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Florida Attorney General Reports

Decided March 28, 1996Published

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Ronald J. Cohen Davie Town Attorney Suite 200 6565 Taft Street Hollywood, Florida 33024

Dear Mr. Cohen:

On behalf of the Town of Davie Police Pension Board of Trustees, you ask substantially the following question:

May a member of the Town's Board of Trustees of the Police Officers Pension Fund simultaneously serve as an assistant city attorney for another municipality in light of the prohibition against dual office holding contained in Article II, section 5(a), Florida Statutes?

In sum:

The dual office holding prohibition in Article II, section 5(a), Florida Constitution, does not prohibit a…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Holloway v. SheatsSupreme Court of Florida · 1919
  2. City of Orlando v. STATE, DEPT. OF INS.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988

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