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Florida Attorney General Reports
Decided April 17, 1980Published
1Opinion of the Court
Nevin G. Smith Secretary, Department of Administration Tallahassee
QUESTION:
May a state employee within the Career Service System hold office as a member of the county or state executive committee of a political party?
SUMMARY:
Until judicially or legislatively determined to the contrary, state employees within the Career Service System may not, under the provisions of s. 110.233(4), F. S., run for or hold office as members of a county or state executive committee of a political party.
Section 110.233(4)(a), F. S., provides in pertinent part that no employee in the career service shall:
Hold, or…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Dobbs v. Sea Isle HotelSupreme Court of Florida · 1952
- Ex Parte CurtisSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- State ex rel. Holloway v. SheatsSupreme Court of Florida · 1919
- Farrey v. BettendorfSupreme Court of Florida · 1957
- Attorney General v. DrohanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
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