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Florida Statute 218.403 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 218.403 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 218.403 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
218.403 Definitions.The following words or terms, when used in this part, shall have the following meanings:
(1) “Board” means the State Board of Administration.
(2) “Chief Financial Officer” means the mayor, manager, administrator, clerk, comptroller, treasurer, director of finance, or other local government official, regardless of the title of his or her office, charged with administering the fiscal affairs of a unit of local government.
(3) “Current expenses” means expenses to meet known cash needs and anticipated cash-flow requirements for the short term.
(4) “GASB” means the Governmental Accounting Standards Board.
(5) “GFOA” means the Government Finance Officers Association.
(6) “Governing body” means the body or board in which the legislative power of a unit of local government is vested.
(7) “Short term” means a maximum of 6 months of operation.
(8) “Surplus funds” means any funds in any general or special account or fund of a unit of local government, or funds held by an independent trustee on behalf of a unit of local government, which in reasonable contemplation will not be immediately needed for the purposes intended.
(9) “Trust fund” means the pooled investment fund created by s. 218.405 and known as the Local Government Surplus Funds Trust Fund.
(10) “Trustees” mean the Trustees of the State Board of Administration.
(11) “Unit of local government” means any governmental entity within the state not part of state government and shall include, but not be limited to, the following and the officers thereof: any county, municipality, school district, special district, clerk of the circuit court, sheriff, property appraiser, tax collector, supervisor of elections, authority, board, public corporations, or any other political subdivision of the state.
History.s. 1, ch. 77-394; s. 4, ch. 87-239; s. 1178, ch. 95-147; s. 5, ch. 95-194; s. 1, ch. 97-9; s. 2, ch. 2008-59.

Cases Citing F.S. 218.403

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Maloy v. Seminole Cnty., 264 So. 3d 370 (Fla. 5th DCA 2019).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal

immediately required to meet its current expenses. See § 218.403(8), Fla. Stat. (2017). In his capacity as custodian
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·Kane v. Robbins, 524 So. 2d 1048 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 13 Fla. L. Weekly 860, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 1382, 1988 WL 28281

200.001(8)(c), Fla. Stat. (1985). See also section 218.403(5), Florida Statutes (1985), which appears
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Maloy v. Seminole Cnty., 264 So. 3d 370 (Fla. 5th DCA 2019).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal

...re is no special law or charter provision divesting the Clerk of these constitutional duties. Art. VIII, § 1(d), Fla. Const. From time to time, the County has surplus funds, which are funds not immediately required to meet its current expenses. See § 218.403(8), Fla....
...f court in addition to counties, which were already included. The Act gave units of local government the option to either adopt a written investment policy for their surplus funds or to default to statutory limitations on the types of investments. §§ 218.403, 218.415, Fla....
...Hence, section 218.415 informs us that surplus funds investments are to be consistent with the written investment plan adopted by the governing body of the unit of local government. Governing body is defined as "the body or board in which the legislative power of a unit of local government is vested." § 218.403(6), Fla....

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