17.001 Chief Financial Officer.—As provided in s. 4(c), Art. IV of the State Constitution, the Chief Financial Officer is the chief fiscal officer of the state and is responsible for settling and approving accounts against the state and keeping all state funds and securities. History.—s. 12, ch. 2003-261.
17.002 Definition.—For the purposes of this chapter, the term “department” means the Department of Financial Services. History.—s. 13, ch. 2003-261.
17.011 Assistant Chief Financial Officer.—The Chief Financial Officer of the state may appoint an assistant Chief Financial Officer to hold office during the pleasure of the Chief Financial Officer. History.—s. 2, ch. 67-424; s. 14, ch. 2003-261.
17.02 Place of residence and office.—The Chief Financial Officer shall reside at the seat of government of this state and shall hold office in a room in the capitol. History.—s. 2, ch. 8, 1845; ch. 1845, 1871; RS 94; GS 98; RGS 111; CGL 141; s. 53, ch. 95-147; s. 15, ch. 2003-261.
17.03 To audit claims against the state.— (1) The Chief Financial Officer of this state, using generally accepted auditing procedures for testing or sampling, shall examine, audit, and settle all accounts, claims, and demands, whatsoever, against the state, arising under any law or resolution of the Legislature, and issue a warrant directing the payment out of the […]
17.031 Security of Chief Financial Officer’s office.—The Chief Financial Officer may engage the full-time services of two law enforcement officers, with power of arrest, to prevent all acts of a criminal nature directed at the property in the custody or control of the Chief Financial Officer. While so assigned, such officers shall be under the direction […]
17.04 To audit and adjust accounts of officers and those indebted to the state.—The Chief Financial Officer, using generally accepted auditing procedures for testing or sampling, shall examine, audit, adjust, and settle the accounts of all the officers of this state, and any other person in anywise entrusted with, or who may have received any property, […]
17.0401 Confidentiality of information relating to financial investigations.—Except as otherwise provided by this section, information relative to an investigation conducted by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to s. 17.04, including any consumer complaint, is confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution until the investigation is […]
17.041 County and district accounts and claims.— (1) It shall be the duty of the Chief Financial Officer to adjust and settle, or cause to be adjusted and settled, all accounts and claims heretofore or hereafter reported to it by the Auditor General, the appropriate county or district official, or any person against all county and district […]
17.0415 Transfer and assignment of claims.—In order to facilitate their collection from third parties, the Chief Financial Officer may authorize the assignment of claims among the state, its agencies, and its subdivisions, whether arising from criminal, civil, or other judgments in state or federal court. The state, its agencies, and its subdivisions, may assign claims under […]
17.0416 Authority to provide services on a fee basis.—The Chief Financial Officer, through the Department of Financial Services, may provide accounting and payroll services on a fee basis under contractual agreement with eligible entities, including, but not limited to, state universities, community colleges, units of local government, constitutional officers, and any other person or entity having […]
17.05 Subpoenas; sworn statements; enforcement proceedings.— (1) The Chief Financial Officer may demand and require full answers on oath from any and every person, party or privy to any account, claim, or demand against or by the state, such as it may be the Chief Financial Officer’s official duty to examine into, and which answers the Chief […]
17.075 Form of state warrants and other payment orders; rules.— (1) The Chief Financial Officer is authorized to establish the form or forms of state warrants which are to be drawn by him or her and of other orders for payment or disbursement of moneys out of the State Treasury and to change the form thereof from […]
17.076 Direct deposit of funds.— (1) As used in this section, the term “beneficiary” means any person who is drawing salary or retirement benefits from the state or who is the recipient of any lawful payment from state funds. (2) The Chief Financial Officer shall establish a program for the direct deposit of funds to the account of […]
17.08 Accounts, etc., on which warrants drawn, to be filed.—All accounts, vouchers, and evidence, upon which warrants have heretofore been, or shall hereafter be, drawn upon the treasury by the Chief Financial Officer shall be filed and deposited in the office of Chief Financial Officer or the office of the Chief Financial Officer’s designee, in accordance […]
17.09 Application for warrants for salaries.—All public officers who are entitled to salaries in this state, shall make their application for warrants in writing, stating for what terms and the amount they claim, which written application shall be filed by the Chief Financial Officer as vouchers for the warrants issued thereupon. History.—s. 1, ch. 1567, 1866; […]
17.10 Record of warrants and of state funds and securities.—The Chief Financial Officer shall cause to be entered in the warrant register a record of the warrants issued during the previous month, and shall make such entry in the record so required to be kept as shall show the number of each warrant issued, in whose […]
17.11 To report disbursements made.— (1) The Chief Financial Officer shall make in all his or her future annual reports an exhibit stated from the record of disbursements made during the fiscal year, and the several heads of expenditures under which such disbursements were made. (2) The Chief Financial Officer shall also cause to have reported from the […]
17.12 Authorized to issue warrants to tax collector or sheriff for payment.—Whenever it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Chief Financial Officer from examination of the books of his or her office that the tax collector or the sheriff for any county in this state has paid into the State Treasury, through mistake or otherwise, […]
17.13 To duplicate warrants lost or destroyed.— (1) The Chief Financial Officer is required to duplicate any Chief Financial Officer’s warrants that may have been lost or destroyed, or may hereafter be lost or destroyed, upon the owner thereof or the owner’s agent or attorney presenting the Chief Financial Officer the statement, under oath, reciting the number, […]
