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:
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   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.