(1) “Contingency fee” means a fee, bonus, commission, or nonmonetary benefit as compensation which is dependent or in any way contingent on the enactment, defeat, modification, or other outcome of any specific legislative action.
(2) No person may, in whole or in part, pay, give, or receive, or agree to pay, give, or receive, a contingency fee. However, this subsection does not apply to claims bills.
(3) Any person who violates this section commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. If such person is a lobbyist, the lobbyist shall forfeit any fee, bonus, commission, or profit received in violation of this section and is subject to the penalties set forth in s. 11.045. When the fee, bonus, commission, or profit is nonmonetary, the fair market value of the benefit shall be used in determining the amount to be forfeited. All forfeited benefits collected shall be deposited into the Legislative Lobbyist Registration Trust Fund.
(4) This section does not apply to any contract providing for compensation by contingency fee which is in existence on the date this act becomes a law and which does not provide for compensation by contingency fee for lobbying after December 31, 1993.
(5) Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit any salesperson engaging in legitimate state business on behalf of a company from receiving compensation or commission as part of a bona fide contractual arrangement with that company.
History.—s. 3, ch. 93-121.
Structure 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.
11.0431 - 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.
11.062 - Use of State Funds for Lobbying Prohibited; Penalty.
11.065 - Claims Against State; Limitations; Notice.
11.07 - Method of Enrolling Bills, Etc.
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.
11.241 - Permanent Statutory Revision Plan Created.
11.242 - Powers, Duties, and Functions as to Statutory Revision.
11.2421 - Florida Statutes 2022 Adopted.
11.2423 - Laws or Statutes Not Repealed.
11.2425 - Rights Reserved Under Repealed Statutes.
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.
11.45 - Definitions; Duties; Authorities; Reports; Rules.
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.
11.933 - 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.
11.9337 - 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.