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”)....
...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....
...may qualify, is without opposition in the election at which the office is to be filled or who is without such opposition after such date as a result of a primary election or of withdrawal by other candidates seeking the same office. §
106.011(18). Section
106.36(1), Florida Statutes, provides that the “division shall review each request for contributions from the Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund and certify whether the candidate is eligible for such contributions....
