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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title III
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH; COMMISSIONS

Chapter 11
LEGISLATIVE ORGANIZATION, PROCEDURES, AND STAFFING

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F.S. 11.047

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.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 11.047

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

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Cases Citing Statute 11.047

Total Results: 20

Glen Spiritis v. Julie Botel

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-02-27

Snippet: Dr. Botel returned to the City Clerk’s Office at 11:47 a.m. She filed nearly all of what she believed to

In Re: Judicial Circuit Assessment

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2023-12-21

Snippet: public hearings, and persons 112 See, e.g., §§ 47.011, 47.021, 910.03, Fla. Stat (2023).

Ashley Knapp v. Brian Knapp

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-02-28

Citation: 266 So. 3d 224

Snippet: 145 So. 3d 955, 957 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014); §§ 47.011, 47.122 & 61.13(2)(d), Fla. Stat. (2019), I would

ROBERT ALVAREZ v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-02-14

Citation: 238 So. 3d 283

Snippet: of text messages between Alvarez and others. At 11:47 p.m. on the night of the crimes, Alvarez sent a

Adam Acevedo v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-07-08

Citation: 200 So. 3d 196, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 10461

Snippet: near Baillergeon’s yard for fifteen minutes from 11:47 p.m. on August 23, 2014, until 12:02 a.m. on August

Hall v. Animals.com, L.L.C.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-08-07

Citation: 171 So. 3d 216, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 11798, 2015 WL 4660127

Snippet: where the property in litigation is located. §§ 47.011, 47.051, Fla. Stat. (2014). Where venue is proper in

Connolly, Jr. v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-07-29

Citation: 172 So. 3d 893, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 11352

Snippet: of such offenses.” § 777.011. 47 The second premise

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Mooney

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-07-02

Citation: 147 So. 3d 42, 2014 WL 2965507, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 10211

Snippet: County would have even been permissible. See §§ 47.011, 47.021, 47.051, Fla. Stat. (2012) (combining to prescribe

Brown v. Nagelhout

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-05-16

Citation: 126 So. 3d 1093, 2012 WL 1696772, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 7832

Snippet: Brown, applying the plain language of sections 47.011, 47.021, and 47.051, Florida Statutes (2009), we reverse

Brown v. NAGELHOUT

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-03-15

Citation: 84 So. 3d 304, 37 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 225, 2012 WL 851033, 2012 Fla. LEXIS 552

Snippet: should apply the plain language of sections 47.011, 47.021, and 47.051, Florida Statutes. Where there

McCarroll v. VAN DYK

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-05-06

Citation: 8 So. 3d 1256, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 4205, 2009 WL 1212246

Snippet: the transaction of its customary business. §§ 47.011, 47.051, Fla. Stat. (2008).[1] In the instant case

Pari-Mutuel Wagering v. Standardbred Owners

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-05-14

Citation: 983 So. 2d 61, 2008 WL 2038400

Snippet: only in the county of its headquarters. *63 §§ 47.011, 47.122, Fla. Stat. (2006); Smith v. Williams, 160

Tobin v. a & F ENGINEERING

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-01-23

Citation: 979 So. 2d 967, 2008 WL 183568

Snippet: Beach County, not Miami-Dade County, see §§ 47.011, 47.051, Fla. Stat. (2006); Nicholas v. Ross, 721 So

Brodie v. Foley & Lardner

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-05-17

Citation: 932 So. 2d 440, 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 7693, 2006 WL 1330368

Snippet: venue is proper in Miami Dade County. See §§ 47.011, 47.021, Fla. Stat. (2005). Accordingly, we reverse

Symbol Mattress of Fla., Inc. v. Royal Sleep Products, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2002-12-06

Citation: 832 So. 2d 233, 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 17835, 2002 WL 31728828

Snippet: Fla. R.App. P. 9.130(a)(3)(A). [2] See §§ 47.011, 47.051, Fla. Stat. (2001).

Rayman v. Langdon Asset Management, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1999-11-03

Citation: 745 So. 2d 426, 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 14594, 1999 WL 993083

Snippet: property in litigation is located. Fla. Stat. §§ 47.011, 47.051 (1999). The plaintiffs choice of venue, in

Hanson-Murphy, Inc. v. First Federal Savings & Loan

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1997-09-17

Citation: 698 So. 2d 1378, 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 10600, 1997 WL 577790

Snippet: County where that action was filed, see §§ 47.011, 47.051, Fla. Stat. (1995)1; 92 C.J.S. Venue § 19 n

Lathan Construction Corp. v. McDaniel Grading, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1996-03-13

Citation: 695 So. 2d 354, 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 2458, 1996 WL 111767

Snippet: Grading, No. 95-1132 (Fla. 5th DCA). . See §§ 47.011, 47.051, Fla.Stat. (1993). . While suit in Orange

Apple Polishing Systems, Inc. v. Palmer

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-04-12

Citation: 652 So. 2d 990, 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 3624, 1995 WL 170420

Snippet: PER CURIAM. Affirmed. §§ 47.011, 47.041, Fla.Stat. (1998); Florida Bldg. Inspection Servs., Inc. v.

Maurice Gelina & Associates, Inc. v. Modular Computer Systems, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1994-07-12

Citation: 639 So. 2d 1060, 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 6901, 1994 WL 330198

Snippet: where anyone of the causes of action arose. §§ 47.011, 47.041, Fla.Stat. (1993). In an action on a contract