OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GROVER SELLERS 

ATrorrJw GcNE”AL 

Bonozuble T. B. Whitehurst, Member 

Texas %.aon Board 

P. 0. BOX No. 1768 

Beaumont, Texas 

i CoMtrllotion 0r the talm -prison 

m oontalne6 

employeea In t 

salarise *Hourn 

Food Pro4uotr’ 

I Prlron system oertain 

at in addition ta their 

all Prison Pntduoad 

l ntith a to a 33 r 00a 

That is, are they 

sploela, oondimante, oto. 

ly the Priron Systom. 

itlsd to get such merbudget of the Texas Prieon syetem detailad amount8 

ndlrldual joba. In other words?, lllcrteatl or having 

an over-all total rigurs to be divided up aa the management tig@iit 

desire eaoh emplo~es it3 v0tOa a ap00iri0 amount. I hare a que8tion 

whioh I will thank you to answer ror me. Can one individual 060~~3 

two positlona and draw two aalarlea at the same time? 

"In other worclrde, oould one xan be: 

ksrlstant benan Manager 

h 

Cotton Cla8rror 
Ron. T. 1:. -i;hlteilur-.t - Fag0 2 

"Can one man be: Exeoutloe Eleoretary 

& 

Purahasing Olsrk 

Van one man be1 Pharmaclat 

h 

Medioal Supervisor 

"Can one man be: Superintendent or Building construction 

k 

Superintendent or Lloense Plant 

Thn one man bet Meohanio 

6: 

Livestook Supervisor 

"Can one man be: Asdstant General Manager 

k. 

Llvestook Supervisor 

with rrforenos to your question aa to whether certain employees are entitled to receive 

tho Commimary*, 

Wall,foo4 produat8 handle4 through 

contained in S.B. 

we rester you to the rOllOWbi8 appropriation itom,, 

917, Ch. 978, pp. 904-907, Aots Of the 49th Leg., 

9 

"TEXAS PEZSON SYSTEM 

Salaries For the Yeare Ending 

Aur4; 31, 

"1. 

*e. 

General managsr, with house, water, 

rtm and lights ana prison produaea 

rood p2-04u0te. . . . . . . . . . . . . $0,000.00 

Assistant genenlrmrnegor, with houao, 

water, fuel and llghtr, with prleon 

pmduoed food produotr . . . . ~. . . . 2,83l5 .oo 

R 

. . . . . 

u35. Yiarden, with home, water, lights, 

rue1 and prison produoed rood moduate 3.300.00 

” 

. . . . . 

'45. Frlnt shop superintendent with house, 

water, lights, fuel an4 prison produoed iood products. . . . . . . . . 2,475,OO 

$6,000.00 

2,835;00 

3,300.oo 

2.476.00 

PI 

. . . . . 
Ron. T. 8. mltehurat - Page 3 

Y3alarie8 For the Yucrr En&inn 

“52. 

*s3. 

D 

"37. 

" 

"64. 

0 

*a. 

SuperinWmdant of Stat0 Fsnm Industrier end Central State Fuma, with 

hou88, lights, water and ru0i and 

primn oroduoed mod oroduot&. . . . & 3,1?30.00 

Ten (10) UniP.~mma~err, with hou80r 

wntef, llghtm, fuel and prlro vro- 

, none to LoeeU 

. . . . . . . . . 18,B44.00 

17 Ad8tant Unit menagrxm, with hOtlleI 

water, ruel, 

. l . . 

Dog aeraeeut8, nene.to esoosd ~1,300.- 

00 p er year, with house, water, lights, 

mi, and pPisOn DmdUO64 fOO4 DmdIIOtq 

. . . . 

Falrm rt@wmIa With hi%M water, fuel, 

lights snd p&wn o*4uoQd it-304 DrOduOto 

none to eroe?d 31 330 

( u nder a oor lng o & i l 

00 per year. . . 23,04!LOO 

AU 

tip 

6t 31, 

946 

19,87&.00 

“Ufo”,“, 31, 

$ 9,150.00 

18.864.00 

E3,u31.00 

19,B7E.o0 

1 a2,043.00” 

In rlow of the plain Iwaning of the 1&18~ *prloon produoed food pro4uaW' a6 used in tho above Quoted ltrrar ia the Ap ropriation Aot, it la.our oplnl~n that the 

p" 

raona holdln~ the pa8 P tlons 

above mentioned muld br antitled to reoe ve, a8 p8z-t Or tblr oompenl (Ltkon, only 8uoh food pmdwtr that have barn aoturLly produo by 

the state t‘rlson Syetem. %?n are theretorrr a4vies4 that the tern, 

*prison produasd rood praduote" 08 U8uad in the above mOntfOn44 8ppI7Jpri8tlon it&m wcdd not inolude suah produotr that have been puroh8884 

frum the outside to 8upply the StaCe Prison 9y8teIIL 

Xith refesenae to your guertiorm BB to whetb,er one individual 

my oooupp tro po8itime and draw two salamlr at the came tine, we 0811 

Co yo?jr attantion the folla~ina! lan$ua$e oontatns4 in Saa. 33 of Rrt. 

xvx or tha constitution of Twui~ 
744 

Bon; T. N. WhItehurst - Page 4 

“The socounting offioon of thLe Strta &all 

neither draw nor pay a warrant upon tha Trea8ury in 

ravor of any parson, r0r salary or ocrapaaaation aa 

agent, offioer or appointee, mbo hblda at the IMBIO 

time any other offloe or position or honor, trust or 

profit, under this State or the United States, sroapt 

aa prescribad in thla Constitution.W 

In Opinion No. ,04607, a copy of whloh wa anolbse hsrewith, this departmant oonddered the above quoted aonatitutional 

proolaion as it applies t6 the holding or two poaltlona under thla 

state. In that opinion it was held that a etate amployeo oould not 

rsoelre any salary or oompenaatlon from the atate while holding two 

DoeltloIls. We oall your atbentioa to the followlnbs lat.lRuS~e oonkalned in the above kantloned opinion: 

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uConald6ring the broad &neral purporre intended to 

be served by this aaation or the Conatltutlon, wa are or 

the opinion that tha oonatruotlon or the term *app;d&ee* 

ae meaning and ambraoing ‘amploywl is raqulrad. 

reaaom prompting the adoptfon of the polioy ara just as 

oompcllltig, and the evil to be averted ‘the same in the 

oase of tho amployaa of the Stata why oontraata to render 

aervloa ior salary or oompensatlon, aa fn the oars or the 

orrieer or agent. 

*You are thrraiora .adriaed that if a phyaiolan amployed part time by one inatltution or ths state aooapta 

and bolda a almllar plaoe!in another inotitution at the 

aame tlxie, he oan not reoeive a salary or.aompanaatlon 

for either poaltion durSng tha period or time that both 

am held.R 

Wa nota that saoh of tha poqftlona inquired about are 

llated fn the 1945 Appropriation Aot (SiB. 317, Aota 49th Leg.) aa 

aeparats positions with a atipulatad ocwip6nsation far aaoh pohtion. 

In viaw or the above mentioned opinion whioh has been ooneiatantly 

followed by this departmant , you ara advised that when one individual 

holds two positions he oannot reoelra a salary or oonpanaation ior 

either poeition during the period or time that both poaftlono are held. 

This holding is applioable to each of the *oombinations~ or posltlons 

listed in your request with rerarenoe to one parson holding two poalMona and noelving oompensation for both poaltions. 
Hon. T. N. Xhitehurat - Page 5 

we trcet that the above and toregoing will satlefaotorlly 

answer your inquiry. 

Yours very truly 

ATl'Ul3iiO~ML OFTEXAS 

JA?Z:djm 

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