(1) The state or any of its departments, bureaus, commissions, and officers are authorized and permitted, with the concurrence of the Department of Financial Services, to make deductions from the salary or wage of any employee or employees in such amount as shall be authorized and requested by such employee or employees and for such purpose as shall be authorized and requested by such employee or employees and shall pay such sums so deducted as directed by such employee or employees. The concurrence of the Department of Financial Services shall not be required for the deduction of a certified bargaining agent’s membership dues deductions pursuant to s. 447.303 or any deductions authorized by a collective bargaining agreement.
(2) The approval of and making of approved deductions shall not require the approval or making of other requested deductions.
(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), membership dues deductions as defined in s. 447.203 shall be authorized or permitted only for an organization that has been certified pursuant to chapter 447 as the bargaining agent for a unit of public employees. Such deductions are subject to s. 447.303.
(4) Records of employee requests and employer authorizations for deductions from an employee’s wage or salary, or the legal authority for the deduction, shall be maintained by each employing entity.
History.—s. 20, ch. 79-190; s. 7, ch. 94-113; s. 4, ch. 96-399; s. 114, ch. 2003-261; s. 7, ch. 2023-35; s. 23, ch. 2026-58.
