Florida Statute 129.08 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

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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Amendments to 129.08

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 129.08

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 129.08.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 129.08

Total Results: 14

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

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2022-01-27

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

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2001-04-23

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

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1996-10-02

Snippet: County v. Lee, 1 So.2d 166 (Fla. 1941). 6 See, s. 129.08, Fla. Stat., making members of the county commission

Coley v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1993-03-16

Citation: 616 So. 2d 1017, 1993 WL 72060

Snippet: female participant, not this defendant. (Tr. 104, 129). [8] Both were called by the State. Lackey had entered

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1989-10-06

Snippet: 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

Boynton Landscape Co. v. Dickinson

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1986-04-04

Citation: 487 So. 2d 1106, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 797, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 7170

Snippet: average weekly wage at the time of the accident was $129.08. On March 25, 1985, claimant filed a petition for

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1983-01-27

Snippet: unreasonable or an obvious abuse of discretion); cf., s 129.08, F.S., prohibiting any member of the board of county

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1979-05-01

Snippet: Const.), in his capacity as county auditor.See ss. 129.08 and 129.09, F. S. The responsibility for preauditing

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1978-05-02

Snippet: for the amount of such excess indebtedness); s. 129.08, F. S. (providing that any county commissioner

Alachua County v. Powers

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1977-10-06

Citation: 351 So. 2d 32

Snippet: 01(1)(x), Florida Statutes (1975). Sections 129.07 and 129.08, Florida Statutes (1975), expressly provide civil

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1977-06-20

Snippet: the ex officio county auditor, and ss. 129.06 and 129.08, F. S., as to the duties and expenditure responsibilities

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1976-07-02

Snippet: see ss. 28.101 and 125.17, F. S.] In addition, s. 129.08, F. S., prohibits the board of county commissioners

Mayes Printing Company v. Flowers

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1963-06-11

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

Snippet: completely disregard the provisions of Section 129.08 and Section 129.09, Florida Statutes [F.S.A.].

State v. Escambia County

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1951-04-17

Citation: 52 So. 2d 125, 1951 Fla. LEXIS 1309

Snippet: Facilities Revenue Bonds for such construction. *129 "8. This Respondent further answering says that the