(1) The campaign treasurer of each candidate and the campaign treasurer of each political committee shall keep detailed accounts, current within not more than 2 days after the date of receiving a contribution or making an expenditure, of all contributions received and all expenditures made by or on behalf of the candidate or political committee that are required to be set forth in a statement filed under this chapter. The campaign treasurer shall also keep detailed accounts of all deposits made in any separate interest-bearing account or certificate of deposit and of all withdrawals made therefrom to the primary depository and of all interest earned thereon.
(2) Accounts, including separate interest-bearing accounts and certificates of deposit, kept by the campaign treasurer of a candidate or political committee may be inspected under reasonable circumstances before, during, or after the election to which the accounts refer by any authorized representative of the Division of Elections or the Florida Elections Commission. The right of inspection may be enforced by appropriate writ issued by any court of competent jurisdiction. The campaign treasurer of a political committee supporting a candidate may be joined with the campaign treasurer of the candidate as respondent in such a proceeding.
(3) Accounts kept by a campaign treasurer of a candidate shall be preserved by the campaign treasurer for a number of years equal to the term of office of the office to which the candidate seeks election. Accounts kept by a campaign treasurer of a political committee shall be preserved by such treasurer for at least 2 years after the date of the election to which the accounts refer.
History.—s. 6, ch. 73-128; s. 45, ch. 77-175; s. 3, ch. 79-378; s. 8, ch. 89-256; s. 30, ch. 90-315.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title IX - Electors and Elections
Chapter 106 - Campaign Financing
106.021 - Campaign Treasurers; Deputies; Primary and Secondary Depositories.
106.022 - Appointment of a Registered Agent; Duties.
106.023 - Statement of Candidate.
106.025 - Campaign Fund Raisers.
106.03 - Registration of Political Committees and Electioneering Communications Organizations.
106.05 - Deposit of Contributions; Statement of Campaign Treasurer.
106.055 - Valuation of In-Kind Contributions.
106.06 - Treasurer to Keep Records; Inspections.
106.07 - Reports; Certification and Filing.
106.0702 - Reporting; Political Party Executive Committee Candidates.
106.0705 - Electronic Filing of Campaign Treasurer’s Reports.
106.0706 - Electronic Filing of Campaign Finance Reports; Public Records Exemption.
106.071 - Independent Expenditures; Electioneering Communications; Reports; Disclaimers.
106.072 - Social Media Deplatforming of Political Candidates.
106.08 - Contributions; Limitations On.
106.09 - Cash Contributions and Contribution by Cashier’s Checks.
106.11 - Expenses of and Expenditures by Candidates and Political Committees.
106.113 - Expenditures by Local Governments.
106.12 - Petty Cash Funds Allowed.
106.125 - Credit Cards; Conditions on Use.
106.14 - Utilities; Deposits; Prior Authorization.
106.1405 - Use of Campaign Funds.
106.141 - Disposition of Surplus Funds by Candidates.
106.143 - Political Advertisements Circulated Prior to Election; Requirements.
106.1435 - Usage and Removal of Political Campaign Advertisements.
106.1437 - Miscellaneous Advertisements.
106.1439 - Electioneering Communications; Disclaimers.
106.1475 - Text Message and Telephone Solicitation; Registered Agent Requirements; Penalty.
106.15 - Certain Acts Prohibited.
106.16 - Limitation on Certain Rates and Charges.
106.161 - Air Time Available at the Lowest Unit Rate.
106.165 - Use of Closed Captioning and Descriptive Narrative in All Television Broadcasts.
106.17 - Polls and Surveys Relating to Candidacies.
106.18 - When a Candidate’s Name to Be Omitted From Ballot.
106.19 - Violations by Candidates, Persons Connected With Campaigns, and Political Committees.
106.191 - Signatures Gathered for Initiative Petition; Effect of Ch. 97-13.
106.21 - Certificates of Election Not to Be Issued Upon Conviction.
106.22 - Duties of the Division of Elections.
106.23 - Powers of the Division of Elections.
106.24 - Florida Elections Commission; Membership; Powers; Duties.
106.25 - Reports of Alleged Violations to Florida Elections Commission; Disposition of Findings.
106.26 - Powers of Commission; Rights and Responsibilities of Parties; Findings by Commission.
106.27 - Determinations by Commission; Legal Disposition.
106.28 - Limitation of Actions.
106.32 - Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund.
106.33 - Election Campaign Financing; Eligibility.
106.35 - Distribution of Funds.