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F.S. 11.062

11.062 Use of state funds for lobbying prohibited; penalty.—

(1) No funds, exclusive of salaries, travel expenses, and per diem, appropriated to, or otherwise available for use by, any executive, judicial, or quasi-judicial department shall be used by any state employee or other person for lobbying purposes, which shall include the cost for publication and distribution of each publication used in lobbying; other printing; media; advertising, including production costs; postage; entertainment; and telephone and telegraph. Any state employee of any executive, judicial, or quasi-judicial department who violates the provisions of this section shall have deducted from her or his salary the amount of state moneys spent in violation of this section.

(2)(a) A department of the executive branch, a state university, a community college, or a water management district may not use public funds to retain a lobbyist to represent it before the legislative or executive branch. However, full-time employees of a department of the executive branch, a state university, a community college, or a water management district may register as lobbyists and represent that employer before the legislative or executive branch. Except as a full-time employee, a person may not accept any public funds from a department of the executive branch, a state university, a community college, or a water management district for lobbying.

(b) A department of the executive branch, a state university, a community college, or a water management district that violates this subsection may be prohibited from lobbying the legislative or executive branch for a period not exceeding 2 years.

(c) This subsection shall not be construed to prohibit a department of the executive branch, a state university, a community college, or a water management district from retaining a lobbyist for purposes of representing the entity before the executive or legislative branch of the Federal Government. Further, any person so retained is not subject to the prohibitions of this subsection.

(d) A person who accepts public funds as compensation for lobbying in violation of this subsection may be prohibited from registering to lobby before the legislative or executive branch for a period not exceeding 2 years.

(e) A person may file a written complaint with the Commission on Ethics alleging a violation of this subsection. The commission shall investigate and report its finding to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Governor and Cabinet. Based upon the report of the Commission on Ethics or upon its own finding that a violation of this subsection has occurred, a house of the Legislature may discipline the violator according to its rules, and the Governor or the Governor and Cabinet, as applicable, may prohibit the violator from lobbying before the executive branch for a period not exceeding 2 years after the date of the formal determination of a violation. The Commission on Ethics shall adopt rules necessary to conduct investigations under this paragraph.

History.—s. 2, ch. 74-161; s. 4, ch. 93-121; s. 10, ch. 95-147.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 11.062

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 11.062.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 11.062

Total Results: 20

JACQUELINE GIRARD v. TIMOTHY GIRARD

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2022-11-30

Snippet: her permanent alimony payments from $13,500 to $11,062 per month. Because there was no substantial and

Reyes v. Infinity Indemnity Insurance Co.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-01-18

Snippet: Lower Tribunal Nos. 13-19660 & 11-62 ________________

Estate of Arroyo v. Infinity Indemnity Insurance Co.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-01-18

Citation: 211 So. 3d 240, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 456

Snippet: Lower Tribunal Nos. 13-19660 & 11-62 ________________

Ledet v. Campo

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2013-03-06

Citation: 128 So. 3d 1034, 12 La.App. 3 Cir. 1193, 2013 WL 811609, 2013 La. App. LEXIS 414

Snippet: 2/9/11), 68 So.3d 1099, writ denied, 11-636 (La.5/6/11), 62 So.3d 127; Tech. Control Sys., Inc. v. Green, 01-955

Florida Department of Financial Services v. Capital Collateral Regional Counsel-Middle Region

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-11-26

Citation: 969 So. 2d 527, 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 18685, 2007 WL 4145459

Snippet: paid by them to lobbyists in violation of section 11.062, Florida Statutes.1 OFI’s recommendation was never

Bell v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-06-07

Citation: 965 So. 2d 48, 2007 WL 1628143

Snippet: substantiate his assertions. Postconviction Order at 11. *62 Trial counsel has a duty to investigate any potential

Coral Imaging Services v. Geico Indem. Ins.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-10-04

Citation: 955 So. 2d 11, 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 16469, 2006 WL 2819614

Snippet: g., Art. III, § 8(a), Fla. Const.; Fla. Stat. § 11.062(2)(a); § 11.066(4); § 11.70(3)(d); § 14.29(3)(b)

Lenart v. Ocwen Financial Corp.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2004-02-25

Citation: 869 So. 2d 588, 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 2146, 2004 WL 360524

Snippet: deficiency was due and owing to OCWEN in the amount of $11,062.98. The insurer subsequently settled the insurance

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2002-02-05

Snippet: arises). 5 See, Op. Att'y Gen. Fla. 97-82 (1997) (s. 11.062[2], Fla. Stat., restricting use of state funds

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2000-02-09

Snippet: among them section 11.062, Florida Statutes. The opinion notes that section 11.062, Florida Statutes,

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1998-04-06

Snippet: the lobbying restrictions contained in section 11.062(2)(a), Florida Statutes.6 Members of the school

Nylen v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-03-18

Citation: 707 So. 2d 409, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 2624, 1998 WL 115860

Snippet: pursuant to section 775.083, plus a surcharge of $11.62 pursuant to section 960.25, because the trial court

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1998-03-03

Snippet: state or that conflict with a state law. Section 11.062(1), Florida Statutes, allows the use of state employee

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1997-11-26

Snippet: following question: Do the provisions of section 11.062(2), Florida Statutes, restricting the use of state

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1997-09-08

Snippet: funds it receives will be appropriated.7 Section 11.062, Florida Statutes, in pertinent part, provides:

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1988-11-29

Snippet: accomplish any legitimate county purpose). 6 Compare, s. 11.062, F.S., providing that no funds, exclusive of salaries

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1985-01-10

Snippet: observed that the college president relied upon s 11.062, F.S. as authority for such expenditures by college

INS. CO. OF ST., PA v. Estate of Guzman

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1982-10-13

Citation: 421 So. 2d 597

Snippet: v. New York Tank Barge Corp., 314 U.S. 104, 110-11, 62 S.Ct. 156, 160-61, 89 L.Ed. 89 (1941), which held

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1978-03-09

Snippet: the manner contemplated by your letter. Cf. s. 11.062, F. S., which sets forth a general state policy

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1977-02-01

Snippet: amended by Ch. 72-625, Laws of Florida, does s. 11.062, F. S. 1975, prohibit the appropriation of public