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Florida Statute 105.08 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 105.08 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 105.08 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
105.08 Campaign contribution and expense; reporting.
(1) A candidate for judicial office or the office of school board member may accept contributions and may incur only such expenses as are authorized by law. Each such candidate shall keep an accurate record of his or her contributions and expenses, and shall file reports pursuant to chapter 106.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or chapter 106, a candidate for retention as a justice or a judge who has not received any contribution or made any expenditure may file a sworn statement at the time of qualifying that he or she does not anticipate receiving contributions or making expenditures in connection with the candidacy for retention to office. Such candidate shall file a final report pursuant to s. 106.141, within 90 days following the general election for which the candidate’s name appeared on the ballot for retention. Any such candidate for retention to judicial office who, after filing a statement pursuant to this subsection, receives any contribution or makes any expenditure in connection with the candidacy for retention shall immediately file a statement to that effect with the qualifying officer and shall begin filing reports as an opposed candidate pursuant to s. 106.07.
History.s. 8, ch. 71-49; s. 38, ch. 77-175; s. 3, ch. 89-152; s. 634, ch. 95-147; s. 8, ch. 99-326; s. 6, ch. 99-355.

Cases Citing F.S. 105.08

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·Zeller v. the Florida Bar, 909 F. Supp. 1518 (N.D. Fla. 1995).

Cited 8 times | Published | District Court, N.D. Florida | 1995 WL 736483

...Furthermore, judicial candidates are foreclosed from personally soliciting campaign funds, and must instead establish separate committees to solicit for and collect campaign contributions. Id. at Canon 7C(1). Judicial candidates must also comply with state campaign finance disclosure laws. See Fla.Stat. § 105.08(1); Fla.Stat....
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Cited "but see"Maupin (1996)
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Cited as authorityGilman (2010)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authority(citing case) (1999)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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Towbin v. Antonacci, 885 F. Supp. 2d 1274 (S.D. Fla. 2012).

Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 187259, 2012 WL 3541703

...And, as discussed earlier, one of the most narrow ways to tailor a statutory provision to guard against use of minors as conduits for contributors would be to criminalize that conduct, something that Florida already does (and, as shown by the consent decrees, enforces) through Section 105.08(5)....

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