Florida Florida Statutes
§ 11.047 — Contingency fees; prohibitions; penalties
FS § 11.047Ch. 11
Statute text
View on source(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.
(6)Each house of the Legislature shall provide by rule, or may provide by a joint rule adopted by both houses, procedures to implement and administer this section, including, but not limited to:(a) Alternate filing procedures in case the office's electronic filing system is not operable.
(b)The issuance of an electronic receipt to the person submitting the report indicating and verifying the date and time that the report was filed.
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Legislative history
s. 3, ch. 2005-359; s. 2, ch. 2012-51.