Florida Senate - 2012 SB 1104 By Senator Braynon 33-01120-12 20121104__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to exemption from legislative lobbying 3 requirements; amending s. 11.045, F.S.; redefining the 4 term “expenditure”; specifying that the term does not 5 include the use of a public facility or public 6 property that is made available by one governmental 7 entity to another governmental entity for a public 8 purpose, to exempt such government-to-government use 9 from legislative lobbying requirements; providing an 10 effective date. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section 15 11.045, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 16 11.045 Lobbying before the Legislature; registration and 17 reporting; exemptions; penalties.— 18 (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise 19 requires: 20 (d) “Expenditure” means a payment, distribution, loan, 21 advance, reimbursement, deposit, or anything of value made by a 22 lobbyist or principal for the purpose of lobbying. The term 23 “expenditure” does not include: 24 1. Contributions or expenditures reported pursuant to 25 chapter 106 or federal election law, campaign-related personal 26 services provided without compensation by individuals 27 volunteering their time, any other contribution or expenditure 28 made by or to a political party or affiliated party committee, 29 or any other contribution or expenditure made by an organization 30 that is exempt from taxation under 26 U.S.C. s. 527 or s. 31 501(c)(4). 32 2. A government-to-government use, which is the use of a 33 public facility or public property that is made available by one 34 governmental entity to another governmental entity for a public 35 purpose, regardless of whether either is required to register 36 any person as a lobbyist pursuant to this section. 37 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.