SB 1585

                                      SECOND REGULAR SESSION
                SENATE BILL NO. 1585
                                      103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
                                    INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SCHNELTING.
 6766S.01I  KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
                                                   AN ACT
 To repeal section 105.510, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to public
           labor organizations.
 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
1Section A.  Section 105.510, RSMo, is repealed and one new
2  section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 105.510,
3  to read as follows:
1105.510.  1.     Public employees, except police, deputy
2  sheriffs, Missouri state highway patrolmen, [Missouri] and
3  employees of the department of the National Guard[, all
4  teachers of all Missouri schools, colleges and universities,
5  of any public body] shall have the right to form [and],
6  join, or terminate membership in a labor [organizations]
7  organization at any time, and [to] may present proposals to
8  any public body relative to salaries and other conditions of
9  employment through the representative of their own
10  choosing. No such employee shall be discharged or
11  discriminated against because of his exercise of such right,
12  nor shall any person or group of persons, directly or
13  indirectly, by intimidation or coercion, compel or attempt
14  to compel any such employee to join or refrain from joining
15  a labor organization, except that the above excepted
16  employees have the right to form benevolent, social, or
17  fraternal associations.  Membership in such associations may
 EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
 and is intended to be omitted in the law.
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18 not be restricted on the basis of race, creed, color,
19 religion or ancestry.
202.   A labor organization or public body may not place a
21 restriction on the time that a public employee of a school
22 district may join or terminate membership in a labor
23 organization.
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