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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 106
CAMPAIGN FINANCING
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F.S. 106.021
106.021 Campaign treasurers; deputies; primary and secondary depositories.
(1)(a) Each candidate for nomination or election to office and each political committee shall appoint a campaign treasurer. Each person who seeks to qualify for nomination or election to, or retention in, office shall appoint a campaign treasurer and designate a primary campaign depository before qualifying for office. Any person who seeks to qualify for election or nomination to any office by means of the petitioning process shall appoint a treasurer and designate a primary depository on or before the date he or she obtains the petitions. At the same time a candidate designates a campaign depository and appoints a treasurer, the candidate shall also designate the office for which he or she is a candidate. If the candidate is running for an office that will be grouped on the ballot with two or more similar offices to be filled at the same election, the candidate must indicate for which group or district office he or she is running. This subsection does not prohibit a candidate, at a later date, from changing the designation of the office for which he or she is a candidate. However, if a candidate changes the designated office for which he or she is a candidate, the candidate must notify all contributors in writing of the intent to seek a different office and offer to return pro rata, upon their request, those contributions given in support of the original office sought. This notification shall be given within 15 days after the filing of the change of designation and shall include a standard form developed by the Division of Elections for requesting the return of contributions. The notice requirement does not apply to any change in a numerical designation resulting solely from redistricting. If, within 30 days after being notified by the candidate of the intent to seek a different office, the contributor notifies the candidate in writing that the contributor wishes his or her contribution to be returned, the candidate shall return the contribution, on a pro rata basis, calculated as of the date the change of designation is filed. Up to a maximum of the contribution limits specified in s. 106.08, a candidate who runs for an office other than the office originally designated may use any contribution that a donor does not request be returned within the 30-day period for the newly designated office, provided the candidate disposes of any amount exceeding the contribution limit pursuant to the options in s. 106.11(5)(b) and (c) or s. 106.141(4)(a)1., 2., or 4.; notwithstanding, the full amount of the contribution for the original office shall count toward the contribution limits specified in s. 106.08 for the newly designated office. A person may not accept any contribution or make any expenditure with a view to bringing about his or her nomination, election, or retention in public office, or authorize another to accept such contributions or make such expenditure on the person’s behalf, unless such person has appointed a campaign treasurer and designated a primary campaign depository. A candidate for an office voted upon statewide may appoint not more than 15 deputy campaign treasurers, and any other candidate or political committee may appoint not more than 3 deputy campaign treasurers. The names and addresses of the campaign treasurer and deputy campaign treasurers so appointed shall be filed with the officer before whom such candidate is required to qualify or with whom such political committee is required to register pursuant to s. 106.03.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (d), each candidate and each political committee shall also designate one primary campaign depository for the purpose of depositing all contributions received, and disbursing all expenditures made, by the candidate or political committee. The candidate or political committee may also designate one secondary depository in each county in which an election is held in which the candidate or committee participates. Secondary depositories shall be for the sole purpose of depositing contributions and forwarding the deposits to the primary campaign depository. Any bank, savings and loan association, or credit union authorized to transact business in this state may be designated as a campaign depository. The candidate or political committee shall file the name and address of each primary and secondary depository so designated at the same time that, and with the same officer with whom, the candidate or committee files the name of his, her, or its campaign treasurer pursuant to paragraph (a). In addition, the campaign treasurer or a deputy campaign treasurer may deposit any funds which are in the primary campaign depository and which are not then currently needed for the disbursement of expenditures into a separate interest-bearing account in any bank, savings and loan association, or credit union authorized to transact business in this state. The separate interest-bearing account shall be designated “  (name of candidate or committee)   separate interest-bearing campaign account.” In lieu thereof, the campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer may purchase a certificate of deposit with such unneeded funds in such bank, savings and loan association, or credit union. The separate interest-bearing account or certificate of deposit shall be separate from any personal or other account or certificate of deposit. Any withdrawal of the principal or earned interest or any part thereof shall only be made from the separate interest-bearing account or certificate of deposit for the purpose of transferring funds to the primary account and shall be reported as a contribution.
(c) Any campaign treasurer or deputy treasurer appointed pursuant to this section shall, before such appointment may become effective, have accepted appointment to such position in writing and filed such acceptance with the officer before whom the candidate is required to qualify or with the officer with whom the political committee is required to file reports. An individual may be appointed and serve as campaign treasurer of a candidate and a political committee or two or more candidates and political committees. A candidate may appoint herself or himself as campaign treasurer.
(d) Any political committee which deposits all contributions received in a national depository from which the political committee receives funds to contribute to state and local candidates shall not be required to designate a campaign depository in the state.
(2) A candidate or political committee may remove his, her, or its campaign treasurer or any deputy treasurer. In case of the death, resignation, or removal of a campaign treasurer before compliance with all obligations of a campaign treasurer under this chapter, the candidate or political committee shall appoint a successor and certify the name and address of the successor in the manner provided in the case of an original appointment. No resignation shall be effective until it has been submitted to the candidate or committee in writing and a copy thereof has been filed with the officer before whom the candidate is required to qualify or the officer with whom the political committee is required to file reports. No treasurer or deputy treasurer shall be deemed removed by a candidate or political committee until written notice of such removal has been given to such treasurer or deputy treasurer and has been filed with the officer before whom such candidate is required to qualify or with the officer with whom such committee is required to file reports.
(3) No contribution or expenditure, including contributions or expenditures of a candidate or of the candidate’s family, shall be directly or indirectly made or received in furtherance of the candidacy of any person for nomination or election to political office in the state or on behalf of any political committee except through the duly appointed campaign treasurer of the candidate or political committee, subject to the following exceptions:
(a) Independent expenditures;
(b) Reimbursements to a candidate or any other individual for expenses incurred in connection with the campaign or activities of the political committee by a check drawn upon the campaign account and reported pursuant to s. 106.07(4). The full name of each person to whom the candidate or other individual made payment for which reimbursement was made by check drawn upon the campaign account shall be reported pursuant to s. 106.07(4), together with the purpose of such payment;
(c) Expenditures made indirectly through a treasurer for goods or services, such as communications media placement or procurement services, campaign signs, insurance, or other expenditures that include multiple integral components as part of the expenditure and reported pursuant to s. 106.07(4)(a)13.; or
(d) Expenditures made directly by any affiliated party committee or political party regulated by chapter 103 for obtaining time, space, or services in or by any communications medium for the purpose of jointly endorsing three or more candidates, and any such expenditure may not be considered a contribution or expenditure to or on behalf of any such candidates for the purposes of this chapter.
(4) A deputy campaign treasurer may exercise any of the powers and duties of a campaign treasurer as set forth in this chapter when specifically authorized to do so by the campaign treasurer and the candidate, in the case of a candidate, or the campaign treasurer and chair of the political committee, in the case of a political committee.
(5) For purposes of appointing a campaign treasurer and designating a campaign depository, candidates for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor on the same ticket shall be considered a single candidate.
History.s. 2, ch. 73-128; s. 2, ch. 74-200; s. 1, ch. 75-139; s. 39, ch. 77-175; s. 2, ch. 79-378; s. 56, ch. 79-400; s. 23, ch. 81-304; s. 35, ch. 84-302; s. 3, ch. 89-256; s. 25, ch. 90-315; s. 10, ch. 91-107; s. 637, ch. 95-147; s. 9, ch. 97-13; s. 28, ch. 2002-17; s. 14, ch. 2004-252; s. 41, ch. 2007-30; s. 28, ch. 2008-95; ss. 5, 30, ch. 2011-6; s. 53, ch. 2011-40; HJR 7105, 2011 Regular Session; s. 4, ch. 2013-37.

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C. TORRENS, v. SHAW,, 257 So. 3d 168 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . for the appointment of campaign treasurer and designation of campaign depository, as required by s. 106.021 . . . Fla. 3d DCA 2006), the Third District found a candidate for circuit judge was in violation of section 106.021 . . . Ehrlich , 776 So.2d 1011 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001), the Fifth District held that section 106.021 does not provide . . .

WRIGHT, v. CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS,, 200 So. 3d 765 (Fla. 2016)

. . . for the appointment of campaign treasurer and designation of campaign depository, as required by s. 106.021 . . .

P. TROTTI, v. DETZNER,, 147 So. 3d 641 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . . § 106.021 (l)(a), Fla. Stat. (2014). . . . .

WORLEY, v. FLORIDA SECRETARY OF STATE, L., 717 F.3d 1238 (11th Cir. 2013)

. . . . § 106.021(l)(a); • deposit all funds within five business days of receipt, id. § 106.05; • make all . . . Stat. § 106.021(l)(a) (requiring that Florida PACs appoint a treasurer and open a separate bank account . . .

WORLEY v. K. ROBERTS, 749 F. Supp. 2d 1321 (N.D. Fla. 2010)

. . . See § 106.021(1) (appoint a treasurer and establish a campaign depository); § 106.03(l)(a) (register . . .

R. SCHURR, v. R. SANCHEZ- GRONLIER, M., 937 So. 2d 1166 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . made expenditures from the account without having filed the required DS-DE 9, all in violation of § 106.021 . . . As a result, there was no violation of § 106.021 for making an expenditure from the campaign account. . . . Since this Court has found that Defendant Sanchez-Gronlier violated § 106.021, should Plaintiffs prayer . . . As indicated earlier, the violation of § 106.021 was de minimis and no harm to the public’s interest . . . It is hereby DECLARED that Defendant Sanchez-Gronlier is in violation, of § 106.021 but that removal . . .

JENNINGS, v. FLORIDA ELECTIONS COMMISSION,, 932 So. 2d 609 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . treasurer or deputy treasurer make expenditures from the campaign account, in violation of section 106.021 . . . reporting period of February 8 through 27, 2003; and counts 27 through 56 alleged violations of section 106.021 . . . further concluded that the evidence found by the ALJ showed that Jennings willfully violated section 106.021 . . . It is undisputed that the private citizen’s sworn complaint did not allege a violation of section 106.021 . . . ), and no complaint has ever been filed with the Commission alleging that Jennings violated section 106.021 . . .

DIAZ PORTILLA, v. FLORIDA ELECTIONS COMMISSION,, 857 So. 2d 913 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . The campaign treasurer is a formally designated campaign officer under the statute, see § 106.021, Fla . . .

FLORIDA RIGHT TO LIFE, INC. v. LAMAR, a a To, 273 F.3d 1318 (11th Cir. 2001)

. . . (5) should be read in view of the entire state campaign finance regime, including §§ 106.011(3)(a), 106.021 . . . Florida argues that this definition should be read in conjunction with the § 106.021(1)(b) requirement . . . Section 106.021(1)(b) mandates that "each candidate and each political committee shall ... designate . . .

SMITH, v. CRAWFORD,, 645 So. 2d 513 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . the office for which he is a candidate as the party nominee is explicitly contemplated by subsection 106.021 . . . As discussed above, section 106.021 explicitly authorizes a candidate to change the designation of the . . . other hand, when a candidate withdrawing from one race becomes a candidate for a new office, subsection 106.021 . . . Expenditures can be made only from that fund for purposes of election to the newly designated office. § 106.021 . . . withdrawing candidate to carry over funds to the campaign for a newly designated office was added to section 106.021 . . .

UNITED STATES v. ITALIANO,, 837 F.2d 1480 (11th Cir. 1988)

. . . .— (1) Each campaign treasurer designated by a candidate or political committee pursuant to s. 106.021 . . .

In JUDICIAL DITCH NO. IN FREEBORN AND MOWER COUNTIES, 87 F. Supp. 198 (D. Minn. 1949)

. . . . §§ 106.021, 106.031. . . .