AN ACT relating to associations and individual representation rights.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 336 to allow public employee collective bargaining organizations to represent only dues-paying members; allow nonmember employees to be represented by counsel of their choosing, subject to reasonable employer procedures; grant the labor organization the right to represent a nonmember employee in an action involving the interpretation or enforcement of a collective bargaining agreement; allow nonmember employees to enter into a written agreement with the labor organization for representation for a reasonable fee; apply to agreements entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act.