| 5. Additional bargaining units. Notwithstanding subsection |
1, 2 or 3, the Legislature recognizes that additional or |
modified university system-wide units, academy units or |
technical community college units may be appropriate in the |
future. The employer or employee organizations may petition |
the executive director for the establishment of additional or |
modified university system-wide units, academy units or |
technical community college units. The executive director or |
a designee shall determine the appropriateness of those |
petitions, taking into consideration the community of interest |
and the declared legislative intent to avoid fragmentation |
whenever possible and to insure employees the fullest freedom |
in exercising the rights guaranteed by this chapter. The |
executive director or a designee conducting unit determination |
proceedings may administer oaths and require by subpoena the |
attendance and testimony of witnesses, the production of |
books, records and other evidence relative or pertinent to the |
issues represented to them. |