Florida Statute 17.17 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title IV
EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Chapter 17
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

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F.S. 17.17

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 this state, or any person the Governor may authorize to examine the same; and on the first day of January of each and every year, or oftener if called for by the Governor, the Chief Financial Officer shall make a full report of all his or her official acts and proceedings for the last fiscal year to the Governor, to be laid before the Legislature with the Governor’s message, and shall make such further report as the constitution may require.

History.—s. 8, ch. 8, 1845; RS 109; GS 113; ch. 7342, 1917; RGS 125; CGL 155; s. 60, ch. 95-147; s. 33, ch. 2003-261.

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Cases Citing Statute 17.17

Total Results: 10

Hitt v. Nissan Motor Company, Ltd.

399 F. Supp. 838, 1975 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11356

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Jul 21, 1975 | Docket: 1625310

Cited 32 times | Published

1975). [16] See, e. g., Ill.Rev.Stat. Ch. 110 § 17. [17] Nissan-Japan cites cases to distinguish the

Alabama Education Ass'n v. Bentley

803 F.3d 1298, 92 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1501, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 17863

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Oct 14, 2015 | Docket: 2920003

Cited 25 times | Published

Alabama Act No. 2010-761 (codified at Ala.Code § 17-17-5) (Act 761). Act 761 “prohibits] a state or local

ORLANDO REG. MED. CTR., INC. v. Estate of Heron

596 So. 2d 1078, 1992 WL 35363

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 28, 1992 | Docket: 1707298

Cited 4 times | Published

Orange County Code, Chapter 17, Article II, Section 17-17. ORMC urges that the words "any and all causes

Alabama Education Ass'n v. State Superintendent of Education

746 F.3d 1135

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Feb 5, 2014 | Docket: 65660426

Cited 2 times | Published

interprets “political activity” as that term is used in § 17-17-5, Ala.Code 1975, as not being limited to electioneering

Alabama Education Association v. State Superintendent of Education, Eta L

665 F.3d 1234

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Dec 23, 2011 | Docket: 845384

Cited 1 times | Published

tension between this statute and Alabama Code § 17-17-5 which prohibits public employees from using government

Treva Thompson v. Secretary of State for the State of Alabama

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Apr 26, 2023 | Docket: 61464837

Published

Argued: Nov 16, 2021

1 ALA. CODE § 17-17-19. 2 ALA. CODE § 17-17-24(a). 3 ALA. CODE § 17-17-27.

In re: Robert Bentley

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Oct 14, 2015 | Docket: 2924058

Published

Alabama Act No. 2010-761 (codified at Ala. Code § 17-17-5) (Act 761). Act 761 “prohibit[s] a state or

Alabama Education Association v. State Superintendent of Education

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Feb 5, 2014 | Docket: 64177

Published

“political activity,” as used and defined in Ala. Code § 17-17-5(b)(1), “embraces more than electioneering”)

Peters v. Zoda (In re Zoda)

2 B.R. 377, 22 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 614, 1980 Bankr. LEXIS 5593

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Feb 11, 1980 | Docket: 65777720

Published

willfully and maliciously. 1A Collier on Bankruptcy, § 17.17 (14th ed. 1978). Certainly not all injuries or

Knight v. Edwards

276 So. 2d 499, 1973 Fla. App. LEXIS 6934

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 25, 1973 | Docket: 64531810

Published

generally Florida Civil Practice After Trial, § 17.17, et seq. Dismissed. REED, C. J., and WALDEN and