Chapter 215 Financial Matters: General Provisions
- 215.01 Fiscal year.
The fiscal year shall begin on July 1 and end on June 30 in each and every year. History.--s. 5, ch. 515, 1853; RS 405;...
- 215.02 Manner of paying money into the Treasury.
Whenever any officer of this state or other person desires to pay any money into the Treasury of the state on account of his or...
- 215.03 Party to be reimbursed on reversal of judgment for state.
Whenever upon appeal in civil cases, any judgment in favor of the state has been or shall be reversed and set aside, which may have...
- 215.04 Department of Financial Services to report delinquents.
The Department of Financial Services shall report to the state attorney of the proper circuit the name of any delinquent officer whose delinquency concerns the...
- 215.05 Department of Financial Services to certify accounts of delinquents.
When any revenue officer or other person accountable for public money shall neglect or refuse to pay into the treasury the sum or balance reported...
- 215.06 Certified accounts of delinquents as evidence.
In every case of delinquency, where suit has been or shall be instituted, the certified statement provided for in s. 215.05, shall be admitted as...
- 215.07 Preference of state in case of insolvency.
When any revenue officer or other person now indebted or hereafter becoming indebted to the state, by bond or otherwise, shall become insolvent, or when...
- 215.08 Delinquent collectors to be reported to state attorney.
The Department of Revenue, the county court judge, the chair of the board of county commissioners and the members of the said board representing the...
- 215.09 Delinquent collectors; forfeiture of commissions.
For any failure on the part of any tax collector to make reports or to pay over any money as required by law, the tax...
- 215.10 Delinquent collectors; suspension.
For a failure or refusal of any tax collector or other officer, whose duty it is to perform any act connected with the assessment or...
- 215.11 Defaulting officers; Department of Financial Services to report to clerk.
The Department of Financial Services shall, within 90 days after the expiration of the term of office of any tax collector, sheriff, clerk of the...
- 215.12 Defaulting officers; duty of clerk.
The clerk of the circuit court to whom any such statement shall be forwarded, shall file the same in his or her office, and within...
- 215.15 School appropriations to have priority.
Appropriations, other than from the General Revenue Fund, made for school purposes under any statute or law, shall be payable out of the first funds...
- 215.16 Appropriations from General Revenue Fund for public schools, state institutions of higher learning, and community colleges; reduction.
(1) All state appropriations, from the General Revenue Fund, for the benefit of the uniform system of public free schools and the state institutions of higher...
- 215.18 Transfers between funds; limitation.
Whenever there exists in any fund provided for by s. 215.32 a deficiency which would render such fund insufficient to meet its just requirements, and...
- 215.195 Agency deposits relating to the Statewide Cost Allocation Plan.
(1) APPLICATION FOR ALLOCABLE STATEWIDE OVERHEAD.--Each state agency, and the judicial branch, making application for federal grant or contract funds shall, in accordance with the Statewide...
- 215.196 Architects Incidental Trust Fund; creation; assessment.
(1) There is created the Architects Incidental Trust Fund for the purpose of providing sufficient funds for the operation of the facilities development activities of the...
- 215.197 Federal Grants Trust Fund.
(1) The Federal Grants Trust Fund is created within the Department of Revenue. (2) The trust fund is established for use as a depository for funds to...
- 215.198 Operations Trust Fund.
(1) The Operations Trust Fund is created within the Department of Revenue. (2) The fund is established for use as a depository for funds to be used...
- 215.199 Audit and Warrant Clearing Trust Fund.
(1) The Audit and Warrant Clearing Trust Fund is created within the Department of Revenue. (2) The fund is established for use as a depository for audit...
- 215.20 Certain income and certain trust funds to contribute to the General Revenue Fund.
(1) A service charge of 7 percent, representing the estimated pro rata share of the cost of general government paid from the General Revenue Fund, is...
- 215.211 Service charge; elimination or reduction for specified proceeds.
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 215.20(1) and (3), the service charge provided in s. 215.20(1) and (3), which is deducted from the proceeds of the...
- 215.22 Certain income and certain trust funds exempt.
(1) The following income of a revenue nature or the following trust funds shall be exempt from the appropriation required by s. 215.20(1): (a) Student financial aid...
- 215.23 When contributions to be made.
The deductions required by s. 215.20 shall be paid into the appropriate fund by the Chief Financial Officer for quarterly periods ending March 31, June...
- 215.24 Exemptions where federal contributions or private grants.
(1) Should any state fund be the recipient of federal contributions or private grants, either by the matching of state funds or by a general donation...
- 215.245 Contracts with Federal Government; indemnification authorized in certain circumstances.
The state and its political subdivisions, which are authorized to enter into cooperative agreements or otherwise contract or participate with the Federal Government in constructing...
- 215.25 Manner of contributions; rules and regulations.
The Chief Financial Officer is authorized to ascertain and determine the manner in which the required amounts shall be deducted and paid and to adopt...
- 215.26 Repayment of funds paid into State Treasury through error.
(1) The Chief Financial Officer may refund to the person who paid same, or his or her heirs, personal representatives, or assigns, any moneys paid into...
- 215.28 United States securities, purchase by state and county officers and employees; deductions from salary.
(1) Upon the request in writing, signed by any officer or employee of the state, or of any county, of any other political subdivision or subordinate...
- 215.31 State funds; deposit in State Treasury.
Revenue, including licenses, fees, imposts, or exactions collected or received under the authority of the laws of the state by each and every state official,...
- 215.311 State funds; exceptions.
The provisions of s. 215.31 shall not apply to funds collected by and under the direction and supervision of the Division of Blind Services of...
- 215.32 State funds; segregation.
(1) All moneys received by the state shall be deposited in the State Treasury unless specifically provided otherwise by law and shall be deposited in and...
- 215.3206 Trust funds; termination or re-creation.
(1) Prior to the regular session of the Legislature immediately preceding the date on which any executive or judicial branch trust fund is scheduled to be...
- 215.3207 Trust funds; establishment; criteria.
A trust fund may be created by law only by the Legislature and only if passed by a three-fifths vote of the membership of each...
- 215.3208 Trust funds; legislative review.
(1) In order to implement s. 19(f), Art. III of the State Constitution, for the purpose of reviewing trust funds prior to their automatic termination pursuant...
- 215.321 Regulatory Trust Fund.
All funds received pursuant to ss. 494.001-494.0077, chapter 497, chapter 516, chapter 520, or part I of chapter 559 shall be deposited into the Regulatory...
- 215.322 Acceptance of credit cards, charge cards, or debit cards by state agencies, units of local government, and the judicial branch.
(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage state agencies, the judicial branch and units of local government to make their goods, services, and...
- 215.34 State funds; noncollectible items; procedure.
(1) Any check, draft, or other order for the payment of money in payment of any licenses, fees, taxes, commissions, or charges of any sort authorized...
- 215.35 State funds; warrants and their issuance.
All warrants issued by the Chief Financial Officer shall be numbered in a manner that uniquely identifies each warrant for audit and reconciliation purposes. Each...
- 215.36 State funds; laws not repealed.
Nothing in ss. 215.31-215.32, 215.34-215.36 shall be construed as repealing ss. 215.20, 215.22 to 215.25, inclusive, or as affecting the proceeds of 2 cents per...
- 215.37 Department of Business and Professional Regulation and the boards to be financed from fees collected; deposit of funds; service charge; appropriation.
(1) All fees, licenses, and other charges assessed to practitioners of professions, as defined in chapter 455, by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation or...
- 215.405 State agencies and the judicial branch authorized to collect costs of fingerprinting.
Any state agency, or the judicial branch, exercising regulatory authority and authorized to take fingerprints of persons within or seeking to come within such agency's...
- 215.42 Purchases from appropriations, proof of delivery.
The Chief Financial Officer may require proof, as he or she deems necessary, of delivery and receipt of purchases before honoring any voucher for payment...
- 215.422 Payments, warrants, and invoices; processing time limits; dispute resolution; agency or judicial branch compliance.
(1) An invoice submitted to an agency of the state or the judicial branch, required by law to be filed with the Chief Financial Officer, shall...
- 215.425 Extra compensation claims prohibited.
No extra compensation shall be made to any officer, agent, employee, or contractor after the service has been rendered or the contract made; nor shall...
- 215.43 Public bonds, notes, and other securities.
(1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the following words and term shall have the following meanings: (a) The word "unit" shall mean any department, board, commission or...
- 215.431 Issuance of bond anticipation notes.
(1) Each of the counties, school boards, districts, authorities, municipalities, and agencies of municipalities in the state shall have power, at any time and from time...
- 215.44 Board of Administration; powers and duties in relation to investment of trust funds.
(1) Except when otherwise specifically provided by the State Constitution and subject to any limitations of the trust agreement relating to a trust fund, the Board...
- 215.441 Board of Administration; appointment of executive director.
The appointment of the executive director of the State Board of Administration shall be subject to the approval by a majority vote of the Board...
- 215.442 Executive director; reporting requirements; public meeting.
(1) Beginning October 2007 and quarterly thereafter, the executive director shall present to the Board of Trustees of the State Board of Administration a quarterly report...
- 215.444 Investment Advisory Council.
(1) There is created a six-member Investment Advisory Council to review the investments made by the staff of the Board of Administration and to make recommendations...
- 215.45 Sale and exchange of securities.
Securities or investments purchased or held under the provisions of this chapter may be sold or exchanged for other securities or investments; provided, however, that...
- 215.47 Investments; authorized securities; loan of securities.
Subject to the limitations and conditions of the State Constitution or of the trust agreement relating to a trust fund, moneys available for investments under...
- 215.471 Divestiture by the State Board of Administration.
The State Board of Administration shall divest any investment under s. 121.151 and ss. 215.44-215.53, and is prohibited from investment in stocks, securities, or other...
- 215.472 Prohibited investments.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each state agency, as defined in s. 216.011, is prohibited from investing in: (1) Any financial institution or company domiciled...
- 215.473 Divestiture by the State Board of Administration; Sudan; Iran.
(1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this act, the term: (a) "Active business operations" means all business operations that are not inactive business operations. (b) "Business operations" means engaging in...
- 215.475 Investment policy statement.
(1) In making investments for the System Trust Fund pursuant to ss. 215.44-215.53, the board shall make no investment which is not in conformance with the...
- 215.48 Consent and ratification of appropriate board, agency, or of the judicial branch.
By and with the consent and approval of any constitutional board or agency, or the judicial branch, now having the constitutional power to make investments,...
- 215.49 Making funds available for investment.
(1) It shall be the duty of each state agency, and the judicial branch, now or hereafter charged with the administration of the System Trust Fund,...
- 215.50 Custody of securities purchased; income.
(1) All securities purchased or held may, with the approval of the board, be in the custody of the Chief Financial Officer or the Chief Financial...
- 215.51 Investment accounts; changes, notice, etc.
(1) The board shall keep, for each fund for which investments are made, a separate account, to be designated by name and number, which shall record...
- 215.515 Investment accounts; charges for services.
(1) The State Board of Administration shall make reasonable charges for all investment services performed for any agency, the judicial branch, or any fund in accordance...
- 215.52 Rules and regulations.
The board shall have the power and authority to make reasonable rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of ss. 215.44-215.53. History.--s. 10,...
- 215.53 Powers of existing officers and boards, the judicial branch, and agencies not affected.
It is the intent of the Legislature that transfer of the powers, duties, and responsibilities of existing state agencies or the judicial branch made by...
- 215.55 Federal Use of State Lands Trust Fund; county distribution.
The funds collected and deposited in the Federal Use of State Lands Trust Fund shall be distributed annually to the county in which the money...
- 215.551 Federal Use of State Lands Trust Fund; county distribution.
(1) The Chief Financial Officer may make distribution of the Federal Use of State Lands Trust Fund, when so requested by the counties in interest, of...
- 215.552 Federal Use of State Lands Trust Fund; land within military installations; county distribution.
The Chief Financial Officer shall distribute moneys from the Federal Use of State Lands Trust Fund when so requested by the counties so affected. The...
- 215.555 Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund.
(1) FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.--The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) There is a compelling state interest in maintaining a viable and orderly private sector market for...
- 215.556 Exemption.
The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund created by s. 215.555 is exempt from the deduction required by s. 215.20(1). History.--s. 2, ch. 93-409. ...
- 215.557 Reports of insured values.
The reports of insured values under covered policies by zip code submitted to the State Board of Administration pursuant to s. 215.555, as created by...
- 215.5586 My Safe Florida Home Program.
There is established within the Department of Financial Services the My Safe Florida Home Program. The department shall provide fiscal accountability, contract management, and strategic...
- 215.55865 Uniform home grading scale.
The Financial Services Commission shall adopt a uniform home grading scale to grade the ability of a home to withstand the wind load from a...
- 215.5588 Florida Disaster Recovery Program.
(1) The Department of Community Affairs shall implement the 2006 Disaster Recovery Program from funds provided through the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global...
- 215.559 Hurricane Loss Mitigation Program.
(1) There is created a Hurricane Loss Mitigation Program. The Legislature shall annually appropriate $10 million of the moneys authorized for appropriation under s. 215.555(7)(c) from...
- 215.5595 Insurance Capital Build-Up Incentive Program.
(1) Upon entering the 2006 hurricane season, the Legislature finds that: (a) The losses in Florida from eight hurricanes in 2004 and 2005 have seriously strained the...
- 215.56005 Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation.
(1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section: (a) "Bond" means any bond, debenture, note, certificate, or other obligation of financial indebtedness issued by the corporation under this section....
- 215.5601 Lawton Chiles Endowment Fund.
(1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--It is the intent of the Legislature to: (a) Provide a perpetual source of enhanced funding for state children's health programs, child welfare programs, children's...
- 215.5602 James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program.
(1) There is established within the Department of Health the James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program funded by the proceeds of the Lawton Chiles Endowment...
- 215.57 Short title.
Sections 215.57-215.83 shall be known and may be cited as the "State Bond Act." History.--s. 1, ch. 69-230. ...
- 215.58 Definitions relating to State Bond Act.
The following words or terms when used in this act shall have the following meanings: (1) "Governor" means the Governor of the state or any Acting...
- 215.59 State bonds, revenue bonds; issuance.
(1) The issuance of state bonds pledging the full faith and credit of the state, pursuant to s. 11, Art. VII of the State Constitution, is...
- 215.60 State bonds for financing road acquisition and construction.
(1) The issuance of state bonds to finance the acquisition and construction of roads, primarily payable from the revenues provided for by s. 9(c), Art. XII...
- 215.605 State bonds for right-of-way acquisition or bridge construction.
(1) The issuance of state bonds to finance or refinance the cost of acquiring real property or the rights to real property for state roads as...
- 215.61 State system of public education capital outlay bonds.
(1) The issuance of school bonds, payable primarily from revenues as provided in s. 18, Art. XII of the State Constitution of 1885, as amended, and...
- 215.615 Fixed-guideway transportation systems funding.
(1) The issuance of revenue bonds by the Division of Bond Finance, on behalf of the Department of Transportation, pursuant to s. 11, Art. VII of...
- 215.616 State bonds for federal aid highway construction.
(1) Upon the request of the Department of Transportation, the Division of Bond Finance is authorized pursuant to s. 11, Art. VII of the State Constitution...
- 215.617 Bonds for state-funded infrastructure bank.
(1) Upon the request of the Department of Transportation, the Division of Bond Finance is authorized pursuant to s. 11, Art. VII of the State Constitution...
- 215.618 Bonds for acquisition and improvement of land, water areas, and related property interests and resources.
(1) The issuance of Florida Forever bonds, not to exceed $3 billion, to finance or refinance the cost of acquisition and improvement of land, water areas,...
- 215.619 Bonds for Everglades restoration.
(1) The issuance of Everglades restoration bonds to finance or refinance the cost of acquisition and improvement of land, water areas, and related property interests and...
- 215.62 Division of Bond Finance.
(1) There is created a division of the State Board of Administration of the state to be known as the Division of Bond Finance. The Governor...
- 215.63 Transfer to division of assets and liabilities of the Revenue Bond Department of Development Commission.
(1) All obligations of the Florida Development Commission in connection with outstanding bond issues shall be assumed and performed either by the division or by the...
- 215.64 Powers of the division.
The division shall have power: (1) To sue and be sued in the corporate name of the division and to adopt a corporate seal. (2) To issue...
- 215.65 Bond Fee Trust Fund, expenditures; schedule of fees.
(1) There is created a Bond Fee Trust Fund, which shall be maintained as a separate fund. The working capital reserve of this fund for any...
- 215.655 Arbitrage Compliance Program, expenditures; schedule of fees.
(1) There is created an Arbitrage Compliance Program to ensure compliance with the provisions of federal arbitrage laws. (2) The division shall adopt by resolution a schedule...
- 215.66 Request for issuance of bonds; procedure requirements.
(1) Before any bonds may be issued by the division on behalf of a state agency, such state agency shall file a request with the division...
- 215.67 Issuance of state bonds.
All state bonds shall be issued by the division. No state bonds shall be issued by the division until the issuance thereof has been approved...
- 215.68 Issuance of bonds; form; maturity date, execution, sale.
(1) The board is empowered to authorize, by resolution duly adopted, the issuance by the division, at one time or from time to time, of any...
- 215.684 Limitation on engaging services of securities broker or bond underwriter convicted of fraud.
(1) Subject to the notice provided in subsection (2), the State of Florida shall not engage the services of any person or firm as a securities...
- 215.69 State Board of Administration to administer funds.
(1) The State Board of Administration is hereby designated and appointed as the agent of the board and the division to administer all debt service funds...
- 215.70 State Board of Administration to act in case of defaults.
(1) If funds sufficient for the payment of the principal and interest due at any time on any bonds of the state or on any bonds...
- 215.71 Application of bond proceeds.
The division shall remit the proceeds of such bonds, after first deducting its fees, costs and expenses as provided in this act, for application in...
- 215.72 Covenants with bondholders.
(1) The board shall have power to enter into valid and legally binding covenants between the State of Florida or any state agency and the holders...
- 215.73 Approval of bond issue by State Board of Administration.
At or prior to the sale by the division, all bonds proposed to be issued by the division shall be approved by the State Board...
- 215.74 Pledge of constitutional fuel tax; consent by counties and state agency supervising state road system.
Any portion of the constitutional fuel tax provided for and allocated to the account of each of the several counties by s. 9(c), Art. XII...
- 215.75 Bonds securities for public bodies.
All bonds issued by the division, either for the state or on behalf of any state agency pursuant to this act, shall be and constitute...
- 215.76 Exemption of bonds from taxation.
(1) As the exercise of the powers conferred by this act constitutes the performance of essential public functions, all properties, revenues, or other assets of the...
- 215.77 Trust funds.
The proceeds of all bonds and all taxes, revenues, or other funds provided for in this act and the proceedings which authorized the issuance of...
- 215.78 Remedies.
Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this act or of any of the coupons appertaining thereto, except to the extent the rights...
- 215.79 Refunding bonds.
(1) The board is authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance by the division of refunding bonds of the state, or on behalf of any...
- 215.80 Annual report.
The division or the State Board of Administration shall cause to be made at least once each year a comprehensive report of all debt service...
- 215.81 Pledge of state.
The state does hereby covenant and agree with the holders of the bonds issued pursuant to this act that the state will not limit or...
- 215.82 Validation; when required.
(1) Bonds issued pursuant to this act shall be validated in the manner provided by law through proceedings instituted by the attorneys for the division under...
- 215.821 Issuance of bonds by state agencies.
Prior to July 1, 1969, state agencies may issue bonds directly under the laws relating to such state agencies. Any state agency may, however, make...
- 215.83 Construction of State Bond Act.
The provisions of this act shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes. The exercise of the powers provided by this act and the issuance...
- 215.835 Rulemaking authority.
The Division of Bond Finance and the State Board of Administration may adopt rules deemed necessary to carry out the provisions and intent of this...
- 215.84 Government bonds; maximum rate of interest.
(1) It is the purpose of this section to maintain the fiscal solvency of public bodies, agencies, and political subdivisions in public borrowing; to prescribe a...
- 215.845 Certain special laws establishing interest rates on bonds prohibited.
Pursuant to s. 11(a)(21), Art. III of the State Constitution, the Legislature hereby prohibits any special law providing for the establishment of an interest rate...
- 215.85 Direct deposit of public funds.
(1) SHORT TITLE.--This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Direct Deposit of Public Funds Act." (2) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--It is the legislative intent that...
- 215.86 Management systems and controls.
Each state agency and the judicial branch as defined in s. 216.011 shall establish and maintain management systems and controls that promote and encourage compliance;...
- 215.90 Short title.
Sections 215.90-215.96 may be cited as the "Florida Financial Management Information System Act." History.--s. 1, ch. 80-45; s. 19, ch. 97-286. ...
- 215.91 Florida Financial Management Information System; board; council.
(1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the executive branch of government, in consultation with the legislative fiscal committees, specifically design and implement the...
- 215.92 Definitions relating to Florida Financial Management Information System Act.
For the purposes of ss. 215.90-215.96: (1) "Auditable" means the presence of features and characteristics that are needed to verify the proper functioning of controls in...
- 215.93 Florida Financial Management Information System.
(1) To provide the information necessary to carry out the intent of the Legislature, there shall be a Florida Financial Management Information System. The Florida Financial...
- 215.94 Designation, duties, and responsibilities of functional owners.
(1) The Executive Office of the Governor shall be the functional owner of the Planning and Budgeting Subsystem, which shall be designed, implemented, and operated in...
- 215.95 Financial Management Information Board.
(1) There is created, as part of the Administration Commission, the Financial Management Information Board. The board shall be composed of the Governor, the Chief Financial...
- 215.96 Coordinating council and design and coordination staff.
(1) The Chief Financial Officer, as chief fiscal officer of the state, shall establish a coordinating council to function on a continuing basis. The coordinating council...
- 215.962 Standards for state agency use of card-based technology.
Each state agency that uses a card that relies on the electronic reading and use of information encoded in the card must comply with the...
- 215.964 Process for acquisition of commodities or services that include the use of card-based technology.
(1) Whenever any state agency intends to issue a bid, request for proposals, or contract in any manner to acquire commodities or services that include the...
- 215.965 Disbursement of state moneys.
Except as provided in s. 17.076, s. 253.025(14), s. 259.041(18), s. 717.124(4)(b) and (c), s. 732.107(5), or s. 733.816(5), all moneys in the State Treasury...
- 215.966 Refinancing of bonds.
The Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration is hereby authorized to refinance any or all bonds previously issued pursuant to the...
- 215.97 Florida Single Audit Act.
(1) The purposes of the section are to: (a) Establish uniform state audit requirements for state financial assistance provided by state agencies to nonstate entities to carry...
- 215.98 State debt fiscal responsibility.
(1) It is the public policy of this state to encourage fiscal responsibility on matters pertaining to state debt. In an effort to finance essential capital...
- 215.981 Audits of state agency direct-support organizations and citizen support organizations.
(1) Each direct-support organization and each citizen support organization with annual expenditures in excess of $100,000, created or authorized pursuant to law, and created, approved, or...
