Florida Senate - 2013                                     SB 544
       
       
       
       By Senator Braynon
       
       
       
       
       36-00678-13                                            2013544__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to exemption from legislative lobbying
    3         requirements; amending s. 11.045, F.S.; revising the
    4         term “expenditure” to not include the use of a public
    5         facility or public property that is made available by
    6         one governmental entity to another governmental entity
    7         for a public purpose, to exempt such government-to
    8         government use from legislative lobbying requirements;
    9         providing an effective date.
   10  
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
   14  11.045, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         11.045 Lobbying before the Legislature; registration and
   16  reporting; exemptions; penalties.—
   17         (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise
   18  requires:
   19         (c) “Expenditure” means a payment, distribution, loan,
   20  advance, reimbursement, deposit, or anything of value made by a
   21  lobbyist or principal for the purpose of lobbying. The term does
   22  not include:
   23         1. Contributions or expenditures reported pursuant to
   24  chapter 106 or federal election law, campaign-related personal
   25  services provided without compensation by individuals
   26  volunteering their time, any other contribution or expenditure
   27  made by or to a political party or affiliated party committee,
   28  or any other contribution or expenditure made by an organization
   29  that is exempt from taxation under 26 U.S.C. s. 527 or s.
   30  501(c)(4).
   31         2. A government-to-government use, which is the use of a
   32  public facility or public property that is made available by one
   33  governmental entity to another governmental entity for a public
   34  purpose, regardless of whether either is required to register
   35  any person as a lobbyist pursuant to this section.
   36         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.