Florida Statute 106.25 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 106
CAMPAIGN FINANCING

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F.S. 106.025

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 money and contributions received with respect to such a campaign fund raiser shall be deemed to be campaign contributions, and shall be accounted for, and subject to the same restrictions, as other campaign contributions. All expenditures made with respect to such a campaign fund raiser which are made or reimbursed by a check drawn on the campaign depository of the candidate for whom the funds are to be used and shall be deemed to be campaign expenditures to be accounted for, and subject to the same restrictions, as other campaign expenditures.

(d) Any person or candidate who holds a campaign fund raiser, or consents to a campaign fund raiser being held, in violation of the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(2) This section shall not apply to any campaign fund raiser held on behalf of a political party by the state or county executive committee or an affiliated party committee of such party, provided that the proceeds of such campaign fund raiser are reported pursuant to s. 106.29.

History.—s. 40, ch. 77-175; s. 51, ch. 81-259; s. 24, ch. 81-304; s. 27, ch. 83-217; s. 4, ch. 89-256; ss. 7, 30, ch. 2011-6; s. 56, ch. 2011-40; HJR 7105, 2011 Regular Session; s. 6, ch. 2013-37.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 106.025

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

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Cases Citing Statute 106.025

Total Results: 14

Browning v. Florida Hometown Democracy, Inc.

29 So. 3d 1053, 35 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 120, 2010 Fla. LEXIS 217, 2010 WL 546768

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 18, 2010 | Docket: 1185383

Cited 8 times | Published

“involving ... issue petition activities”; section 106.25(1), Florida Statutes (2007), vests the Florida

Fugate v. FLORIDA ELECTIONS COM'N

924 So. 2d 74, 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 2439, 2006 WL 407074

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 23, 2006 | Docket: 1735940

Cited 5 times | Published

purpose of influencing another person's vote. See § 106.25(3), Fla. Stat. (2003) (engrafting upon Chapter

Bloch v. Del Rey

208 So. 3d 189, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 15905

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 26, 2016 | Docket: 4482647

Cited 3 times | Published

campaign financing laws. See section 106.25, Fla. Stat. (2016). However, given our disposition

Snipes v. FLORIDA ELECTIONS COMMISSION

19 So. 3d 1178, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 15792, 2009 WL 3364936

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 21, 2009 | Docket: 1869848

Cited 2 times | Published

power to investigate election code violations. See § 106.25(1), Fla. Stat. (2009). Here, petitioner complains

Florida Elections Commission v. Blair

52 So. 3d 9, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 18651, 2010 WL 4967709

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 8, 2010 | Docket: 235627

Cited 1 times | Published

106.26; the "law implemented" by the rule is section 106.25(3). The case was submitted to the ALJ for disposition

Florida Elections Commission v. Davis

44 So. 3d 1211, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 14875, 2010 WL 3783436

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 30, 2010 | Docket: 2402147

Cited 1 times | Published

Florida Elections Commission had the option under section 106.25(5), Florida Statutes (2006), of hearing matters

Towbin v. Antonacci

287 F.R.D. 672, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 187656, 2012 WL 6582946

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Dec 18, 2012 | Docket: 66049092

Published

privileged, both as confidential under Fla. Stat. § 106.25(7) and as work product. Defendants contend that

Florida Elections Commission v. Valliere

45 So. 3d 506, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 13628, 2010 WL 3564726

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 15, 2010 | Docket: 2401657

Published

narrow construction of the term "hearsay" in section 106.25(2), Florida Statutes (2008), which provides

Day v. State

977 So. 2d 664, 2008 WL 463243

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 22, 2008 | Docket: 1529809

Published

prosecution as an "action." The first appears in section 106.25(6), where there is a reference to "criminal

Jennings v. Florida Elections Commission

932 So. 2d 609, 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 10788, 2006 WL 1791710

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 30, 2006 | Docket: 64845617

Published

recommended order, the Florida Legislature amended section 106.25 to expressly restrict the Commission’s ability

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: May 6, 2003 | Docket: 3257119

Published

educational."7 Section 99.193 was replaced by section 106.025, Florida Statutes (1978 Supplement), which

Cullen v. Cheal

586 So. 2d 1228, 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 9122, 1991 WL 181459

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 17, 1991 | Docket: 64662118

Published

materia with the remainder of chapter 106. Section 106.25 vests the enforcement power for chapter 106

Zimmerman v. Florida Elections Commission

373 So. 2d 58, 1979 Fla. App. LEXIS 15177

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 22, 1979 | Docket: 64571150

Published

Commission replies that the hearing authorized by Section 106.25(3), Florida Statutes (1975), was only investigatory

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: May 19, 1977 | Docket: 3256221

Published

public record and subject to Ch. 119, F. S. Section 106.25, F. S. 1975, provides the procedures through