Florida · statute · Fla. Stat. ch. 219 · 10 active provisions
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this act, shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.(1) For the purposes of this act, the term “officer” shall be taken to mean a county officer, including an officer whose authority is ord…
(1) It shall be the duty of each officer to issue a receipt for each collection of public money made by him or her, a copy of which receipt shall be retained by the officer and shall be a public record. The receipt may be printed and registered by a cash register or validating machine, or may be by prenumbered license,…
Each deputy and employee handling public money in county offices may be placed under bond by the officer, and the premium on the bond may be charged to the expense of the office.
Each officer as defined in this act, shall keep a cash book, or books, wherein shall be entered daily all receipts and disbursements of public money, either by items or by summaries of itemized entries in other records, including machine tapes, kept in such office. The cash book shall be balanced, it shall show the amo…
(1) Public money, as defined in this act, may be deposited in a depository qualified under the provisions of chapter 136. Such deposits shall be made sufficiently often to keep the amount of the money in the office within the insurance coverage; provided, that any public money may be paid directly to the officer, perso…
(1) Each officer whose compensation for his or her official duties is paid wholly or partly by fees or commissions, or fees and commissions, shall handle all collections of fees, commissions, and other compensation for his or her official duties in the same manner as other public money is herein required to be handled,…
Each officer shall, not later than 7 working days from the close of the week in which the officer received the funds, distribute the money which is required to be paid to other officers, agencies, funds, or persons entitled to receive the same; provided, that distributions or partial distributions may be made more freq…
(1)(a) Except when another procedure is prescribed by law or by ordinance as to particular funds, a tax collector or any other county officer having, receiving, or collecting any money, either for his or her office or on behalf of and subject to subsequent distribution to another officer of state or local government, w…
Each of the duties required to be performed or done under the provisions of this act which is not done or performed at or within the time or times herein prescribed shall continue to be the duty of the person charged therewith until it is actually and completely performed.
No public funds shall be retained in the custody of the supervisor in an amount in excess of the burglary, theft, and robbery insurance coverage for that office; the cost of that insurance coverage is authorized as an expense of the office. No funds shall be retained in a depository in amounts in excess of the federal…