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The 1998 Florida Statutes

Title IV
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 17
Comptroller
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CHAPTER 17

COMPTROLLER

17.011  Assistant comptroller.

17.02  Place of residence and office.

17.03  To audit claims against the state.

17.031  Security of Comptroller's office.

17.04  To audit and adjust accounts of officers and those indebted to the state.

17.0401  Confidentiality of information relating to financial investigations.

17.041  County and district accounts and claims.

17.0415  Transfer and assignment of claims.

17.05  May examine under oath parties and persons privy to accounts.

17.06  Disallowed items and accounts.

17.075  Form of state warrants and other payment orders; rules.

17.076  Direct deposit of funds.

17.08  Accounts, etc., on which warrants drawn, to be filed.

17.09  Application for warrants for salaries.

17.10  Record of warrants issued.

17.11  To report disbursements made.

17.12  Authorized to issue warrants to tax collector or sheriff for payment.

17.13  To duplicate warrants lost or destroyed.

17.14  To prescribe forms.

17.16  Seal.

17.17  Examination by Governor and report.

17.20  Assignment of claims for collection.

17.21  Not to allow any claim of state attorney against state until report made.

17.22  Notice to Department of Legal Affairs.

17.25  May certify copies.

17.26  Cancellation of state warrants not presented within 1 year; 3-year limitation on payment of warrants not presented for payment.

17.27  Microfilming and destroying records and correspondence.

17.28  Comptroller may authorize biweekly salary payments.

17.29  Authority to prescribe rules.

17.30  Dissemination of information.

17.32  Annual report of trust funds; duties of Comptroller.

17.325  Governmental efficiency hotline; duties of Comptroller.

17.43  Comptroller's Federal Equitable Sharing Trust Fund.