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Holding or suspected

Florida Dept. of Financial Services

State treasury · FL
$80M
Bought in total

Florida Dept. of Financial Services's own figure, checked Oct 2023 (reported). We don't have the purchase records yet.

CFO Patronis announced an additional $25M in October 2023, taking Florida's Israel bond portfolio past $80M per the issuer's own press release. Current status unknown.

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Nobody reports Israel Bonds purchases centrally, and we found no public disclosure from this office. One email gets you the answer, and the law is on your side.

To: PublicRecordsRequest@myfloridacfo.com
Subject: Public records request: Israel Bonds holdings

To the records officer of Florida Department of Financial Services:

Under Florida's Public Records Law (Chapter 119), I request all records of purchases, holdings, sales, and maturities of bonds issued by the Development Corporation for Israel (Israel Bonds) or by the State of Israel, held by Florida Department of Financial Services, including amounts, purchase dates, coupon rates, and maturity dates, from January 1, 2015 to the present.

I am a resident of Florida. Please acknowledge receipt of this request and respond within the time required by law. If any portion is withheld, please cite the specific legal exemption and release all non-exempt material.

Thank you,
[Your name]
[City, FL]
Records contact: PublicRecordsRequest@myfloridacfo.com
Prefer to call? 850-413-3100
Call script: "Hello, my name is [your name] and I am a Florida resident. I am calling to ask whether Florida Department of Financial Services currently holds, or has ever purchased, Israel Bonds issued by the Development Corporation for Israel, and in what amounts. I would also like to know how to file a public records request for these holdings. Thank you."

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