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QUESTION: Does the fact that three of the five members of the Board of Directors of the Downtown Development Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale are personally interested in a question coming before the board prevent the existence of a quorum of the board so that the two disinterested members may not conduct business?

SUMMARY: Under Florida law, although a member of the Downtown Development Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale may abstain from voting on a question in which he is personally interested, he is not disqualified and thus may be counted for purposes of computing a quorum…