Fla. Stat. § 17.51
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17.51 Oath and certificate of Chief Financial Officer.
Official statutory text
The Chief Financial Officer shall, within 10 days before he or she enters upon the duties of office, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation faithfully to discharge the duties of office, which oath or affirmation must be deposited with the Department of State. The Chief Financial Officer shall also file with the Department of State a certificate attesting that the retiring Treasurer or Chief Financial Officer has filed receipts from his or her successor for balance of cash, and for all bonds and other securities held by the Treasurer or Chief Financial Officer as such, and a certificate from each board of which he or she is made by law ex officio treasurer, that he or she has satisfactorily accounted to such board as its treasurer.
History: s. 3, ch. 9, 1845; s. 2, ch. 3684, 1887; RS 118; GS 123; RGS 134; CGL 164; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 71-19; s. 67, ch. 95-147; s. 1, ch. 98-34; s. 47, ch. 2003-261.
History: s. 3, ch. 9, 1845; s. 2, ch. 3684, 1887; RS 118; GS 123; RGS 134; CGL 164; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 71-19; s. 67, ch. 95-147; s. 1, ch. 98-34; s. 47, ch. 2003-261.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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