to authorize a union representative…PERC under § 447.603. The constitutionality of § 447.609, which applies to all proceedings under Part II… to employees. The intent of Florida Statute § 447.609 is to allow non-lawyers to function in a representative…the practice of law. An additional purpose of § 447.609 is to require that individuals who act as spokesmen