Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1634
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/02/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Ethics and Elections (Braynon) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (279702) 
    2  
    3         Between lines 8 and 9
    4  insert:
    5         (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise
    6  requires:
    7         (c) “Expenditure” means a payment, distribution, loan,
    8  advance, reimbursement, deposit, or anything of value made by a
    9  lobbyist or principal for the purpose of lobbying. The term does
   10  not include:
   11         1. Contributions or expenditures reported pursuant to
   12  chapter 106 or federal election law, campaign-related personal
   13  services provided without compensation by individuals
   14  volunteering their time, any other contribution or expenditure
   15  made by or to a political party or affiliated party committee,
   16  or any other contribution or expenditure made by an organization
   17  that is exempt from taxation under 26 U.S.C. s. 527 or s.
   18  501(c)(4).
   19         2. A government-to-government use, which is the use of a
   20  public facility or public property that is made available by a
   21  governmental entity to a legislator for a public purpose,
   22  regardless of whether the governmental entity is required to
   23  register any person as a lobbyist pursuant to this section.
   24