Florida Statutes
Chapter 11 - Legislative Organization, Procedures, and Staffing
11.0455 - Electronic Filing of Compensation Reports and Other Information.


(1) As used in this section, the term “electronic filing system” means an Internet system for recording and reporting lobbying compensation and other required information by reporting period.
(2) Each lobbying firm that is required to file reports with the Office of Legislative Services pursuant to s. 11.045 must file such reports with the office by means of the office’s electronic filing system.
(3) A report filed pursuant to this section must be completed and filed through the electronic filing system not later than 11:59 p.m. of the day designated in s. 11.045. A report not filed by 11:59 p.m. of the day designated is a late-filed report and is subject to the penalties under s. 11.045(3).
(4) Each report filed pursuant to this section is deemed to meet the certification requirements of s. 11.045(3)(a)4., and as such subjects the person responsible for filing and the lobbying firm to the provisions of s. 11.045(7) and (8). Persons given a secure sign-on to the electronic filing system are responsible for protecting it from disclosure and are responsible for all filings using such credentials, unless they have notified the office that their credentials have been compromised.
(5) The electronic filing system developed by the office must:
(a) Be based on access by means of the Internet.
(b) Be accessible by anyone with Internet access using standard web-browsing software.
(c) Provide for direct entry of compensation report information as well as upload of such information from software authorized by the office.
(d) Provide a method that prevents unauthorized access to electronic filing system functions.

(6) Each house of the Legislature shall provide by rule, or may provide by a joint rule adopted by both houses, procedures to implement and administer this section, including, but not limited to:
(a) Alternate filing procedures in case the office’s electronic filing system is not operable.
(b) The issuance of an electronic receipt to the person submitting the report indicating and verifying the date and time that the report was filed.

(7) Each house of the Legislature shall provide by rule that the office make all the data filed available on the Internet in an easily understood and accessible format. The Internet website must also include, but not be limited to, the names and business addresses of lobbyists, lobbying firms, and principals, the affiliations between lobbyists and principals, and the classification system designated and identified by each principal pursuant to s. 11.045(2).
History.—s. 3, ch. 2005-359; s. 2, ch. 2012-51.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title III - Legislative Branch; Commissions

Chapter 11 - Legislative Organization, Procedures, and Staffing

11.011 - Special Session; Convened by Legislature.

11.02 - Notice of Special or Local Legislation or Certain Relief Acts.

11.021 - Evidence of Publication of Notice.

11.03 - Proof of Publication of Notice.

11.031 - Official Census.

11.0431 - Legislative Records; Intent of Legislation; Exemption From Public Disclosure.

11.044 - Legislative Intent and Purpose.

11.045 - Lobbying Before the Legislature; Registration and Reporting; Exemptions; Penalties.

11.0451 - Requirements for Reinstitution of Lobbyist Registration After Felony Conviction.

11.0455 - Electronic Filing of Compensation Reports and Other Information.

11.047 - Contingency Fees; Prohibitions; Penalties.

11.061 - State, State University, and Community College Employee Lobbyists; Registration; Recording Attendance; Penalty; Exemptions.

11.062 - Use of State Funds for Lobbying Prohibited; Penalty.

11.065 - Claims Against State; Limitations; Notice.

11.066 - Suits Seeking Monetary Damages Against the State or Its Agencies; Payment of Judgments; Appropriations Required.

11.07 - Method of Enrolling Bills, Etc.

11.111 - Continuance of Certain Causes for Term of Legislature and Period of Time Prior and Subsequent Thereto and Committee Workdays.

11.12 - Salary, Subsistence, and Mileage of Members and Employees; Expenses Authorized by Resolution; Appropriation; Preaudit.

11.13 - Compensation of Members.

11.131 - Monetary Supplements Prohibited.

11.135 - Legislative Committees, Units, and Offices; Expenditures.

11.143 - Standing or Select Committees; Powers.

11.1465 - Services Provided to Legislature.

11.147 - Office of Legislative Services.

11.151 - Annual Legislative Appropriation to Contingency Fund for Use of Senate President and House Speaker.

11.241 - Permanent Statutory Revision Plan Created.

11.242 - Powers, Duties, and Functions as to Statutory Revision.

11.2421 - Florida Statutes 2022 Adopted.

11.2422 - Statutes Repealed.

11.2423 - Laws or Statutes Not Repealed.

11.2424 - Laws Not Repealed.

11.2425 - Rights Reserved Under Repealed Statutes.

11.2427 - Conflict of Laws.

11.243 - Publishing Florida Statutes; Price, Sale.

11.249 - Commissioners to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.

11.25 - Salaries and Expenditures Not Subject to Control of Executive Agencies.

11.26 - Legislative Employees; Employment Restrictions.

11.40 - Legislative Auditing Committee.

11.42 - The Auditor General.

11.45 - Definitions; Duties; Authorities; Reports; Rules.

11.47 - Penalties; Failure to Make a Proper Audit or Examination; Making a False Report; Failure to Produce Documents or Information.

11.51 - Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability.

11.62 - Legislative Review of Proposed Regulation of Unregulated Functions.

11.90 - Legislative Budget Commission.

11.9005 - Government Efficiency Task Force.

11.93 - Short Title.

11.931 - Applicability.

11.932 - Definitions.

11.933 - Qualifications of Delegates and Alternate Delegates.

11.9331 - Appointment of Delegates by Legislature.

11.9332 - Appointment by Majority Vote of Each Chamber; Pairing Delegates and Alternate Delegates.

11.9333 - Recall; Filling a Vacancy; Special Legislative Session.

11.9334 - Method of Appointment and Recall.

11.9335 - Reimbursement of per Diem and Travel Expenses.

11.9336 - Oath.

11.9337 - Filing of Oath; Issuance of Commission.

11.934 - Instructions to Delegates.

11.9341 - Duties of Alternate Delegates.

11.9342 - Vote Cast Outside the Scope of Instructions or Limits; Status of Vote.

11.9343 - Vote Cast Outside the Scope of Instructions or Limits; Appointment Forfeited.

11.9344 - Vote Cast Outside the Scope of Instructions or Limits; Status of Application.

11.9345 - Vote Cast Outside the Scope of Instructions; Criminal Liability.

11.935 - Article v Convention Advisory Group.

11.9351 - Oversight of Delegates With Respect to Instructions.

11.9352 - Advisory Determination Concerning a Vote Outside the Scope of Instructions.