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The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 99
CANDIDATES
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F.S. 99.092
99.092 Qualifying fee of candidate; notification of Department of State.
(1) Each person seeking to qualify for nomination or election to any office, except a person seeking to qualify by the petition process pursuant to s. 99.095 and except a person seeking to qualify as a write-in candidate, shall pay a qualifying fee, which shall consist of a filing fee and election assessment, to the officer with whom the person qualifies, and any party assessment levied, and shall attach the original or signed duplicate of the receipt for his or her party assessment or pay the same, in accordance with the provisions of s. 103.121, at the time of filing his or her other qualifying papers. The amount of the filing fee is 3 percent of the annual salary of the office. The amount of the election assessment is 1 percent of the annual salary of the office sought. The election assessment shall be transferred to the Elections Commission Trust Fund. The amount of the party assessment is 2 percent of the annual salary. The annual salary of the office for purposes of computing the filing fee, election assessment, and party assessment shall be computed by multiplying 12 times the monthly salary, excluding any special qualification pay, authorized for such office as of July 1 immediately preceding the first day of qualifying. No qualifying fee shall be returned to the candidate unless the candidate withdraws his or her candidacy before the last date to qualify. If a candidate dies prior to an election and has not withdrawn his or her candidacy before the last date to qualify, the candidate’s qualifying fee shall be returned to his or her designated beneficiary, and, if the filing fee or any portion thereof has been transferred to the political party of the candidate, the Secretary of State shall direct the party to return that portion to the designated beneficiary of the candidate.
(2) The supervisor of elections shall, immediately after the last day for qualifying, submit to the Department of State a list containing the names, party affiliations, and addresses of all candidates and the offices for which they qualified.
History.s. 24, ch. 6469, 1913; RGS 328; CGL 385; s. 3, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 12, ch. 29934, 1955; s. 4, ch. 65-378; s. 1, ch. 67-531; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 6, ch. 69-281; s. 1, ch. 74-119; s. 1, ch. 75-123; s. 1, ch. 75-247; s. 6, ch. 77-175; s. 28, ch. 79-400; s. 4, ch. 81-105; s. 1, ch. 83-242; s. 8, ch. 89-338; s. 1, ch. 91-107; s. 537, ch. 95-147; s. 11, ch. 97-13; s. 2, ch. 99-140; s. 10, ch. 99-318; s. 13, ch. 2005-277; s. 2, ch. 2010-16; s. 16, ch. 2011-40.
Note.Former ss. 102.31, 99.031.

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Total Results: 15

Norman E. Wymbs and Ann R. Cassady v. Republican State Executive Committee of Florida

719 F.2d 1072, 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 15734

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Oct 31, 1983 | Docket: 777909

Cited 104 times | Published

from candidates, as provided in Fla.Stat.Ann. § 99.092. Wymbs alleged that when the Committee carries

Wetherington v. Adams

309 F. Supp. 318, 1970 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13017

District Court, N.D. Florida | Filed: Jan 29, 1970 | Docket: 1925272

Cited 19 times | Published

Chapter 99, Laws of Florida, Subsection (1) of Section 99.092, as amended by the 1967 Legislature, violates

Green v. Mortham

155 F.3d 1332, 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 23897, 1998 WL 654389

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Sep 24, 1998 | Docket: 394838

Cited 15 times | Published

amounting to a $10,020 fee in 1996. Fla. Stat. Ann. § 99.092 (West Supp.1998). 3 This seven and

Martinez v. Bush

234 F. Supp. 2d 1275, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23448, 2002 WL 31740366

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Dec 3, 2002 | Docket: 2380162

Cited 14 times | Published

99.061(3) (2001). There is no fee for doing so. § 99.092(1), Fla. Stat. (2001). If no write-in candidate

Fowler v. Adams

315 F. Supp. 592, 1970 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10798

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Jul 25, 1970 | Docket: 2519914

Cited 13 times | Published

plaintiff pay a filing fee of $2,125.00. Under Section 99.092, 3% or $1,275.00 would be qualification fee

STATE BY BUTTERWORTH v. Republican Party

604 So. 2d 477

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Aug 27, 1992 | Docket: 2528864

Cited 7 times | Published

portion of the filing fees paid by candidates. § 99.092, Fla. Stat. (1991). [3] Section 106.31, Florida

Spillers v. Slaughter

325 F. Supp. 550, 1971 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13823

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Apr 8, 1971 | Docket: 250302

Cited 6 times | Published

intervenors challenge the constitutionality of Section 99.092, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., which requires a

Green v. Mortham

989 F. Supp. 1451, 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7814, 1998 WL 12666

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Jan 12, 1998 | Docket: 1075067

Cited 3 times | Published

summary judgment, the state legislature amended section 99.092(1), Florida Statutes, reducing the qualifying

Boudreau v. Winchester

642 So. 2d 1, 1994 WL 246506

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 8, 1994 | Docket: 549934

Cited 3 times | Published

pay to the state upon qualifying. Pursuant to section 99.092, Florida Statutes, one seeking nomination to

Jennifer Brinkmann v. Tyron Francois, etc.

184 So. 3d 504, 41 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 25, 2016 Fla. LEXIS 235, 2016 WL 454041

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 4, 2016 | Docket: 3033790

Cited 2 times | Published

0615; those who pay a qualifying fee under section 99.092, Florida Statutes (2014); or someone seeking

Secretary of State v. Milligan

704 So. 2d 152, 1997 WL 765659

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 8, 1997 | Docket: 1354864

Cited 2 times | Published

or repealed an earlier statute. NOTES [1] Section 99.092, Florida Statutes (1995), provided that each

Green v. Mortham

155 F.3d 1332

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Sep 24, 1998 | Docket: 394837

Cited 1 times | Published

amounting to a $10,020 fee in 1996. Fla. Stat. Ann. § 99.092 (West Supp. 1998).3 This seven and a half percent

Ago

Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Nov 26, 1975 | Docket: 3258627

Published

by ss. 99.152 and 99.153, F.S. (1974 Supp.). Section 99.092(1), F.S., as amended by Ch. 75-247, Laws of

Ago

Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Oct 31, 1974 | Docket: 3258675

Published

negative as to both circumstances presented. Section 99.092(1), F.S., provides in pertinent part that "No

Slaughter v. State ex rel. Harrell

245 So. 2d 126, 1971 Fla. App. LEXIS 6868

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 12, 1971 | Docket: 64519207

Published

candidates to be voted for in a single county * * F.S. § 99.092(1) F.S.A. provides in part: “A candidate for nomination