An ex officio board member is subject to the Sunshine Law regardless of whether he or she is serving in a voting or non-voting capacity. AGO 05-18. Accord Inf. Op. to Ardaman, June 24, 2021 (mayor who serves as a non-voting ex officio member of various municipal boards is subject to the Sunshine Law). And see Linares v. District School Board of Pasco County, No. 17-00230 (Fla. 6th Cir. Ct. January 10, 2018), available in the Cases database at the open government site at MyFloridaLegal.com (finding that the Sunshine Law applied equally to all members of an advisory committee, including a staff member appointed as a non-voting member of the committee whose role was only to advise the voting committee members). (Florida Office of the Attorney General // © March 9, 2023)
