| 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. |