Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 106.36 (2025)

Penalties; fines.

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106.36 Penalties; fines.—In addition to any other penalties which may be applicable under the election code, any candidate who receives contributions from the ¹Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund and who exceeds the applicable expenditure limit, except as authorized in ss. 106.353 and 106.355, or falsely reports qualifying matching contributions and thereby receives contributions from the ¹Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund to which the candidate was not entitled shall be fined an amount equal to three times the amount at issue, which shall be deposited in the ¹Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund.

History.—s. 1, ch. 86-276; s. 11, ch. 90-338; s. 25, ch. 91-107; s. 655, ch. 95-147; ss. 1, 6, ch. 2024-116.

¹Note.—The trust fund expired, effective November 4, 1996, by operation of s. 19(f), Art. III of the State Constitution.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2017–2017 · leading case: Thurston v. State, Florida Elections Comm'n, 210 So. 3d 684 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017).

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Thurston v. State, Florida Elections Comm'n, 210 So. 3d 684 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017). · cites it 2× “Section 106.36(1), Florida Statutes, provides that the “division shall review each request for contributions from the Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund and certify whether the candidate is eligible for such contributions.”

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Thurston v. State, Florida Elections Comm'n, 210 So. 3d 684 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017). “Section 106.36(1), Florida Statutes, provides that the “division shall review each request for contributions from the Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund and certify whether the candidate is eligible for such contributions.”

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