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Florida Statutes Title IX. Electors and Elections § 106.36. Penalties; fines

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<Text of section repealed effective on the amendment to the State Constitution proposed by SJR 1114, Laws 2024, c. 2024-116, § 1, or a similar joint resolution having substantially the same specific intent and purpose. >

In addition to any other penalties which may be applicable under the election code, any candidate who receives contributions from the Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund  1 and who exceeds the applicable expenditure limit, except as authorized in ss. 106.353 and 106.355, or falsely reports qualifying matching contributions and thereby receives contributions from the Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund  1 to which the candidate was not entitled shall be fined an amount equal to three times the amount at issue, which shall be deposited in the Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund.  1

1 The trust fund expired, effective November 4, 1996, by operation of s. 19(f), Art. III of the State Constitution.
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