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FL Stat § 17.0416 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title IV - Executive Branch|Chapter 17 - Chief Financial Officer|17.0416 - Authority to Provide Services on a Fee Basis.

17.0416 Authority to provide services on a fee basis.—The Chief Financial Officer, through the Department of Financial Services, may provide accounting and payroll services on a fee basis under contractual agreement with eligible entities, including, but not limited to, state universities, community colleges, units of local government, constitutional officers, and any other person or entity having received any property, funds, or moneys from the state. All funds collected by the department under these contracts shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.History.—s. 1, ch. 2004-390; s. 14, ch. 2012-116.
FL Stat § 17.075 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title IV - Executive Branch|Chapter 17 - Chief Financial Officer|17.075 - Form of State Warrants and Other Payment Orders; Rules.

17.075 Form of state warrants and other payment orders; rules.—(1) The Chief Financial Officer is authorized to establish the form or forms of state warrants which are to be drawn by him or her and of other orders for payment or disbursement of moneys out of the State Treasury and to change the form thereof from time to time as the Chief Financial Officer may consider necessary or appropriate. Such orders for payment may be in any form, but, regardless of form, each order shall be subject to the accounting and recordkeeping requirements applicable to state warrants.(2) The Chief Financial Officer shall adopt rules establishing accounting and recordkeeping procedures for all payments made by electronic transfer of funds or by any other means. Such procedures shall be consistent with the statutory requirements applicable to payments by state warrant.History.—s. 1, ch. 77-240; s. 6, ch. 79-400; s. 4, ch. 81-277; s. 1, ch. 83-120; s. 23, ch. 2003-261.
FL Stat § 17.08 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title IV - Executive Branch|Chapter 17 - Chief Financial Officer|17.08 - Accounts, etc., on Which Warrants Drawn, to Be Filed.

17.08 Accounts, etc., on which warrants drawn, to be filed.—All accounts, vouchers, and evidence, upon which warrants have heretofore been, or shall hereafter be, drawn upon the treasury by the Chief Financial Officer shall be filed and deposited in the office of Chief Financial Officer or the office of the Chief Financial Officer’s designee, in accordance with requirements established by the Secretary of State.History.—ch. 351, 1851; RS 100; GS 104; RGS 117; CGL 147; s. 4, ch. 95-312; s. 2, ch. 97-96; s. 25, ch. 2003-261.
FL Stat § 17.09 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title IV - Executive Branch|Chapter 17 - Chief Financial Officer|17.09 - Application for Warrants for Salaries.

17.09 Application for warrants for salaries.—All public officers who are entitled to salaries in this state, shall make their application for warrants in writing, stating for what terms and the amount they claim, which written application shall be filed by the Chief Financial Officer as vouchers for the warrants issued thereupon.History.—s. 1, ch. 1567, 1866; RS 101; GS 105; RGS 118; CGL 148; s. 26, ch. 2003-261.
FL Stat § 17.10 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title IV - Executive Branch|Chapter 17 - Chief Financial Officer|17.10 - Record of Warrants and of State Funds and Securities.

17.10 Record of warrants and of state funds and securities.—The Chief Financial Officer shall cause to be entered in the warrant register a record of the warrants issued during the previous month, and shall make such entry in the record so required to be kept as shall show the number of each warrant issued, in whose favor drawn, and the date it was issued. He or she shall account for all state funds and securities.History.—s. 1, ch. 1536, 1866; RS 103; GS 107; ch. 7270, 1917; RGS 119; CGL 149; s. 4, ch. 83-132; s. 27, ch. 2003-261.
FL Stat § 17.11 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title IV - Executive Branch|Chapter 17 - Chief Financial Officer|17.11 - To Report Disbursements Made.

17.11 To report disbursements made.—(1) The Chief Financial Officer shall make in all his or her future annual reports an exhibit stated from the record of disbursements made during the fiscal year, and the several heads of expenditures under which such disbursements were made.(2) The Chief Financial Officer shall also cause to have reported from the Florida Accounting Information Resource Subsystem no less than quarterly the disbursements which agencies made to small businesses, as defined in the Florida Small and Minority Business Assistance Act; to certified minority business enterprises in the aggregate; and to certified minority business enterprises broken down into categories of minority persons, as well as gender and nationality subgroups. This information shall be made available to the agencies, the Office of Supplier Diversity, the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Each agency shall be responsible for the accuracy of information entered into the Florida Accounting Information Resource Subsystem for use in this reporting.History.—s. 3, ch. 1536, 1866; RS 104; GS 108; RGS 120; CGL 150; s. 5, ch. 83-132; s. 6, ch. 85-104; s. 2, ch. 94-322; s. 1312, ch. 95-147; s. 12, ch. 99-155; s. 7, ch. 2000-286; s. 28, ch. 2003-261; s. 18, ch. 2007-157.
FL Stat § 17.12 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title IV - Executive Branch|Chapter 17 - Chief Financial Officer|17.12 - Authorized to Issue Warrants to Tax Collector or Sheriff for Payment.

17.12 Authorized to issue warrants to tax collector or sheriff for payment.—Whenever it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Chief Financial Officer from examination of the books of his or her office that the tax collector or the sheriff for any county in this state has paid into the State Treasury, through mistake or otherwise, a larger or greater sum than is actually due from such collector or sheriff, then the Chief Financial Officer may issue a warrant to such collector or sheriff for the sum so found to be overpaid.History.—ch. 1762, 1870; RS 105; GS 109; RGS 121; CGL 151; s. 58, ch. 95-147; s. 29, ch. 2003-261.
FL Stat § 17.13 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title IV - Executive Branch|Chapter 17 - Chief Financial Officer|17.13 - To Duplicate Warrants Lost or Destroyed.

17.13 To duplicate warrants lost or destroyed.—(1) The Chief Financial Officer is required to duplicate any Chief Financial Officer’s warrants that may have been lost or destroyed, or may hereafter be lost or destroyed, upon the owner thereof or the owner’s agent or attorney presenting the Chief Financial Officer the statement, under oath, reciting the number, date, and amount of any warrant or the best and most definite description in his or her knowledge and the circumstances of its loss; if the Chief Financial Officer deems it necessary, the owner or the owner’s agent or attorney shall file in the office of the Chief Financial Officer a surety bond, or a bond with securities, to be approved by one of the judges of the circuit court or one of the justices of the Supreme Court, in a penalty of not less than twice the amount of any warrants so duplicated, conditioned to indemnify the state and any innocent holders thereof from any damages that may accrue from such duplication.(2) The Chief Financial Officer is required to duplicate any Chief Financial Officer’s warrant that may have been lost or destroyed, or may hereafter be lost or destroyed, when sent to any payee via any state agency when such warrant is lost or destroyed prior to being received by the payee and provided the director of the state agency to whom the warrant was sent presents to the Chief Financial Officer a statement, under oath, reciting the number, date, and amount of the warrant lost or destroyed, the circumstances surrounding the loss or destruction of such warrant, and any additional information that the Chief Financial Officer shall request in regard to such warrant.(3) Any duplicate Chief Financial Officer’s warrant issued in pursuance of the above provisions shall be of the same validity as the original was before its loss.History.—ss. 1, 3, ch. 1758, 1870; RS 106; GS 110; RGS 122; CGL 152; s. 1, ch. 24280, 1947; s. 1, ch. 73-148; s. 59, ch. 95-147; s. 30, ch. 2003-261.
FL Stat § 17.14 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title IV - Executive Branch|Chapter 17 - Chief Financial Officer|17.14 - To Prescribe Forms.

17.14 To prescribe forms.—The Chief Financial Officer may prescribe the forms of all papers, vouchers, reports and returns and the manner of keeping the accounts and papers to be used by the officers of this state or other persons having accounts, claims, or demands against the state or entrusted with the collection of any of the revenue thereof or any demand due the same, which form shall be pursued by such officer or other persons.History.—s. 12, ch. 8, 1845; RS 107; GS 111; RGS 123; CGL 153; s. 4, ch. 71-377; s. 31, ch. 2003-261.
FL Stat § 17.16 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title IV - Executive Branch|Chapter 17 - Chief Financial Officer|17.16 - Seal.

17.16 Seal.—The office of the Chief Financial Officer shall have an official seal by which its proceedings are authenticated.History.—s. 7, ch. 8, 1845; RS 108; GS 112; RGS 124; CGL 154; s. 32, ch. 2003-261; s. 2, ch. 2004-390.
FL Stat § 17.17 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title IV - Executive Branch|Chapter 17 - Chief Financial Officer|17.17 - Examination by Governor and Report.

17.17 Examination by Governor and report.—The office of Chief Financial Officer, and the books, files, documents, records, and papers shall always be subject to the examination of the Governor of this state, or any person the Governor may authorize to examine the same; and on the first day of January of each and every year, or oftener if called for by the Governor, the Chief Financial Officer shall make a full report of all his or her official acts and proceedings for the last fiscal year to the Governor, to be laid before the Legislature with the Governor’s message, and shall make such further report as the constitution may require.History.—s. 8, ch. 8, 1845; RS 109; GS 113; ch. 7342, 1917; RGS 125; CGL 155; s. 60, ch. 95-147; s. 33, ch. 2003-261.
FL Stat § 17.21 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title IV - Executive Branch|Chapter 17 - Chief Financial Officer|17.21 - Not to Allow Any Claim of State Attorney Against State Until Report Made.

17.21 Not to allow any claim of state attorney against state until report made.—The Chief Financial Officer shall not audit or allow any claim which any state attorney may have against the state for services who shall fail to make any report which by law the state attorney is required to make to the Chief Financial Officer of claims of the state which it is his or her duty to collect.History.—s. 3, ch. 1413, 1863; RS 113; GS 117; RGS 129; CGL 159; s. 63, ch. 95-147; s. 35, ch. 2003-261.
FL Stat § 17.22 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title IV - Executive Branch|Chapter 17 - Chief Financial Officer|17.22 - Notice to Department of Legal Affairs.

17.22 Notice to Department of Legal Affairs.—Whenever the Chief Financial Officer forwards any bond or account or claim for suit to any state attorney, he or she shall advise the Department of Legal Affairs of the fact, giving it the amount of the claim and other necessary particulars for its full information upon the subject.History.—s. 2, ch. 2083, 1877; RS 114; GS 118; RGS 130; CGL 160; s. 5, ch. 71-377; s. 36, ch. 2003-261.
FL Stat § 17.25 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title IV - Executive Branch|Chapter 17 - Chief Financial Officer|17.25 - May Certify Copies.

17.25 May certify copies.—The Chief Financial Officer may certify, under his or her seal of office, copies of any record, paper, or document, by law placed in the Chief Financial Officer’s custody, keeping, and care; and such certified copy shall have the same force and effect as evidence as the original would have.History.—s. 13, ch. 8, 1845; RS 117; GS 121; RGS 133; CGL 163; s. 64, ch. 95-147; s. 37, ch. 2003-261.
FL Stat § 17.27 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title IV - Executive Branch|Chapter 17 - Chief Financial Officer|17.27 - Microfilming and Destroying Records and Correspondence.

17.27 Microfilming and destroying records and correspondence.—(1) The Department of Financial Services may destroy general correspondence files and also any other records which the department may deem no longer necessary to preserve in accordance with retention schedules and destruction notices established under rules of the Division of Library and Information Services, records and information management program, of the Department of State. Such schedules and notices relating to financial records of the department shall be subject to the approval of the Auditor General.(2) The Department of Financial Services may photograph, microphotograph, or reproduce on film such documents and records as it may select, in such manner that each page will be exposed in exact conformity with the original.(3) The Department of Financial Services may destroy any of such documents after they have been photographed and filed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1).(4) Photographs or microphotographs in the form of film or prints of any records made in compliance with the provisions of this section shall have the same force and effect as the originals thereof would have, and shall be treated as originals for the purpose of their admissibility in evidence. Duly certified or authenticated reproductions of such photographs or microphotographs shall be admitted in evidence equally with the original photographs or microphotographs.History.—ss. 1-3, ch. 23909, 1947; ss. 12, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 6, ch. 71-377; s. 1, ch. 77-102; s. 1, ch. 78-177; s. 2, ch. 86-163; s. 39, ch. 2003-261.
FL Stat § 17.28 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title IV - Executive Branch|Chapter 17 - Chief Financial Officer|17.28 - Chief Financial Officer May Authorize Biweekly Salary Payments.

17.28 Chief Financial Officer may authorize biweekly salary payments.—The Chief Financial Officer may permit biweekly salary payments to personnel upon written request by a specific state agency.History.—s. 1, ch. 67-425; s. 40, ch. 2003-261; s. 1, ch. 2013-18.
FL Stat § 17.29 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title IV - Executive Branch|Chapter 17 - Chief Financial Officer|17.29 - Authority to Prescribe Rules.

17.29 Authority to prescribe rules.—The Chief Financial Officer may adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement this chapter and the duties assigned by statute or the State Constitution. Such rules may include, but are not limited to, the following:(1) Procedures or policies relating to the processing of payments from salaries, other personal services, or any other applicable appropriation.(2) Procedures for processing interagency and intraagency payments that do not require the issuance of a state warrant.(3) Procedures or policies requiring that payments made by the state for goods, services, or anything of value be made by electronic means, including, but not limited to, debit cards, credit cards, or electronic funds transfers.(4) A method that reasonably accommodates persons who, because of technological, financial, or other hardship, may not be able to receive payments by electronic means. The Chief Financial Officer may make payments by state warrant if deemed administratively necessary.History.—s. 7, ch. 83-132; s. 65, ch. 95-147; s. 7, ch. 98-200; s. 41, ch. 2003-261; s. 3, ch. 2010-151.
FL Stat § 17.30 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title IV - Executive Branch|Chapter 17 - Chief Financial Officer|17.30 - Dissemination of Information.

17.30 Dissemination of information.—The Chief Financial Officer may disseminate, in any form or manner he or she considers appropriate, information regarding the Chief Financial Officer’s official duties.History.—s. 8, ch. 83-132; s. 66, ch. 95-147; s. 42, ch. 2003-261.
FL Stat § 17.32 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title IV - Executive Branch|Chapter 17 - Chief Financial Officer|17.32 - Annual Report of Trust Funds; Duties of Chief Financial Officer.

17.32 Annual report of trust funds; duties of Chief Financial Officer.—(1) On February 1 of each year, the Chief Financial Officer shall present to the Governor and the Legislature a report listing all trust funds as defined in s. 215.32. The report must contain the following data elements for each fund for the preceding fiscal year:(a) The fund code.(b) The title.(c) The fund type according to generally accepted accounting principles.(d) The statutory authority.(e) The beginning cash balance.(f) Direct revenues.(g) Nonoperating revenues.(h) Operating disbursements.(i) Nonoperating disbursements.(j) The ending cash balance.(k) The department and budget entity in which the fund is located.(2) The report shall separately list all funds that received no revenues other than interest earnings or transfers from the General Revenue Fund or from other trust funds during the preceding fiscal year.(3) The report shall separately list all funds that had unencumbered balances in excess of $2 million in each of the 2 preceding fiscal years.History.—s. 4, ch. 92-142; s. 43, ch. 2003-261; s. 30, ch. 2010-102.
FL Stat § 17.325 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title IV - Executive Branch|Chapter 17 - Chief Financial Officer|17.325 - Governmental Efficiency Hotline; Duties of Chief Financial Officer.

17.325 Governmental efficiency hotline; duties of Chief Financial Officer.—(1) The Chief Financial Officer shall establish and operate a statewide toll-free telephone hotline to receive information or suggestions from the residents of this state on how to improve the operation of government, increase governmental efficiency, and eliminate waste in government.(2) The Chief Financial Officer shall operate the hotline 24 hours a day. The Chief Financial Officer may advertise the availability of the hotline in newspapers of general circulation in this state and shall provide for the posting of notices in conspicuous places in state agency offices, city halls, county courthouses, and places in which there is exposure to significant numbers of the general public, including, but not limited to, local convenience stores, shopping malls, shopping centers, gasoline stations, or restaurants. The Chief Financial Officer shall use the slogan “Tell us where we can ‘Get Lean’” for the hotline and in advertisements for the hotline.(3) Each telephone call on the hotline shall be received by the office of the Chief Financial Officer, and the office of the Chief Financial Officer shall conduct an evaluation to determine if it is appropriate for the telephone call to be processed as a “Get Lean” telephone call. If it is determined that the telephone call should be processed as a “Get Lean” telephone call, a record of each suggestion or item of information received shall be entered into a log kept by the Chief Financial Officer. A caller on the hotline may remain anonymous, and, if the caller provides his or her name, the name shall be confidential. If a caller discloses that he or she is a state employee, the Chief Financial Officer, in addition to maintaining a record as required by this section, may refer any information or suggestion from the caller to an existing state awards program administered by the affected agency. The affected agency shall conduct a preliminary evaluation of the efficacy of any suggestion or item of information received through the hotline and shall provide the Chief Financial Officer with a preliminary determination of the amount of revenues the state might save by implementing the suggestion or making use of the information.(4) Any person who provides any information through the hotline shall be immune from liability for any use of such information and shall not be subject to any retaliation by any employee of the state for providing such information or making such suggestion.(5) The Chief Financial Officer shall adopt any rule necessary to implement the establishment, operation, and advertisement of the hotline.History.—s. 4, ch. 92-316; s. 29, ch. 96-399; s. 2, ch. 97-60; s. 44, ch. 2003-261; s. 31, ch. 2010-102; s. 8, ch. 2012-212.
FL Stat § 17.41 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title IV - Executive Branch|Chapter 17 - Chief Financial Officer|17.41 - Department of Financial Services Tobacco Settlement Clearing Trust Fund.

17.41 Department of Financial Services Tobacco Settlement Clearing Trust Fund.—(1) The Department of Financial Services Tobacco Settlement Clearing Trust Fund is created within that department.(2) Funds to be credited to the Tobacco Settlement Clearing Trust Fund shall consist of payments received by the state from settlement of State of Florida v. American Tobacco Co., No. 95-1466AH (Fla. 15th Cir. Ct. 1996). Moneys received from the settlement and deposited into the trust fund are exempt from the service charges imposed under s. 215.20.(3)(a) Subject to approval of the Legislature, all or any portion of the state’s right, title, and interest in and to the tobacco settlement agreement may be sold to the Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation created pursuant to s. 215.56005. Any such sale shall be a true sale and not a borrowing.(b) Any moneys received by the state pursuant to any residual interest retained in the tobacco settlement agreement or the payments to be made under the tobacco settlement agreement shall be deposited into the Tobacco Settlement Clearing Trust Fund.(4) The department shall disburse funds, by nonoperating transfer, from the Tobacco Settlement Clearing Trust Fund to the tobacco settlement trust funds of the various agencies or to the Biomedical Research Trust Fund in the Department of Health, as appropriate, in amounts equal to the annual appropriations made from those agencies’ trust funds in the General Appropriations Act.(5) Pursuant to the provisions of s. 19(f)(3), Art. III of the State Constitution, the Tobacco Settlement Clearing Trust Fund is exempt from the termination provisions of s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State Constitution.History.—s. 1, ch. 99-197; s. 3, ch. 2000-122; s. 2, ch. 2000-128; s. 1, ch. 2001-73; s. 45, ch. 2003-261; s. 1, ch. 2004-282; s. 1, ch. 2004-350; s. 2, ch. 2021-43.
FL Stat § 17.43 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title IV - Executive Branch|Chapter 17 - Chief Financial Officer|17.43 - Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund.

17.43 Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund.—(1) The Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund is created within the Department of Financial Services. The department may deposit into the trust fund receipts and revenues received as a result of federal criminal, administrative, or civil forfeiture proceedings and receipts and revenues received from federal asset-sharing programs. The trust fund is exempt from the service charges imposed by s. 215.20.(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the end of any fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund at the end of the year and shall be available for carrying out the purposes of the trust fund.History.—s. 1, ch. 98-278; s. 2, ch. 99-84; s. 1, ch. 2001-65; s. 46, ch. 2003-261; s. 5, ch. 2004-234; s. 2, ch. 2007-14.