HB 423

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.
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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.

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