Title: Reedy Creek Improvement District, Orange & Osceola Counties

Summary: Provides exception to general law; provides for resolution of impasse between Reedy Creek Improvement District & employee organization.

Full Text:
An act relating to the Reedy Creek Improvement District, Orange and Osceola Counties; amending chapter-764, Laws of Florida; providing an exception to general law; providing for resolution of an impasse between the District and an employee organization; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsection (1) of section of chapter-764, Laws of Florida, is amended to read: Section 8. Powers and Duties of the Board of Supervisors.-Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all of the powers and duties of the District shall be exercised by and through the Board of Supervisors. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Board shall have the power and authority to: (1)(a) Employ engineers, contractors, consultants, attorneys, auditors, agents, employees and representatives, as the Board of Supervisors may from time to time determine, on such terms and conditions as the Board of Supervisors may approve, and fix their compensation and duties. (b) If the District is the public employer under s. 447.403, Florida Statutes, and if either the public employer or the employee organization do es not accept, in whole or in part, the recommended decision of the special magistrate in accordance with s. 447.403(3), Florida Statutes, the special magistrate's decision shall be final and binding on both parties with respect HB 1365 2013 to all disputed impasse iss ues. The parties shall reduce to writing an agreement that includes those issues agreed to by the parties and those disputed impasse issues resolved by the special magistrate. The agreement shall be signed by the chief executive officer and the bargaining agent and shall be submitted to the public employer and to the public employees who are members of the bargaining unit for ratification. If such agreement is not ratified by all parties, pursuant to the provisions of s. 447.309, Florida Statutes, the speci al magistrate's decision and those issues agreed to by the parties shall take effect as of the date of the special magistrate's decision for the remainder of the first fiscal year that was the subject of negotiations; however, the special magistrate's decision shall not take effect with respect to those disputed impasse issues that establish the language of contractual provisions that could have no effect in the absence of a ratified agreement, including, but not limited to, preambles, recognition clauses, and duration clauses. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.