Florida Statute 129.8 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Chapter 129
COUNTY ANNUAL BUDGET

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F.S. 129.08

129.08 County commissioner voting to pay illegal claim or for excess indebtedness.—Each member of the board of county commissioners who knowingly and willfully votes to incur an indebtedness against the county in excess of the expenditure allowed by law or county ordinance, or to pay an illegal charge against the county, or to pay any claim against the county not authorized by law or county ordinance shall be guilty of malfeasance in office and subject to suspension and removal from office as now provided by law, and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months, for each offense.

History.—s. 2, ch. 6814, 1915; RGS 5332; CGL 7465; s. 4, ch. 71-14; s. 1, ch. 71-305.

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Cases Citing Statute 129.08

Total Results: 5

Mayes Printing Company v. Flowers

154 So. 2d 859, 1963 Fla. App. LEXIS 3345

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 11, 1963 | Docket: 1320011

Cited 17 times | Published

be to completely disregard the provisions of Section 129.08 and Section 129.09, Florida Statutes [F.S.A

Penzer v. Transportation Insurance

509 F. Supp. 2d 1278, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 72845, 2007 WL 2713594

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Jul 16, 2007 | Docket: 2518557

Cited 4 times | Published

persuasive, see L. Russ, 9A COUCH ON INSURANCE § 129:8 (Nov.2006), but one group of commentators believes

Alachua County, etc. v. Clovis Watson, Jr., etc.

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 27, 2022 | Docket: 62631941

Published

by a fine and up to six months in county jail. § 129.08. In this way, the statute gives each county,

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Apr 23, 2001 | Docket: 3256802

Published

approval of the board of county commissioners. Section 129.08, Florida Statutes, provides: "Each member of

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Oct 6, 1989 | Docket: 3256606

Published

26 U.S.C. § 79. 6 26 U.S.C. § 120. 7 26 U.S.C. § 129. 8 See, Yates, Social Security Tax Treatment of Cafeteria