All told, special interests -- including insurance companies, giant telecommunications firms and local governments -- spent between $35 million and $83 million on lobbying just the Florida Legislature, newly filed reports show. Anywhere from $17 million to $52 million also was spent to lobby Gov. Charlie Crist and state agencies.

An exact amount is not available, because state law requires lobbyists to report compensation only in ranges. But the numbers show that some of the special interests that spent tens of thousands of dollars on lobbyists either blunted the impact of legislation or won legislative victories.

Cities and counties across Florida spent at least $3.1 million lobbying the Legislature during both a 60-day regular session and a June special session dedicated to property taxes. The total includes money given to two associations that represent local governments but does not include money spent by sheriffs or county court clerks.

The final legislation, while ordering cities and counties to roll back property taxes, also provided ways to sidestep the cuts. Newer cities, along with Opa-locka and Miami, were exempt from the rollback, while the legislation also allowed local governments to override mandated cuts.

Rep. Dean Cannon, a Winter Park Republican and one of the rollback's sponsors, said he believed local governments have a right to be represented in Tallahassee. But he said he was frustrated that cities and counties used taxpayer money to block some of the property tax proposals.

Rep. David Rivera, a Miami Republican and top ally to House Speaker Marco Rubio, said that if cities and counties want a place to cut wasteful spending, they should start by getting rid of outside lobbyists. ''Most cities and counties have full-time employees paid to work on state government issues,'' he said.

But cities and counties aren't the only ones who spent thousands lobbying the Legislature. Among other big spenders:

• The owners of casinos in Broward County spent at least $490,000 during the last six months. Lawmakers passed bills that allowed dog tracks and horse tracks in Broward County to stay open longer and add additional slot machines.

• The merged telecommunications giant, BellSouth/AT&T, spent at least $890,000 lobbying. The Legislature passed a sweeping cable bill that will make it easier for phone companies to offer cable television in Florida.

• WellCare Health Plans, the Tampa-based HMO owner, spent at least $110,000 on lobbyists this year. Lawmakers passed a bill to boost the amount that health maintenance organizations would be paid to care for patients covered by Medicaid, the $15 billion state and federal health program for the poor. But citing some of the provisions that benefited HMOs, Crist vetoed the bill.

• State Farm spent at least $80,000 since January, including $60,000 in May to hire the Fowler White Boggs Banker firm to lobby. Fowler White's lobbyists include J.M. ''Mac'' Stipanovich, who was campaign manager for Jeb Bush in 1994, as well Jim Magill, a top campaign volunteer for Gov. Charlie Crist.

State Farm is pushing to have the state's no-fault auto insurance law expire on Oct. 1 and so far has been successful in opposing efforts to include the law in either the June special session or the one set for September.

A spokesman for State Farm refused to say why the company had decided to hire additional lobbyists in May.

''I'm not going to comment on the details of our strategy for public policy,'' said Justin Glover.

This was the second year Florida lobbyists have been required to disclose how much they are paid to either pass or kill legislation in the Capitol.

The new disclosure requirement appears to have had little impact on how much money companies and other groups are willing to pay to do business in the nation's fourth-largest state. So far this year, the amounts paid appear similar to those in 2006.

''I don't really don't think disclosure has changed anything,'' said Ron Book, an Aventura lobbyist whose firm has made in excess of $2 million during the last six months. ``For most people it has been a yawn.''