Florida Statutes Title IX Chapter 106 - Campaign Financing

• 106.011 - Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(1) “Campaign fund raiser” means an affair held to...
• 106.021 - Campaign Treasurers; Deputies; Primary And Secondary Depositories.
  (1)(a) Each candidate for nomination or election to office and each political committee shall appoint a campaign treasurer. Each person who seeks to qualify for nomination...
• 106.022 - Appointment Of A Registered Agent; Duties.
  (1) Each political committee or electioneering communications organization shall have and continuously maintain in this state a registered office and a registered agent and must file...
• 106.023 - Statement Of Candidate.
  (1) Each candidate must file a statement with the qualifying officer within 10 days after filing the appointment of campaign treasurer and designation of campaign depository,...
• 106.025 - Campaign Fund Raisers.
  (1)(a) No campaign fund raiser may be held unless the person for whom such funds are to be so used is a candidate for public office.(b) All...
• 106.03 - Registration Of Political Committees And Electioneering Communications Organizations.
  (1)(a) Each political committee that receives contributions or makes expenditures during a calendar year in an aggregate amount exceeding $500 or that seeks the signatures of...
• 106.05 - Deposit Of Contributions; Statement Of Campaign Treasurer.
  All funds received by the campaign treasurer of any candidate or political committee shall, prior to the end of the 5th business day following the...
• 106.055 - Valuation Of In-kind Contributions.
  Any person who makes an in-kind contribution shall, at the time of making such contribution, place a value on such contribution, which valuation shall be...
• 106.06 - Treasurer To Keep Records; Inspections.
  (1) The campaign treasurer of each candidate and the campaign treasurer of each political committee shall keep detailed accounts, current within not more than 2 days...
• 106.07 - Reports; Certification And Filing.
  (1) Each campaign treasurer designated by a candidate or political committee pursuant to s. 106.021 shall file regular reports of all contributions received, and all expenditures...
• 106.0701 - Solicitation Of Contributions On Behalf Of S. 527 Or S. 501(c)(4) Organizations; Reporting Requirements; Civil Penalty; Exemption.
  (1) The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, members of the Cabinet, state legislators, or candidates for such offices who directly or indirectly solicit, cause to be solicited, or...
• 106.0702 - Reporting; Political Party Executive Committee Candidates.
  (1) An individual seeking a publicly elected position on a political party executive committee who receives a contribution or makes an expenditure shall file a report...
• 106.0703 - Electioneering Communications Organizations; Reporting Requirements; Certification And Filing; Penalties.
  (1)(a) Each electioneering communications organization shall file regular reports of all contributions received and all expenditures made by or on behalf of the organization. Except as...
• 106.0705 - Electronic Filing Of Campaign Treasurer’s Reports.
  (1) As used in this section, “electronic filing system” means an Internet system for recording and reporting campaign finance activity by reporting period.(2)(a) Each individual who is...
• 106.0706 - Electronic Filing Of Campaign Finance Reports; Public Records Exemption.
  (1) All user identifications and passwords held by the Department of State pursuant to s. 106.0705 are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a),...
• 106.071 - Independent Expenditures; Electioneering Communications; Reports; Disclaimers.
  (1) Each person who makes an independent expenditure with respect to any candidate or issue, and each individual who makes an expenditure for an electioneering communication...
• 106.075 - Elected Officials; Report Of Loans Made In Year Preceding Election; Limitation On Contributions To Pay Loans.
  (1) A person who is elected to office must report all loans, exceeding $500 in value, made to him or her and used for campaign purposes,...
• 106.08 - Contributions; Limitations On.
  (1)(a) Except for political parties or affiliated party committees, no person or political committee may, in any election, make contributions in excess of the following amounts:1. To...
• 106.087 - Independent Expenditures; Contribution Limits; Restrictions On Political Parties And Political Committees.
  (1)(a) As a condition of receiving a rebate of filing fees and party assessment funds pursuant to s. 99.061(2), s. 99.092(1), s. 99.103, or s. 103.121(1)(b),...
• 106.088 - Independent Expenditures; Contribution Limits; Restrictions On Affiliated Party Committees.
  (1) As a condition of receiving a rebate of party assessments under s. 103.121(1)(b), the leader or treasurer of an affiliated party committee as defined in...
• 106.09 - Cash Contributions And Contribution By Cashier’s Checks.
  (1)(a) A person may not make an aggregate cash contribution or contribution by means of a cashier’s check to the same candidate or committee in excess...
• 106.11 - Expenses Of And Expenditures By Candidates And Political Committees.
  Each candidate and each political committee which designates a primary campaign depository pursuant to s. 106.021(1) shall make expenditures from funds on deposit in such...
• 106.113 - Expenditures By Local Governments.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Local government” means:1. A county, municipality, school district, or other political subdivision in this state; and2. Any department, agency, board, bureau,...
• 106.12 - Petty Cash Funds Allowed.
  (1) Each campaign treasurer designated pursuant to s. 106.021(1) for a candidate or political committee is authorized to withdraw from the primary campaign account, until the...
• 106.125 - Credit Cards; Conditions On Use.
  Any candidate for statewide office or any political committee created to support or oppose any candidate for statewide office or to support or oppose any...
• 106.14 - Utilities; Deposits; Prior Authorization.
  (1) Utility companies providing utilities services to a candidate or political committee shall charge a deposit sufficient to meet all anticipated charges during a billing period.(2) Authorization...
• 106.1405 - Use Of Campaign Funds.
  A candidate or the spouse of a candidate may not use funds on deposit in a campaign account of such candidate to defray normal living...
• 106.141 - Disposition Of Surplus Funds By Candidates.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (6), each candidate who withdraws his or her candidacy, becomes an unopposed candidate, or is eliminated as a candidate or...
• 106.143 - Political Advertisements Circulated Prior To Election; Requirements.
  (1)(a) Any political advertisement that is paid for by a candidate, except a write-in candidate, and that is published, displayed, or circulated before, or on the...
• 106.1435 - Usage And Removal Of Political Campaign Advertisements.
  (1) Each candidate, whether for a federal, state, county, or district office, shall make a good faith effort to remove all of his or her political...
• 106.1437 - Miscellaneous Advertisements.
  Any advertisement, other than a political advertisement, independent expenditure, or electioneering communication, on billboards, bumper stickers, radio, or television, or in a newspaper, a magazine,...
• 106.1439 - Electioneering Communications; Disclaimers.
  (1) Any electioneering communication, other than a telephone call, shall prominently state: “Paid electioneering communication paid for by   (Name and address of person paying for the...
• 106.147 - Telephone Solicitation; Disclosure Requirements; Prohibitions; Exemptions; Penalties.
  (1)(a) Any telephone call supporting or opposing a candidate, elected public official, or ballot proposal must identify the persons or organizations sponsoring the call by stating...
• 106.1475 - Telephone Solicitation; Registered Agent Requirements; Penalty.
  (1) Any person or organization that conducts any business in this state which consists of making paid telephone calls supporting or opposing any candidate or elected...
• 106.15 - Certain Acts Prohibited.
  (1) No person shall pay money or give anything of value for the privilege of speaking at a political meeting in the furtherance of his or...
• 106.16 - Limitation On Certain Rates And Charges.
  No person or corporation within the state publishing a newspaper or other periodical or operating a radio or television station or network of stations in...
• 106.161 - Air Time Available At The Lowest Unit Rate.
  To the extent permitted by federal law, all broadcast radio and television stations and all cable television stations shall make air time available to candidates...
• 106.165 - Use Of Closed Captioning And Descriptive Narrative In All Television Broadcasts.
  Each candidate, political party, affiliated party committee, and political committee must use closed captioning and descriptive narrative in all television broadcasts regulated by the Federal...
• 106.17 - Polls And Surveys Relating To Candidacies.
  Any candidate, political committee, electioneering communication organization, affiliated party committee, or state or county executive committee of a political party may authorize or conduct a...
• 106.18 - When A Candidate’s Name To Be Omitted From Ballot.
  (1) The name of a candidate shall not be printed on the ballot for an election if the candidate is convicted of violating s. 106.19.(2) Any candidate...
• 106.19 - Violations By Candidates, Persons Connected With Campaigns, And Political Committees.
  (1) Any candidate; campaign manager, campaign treasurer, or deputy treasurer of any candidate; committee chair, vice chair, campaign treasurer, deputy treasurer, or other officer of any...
• 106.191 - Signatures Gathered For Initiative Petition; Effect Of Ch. 97-13.
  Any signature gathered on an authorized form for an initiative petition by a paid petition circulator which has been submitted prior to the effective date...
• 106.21 - Certificates Of Election Not To Be Issued Upon Conviction.
  (1) If a successful candidate is convicted of violating s. 106.19(1) prior to the issuance of his or her certificate of election, such certificate shall not...
• 106.22 - Duties Of The Division Of Elections.
  It is the duty of the Division of Elections to:(1) Prescribe forms for statements and other information required to be filed by this chapter. Such forms...
• 106.23 - Powers Of The Division Of Elections.
  (1) In order to carry out the responsibilities prescribed by s. 106.22, the Division of Elections is empowered to subpoena and bring before its duly authorized...
• 106.24 - Florida Elections Commission; Membership; Powers; Duties.
  (1)(a) There is created within the Department of Legal Affairs, Office of the Attorney General, a Florida Elections Commission, hereinafter referred to as the commission. The...
• 106.25 - Reports Of Alleged Violations To Florida Elections Commission; Disposition Of Findings.
  (1) Jurisdiction to investigate and determine violations of this chapter and chapter 104 is vested in the Florida Elections Commission; however, nothing in this section limits...
• 106.26 - Powers Of Commission; Rights And Responsibilities Of Parties; Findings By Commission.
  (1) The commission shall, pursuant to rules adopted and published in accordance with chapter 120, consider all sworn complaints filed with it and all matters reported...
• 106.265 - Civil Penalties.
  (1) The commission or, in cases referred to the Division of Administrative Hearings pursuant to s. 106.25(5), the administrative law judge is authorized upon the finding...
• 106.27 - Determinations By Commission; Legal Disposition.
  (1) Criminal proceedings for violations of this chapter or chapter 104 may be brought in the appropriate court of competent jurisdiction. Any such action brought under...
• 106.28 - Limitation Of Actions.
  Actions for violation of this chapter must be commenced before 2 years have elapsed from the date of the violation.History.—s. 28, ch. 73-128; s. 1,...
• 106.29 - Reports By Political Parties And Affiliated Party Committees; Restrictions On Contributions And Expenditures; Penalties.
  (1) The state executive committee and each county executive committee of each political party and any affiliated party committee regulated by chapter 103 shall file regular...
• 106.295 - Leadership Fund.
  (1) For purposes of this section:(a) “Leadership fund” means accounts comprised of any moneys contributed to a political party, directly or indirectly, which are designated to be...
• 106.30 - Short Title.
  Sections 106.30-106.36 may be cited as the “Florida Election Campaign Financing Act.”History.—s. 1, ch. 86-276.
• 106.31 - Legislative Intent.
  The Legislature finds that the costs of running an effective campaign for statewide office have reached a level which tends to discourage persons from becoming...
• 106.32 - Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund.
  (1) There is hereby established in the State Treasury an 1Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund to be utilized by the Department of State as provided in...
• 106.33 - Election Campaign Financing; Eligibility.
  Each candidate for the office of Governor or member of the Cabinet who desires to receive contributions from the 1Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund, upon...
• 106.34 - Expenditure Limits.
  (1) Any candidate for Governor and Lieutenant Governor or Cabinet officer who requests contributions from the 1Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund shall limit his or her...
• 106.35 - Distribution Of Funds.
  (1) The division shall review each request for contributions from the 1Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund and certify whether the candidate is eligible for such contributions....
• 106.353 - Candidates Voluntarily Abiding By Election Campaign Financing Limits But Not Requesting Public Funds; Irrevocable Statement Required; Penalty.
  (1) Not later than qualifying for office, each candidate for the office of Governor or member of the Cabinet who has not made a request to...
• 106.355 - Nonparticipating Candidate Exceeding Limits.
  Whenever a candidate for the office of Governor or member of the Cabinet who has elected not to participate in election campaign financing under the...
• 106.36 - Penalties; Fines.
  In addition to any other penalties which may be applicable under the election code, any candidate who receives contributions from the 1Election Campaign Financing Trust...

Last modified: September 23, 2016