The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 106
CAMPAIGN FINANCING

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F.S. 106.17

106.17 Polls and surveys relating to candidacies.—Any candidate, political committee, electioneering communication organization, affiliated party committee, or state or county executive committee of a political party may authorize or conduct a political poll, survey, index, or measurement of any kind relating to candidacy for public office so long as the candidate, political committee, electioneering communication organization, affiliated party committee, or political party maintains complete jurisdiction over the poll in all its aspects. State and county executive committees of a political party or an affiliated party committee may authorize and conduct political polls for the purpose of determining the viability of potential candidates. Such poll results may be shared with potential candidates, and expenditures incurred by state and county executive committees or an affiliated party committee for potential candidate polls are not contributions to the potential candidates.

History.—s. 17, ch. 73-128; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 56, ch. 77-175; s. 32, ch. 81-304; s. 47, ch. 2007-30; s. 30, ch. 2010-167; ss. 22, 30, ch. 2011-6; s. 68, ch. 2011-40; HJR 7105, 2011 Regular Session; s. 22, ch. 2013-37.

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Amendments to 106.17

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 106.17

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 106.17.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE v. GENERAL MILLS, INC. LLC, 283 F. App'x 139 (4th Cir. 2008)

. . . . § 3.1-106.17 (same); id. § 3.1-828.13 (same); id. § 56-525 (same). . . .

UNITED STATES, v. D. JACOBS, U. S., 48 M.J. 208 (C.A.A.F. 1998)

. . . The military judge instructed the members that the prosecution had to show that appellant introduced 106.17 . . .

In STOCKARD C. PROVIDIAN BANCORP f d b a v. STOCKARD,, 216 B.R. 237 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. 1997)

. . . debtor’s charges to the Providian credit card during the 60-day period preceding bankruptcy total $106.17 . . .

UNITED STATES, v. D. JACOBS, U. S., 44 M.J. 301 (C.A.A.F. 1996)

. . . The granted issue concerns only specification 1 of the Charge, alleging that appellant introduced 106.17 . . .

In L. McKINNON, AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. v. L. McKINNON,, 192 B.R. 768 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 1996)

. . . the filing of the bankruptcy petition that the debtor had only incurred four charges for a total of $106.17 . . .

In WILLIAMSON, MERCANTILE BANK OF ILLINOIS, v. WILLIAMSON,, 181 B.R. 403 (Bankr. W.D. Mo. 1995)

. . . In the four months prior to filing, debtor incurred four charges, for a total of $106.17. . . .

A. CELLURA, v. UNITED STATES, 245 F. Supp. 379 (N.D. Ohio 1965)

. . . Judgment will be entered for plaintiff in the amount of $106.17 with interest from June 5, 1962, and . . .