SB 771 - This act allows public employee labor unions to withhold fees from public employee paychecks only upon the annual written consent of the employee. The act also requires the public employee's annual consent for public employee labor unions to use fees and dues for political purposes. Employees are required to authorize the amount to be used for political contributions to be transferred to the labor union's continuing committee. Authorizing or refraining from authorizing any amount shall in no way affect employment.
Public labor unions shall keep records of all authorizations for political contributions and submit them to the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission.
This act does not apply to first responders or labor organizations that represent first responders.
This act is substantially similar to a provision in SB 602 (2018), the truly agreed to SS#2/SCS/HB 1413 (2018), SB 21 (2017), HB 251 (2017), SB 599 (2016) and similar to HB 251 (2017), SCS/HCS/HB 1891 (2016) which was vetoed by the Governor, SB 129 (2015), SS/SCS/SB 29 (2013) which was vetoed by the Governor, SS/SCS/SB 553 & 435 (2012), SB 435 (2012), SB 202 (2011), HB 492 (2011), SB 610 (2006), and SB 814 (1998).
SCOTT SVAGERA