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Fla. Stat. § 215.31 (2025)
State funds; deposit in State Treasury.
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215.31 State funds; deposit in State Treasury.—Revenue, including licenses, fees, imposts, or exactions collected or received under the authority of the laws of the state by each and every state official, office, employee, bureau, division, board, commission, institution, agency, or undertaking of the state or the judicial branch shall be promptly deposited in the State Treasury, and immediately credited to the appropriate fund as herein provided, properly accounted for by the Department of Financial Services as to source and no money shall be paid from the State Treasury except as appropriated and provided by the annual General Appropriations Act, or as otherwise provided by law.
History.—s. 2, ch. 22833, 1945; ss. 12, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 73-305; s. 13, ch. 92-142; s. 208, ch. 2003-261.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1962–2024 · leading case: Graham v. Haridopolos, 108 So. 3d 597 (Fla. 2013).
Graham v. Haridopolos, 108 So. 3d 597 (Fla. 2013). “3d at 318 (citing § 215.31, Fla. Stat. (2007)). The Petitioners rely in part upon the fact that tuition and fees were deposited in a trust fund, stating that the “Legislature correctly ‘segregated’ the Article III funds from the Article VII funds throughout the legislative…”
Graham v. Haridopolos, 75 So. 3d 315 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011). “See § 215.31, Fla. Stat. (requiring all revenue received under the authority of state law to be deposited into the State Treasury and then credited to the appropriate fund).”
Advisory Opinion to the Governor, 200 So. 2d 534 (Fla. 1967). “Section 215.31, F.S.A. requires that all revenues received by any state officer from any source shall be promptly deposited in the State Treasury, properly accounted for by the Comptroller as to source, and that no money shall be paid from the Treasury except as provided by law.”
Jackson v. Marine Expl. Co., 583 F.2d 1336 (5th Cir. 1978). “Fla.Stat. § 215.31 (1973) provides that Revenue, including licenses, fees, imposts, or exactions collected or received under the authority of the laws of the state by each and every state official, office, employee, bureau, division, board, commission, institution, agency or…”
Florida Livestock Bd. v. Hygrade Food Prods. Corp., 145 So. 2d 535 (Fla. 1st DCA 1962). “Section 215.31, F.S.A., provides that all revenues, including licenses, fees, imposts, or exaction collected or received under the authority of the laws of the state by each and every state official, * * *, board, * * * or undertaking of the state shall be promptly deposited in…”
State ex rel. Kirkland v. Kirk, 198 So. 2d 331 (Fla. 1967). “” Section 215.31 requires that all revenues from whatever source received by each and every state official be promptly deposited in the State Treasury and immediately credited to the appropriate fund (in this case a trust fund), properly accounted for by the Comptroller as to…”
Univ. of Florida Bd. of Trs., & The Florida Bd. of Governors v. Browning, Boisse (Fla. 1st DCA 2024). “(allowing each university president to move university funds around for different purposes and requiring each board of trustees to “designate” check signatories “to pay legal obligations of the university”), with § 215.31, Fla. Stat. (requiring revenue, including fees,…”
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