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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XIV
TAXATION AND FINANCE
Chapter 216
PLANNING AND BUDGETING
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F.S. 216.311
216.311 Unauthorized contracts in excess of appropriations; penalty.
(1) No agency or branch of state government shall contract to spend, or enter into any agreement to spend, any moneys in excess of the amount appropriated to such agency or branch unless specifically authorized by law, and any contract or agreement in violation of this chapter shall be null and void.
(2) Any person who willfully contracts to spend, or enters into an agreement to spend, any money in excess of the amount appropriated to the agency or branch for whom the contract or agreement is executed is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.ss. 15, 31, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 19, ch. 71-354; s. 66, ch. 73-333; s. 20, ch. 77-352; s. 100, ch. 79-190; s. 106, ch. 79-222; s. 26, ch. 91-224; s. 74, ch. 92-142.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 216.311
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 216.311

Total Results: 14

Department of Transportation v. CSX Transportation, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-12-11T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 128 So. 3d 209, 2013 WL 6481129, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 19661

Snippet: violation of this chapter shall be null and void. § 216.311(1), Fla. Stat. (2002). DOT currently has specific…unenforceable” against the DOT. Id.; see also § 216.311(1); Am. Home Assur. Co. v. Nat’l R.R. Passenger

Ellingham v. Florida Department of Children & Family Services

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2005-03-04T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 896 So. 2d 926, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 2672, 2005 WL 491188

Snippet: by law. See Art. VII, Sec. 1(c), Fla. Const.; § 216.311(1), Fla.Stat. (2002). Developmentally disabled

Physicians Health Care Plans, Inc. v. Cook

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1998-06-26T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 714 So. 2d 566, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 7569, 1998 WL 337267

Snippet: law. As a corollary to that provision, section 216.311, Florida Statutes, provides that no agency may

State v. Family Bank of Hallandale

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1993-07-01T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 623 So. 2d 474

Snippet: 1965), with §§ 18.02(1), 215.31, 215.35, 215.43, 216.311(1), 216.331, 216.351, Fla. Stat. (1989). Subsection

Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1992-02-21T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 593 So. 2d 328, 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 1484, 1992 WL 28909

Snippet: dissents without opinion. . In addition, section 216.311, Florida Statutes (1991) forbids any state agency

State v. Family Bank of Hallandale

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1992-02-05T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 593 So. 2d 581, 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 941, 1992 WL 21092

Snippet: with sections 18.02(1), 215.31, 215.35, 215.43, 216.311(1), 216.331, 216.351, Florida Statutes (1989).

State, Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. Brooke

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1991-01-02T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 573 So. 2d 363, 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 45

Snippet: placements, the Department was prohibited by section 216.311, Florida Statutes (1989), and other law, from agreeing… that the Department was prohibited by section 216.311 from expending or committing funds in excess of…and 394.-4781(3)(b), Fla.Stat. Moreover, section 216.311 makes it unlawful for any agency within the state…resolution of the issues raised herein. . Section 216.311(1) provides: No agency of the state government

STATE, DEPT. OF HEALTH & REHAB. SERVS. v. Brooke

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1991-01-01T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 573 So. 2d 363

Snippet: placements, the Department was prohibited by section 216.311, Florida Statutes (1989), and other law, from agreeing… that the Department was prohibited by section 216.311 from expending or committing funds in excess of…and 394.4781(3)(b), Fla. Stat. Moreover, section 216.311 makes it unlawful for any agency within the state…resolution of the issues raised herein. [2] Section 216.311(1) provides: No agency of the state government

Spalding v. Dugger

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1988-06-10T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 526 So. 2d 71

Snippet: active death warrants, without violating section 216.311, Florida Statutes (1987), and subjecting the capital

Florida Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. Southern Energy, Ltd.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1986-09-09T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 493 So. 2d 1082, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 1919, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 9643

Snippet: law. As a corollary to that provision, section 216.311, Florida Statutes, provides that no agency may …comparable provision of general law is that in section 216.311, Florida Statutes, to the effect that “no agency

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1978-12-28T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: requirements of s. 216.311, F. S. That section provides in pertinent part: 216.311 Unauthorized agency…and they are not invalid by virtue of either s. 216.311, F. S., or s. 1(c), Art. VII, State Const. No. …provisions of s. 1(c), Art. VII, State Const., s.216.311, F. S., and similar statutory and constitutional…contained in the General Appropriations Act.) Section 216.311, F. S., prohibits the officer from spending or …agency's own budget. The requirement of s. 216.311, F. S., would also appear to be met so long as

Cartee v. Florida Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1977-12-20T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 354 So. 2d 81, 1977 Fla. App. LEXIS 17284

Snippet: their petition for rehearing rely upon Section 216.311, Florida Statutes (1975), prohibiting any agency…construed a statute of Congress similar to Section 216.311, and held any purported lease without an appropriation

Cartee v. FLA. DEPT. OF H. & R. SERV.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1977-12-19T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 354 So. 2d 81

Snippet: their petition for rehearing rely upon Section 216.311, Florida Statutes (1975), prohibiting any agency…construed a statute of Congress similar to Section 216.311, and held any purported lease without an appropriation

State Department of Education v. Howard

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1973-05-29T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 279 So. 2d 15, 1973 Fla. LEXIS 5093

Snippet: unconstitutional F.S. Section 216.311, F. S.A., as applied to this case. Section 216.311 prohibits a state agency…Court passing upon the validity of F.S. Section 216.311, F.S.A., as applied to the facts of this case and