Further Restrictions and Limitations on Campaign Contributions
From Whom a Candidate May Accept Contributions
Any person may contribute to a candidate as long as the contributions are witihin the limits provided.
A person is defined in Section 106.011(8), F.S., as an individual or a corporation, association, firm, partnership, joint venture, joint stock company, club, organization, estate, trust, business trust, syndicate or other combination of individuals having collective capacity, which includes a political party, political committee, or committee of continuous existence.
Exceptions to Contribution Limits
Section106.08(2), F.S.
1. A candidate may contribute any amount of money to his own campaign. However, family members of the candidate may not contribute more than $500 per election.
2. A candidate may not accept more than $100 per election from an unemancipated child under the age of 18.
3. A candidate may not accept contributions which in the aggregate exceed $50,000 from national, state, including any subordinate committee (which includes any political committee or committee of continuous existence affiliated with a political party) of a national, state or county committee of a political party, and county executive committees of a politcal party; no more than $25,000 of such contributions may be accepted prior to October 6, 1998.
For this purpose:
a. Polling services, research services, cost of campaign staff, professional consulting services, and telephone calls are not contributions to be counted toward the contribution limits, but must still be reproted by the candidate and the political party.
b. All other contributions are counted toward the contribution limits.
Information provided by the Florida Department of State--Division of Elections