Section 3520.5 Of Chapter 10.3. State Employer-employee Relations From California Government Code >> Division 4. >> Title 1. >> Chapter 10.3.
3520.5
. (a) The state shall grant exclusive recognition to employee
organizations designated or selected pursuant to rules established
by the board for employees of the state or an appropriate unit
thereof, subject to the right of an employee to represent himself.
(b) The board shall establish reasonable procedures for petitions
and for holding elections and determining appropriate units pursuant
to subdivision (a).
(c) The board shall also establish procedures whereby recognition
of employee organizations formally recognized as exclusive
representatives pursuant to a vote of the employees may be revoked by
a majority vote of the employees only after a period of not less
than 12 months following the date of such recognition.