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Florida Statute 11.047 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 11.047 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 11.047 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
11.047 Contingency fees; prohibitions; penalties.—
(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.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 11.047

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
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Cases Citing F.S. 11.047

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·Brown v. City of Huntsville, Ala., 608 F.3d 724 (11th Cir. 2010).

Cited 417 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 11480, 2010 WL 2243877

"neglect, carelessness, or unskillfulness." Ala.Code § 11-47-190 ("No city or town shall be liable for damages
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Cited "but see"Hunter v. District of Columbia Government (2011)
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Cited "but see"Hunter v. District of Columbia (2011)
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Cited as authority(citing case) (2026)
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·Paul Boyle v. City of Pell City, 866 F.3d 1280 (11th Cir. 2017).

Cited 106 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 33 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 981, 29 Wage & Hour Cas.2d (BNA) 741, 2017 WL 3429383, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 14770

Alabama’s statutory notice requirement, Ala. Code § 11-47-23. The City subsequently filed a motion for
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Cited as authorityBrigette Bodie-Jernigan v. School Board of Broward County, Florida (2025)
Cited as authorityWedgeworth v. McDonough (2025)
Cited as authorityJoan Davis v. The Office of Bar Admissions (2025)
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·Acoff v. Abston, 762 F.2d 1543 (11th Cir. 1985).

Cited 50 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 30629

defendant. This Court cannot, therefore, borrow Section 11-47-23 as the most appropriate and analogous state
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CitedDouglas Stalley v. Lake CI Warden (2024)
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Cited as authorityHill v. City of Montgomery, Alabama (NO DISCOVERY DOC 228) (CONSENT) (2022)
CitedAmegy Bank National Association v. Deutsche Bank Alex.Brown (2015)
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·Hardin v. Hayes, 52 F.3d 934 (11th Cir. 1995).

Cited 30 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 11939, 1995 WL 258673

respondeat superior. See Ala.Code § 11-47-190 (1992); City of Birmingham v. Benson
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Cited as authorityMethod Pharmaceuticals, LLC v. H2-Pharma, LLC (2025)
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·Acoff v. Abston, 762 F.2d 1543 (11th Cir. 1985).

Cited 2 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 54 U.S.L.W. 2029

governing tort claims against municipalities. ALA.CODE § 11-47-23 (1975). The district court denied the motion
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·Hoefling v. City of Miami, 17 F. Supp. 3d 1227 (S.D. Fla. 2014).

Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2014 WL 1778963, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 62883

maintaining the same.’” Id. (citing Ala. Code § 11-47-117 (1975)). The Court found that because the City
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CitedJames Edward Hoefling, Jr. v. City of Miami (2016)
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1990).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

45(3)(a)2., F.S. 7 Section 11.47(1), F.S. 8 Section 11.47(3), F.S. 9 Section 11.47(4), F.S. 10 See, AGO
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Joi Brown v. City of Huntsville, AL (11th Cir. 2010).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

“neglect, carelessness, or unskillfulness.” Ala. Code § 11-47-190 (“No city or town shall be liable for damages
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FL League of Prof'l v. Meggs (11th Cir. 1996).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

...the statute may, in writing, seek clarification of the intended reach of the statutes. Id. § 11.045(4). As noted, the statute also precludes would-be lobbyists from exchanging their services for an award contingent on legislative outcome. See id. § 11.047. The League does not argue that the statute has been unconstitutionally applied to penalize its members....
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1978).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

information must be made available to him. Section 11.47(1), F. S. It is next necessary to apply the
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1981).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

concurrent resolution. Section 11.45(3)(a)2., F.S. Section 11.47(1), F.S., requires those officers whose respective
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1979).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

for failure to comply with this requirement. Section 11.47(1) provides: All officers whose respective

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