Cases from cite.case.law:

CITY OF MARATHON, v. PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS OF MARATHON, INC. LOCAL INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS,, 946 So. 2d 1187 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . Part II of Chapter 447 of the Florida Statutes (sections 447.201-447.609) grants public employees the . . .

FLORIDA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES COUNCIL AFSCME, AFL- CIO, v. JACKSONVILLE EMPLOYEES TOGETHER,, 738 So. 2d 489 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . We affirm, because section 447.609, Florida Statutes (1997), obviates the need for such qualification . . . secretary/treasurer of JET, filed a notice of appearance, which the ALJ accepted pursuant to section 447.609 . . . Unlike section 120.62(2), which requires lay representatives to be “qualified,” section 447.609 presumes . . . Section 447.609 was thereafter enacted in 1977. . . . addressed appearances before PERC, was amended to add the following provisions implementing section 447.609 . . .

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF SARASOTA COUNTY, v. CITRUS, CANNERY FOOD PROCESSING ALLIED WORKERS, DRIVERS, WAREHOUSEMEN HELPERS, LOCAL UNION, 738 So. 2d 953 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . Part II of Chapter 447 is comprised of sections 447.201 through 447.609 that all deal with public employees . . .

METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, v. DADE COUNTY EMPLOYEES, LOCAL AFSCME, 376 So. 2d 1206 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

. . . Further, I would hold that Florida Statute § 447.609 was not intended to authorize a union representative . . . The constitutionality of § 447.609, which applies to all proceedings under Part II of Chapter 447 and . . . The intent of Florida Statute § 447.609 is to allow non-lawyers to function in a representative capacity . . . An additional purpose of § 447.609 is to require that individuals who act as spokesmen in a representative . . . The basis of the PERC order is section 447.609, Florida Statutes (1977), which provides: Any full-time . . . the practice of law, Article V, Section 15, Florida Constitution ; or, alternatively, that section 447.609 . . . And section 447.609 previously quoted in full, authorizes “any full-time employee or officer” of the . . . The statutory right of a union to represent an employee is limited by section 447.609 to “any proceeding . . . Section 447.609; Dade County Classroom Teachers’ Ass’n v. Ryan, 225 So.2d 903, 905 (Fla.1969). . . .