(a) An appropriate unit of family child care providers, as described in subdivision (h), may designate, in accordance with this chapter, the provider organization, if any, that shall be its representative for purposes of this chapter. The board shall, pursuant to the procedures in this section, certify a provider organization designated by an appropriate unit of family child care providers as the representative of those providers for purposes of this chapter. There shall be no more than one certified representative for purposes of this chapter at any time. (b) Requests for elections, challenges, requests for intervention, and requests for decertification shall be filed with, received by, and acted upon by the board, in accordance with its rules and regulations, to the extent those regulations are not inconsistent with this chapter, provided that a valid petition for a certification or decertification election shall be resolved by a secret ballot election among family child care providers. This section does not prevent the board from entering into agreements with one or more third-party services to conduct those elections. (c) (1) A provider organization petitioning for an election to be certified by the board as the representative for an appropriate unit of providers shall include in its petition proof of a 10-percent showing of interest designating the provider organization to act as the statewide representative of the providers. For purposes of the showing of interest, âfamily child care providerâ shall include any âfamily child care providerâ within the meaning of subdivision (b) of Section 10421 who received a subsidy payment in any of the last three full calendar months before the petition was submitted for which the information is available pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 10422. Proof of support may consist of, but does not require, any one of the following: (A) Proof of dues payments. (B) Dues deduction authorization forms. (C) Membership applications. (D) Authorization cards signed by providers. (E) Petitions signed by providers, provided the purpose of the petition is clearly stated on each page. (2) (A) The board, or a neutral third party designated by the board to act on a request for an election, shall consider evidence of a family child care providerâs support, or lack of support, for a provider organization valid if it was signed by the family child care provider within two years of the date it is submitted to the board. For purposes of showing proof of support by a provider for a provider organization, as described in paragraph (1), the board shall accept any electronic signature that satisfies either of the following: (i) Contains the signerâs name and contact information including one or more of the following: telephone number, email address, or home address. The party collecting the signatures shall send the signer a confirmation transmission to the telephone number, email address, or home address provided, which includes the information provided, the date signed, and the language to which the signer has agreed; and the party collecting the signatures shall maintain for inspection any responses to the confirmation transmission received by the time of submission. The party collecting signatures shall submit to the board any response from a signer indicating the signer did not authorize the electronic signature. (ii) Meets the requirements of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (Title 2.5 (commencing with Section 1633.1) of Part 2 of Division 3 of the Civil Code). (B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), if the board enacts regulations authorizing the acceptance of electronic signatures, those regulations shall govern as to any signatures signed after the date those regulations become effective. (3) Documents submitted to the board as proof of provider support shall remain confidential and not be disclosed by the board to any party other than the petitioner, except to indicate whether the pr
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