The Walton County Elections office
abides by Florida Statutes 112.3144 & 112.3145,
which are the guidelines for full and public disclosure
of financial interests for public officers and
employees. Exerts from those statutes are below.
To read the entire statutes, go to this link:
F.S. 112.3144 & 112.3145
Also, for more information, visit the
Florida Commission on Ethics and click on "Financial
Disclosure".
(c) State officers and specified state employees
shall file their statements of financial interests with
the Commission on Ethics. Local officers shall file
their statements of financial interests with the
supervisor of elections of the county in which they
permanently reside. Local officers who do not
permanently reside in any county in the state shall file
their statements of financial interests with the
supervisor of elections of the county in which their
agency maintains its headquarters. Persons seeking to
qualify as candidates for local public office shall file
their statements of financial interests with the
officer
before whom they qualify. - F.S. 112.3145(2)(c)
(b) Not later than 30 days before July 1 of each
year, the commission and each supervisor of elections,
as appropriate, shall mail a copy of the form prescribed
for compliance with subsection (3) and a notice of all
applicable disclosure forms and filing deadlines to each
person required to file a statement of financial
interests.
(c) Not later than 30 days after July 1 of each
year, the commission and each supervisor of elections
shall determine which persons required to file a
statement of financial interests in their respective
offices have failed to do so and shall send delinquency
notices by certified mail, return receipt requested, to
these persons. Each notice shall state that a grace
period is in effect until September 1 of the current
year; that no investigative or disciplinary action based
upon the delinquency will be taken by the agency head or
commission if the statement is filed by September 1 of
the current year; that, if the statement is not filed by
September 1 of the current year, a fine of $25 for each
day late will be imposed, up to a maximum penalty of
$1,500; for notices sent by a supervisor of elections,
that he or she is required by law to notify the
commission of the delinquency; and that, if upon the
filing of a sworn complaint the commission finds that
the person has failed to timely file the statement
within 60 days after September 1 of the current year,
such person will also be subject to the penalties
provided in s.
112.317.
- F.S. 112.3245(6)(b)(c)
For more information or questions
regarding financial disclosures, contact our office by
phone at 850-892-8112 or by
email.
