Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 447.609 (2025)
Representation in proceedings.
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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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1979–1999 · leading case: Florida Pub. Employees Council 79 v. Jacksonville Employees Together, 738 So. 2d 489 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999).
Florida Pub. Employees Council 79 v. Jacksonville Employees Together, 738 So. 2d 489 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999). “We affirm, because section 447.609, Florida Statutes (1997), obviates the need for such qualification, as Heard is an officer of an employee organization.”
Metro. Dade Cnty. v. Dade Cnty. Employees, Local 1363, 376 So. 2d 1206 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979). “1 The basis of the PERC or *1207 der is section 447.609, Florida Statutes (1977), which provides: Any full-time employee or officer of any public employer or employee organization may represent his employer or any member of a bargaining unit in any proceeding authorized in this…”
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