Governor Rick Scott plans to hold off on implementing his new state employee drug testing policy until the legal battle brewing with the state workers' union and the Florida ACLU is resolved.  Hear the Governor telling Jacksonville's Morning News that he's willing to fight until the Supreme Court.

Pending the outcome of the lawsuit, Florida would become the first state in the U.S. to impose random, suspicionless drug tests for state workers.  Governor Scott signed the bill into law late Monday night.

Agency heads will be allowed to test 10 percent of their workers 4 times a year.  It will go into effect July 1st.

Scott issued an executive order mandating drug testing for state employees last year, but backed off when the ACLU sued him.  They have said in the past that the law violates the fourth amendment, which prevents unreasonable searches and seizures.  The law was signed quietly and late at night, prompting questioning from Northeast Florida ACLU director Benetta Standly

"After the governor has been such a cheerleader for invasive drug testing, we were sort of perplexed that he signed this almost secretly in the middle of the night."

Scott says he's always been transparent about his job and its requirements.

"I don't think there's anything secret about what I do.  I start early in the morning and I go late at night and whenever we can get things out, we get things out."

The ACLU says it's getting ready to fight back, and they seem confident it will succeed.

"We know that the court is going to rule in our favor which is why we don't understand why he [Scott] continues this preoccupation with pushing the limits of government searches," says Northeast Florida ACLU director Benetta Standly.

Standly feels he's overstepped his bounds as far as invasive searches.  Scott says he's just doing what he thinks is best for the taxpayers.

"This is the logical thing to do, it's the right thing to do for the taxpayers of the state...you want to make sure you have a reliable workforce."

A judge ruled last year that the governor's executive order mandating drug testing was unconstitutional.

7-11 and Trayvon Martin

Governor Scott was originally in Jacksonville Wednesday to attend the announcement of 7-11 convenience stores returning to Jacksonville after 22 years.

"What you have to do in government is create an environment where everybody wants to do business in your state.  And why do people want to do business here?  It's becaue they can do better financially here than anyplace else."

Scott says if Florida puts itself in a position where every company looking to move thinks of Florida first because of low business taxes, fewer regulations and a fertile work environment, the economy will continue to grow.

What we're doing is opening up the playing field, letting people compete, and making sure everyone knows this is the best place."

The governor also sent his condolences to the family of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old who was shot by a neighborhood watch commander in Sanford while walking back from a convenience store.

"We've got to make sure that justice is served.  Whatever happens, whatever is the right thing to do, we're going to do it...I'm not going to prejudge what happens.  Let's allow the proper authorities to do their investigation and if somebody did something wrong, they should be prosecuted."

Scott met with people involved with the shooting in Tallahassee on Tuesday.