(1) In the event of a financial urgency requiring modification of an agreement, the chief executive officer or his or her representative and the bargaining agent or its representative shall meet as soon as possible to negotiate the impact of the financial urgency. If after a reasonable period of negotiation, which may not exceed 14 calendar days, a dispute exists between the public employer and the bargaining agent, an impasse is deemed to have occurred, and one of the parties must so declare in writing to the other party and to the commission. The parties must then proceed to follow the requirements under s. 447.403. An unfair labor practice charge may not be filed during the 14 calendar days during which negotiations are occurring under this section.
(2) For the purposes of this section, the implementation of appropriations to local governments by the Legislature which are specifically directed in law to be disbursed as salaries to employees of local governments is considered a financial urgency. If the use of funding appropriated by the Legislature to local governments is restricted to salaries and associated costs of such salaries and the implementation of such appropriations will require modification of an agreement, the chief executive officer or his or her representative and the bargaining agent or its representative must meet within 15 calendar days after the effective date of the appropriation to negotiate the impact of the financial urgency. If, 30 calendar days after the effective date of the appropriation, a dispute exists between the public employer and the bargaining agent as to the impact of the financial urgency, one of the parties must, within 2 business days, declare an impasse in writing to the other party and to the commission. The parties must then proceed to follow the requirements under s. 447.403. An unfair labor practice charge may not be filed during the 30-day period of negotiations or while the parties are proceeding through the resulting impasse process. This subsection does not apply to public employees in public safety units.
History.—s. 2, ch. 95-218; s. 159, ch. 97-103; s. 18, ch. 2026-58.
