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Florida Statutes, Title XIX

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Title XIX, Public Business

11 chapters · 417 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title XIX417 Ch 288, Commercial Development and Capital I…147 Ch 287, Procurement of Personal Property and…69 Ch 290, Urban Redevelopment40 Ch 282, Communications and Data Processing29 Ch 284, State Risk Management and Safety Pro…28 Ch 280, Security for Public Deposits26 Ch 285, Indian Reservations and Affairs23 Ch 286, Public Business: Miscellaneous Provi…23 Ch 279, Registered Public Obligations15 Ch 283, Public Printing11 Ch 281, Safety and Security Services6

26 sections·Filtered byTitle XIX✕Ch 280✕

Fla. Stat. § 280.01 Short title
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This chapter may be cited as the “Florida Security for Public Deposits Act.”History.—s. 3, ch. 81-285.
Fla. Stat. § 280.02 Definitions
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As used in this chapter, the term:(1) “Affiliate” means an entity that is related through a parent corporation’s controlling interest. The term also includes a financial institution holding company or a subsidiary or service corporation of such holding company.(2) “Alternative pa…
Fla. Stat. § 280.025 Attestation required
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(1) Beginning July 1, 2024, the following entities must attest, under penalty of perjury, on a form prescribed by the Chief Financial Officer, whether the entity is in compliance with s. 280.02(26)(e) and (f):(a) A bank, savings bank, credit union, or savings association, upon ap…
Fla. Stat. § 280.03 Public deposits to be secured; prohibitions; exemptions
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(1)(a) All public deposits shall be secured as provided in this chapter when public depositors comply with the requirements of this chapter.(b) Public deposits shall be made in a qualified public depository unless exempted by law.(2) Public funds shall not be deposited directly o…

Fla. Stat. § 280.04 Collateral for public deposits; general provisions

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(1) The Chief Financial Officer shall determine the collateral requirements and collateral-pledging level for each qualified public depository following procedures established by rule. These procedures must include numerical parameters for 25-percent, 50-percent, 110-percent, and…

Fla. Stat. § 280.041 Collateral arrangements; agreements, provisions, and triggering events

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(1) Eligible collateral listed in s. 280.13 may be pledged, deposited, or issued using the following collateral arrangements as approved by the Chief Financial Officer for a qualified public depository or operating subsidiary, if one is used, to meet required collateral:(a) Regul…

Fla. Stat. § 280.042 Credit union designations as qualified public depositories; withdrawal by the Chief Financial Officer from collateral agreements; limits on public deposits

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(1) The Chief Financial Officer may not designate a credit union as a qualified public depository unless, at the time the credit union submits its agreement of contingent liability and its collateral agreement, the credit union submits a signed statement from a public depositor i…

Fla. Stat. § 280.05 Powers and duties of the Chief Financial Officer

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In fulfilling the requirements of this act, the Chief Financial Officer has the power to take the following actions he or she deems necessary to protect the integrity of the public deposits program:(1) Perform financial analysis of any qualified public depositories.(2) Require co…

Fla. Stat. § 280.051 Grounds for suspension or disqualification of a qualified public depository

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A qualified public depository may be suspended or disqualified or both if the Chief Financial Officer determines that the qualified public depository:(1) Has violated any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule adopted by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to this chapter…

Fla. Stat. § 280.052 Order of suspension or disqualification; procedure

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(1) The suspension or disqualification of a bank, credit union, or savings association as a qualified public depository must be by order of the Chief Financial Officer and must be mailed to the qualified public depository by registered or certified mail.(2) The Chief Financial Of…

Fla. Stat. § 280.053 Period of suspension or disqualification; obligations during period; reinstatement

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(1)(a) The Chief Financial Officer may suspend a qualified public depository for any period that is fixed in the order of suspension, not exceeding 6 months. For the purposes of this section and ss. 280.051 and 280.052, the effective date of suspension or disqualification is that…

Fla. Stat. § 280.054 Administrative penalty in lieu of suspension or disqualification

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(1) If the Chief Financial Officer finds that one or more grounds exist for the suspension or disqualification of a qualified public depository, the Chief Financial Officer may, in lieu of suspension or disqualification, impose an administrative penalty upon the qualified public …

Fla. Stat. § 280.055 Cease and desist order; corrective order; administrative penalty

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(1) The Chief Financial Officer may issue a cease and desist order and a corrective order upon determining that:(a) A qualified public depository has requested and obtained a release of pledged collateral without approval of the Chief Financial Officer;(b) A bank, credit union, s…

Fla. Stat. § 280.06 Penalty for violation of law, rule, or order to cease and desist or other lawful order

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(1) The violation of any provision of this chapter, or any order or rule of the Chief Financial Officer, or any order to cease and desist or other lawful order is a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.(2) It is a felony of the thir…

Fla. Stat. § 280.07 Mutual responsibility and contingent liability

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(1) A bank, savings bank, or savings association that is designated as a qualified public depository and that is not insolvent shall guarantee public depositors against loss caused by the default or insolvency of other banks, savings banks, or savings associations that are design…

Fla. Stat. § 280.08 Procedure for payment of losses

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When the Chief Financial Officer determines that a default or insolvency has occurred, he or she shall provide notice as required in s. 280.085 and implement the following procedures:(1) The Division of Treasury, in cooperation with the Office of Financial Regulation of the Finan…

Fla. Stat. § 280.085 Notice to claimants

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(1) Upon determining the default or insolvency of a qualified public depository, the Chief Financial Officer shall notify, by first-class mail, all public depositors that have complied with s. 280.17 of such default or insolvency. The notice must direct all public depositors havi…

Fla. Stat. § 280.09 Public Deposits Trust Fund

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(1) In order to facilitate the administration of this chapter, there is created the Public Deposits Trust Fund, hereafter in this section designated “the fund.” The proceeds from the sale of securities or draw on letters of credit held as collateral or from any assessment pursuan…

Fla. Stat. § 280.10 Effect of merger, acquisition, or consolidation; change of name or address

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(1) When a qualified public depository is merged into, acquired by, or consolidated with a bank, credit union, savings bank, or savings association that is not a qualified public depository:(a) The resulting institution shall automatically become a qualified public depository sub…

Fla. Stat. § 280.11 Withdrawal from public deposits program; return of pledged collateral

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(1) A qualified public depository may withdraw from the public deposits program by giving written notice to the Chief Financial Officer. The contingent liability, required collateral, and reporting requirements of the depository withdrawing from the program shall continue for a p…

Fla. Stat. § 280.13 Eligible collateral

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(1) Securities eligible to be pledged as collateral by qualified public depositories shall be limited to:(a) Direct obligations of the United States Government.(b) Obligations of any federal agency that are fully guaranteed as to payment of principal and interest by the United St…

Fla. Stat. § 280.16 Requirements of qualified public depositories; confidentiality

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(1) In addition to any other requirements specified in this chapter, qualified public depositories shall:(a) Take the following actions for each public deposit account:1. Identify the account as a “Florida public deposit” on the deposit account record with the name of the public …

Fla. Stat. § 280.17 Requirements for public depositors; notice to public depositors and governmental units; loss of protection

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In addition to any other requirement specified in this chapter, public depositors shall comply with the following:(1)(a) Each official custodian of moneys that meet the definition of a public deposit under s. 280.02 shall ensure such moneys are placed in a qualified public deposi…

Fla. Stat. § 280.18 Protection of public depositors; liability of the state

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(1) When public deposits are made in accordance with this chapter, there shall be protection from loss to public depositors, as defined in s. 280.02, in the absence of negligence, malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance on the part of the public depositor or on the part of his o…

Fla. Stat. § 280.19 Rules

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The Chief Financial Officer shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer the provisions of this chapter.History.—s. 3, ch. 81-285; s. 55, ch. 98-200; s. 307, ch. 2003-261.

Fla. Stat. § 280.21 Custodians of gold coin and silver coin

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1(1) A custodian of gold coin or silver coin as defined in s. 560.103 which holds public deposits must do all of the following:(a) Meet the definition of a qualified public depository as defined in s. 280.02, except that such custodian is not required to be insured by the Federal…