Chapter 215 — Chapter 215

The fiscal year shall begin on July 1 and end on June 30 in each and every year.

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 her indebtedness to the state, the person shall first go to the Department of Financial Services, ascertain from the department’s books the amount of hi…

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 been paid in part by the appellant, the Chief Financial Officer shall issue his or her warrant to reimburse the appellant for all sums paid in disch…

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 department, so soon as such delinquency shall occur; and the state attorney shall proceed forthwith against such delinqu…

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 to be due to the state, upon the adjustment of that person’s account, the Department of Financial Services shall immediately hand ove…

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 evidence and shall be prima facie proof of the facts therein stated. All copies of bonds, contracts, or other papers relating to or co…

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 the estate of any deceased debtor in the hands of executors or administrators shall not be sufficient to pay all the debt due f…

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 same, after sufficient time has expired to receive the reports required of the tax collector by law and they have not received them…

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 collector shall forfeit for every week’s delay one-fifth of his or her commissions, and if the delay extends beyond 30 days he or she shall forfeit all commission…

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 collection of taxes, to perform any duty or act, to make any return, or pay over any money required by law, the Governor, by his or her written ord…

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 circuit or county court, treasurer, or any other officer of any county who has the collection, custody, and control of any state funds…

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 10 days thereafter shall furnish each of the sureties of such delinquent officer with an abstract of such statement, showing the amount of indebtedne…

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 available after payment of the salaries of public officers and other current expenses as hereinbefore provided, and the moneys for …

(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 learning shall be on a parity with all other state appropriations for all other purposes from the General Revenue Fund; p…

An owner of a public building or the owner’s employee may not seek, accept, or solicit any payment or other form of consideration for providing the written allocation letter described in s. 179D(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Notice 2008-40.…

(1) Whenever there is a deficiency in any fund provided for by s. 215.32 which would render such fund insufficient to meet its just requirements, and other funds in the State Treasury have moneys which are for the time being or otherwise in excess of the amounts necessary to meet…

(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 Cost Allocation Plan (SWCAP), include in its application a prorated share of the cost of se…

(1) There is created the Architects Incidental Trust Fund for the purpose of:(a) Collecting all funds received through the sale of surplus state-owned office buildings, as defined in s. 255.248, and the nonconservation lands associated with such buildings;(b) Diverting funds refe…

(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 tru…

(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 a…

(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 acc…

(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 …

(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 elimin…

(1) Notwithstanding s. 215.20(1), the service charge provided in s. 215.20(1) may not be deducted from the proceeds of the taxes distributed under s. 201.15.(2) This section is repealed July 1, 2033. (1) Notwithstanding s. 215.20(1), the service charge provided in s. 215.20(1) ma…

(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 or prepaid tuition receipts.(b) Trust funds administered by the Department of the Lottery.(c) Departmental administr…

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 …

(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 …

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 autho…

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 …

(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 the State Treasury which constitute:(a) An overpayment of any tax, license, or account due;(b) A payment where no tax, license, …

(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 agency of the state or any county, or of the judicial branch, any officer or employee who acts as disbursing agent for the payment …

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 br…

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 e…

(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 accounted for by the Chief Financial Officer within the following funds, which funds are hereby created and established:(a) Ge…

(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 terminated, pursuant to the provisions of s. 19(f), Art. III of the State Constitution, or such earlier date as the Legislatu…

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 …

(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 …

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.

(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 information more convenient to the public through the acceptance of payments by credit cards, charge cards, debit cards, or o…

(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 to be made under the laws of the state and deposited in the State Treasury as provided herein, which may be returned for any reaso…

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 a…

Nothing in ss. 215.31-215.32, 215.34-215.36 shall be construed as repealing ss. 215.20 and 215.22-215.25, 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 “const…

(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 a board within the department shall be collected by the department and shall be deposited in the State Treas…

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…

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.

(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 be recorded in the financial systems of the state, approved for payment by the agency or the judicial branch, and filed with the Chief Fi…

(1) 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 any money be appropriated or paid on any claim the subject matter of which has not been provided for by preexisting laws, unl…

(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…

(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 to time after the issuance of bonds thereof shall have been authorized, whether such bonds be general, special,…

(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 of Administration, sometimes referred to in this chapter as “board” or “Trustees of the State Board of Administratio…