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QUESTION: Does s. 5(a), Art. II, State Const., prohibit a legislator from serving simultaneously in the Legislature and as a member of the Florida Commission on Human Relations?

SUMMARY: Section 5(a), Art. II, State Const., prohibits a legislator from serving simultaneously in the Legislature and on the Florida Commission on Human Relations. Section 5(a), Art. II, State Const., provides, in pertinent part, as follows: No person shall hold at the same time more than one office under the government of the state and the counties and municipalities therein, except that a notary public or military…