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FL Stat § 215.197 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIV - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 215 - Financial Matters: General Provisions|215.197 - Federal Grants Trust Fund.

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 be used for allowable grant activities funded by restricted program revenues from federal sources. Moneys to be credited to the trust fund shall consist of grants and funding from the Federal Government, interest earnings, and cash advances from other trust funds. Funds shall be expended only pursuant to legislative appropriation or an approved amendment to the department’s operating budget pursuant to the provisions of chapter 216.History.—s. 1, ch. 2007-16; s. 2, ch. 2011-27.
FL Stat § 215.198 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIV - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 215 - Financial Matters: General Provisions|215.198 - Operating Trust Fund.

215.198 Operating Trust Fund.—(1) The Operating Trust Fund is created within the Department of Revenue.(2) The fund is established for use as a depository for funds to be used for program operations funded by program revenues. Funds shall be expended only pursuant to legislative appropriation or an approved amendment to the department’s operating budget pursuant to the provisions of chapter 216.History.—s. 1, ch. 2007-15; s. 2, ch. 2011-28; s. 23, ch. 2012-5.
FL Stat § 215.199 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIV - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 215 - Financial Matters: General Provisions|215.199 - Audit and Warrant Clearing Trust Fund.

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 receipts, warrant receipts, and governmental leasehold receipts and for subsequent distributions to appropriate entities and accounts.History.—s. 1, ch. 2007-24; s. 2, ch. 2010-13.
FL Stat § 215.20 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIV - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 215 - Financial Matters: General Provisions|215.20 - Certain Income and Certain Trust Funds to Contribute to the General Revenue Fund.

215.20 Certain income and certain trust funds to contribute to the General Revenue Fund.—(1) A service charge of 8 percent, representing the estimated pro rata share of the cost of general government paid from the General Revenue Fund, is hereby appropriated from all income of a revenue nature deposited in all trust funds except those enumerated in s. 215.22. Income of a revenue nature shall include all earnings received or credited by such trust funds, including the interest or benefit received from the investment of the principal of such trust funds as may be permitted by law. This provision shall be construed in favor of the General Revenue Fund in each instance. All such appropriations shall be deposited in the General Revenue Fund.(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), the trust funds of the Department of Citrus and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, including funds collected in the General Inspection Trust Fund for marketing orders and in the Florida Citrus Advertising Trust Fund, shall be subject to a 4 percent service charge, which is hereby appropriated to the General Revenue Fund. This subsection does not apply to the Citrus Inspection Trust Fund, the Florida Forever Program Trust Fund, the Market Improvements Working Capital Trust Fund, the Pest Control Trust Fund, the Plant Industry Trust Fund, or other funds collected in the General Inspection Trust Fund in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.(3) Subsection (1) does not prohibit the applicability of s. 215.24 should the Governor determine that for the reasons mentioned in s. 215.24 the money or trust funds should be exempt herefrom, as it is the purpose of this law to exempt income from its force and effect when, by the operation of this law, federal matching funds or contributions or private grants to any trust fund would be lost to the state.(4) There is appropriated from the proper respective trust funds from time to time such sums as may be necessary to pay to the General Revenue Fund the service charges imposed by this section.History.—s. 2, ch. 20890, 1941; s. 1, ch. 61-493; s. 1, ch. 63-567; s. 1, ch. 83-339; s. 10, ch. 90-110; s. 75, ch. 90-132; s. 103, ch. 91-112; s. 86, ch. 92-33; ss. 24, 59, ch. 93-120; s. 1, ch. 94-167; s. 9, ch. 95-250; s. 61, ch. 95-280; s. 128, ch. 95-417; s. 11, ch. 96-321; s. 35, ch. 96-418; s. 170, ch. 98-166; s. 70, ch. 99-255; s. 21, ch. 2001-56; s. 4, ch. 2001-225; s. 2, ch. 2002-46; s. 920, ch. 2002-387; ss. 60, 61, ch. 2002-402; ss. 199, 200, ch. 2003-261; s. 1, ch. 2003-400; s. 20, ch. 2004-234; s. 18, ch. 2005-2; s. 4, ch. 2006-79; s. 4, ch. 2006-162; s. 3, ch. 2007-14; s. 4, ch. 2008-9; s. 13, ch. 2008-240; s. 191, ch. 2008-247; s. 3, ch. 2009-71; s. 1, ch. 2009-78; s. 11, ch. 2015-229.
FL Stat § 215.211 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIV - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 215 - Financial Matters: General Provisions|215.211 - Service Charge; Elimination or Reduction for Specified Proceeds.

1215.211 Service charge; elimination or reduction for specified proceeds.—(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 215.20(1) and former s. 215.20(3), the service charge provided in s. 215.20(1) and former s. 215.20(3), which is deducted from the proceeds of the taxes distributed under ss. 206.606(1), 207.026, 212.0501(6), and 319.32(5), shall be eliminated beginning July 1, 2000.(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 215.20(1) and former s. 215.20(3), the service charge provided in s. 215.20(1) and former s. 215.20(3), which is deducted from the proceeds of the taxes distributed under ss. 206.608 and 320.072(4), shall be eliminated beginning July 1, 2001.(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 215.20(1), the service charge provided in s. 215.20(1) may not be deducted from the proceeds of the local option fuel tax distributed under s. 336.025(1)(a).(4) From the revenues derived from s. 336.025(1)(a), an amount equal to 7 percent of those revenues shall be deposited in the State Transportation Trust Fund and used to fund the County Incentive Grant Program and the Small County Outreach Program. Up to 20 percent of such funds shall be used for the purpose of implementing the Small County Outreach Program as provided in this act. Notwithstanding any other laws to the contrary, the requirements of ss. 339.135, 339.155, and 339.175 shall not apply to these funds and programs.History.—ss. 2, 3, 5, ch. 2000-257; s. 4, ch. 2008-114; s. 34, ch. 2010-5.1Note.—Section 22, ch. 2000-257, provides that “[n]otwithstanding any other law to the contrary the requirements of sections 206.46(3) and 206.606(2), Florida Statutes, shall not apply to any funding, programs, or other provisions contained in this act.”
FL Stat § 215.23 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIV - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 215 - Financial Matters: General Provisions|215.23 - When Contributions to Be Made.

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 30, September 30, and December 31 of each year, and when so paid shall thereupon become a part of that fund to be accounted for and disbursed as provided by law.History.—s. 5, ch. 20890, 1941; ss. 12, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 106, ch. 91-112; s. 203, ch. 2003-261.
FL Stat § 215.24 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIV - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 215 - Financial Matters: General Provisions|215.24 - Exemptions Where Federal Contributions or Private Grants.

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 to state funds, and the payment of moneys into the General Revenue Fund under s. 215.20 should cause such fund to lose federal or private assistance, the Governor shall certify to the Chief Financial Officer that said income is for that reason exempt from the force and effect of s. 215.20.(2) Should it be determined by the Governor that by reason of payments already made into the General Revenue Fund by any fund under this law, such fund is subject to the loss of federal or private assistance, then the Governor shall certify to the Chief Financial Officer that the income from such assistance is exempt from the provisions of this law, and the Chief Financial Officer shall thereupon refund and pay over to such fund any amount previously paid into the General Revenue Fund from such income.History.—s. 6, ch. 20890, 1941; s. 5, ch. 61-493; ss. 12, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 77, ch. 90-132; s. 3, ch. 94-167; s. 204, ch. 2003-261.
FL Stat § 215.245 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIV - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 215 - Financial Matters: General Provisions|215.245 - Contracts With Federal Government; Indemnification Authorized in Certain Circumstances.

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 water resources development projects under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army, are authorized to agree in such contracts or participation agreements to indemnify and hold harmless the United States from damages due to the construction, operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation of the projects and any state or local sponsor project-related betterments, except for damages due to the fault or negligence of the United States or its contractors; however, this section does not obligate the Legislature to provide future appropriations and does not abrogate the provisions of s. 45.062.History.—s. 1, ch. 99-325.
FL Stat § 215.25 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIV - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 215 - Financial Matters: General Provisions|215.25 - Manner of Contributions; Rules and Regulations.

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 and effectuate such rules and procedure as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this law. Such rules and procedure shall be approved by the Executive Office of the Governor.History.—s. 7, ch. 20890, 1941; ss. 2, 3, ch. 67-371; ss. 12, 31, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 95, ch. 79-190; s. 205, ch. 2003-261.
FL Stat § 215.31 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIV - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 215 - Financial Matters: General Provisions|215.31 - State Funds; Deposit in State Treasury.

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, office, employee, bureau, division, board, commission, institution, agency, or undertaking of the state or the judicial branch shall be promptly deposited in the State Treasury, and immediately credited to the appropriate fund as herein provided, properly accounted for by the Department of Financial Services as to source and no money shall be paid from the State Treasury except as appropriated and provided by the annual General Appropriations Act, or as otherwise provided by law.History.—s. 2, ch. 22833, 1945; ss. 12, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 73-305; s. 13, ch. 92-142; s. 208, ch. 2003-261.
FL Stat § 215.311 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIV - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 215 - Financial Matters: General Provisions|215.311 - State Funds; Exceptions.

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 the Department of Education as provided under ss. 413.011, 413.041, and 413.051; however, nothing in this section shall be construed to except from the provisions of s. 215.31 any appropriations made by the state to the division.History.—s. 1, ch. 29872, 1955; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 22, ch. 77-259; s. 4, ch. 95-327; s. 19, ch. 2002-22.
FL Stat § 215.3207 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIV - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 215 - Financial Matters: General Provisions|215.3207 - Trust Funds; Establishment; Criteria.

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 house in a separate bill for that purpose only. Except for trust funds being re-created by the Legislature, each trust fund must be created by statutory language that specifies at least the following:(1) The name of the trust fund.(2) The agency or branch of state government responsible for administering the trust fund.(3) The requirements or purposes that the trust fund is established to meet.(4) The sources of moneys to be credited to the trust fund or specific sources of receipts to be deposited in the trust fund.History.—s. 17, ch. 92-142; s. 3, ch. 93-159; s. 1, ch. 94-67.
FL Stat § 215.3208 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIV - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 215 - Financial Matters: General Provisions|215.3208 - Trust Funds; Legislative Review.

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 to the provisions of s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State Constitution, the Legislature shall review all state trust funds at least once every 4 years. The schedule for such review may be included in the legislative budget instructions developed pursuant to the requirements of s. 216.023. The Legislature shall review trust funds as they are identified by a classification scheme set out in the legislative budget request instructions pursuant to s. 216.023 consistent with the Department of Financial Services’ financial systems. When a statutorily created trust fund that was in existence on November 4, 1992, has more than one fund code in the financial systems, the Legislature may treat it as a single trust fund for the purposes of this section. The Legislature may also conduct its review concerning accounts within such trust funds.(2)(a) When the Legislature terminates a trust fund, the agency or branch of state government that administers the trust fund shall pay any outstanding debts or obligations of the trust fund as soon as practicable, and the Chief Financial Officer shall close out and remove the trust fund from the various state financial systems, using generally accepted accounting principles concerning assets, liabilities, and warrants outstanding.(b) If the Legislature determines to terminate a trust fund, it may provide for the distribution of moneys in that trust fund. If such a distribution is not provided, the moneys remaining after all outstanding obligations of the trust fund are met shall be deposited in the General Revenue Fund.History.—s. 4, ch. 93-159; s. 2, ch. 94-67; s. 55, ch. 94-356; s. 21, ch. 99-8; s. 14, ch. 99-155; s. 26, ch. 2000-158; s. 22, ch. 2000-210; s. 48, ch. 2000-371; s. 211, ch. 2003-261; s. 11, ch. 2006-122.
FL Stat § 215.321 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIV - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 215 - Financial Matters: General Provisions|215.321 - Regulatory Trust Fund.

215.321 Regulatory Trust Fund.—All funds received pursuant to chapter 494, chapter 497, chapter 516, chapter 520, or part I of chapter 559 shall be deposited into the Regulatory Trust Fund.History.—s. 1, ch. 72-174; s. 1, ch. 72-222; s. 44, ch. 79-164; s. 121, ch. 81-259; s. 54, ch. 91-245.
FL Stat § 215.35 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIV - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 215 - Financial Matters: General Provisions|215.35 - State Funds; Warrants and Their Issuance.

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 warrant shall state the name of the payee thereof and the amount allowed, and said warrant shall be stated in words at length. No warrant shall issue until same has been authorized by an appropriation made by law but such warrant need not state or set forth such authorization. The Chief Financial Officer shall register and maintain a record of each warrant in his or her office. The record shall show the funds, accounts, purposes, and departments involved in the issuance of each warrant. In those instances where the expenditure of funds of regulatory boards or commissions has been provided for by laws other than the annual appropriations bill, warrants shall be issued upon requisition to the Chief Financial Officer by the governing body of such board or commission.History.—s. 6, ch. 22833, 1945; s. 1, ch. 73-305; s. 1147, ch. 95-147; s. 31, ch. 95-312; s. 214, ch. 2003-261; s. 12, ch. 2006-122.
FL Stat § 215.36 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIV - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 215 - Financial Matters: General Provisions|215.36 - State Funds; Laws Not Repealed.

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 gallon of the total tax levied by state law upon gasoline and other like products of petroleum, now known as the “constitutional fuel tax,” and upon other fuels used to propel motor vehicles, placed in the State Treasury and divided and distributed as required by s. 16, Art. IX of the State Constitution of 1885 as adopted by the 1968 revised constitution or by s. 9, Art. XII of such revision.History.—s. 7, ch. 22833, 1945; s. 18, ch. 69-216; s. 34, ch. 83-3; s. 129, ch. 95-417.
FL Stat § 215.405 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIV - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 215 - Financial Matters: General Provisions|215.405 - State Agencies and the Judicial Branch Authorized to Collect Costs of Fingerprinting.

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 or the judicial branch’s regulatory power may collect from the person or entity on whose behalf the fingerprints were submitted the actual costs of processing such fingerprints including, but not limited to, any charges imposed by the Department of Law Enforcement or any agency or branch of the United States Government. This provision shall constitute express authority for state agencies and the judicial branch to collect the actual costs of processing the fingerprints either prior to or subsequent to the actual processing and shall supersede any other law to the contrary. To administer the provisions of this section, a state agency, or the judicial branch, electing to collect the cost of fingerprinting is empowered to promulgate and adopt rules to establish the amounts and the methods of payment needed to collect such costs. Collections made under these provisions shall be deposited with the Chief Financial Officer to an appropriate trust fund account to be designated by the Executive Office of the Governor.History.—s. 1, ch. 82-149; s. 1, ch. 82-201; s. 20, ch. 92-142; s. 215, ch. 2003-261.
FL Stat § 215.42 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIV - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 215 - Financial Matters: General Provisions|215.42 - Purchases From Appropriations, Proof of Delivery.

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 from appropriations made in the General Appropriations Act or otherwise provided by law.History.—s. 20, ch. 28115, s. 14, ch. 28231, 1953; s. 1148, ch. 95-147; s. 216, ch. 2003-261.
FL Stat § 215.43 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIV - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 215 - Financial Matters: General Provisions|215.43 - Public Bonds, Notes, and Other Securities.

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 other agency of Florida, or any county, city, town, village, district or any other political subdivision of the state, heretofore or hereafter created or established, or any board, commission, authority or other public agency or instrumentality which is now or may hereafter be authorized by law to issue bonds.(b) The term “governing body” shall mean the officer or officers, or the department, board, body, council, commission, authority or other agency which is authorized by law to take the proceedings which are required to authorize or to provide for the issuance of bonds.(c) The word “bonds” shall include all bonds, notes, certificates and other similar obligations and securities of a unit whether payable in whole or in part from the proceeds of ad valorem taxes, revenues or any other source.(2) EXECUTION OF PUBLIC SECURITIES.—(a) Any bonds heretofore or hereafter authorized to be issued by any unit under the provisions of any general, special or local law heretofore or hereafter enacted and any interest coupons attached thereto may, if so authorized by the governing body of such unit, bear or be executed with the facsimile signature of any official authorized by such law to sign or to execute such bonds or coupons; provided, however, that each such bond shall be manually signed by at least one official of such unit. In case any such law shall provide for the sealing of such bonds with the official or corporate seal of such unit or of its governing body or any official thereof, a facsimile of such seal may be imprinted on the bonds if so authorized by the governing body of such unit, and it shall not be necessary in such case to impress such seal physically upon such bonds.(b) In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature shall appear on any bonds or coupons shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of such bonds, such signature or such facsimile shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if he or she had remained in office until such delivery, and any bond may bear the facsimile signature of, or may be signed by, such persons as at the actual time of the execution of such bond shall be the proper officers to sign such bond although at the date of such bond such persons may not have been such officers.History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 57-763; s. 1149, ch. 95-147.
FL Stat § 215.441 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XIV - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 215 - Financial Matters: General Provisions|215.441 - Board of Administration; Appointment of Executive Director.

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 of Trustees of the State Board of Administration, and the Governor must vote on the prevailing side. Such appointment must be reaffirmed in the same manner by the board of trustees on an annual basis. The executive director shall, at a minimum, possess substantial experience, knowledge, and expertise in the oversight of investment portfolios and must meet any other requirements determined by the board to be necessary to the overall management and investment of funds.History.—s. 9, ch. 2001-235; s. 7, ch. 2010-180.