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The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 106
CAMPAIGN FINANCING
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F.S. 106.33
1106.33 Election campaign financing; eligibility.Each candidate for the office of Governor or member of the Cabinet who desires to receive contributions from the 2Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund, upon qualifying for office, shall file a request for such contributions with the filing officer on forms provided by the Division of Elections. If a candidate requesting contributions from the fund desires to have such funds distributed by electronic fund transfers, the request shall include information necessary to implement that procedure. For the purposes of ss. 106.30-106.36, the respective candidates running for Governor and Lieutenant Governor on the same ticket shall be considered as a single candidate. To be eligible to receive contributions from the fund, a candidate may not be an unopposed candidate as defined in s. 106.011 and must:
(1) Agree to abide by the expenditure limits provided in s. 106.34.
(2)(a) Raise contributions as follows:
1. One hundred fifty thousand dollars for a candidate for Governor.
2. One hundred thousand dollars for a candidate for Cabinet office.
(b) Contributions from individuals who at the time of contributing are not state residents may not be used to meet the threshold amounts in paragraph (a). For purposes of this paragraph, any person validly registered to vote in this state shall be considered a state resident.
(3) Limit loans or contributions from the candidate’s personal funds to $25,000 and contributions from national, state, and county executive committees of a political party to $250,000 in the aggregate, which loans or contributions do not qualify for meeting the threshold amounts in subsection (2).
(4) Submit to a postelection audit of the campaign account by the division.
History.s. 1, ch. 86-276; s. 40, ch. 90-315; s. 20, ch. 91-107; s. 68, ch. 2001-40; s. 47, ch. 2005-278; s. 27, ch. 2013-37; ss. 1, 6, ch. 2024-116.
1Note.Section 6, ch. 2024-116, provides that “[t]his act shall take effect on the effective date of the amendment to the State Constitution proposed by SJR 1114 or a similar joint resolution having substantially the same specific intent and purpose if such an amendment to the State Constitution is approved by the electors at the next general election or at an earlier special election specifically authorized by law for that purpose.” If such an amendment is approved, s. 106.33 is repealed by s. 1, ch. 2024-116, effective the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January following the election, pursuant to s. 5(e), Art. XI of the State Constitution.
2Note.The trust fund expired, effective November 4, 1996, by operation of s. 19(f), Art. III of the State Constitution.

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Cases Citing Statute 106.33

Total Results: 10

Scott v. Roberts

612 F.3d 1279, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 15897, 2010 WL 2977614

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jul 30, 2010 | Docket: 891689

Cited 53 times | Published

1S-2.047(1); be an opposed candidate, Fla. Stat. § 106.33; agree to abide by an expenditure limit, which

Smith v. Crawford

645 So. 2d 513, 1994 WL 592242

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 26, 1994 | Docket: 1223127

Cited 19 times | Published

public election campaign financing pursuant to section 106.33 of the Act. After placing a distant second

Adams v. Sch. Bd. of St. Johns Cnty.

318 F. Supp. 3d 1293

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Jul 26, 2018 | Docket: 64319396

Cited 2 times | Published

provided for students of the other sex." 34 C.F.R. § 106.33. To prove his claim here, Adams must demonstrate

Drew Adams v. School Board of St. Johns County, Florida

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Dec 30, 2022 | Docket: 66692543

Published

cilities provided for students of the other sex,” id. § 106.33. As such, this appeal requires

Drew Adams v. School Board of St. Johns County Florida

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jul 14, 2021 | Docket: 60056454

Published

provided for students of the other sex.” 34 C.F.R. § 106.33. Whether the Board violated Title IX turns

Drew Adams v. School Board of St. Johns County Florida

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Aug 7, 2020 | Docket: 17431621

Published

as all facilities are “comparable.” 34 C.F.R. § 106.33. The School Board argues Mr. Adams did

Drew Adams v. School Board of St. Johns County Florida

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Aug 7, 2020 | Docket: 17426717

Published

as all facilities are “comparable.” 34 C.F.R. § 106.33. The School Board argues Mr. Adams did

Thurston v. State, Florida Elections Commission

210 So. 3d 684, 2017 WL 625791, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 2059

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 15, 2017 | Docket: 60261824

Published

Division a request for matching funds pursuant to section 106.33, Florida Statutes.1 By e-mail dated August

Richard L. Scott v. Dawn K. Roberts

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jul 30, 2010 | Docket: 2907033

Published

11 opposed candidate, Fla. Stat. § 106.33; agree to abide by an expenditure limit, which

Connor v. Division of Elections

643 So. 2d 75, 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 9460, 1994 WL 532584

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 4, 1994 | Docket: 64751230

Published

law. To be eligible for campaign financing, section 106.33, Florida Statutes (1993), requires that a candidate