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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

LIGHTSEY CATTLE COMPANY v. FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATIVE COMMISSION

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-07-12T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: which Lightsey’s hunting preserve is located.11 § 47.011, Fla. Stat. PETITION TRANSFERRED. GANNAM

Glen Spiritis v. Julie Botel

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-02-27T00:00:00-08:00

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: Fla. | Date Filed: 2023-12-21T00:00:00-08:00

Snippet: public hearings, and persons 112 See, e.g., §§ 47.011, 47.021, 910.03, Fla. Stat (2023). …who have already invested 119 See, e.g., §§ 47.011, 47.021, 910.03, Fla. Stat (2023).

Ashley Knapp v. Brian Knapp

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-02-27T23:53:00-08:00

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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-02-13T23:53:00-08:00

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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-07-08T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 200 So. 3d 196

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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-08-07T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 171 So. 3d 216

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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-07-29T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 172 So. 3d 893

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

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Mooney

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-07-02T00:00:00-07:00

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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-05-16T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 126 So. 3d 1093

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

Brown v. NAGELHOUT

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2012-03-15T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 84 So. 3d 304

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

McCarroll v. VAN DYK

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2009-05-06T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 8 So. 3d 1256

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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-05-14T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 983 So. 2d 61

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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-01-23T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 979 So. 2d 967

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

Brodie v. Foley & Lardner

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-05-17T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 932 So. 2d 440

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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2002-12-05T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 832 So. 2d 233

Snippet: Fla. R.App. P. 9.130(a)(3)(A). [2] See §§ 47.011, 47.051, Fla. Stat. (2001). 5D02-552 District

Rayman v. Langdon Asset Management, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-11-03T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 745 So. 2d 426

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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1997-09-17T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 698 So. 2d 1378

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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1996-03-13T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 695 So. 2d 354

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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1995-04-12T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 652 So. 2d 990

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