Florida Statutes Title IV Chapter 17 - Chief Financial Officer

• 17.001 - Chief Financial Officer.
  As provided in s. 4(c), Art. IV of the State Constitution, the Chief Financial Officer is the chief fiscal officer of the state and is...
• 17.002 - Definition.
  For the purposes of this chapter, the term “department” means the Department of Financial Services.History.—s. 13, ch. 2003-261.
• 17.011 - Assistant Chief Financial Officer.
  The Chief Financial Officer of the state may appoint an assistant Chief Financial Officer to hold office during the pleasure of the Chief Financial Officer.History.—s....
• 17.02 - Place Of Residence And Office.
  The Chief Financial Officer shall reside at the seat of government of this state and shall hold office in a room in the capitol.History.—s. 2,...
• 17.03 - To Audit Claims Against The State.
  (1) The Chief Financial Officer of this state, using generally accepted auditing procedures for testing or sampling, shall examine, audit, and settle all accounts, claims, and...
• 17.031 - Security Of Chief Financial Officer’s Office.
  The Chief Financial Officer may engage the full-time services of two law enforcement officers, with power of arrest, to prevent all acts of a criminal...
• 17.0315 - Financial And Cash Management System; Task Force.
  (1) The Chief Financial Officer, as the constitutional officer responsible for settling and approving accounts against the state and keeping all state funds pursuant to s....
• 17.04 - To Audit And Adjust Accounts Of Officers And Those Indebted To The State.
  The Chief Financial Officer, using generally accepted auditing procedures for testing or sampling, shall examine, audit, adjust, and settle the accounts of all the officers...
• 17.0401 - Confidentiality Of Information Relating To Financial Investigations.
  Except as otherwise provided by this section, information relative to an investigation conducted by the Division of Accounting and Auditing pursuant to s. 17.04, including...
• 17.041 - County And District Accounts And Claims.
  (1) It shall be the duty of the Chief Financial Officer to adjust and settle, or cause to be adjusted and settled, all accounts and claims...
• 17.0415 - Transfer And Assignment Of Claims.
  In order to facilitate their collection from third parties, the Chief Financial Officer may authorize the assignment of claims among the state, its agencies, and...
• 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...
• 17.05 - Subpoenas; Sworn Statements; Enforcement Proceedings.
  (1) The Chief Financial Officer may demand and require full answers on oath from any and every person, party or privy to any account, claim, or...
• 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...
• 17.076 - Direct Deposit Of Funds.
  (1) As used in this section, the term “beneficiary” means any person who is drawing salary or retirement benefits from the state or who is the...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 17.20 - Assignment Of Claims For Collection.
  (1) The Chief Financial Officer shall charge the state attorneys with the collection of all claims that are placed in their hands for collection of money...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 17.26 - Cancellation Of State Warrants Not Presented Within 1 Year.
  (1) If any state warrant issued by the Chief Financial Officer or Comptroller against any fund in the State Treasury is not presented for payment within...
• 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...
• 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....
• 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...
• 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,...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 17.51 - Oath And Certificate Of Chief Financial Officer.
  The Chief Financial Officer shall, within 10 days before he or she enters upon the duties of office, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation...
• 17.52 - Moneys Paid On Warrants.
  The Division of Treasury shall pay all warrants on the treasury drawn by the Chief Financial Officer or Comptroller and other orders by the Chief...
• 17.54 - Annual Report To Governor.
  The Chief Financial Officer shall make a report in detail to the Governor, with a copy to the President of the Senate and the Speaker...
• 17.55 - Examination By And Monthly Statements To The Governor.
  The office of the Chief Financial Officer, and the books, files, documents, records, and papers thereof, shall always be subject to the examination of the...
• 17.555 - Division Of Treasury To Keep Record Of Warrants And Of State Funds And Securities.
  The Division of Treasury shall keep a record of the warrants or other orders of the Chief Financial Officer which the Division of Treasury pays...
• 17.56 - Division Of Treasury To Turn Over To The Division Of Accounting And Auditing All Warrants Paid.
  The Division of Treasury shall turn over to the Division of Accounting and Auditing all warrants drawn by the Chief Financial Officer or the Comptroller...
• 17.57 - Deposits And Investments Of State Money.
  (1) The Chief Financial Officer, or other parties with the permission of the Chief Financial Officer, shall deposit the money of the state or any money...
• 17.575 - Administration Of Funds; Treasury Investment Committee.
  (1) There is created a Treasury Investment Committee within the Division of Treasury consisting of at least five members who must possess special knowledge, experience, and...
• 17.58 - Deposits Of Public Money Outside The State Treasury; Revolving Funds.
  (1) All moneys collected by state agencies, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, and departments shall, except as otherwise provided by law, be deposited in the State Treasury....
• 17.59 - Safekeeping Services.
  (1) The Chief Financial Officer shall administer a collateral management service for all state agencies as defined in s. 216.011, or any county, city, or political...
• 17.60 - Treasury Cash Deposit Trust Fund.
  (1) There is created in the State Treasury the Treasury Cash Deposit Trust Fund. Cash deposits made pursuant to s. 17.59 shall be deposited into this...
• 17.61 - Chief Financial Officer; Powers And Duties In The Investment Of Certain Funds.
  (1) The Chief Financial Officer shall invest all general revenue funds and all the trust funds and all agency funds of each state agency, and of...
• 17.62 - Interest On State Moneys Deposited; When Paid.
  Interest on state moneys deposited in qualified public depositories under s. 17.57 shall be payable to the Chief Financial Officer quarterly.History.—s. 4, ch. 4586, 1897;...
• 17.63 - Chief Financial Officer Not To Issue Evidences Of Indebtedness.
  It is not lawful for the Chief Financial Officer of this state to issue any treasury certificates, or any other evidences of indebtedness, for any...
• 17.64 - Division Of Treasury To Make Reproductions Of Certain Warrants, Records, And Documents.
  (1) Photographs, microphotographs, or reproductions on film of warrants, vouchers, or checks shall be deemed to be original records for all purposes; and any copy or...
• 17.65 - Chief Financial Officer To Prescribe Forms.
  The Chief Financial Officer may prescribe the forms, and the manner of keeping the same, for all receipts, credit advices, abstracts, reports, and other papers...
• 17.66 - Securities In Book-entry Form.
  Any security that:(1)(a) Is eligible to be held in book-entry form on the books of the Federal Reserve Book-Entry System; or(b) Is eligible for deposit in a...
• 17.67 - Federal Grants Trust Fund.
  (1) The Federal Grants Trust Fund is created within the Department of Financial Services.(2) The trust fund is established for use as a depository for funds to...

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