CopyCited 19 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1994 WL 592242
...public campaign financing in his race for Governor of Florida and his campaign expenditures in that race exceeded $2,000,000? (3) Did the trial Court err in ruling that Jim Smith was required by the Florida Election Campaign Financing Act, sections
106.30 through
106.36, Florida Statutes (1993) (the "Act"), to repay the Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund") an amount equal to the public campaign funds that he received with respect to expenditures made in his gubernatorial ca...
...purpose of the law. The trial court recited that "doubts or ambiguities in a law that grants a benefit or privilege must be resolved in favor of the State and against the person claiming the benefit or privilege," and concluded that the grant, under Section 106.30, Florida Statutes, et seq., of the opportunity to receive public funds to finance election campaigns should be construed strictly, and doubts resolved against the candidate seeking to obtain the funds from the State....
...a disproportionate impact vis-a-vis contributions from unaffiliated individuals, which leads to the misperception of government officials unduly influenced by those special interests to the detriment of the public interest. The Legislature intends ss. 106.30-106.36 to alleviate these factors, dispel the misperception, and encourage qualified persons to seek statewide elective office who would not, or could not, otherwise do so....
CopyPublished | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2017 WL 625791, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 2059
...State, Dep’t of Health, Bd. of Med.,
13 So.3d 85, 88 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009) (quoting Fla. Hosp. v. Agency for Health Care Admin.,
823 So.2d 844, 847 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002)). The relevant statutes are contained in Chapter 106, Florida Statutes (2014). Sections
106.30-106.36, Florida Statutes, are known as the Florida Election Campaign Financing Act (“the Act”). §
106.30....
...Furthermore, it is the intent of the Legislature that the purpose of public campaign financing is to make candidates more responsive to the voters of the State of Florida and as insulated as possible from special interest groups. The Legislature intends ss. 106.30-106.36 to alleviate these factors, dispel the misperception, and encourage *687 qualified persons to seek statewide elective office who would not, or could not otherwise do so and to protect the effective competition by a candidate who uses public funding....
...ching funds will be distributed as provided in subparagraph (2)(b)4. of this rule.” Id. R. lS-2.047(3)(b). Further: Reports of contributions filed by candidates requesting matching funds must include all information required by Sections
106.07 and
106.30-.36, F.S....
