Chapter 129 — Chapter 129
13 sections in this chapter.
Fla. Stat. § 129.01 Budget system established
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A budget system for the control of the finances of the boards of county commissioners of the several counties of the state is established as follows:(1) A budget shall be prepared, approved, adopted, and executed as prescribed in this chapter for each fiscal year. At a minimum, t…
Fla. Stat. § 129.011 Consolidation of funds
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(1) In order to simplify and otherwise improve the accounting system provided by law and to facilitate a better understanding of the fiscal operation of the county by the general public, the board of county commissioners may, by resolution duly adopted, consolidate any of its sep…
Fla. Stat. § 129.02 Requisites of budgets
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Each budget shall conform to the following specific directions and requirements:(1) General fund budget shall contain an estimate of receipts by source, including any taxes now or hereafter authorized by law to be levied for any countywide purpose, except those countywide purpose…
Fla. Stat. § 129.021 County officer budget information
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Notwithstanding other provisions of law, the budgets of all county officers, as submitted to the board of county commissioners, must be in sufficient detail and contain such information as the board of county commissioners may require in furtherance of their powers and responsibi…
Fla. Stat. § 129.025 County budget officer
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(1) Each board of county commissioners may designate a county budget officer to carry out the duties set forth in this chapter. Unless the board designates a different officer, the clerk of the circuit court or the county comptroller, if applicable, shall be the budget officer fo…
Fla. Stat. § 129.03 Preparation and adoption of budget
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(1) Pursuant to s. 200.065, the county property appraiser shall certify to the county budget officer his or her estimate of the total valuations against which taxes may be levied in the entire county and in each district in the county in which taxes are authorized by law to be le…
Fla. Stat. § 129.04 Fiscal year
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The fiscal year of each county of the state shall commence on October 1, and end on September 30 of each year, and whenever the word “year” appears in this chapter, it shall be construed as meaning the fiscal year as hereby established.
Fla. Stat. § 129.06 Execution and amendment of budget
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(1) Upon the final adoption of the budgets as provided in this chapter, the budgets so adopted must regulate expenditures of the county and each special district included within the county budget, and the itemized estimates of expenditures must have the effect of fixed appropriat…
Fla. Stat. § 129.07 Unlawful to exceed the budget
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The board of county commissioners may not expend or enter into a contract requiring expenditures in any fiscal year for more than the amount of appropriations in each fund’s budget, except as provided herein, and the total appropriations of any budget may not be exceeded, except …
Fla. Stat. § 129.08 County commissioner voting to pay illegal claim or for excess indebtedness
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Each member of the board of county commissioners who knowingly and willfully votes to incur an indebtedness against the county in excess of the expenditure allowed by law or county ordinance, or to pay an illegal charge against the county, or to pay any claim against the county n…
Fla. Stat. § 129.09 County auditor not to sign illegal warrants
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Any clerk of the circuit court, acting as county auditor, who shall sign any warrant for the payment of any claim or bill or indebtedness against any county funds in excess of the expenditure allowed by law, or county ordinance, or to pay any illegal charge against the county, or…
Fla. Stat. § 129.201 Budget of supervisor of elections; manner and time of preparation and presentation
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(1) Pursuant to ss. 129.01 and 129.03(2), each supervisor of elections shall annually prepare and submit to the board of county commissioners, or county budget commission if there is one in the county, a proposed budget for carrying out the powers, duties, and operations of the o…
Fla. Stat. § 129.202 Budget of supervisor of elections; matters related to allocation, expenditure, etc., of amounts in budget
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(1)(a) The supervisor of elections shall requisition and the board of county commissioners shall pay that officer, at the first meeting in October of each year, 25 percent of the total amount budgeted for the office and, thereafter on the first of each month, 6.82 percent of the …