September 11, 1950 

Hon. John Ben Shepperd 

Secrekry'oi State. 

Austin, Texas . 

Dear Sir:. .:. ,.k,, ‘, .,.ij 

Opinion no. TV-1104 

Re: Whether oorporatlon may 

be chsrtered under Subdlvlelon 105, Art. 1302, 

V.C.S., to furnish 

%ecre8t10n81" fecllltlee 

,~ona oharitable~and eduostlon8l:baSie... 

-'.'-,~Porrr:~oent.pequest for.iin oplnlo& aeke whethec~the 

f&&& Weslaoo Reoreation Assooletion 1s requlredto.be~lnco*porated iiuder Se&Ion 9 of Artiole 1302, Vernon~s Civil 

,Sta~tea;::~rafher.,~~-_trnder Subdivlelon :105 of .th8t Article 

:authorlaiag~,aorpo~t~ons~ito.be f~Maed.fO~ “ReligiOUSa Charitable, Literaryfi Xioientit’io or ~&lacst.lon8l~ purpose8. 

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,~ A.. The p&posed, oherrter~ st&e&.itti p&pose to be: 

~'&'&&-~&& inview of 6plnlone of i'ormer Attorney~~&&8l, .oitd~iLa;A&orney Qener81 Opinion O-l.171 ~(1939) 

you oonolude that this corporatlon retry only be oh8rteredo unde; 

Subdlvlslon 9 of Artiole 1302 authorising oorpor8tlone 

. : .%o a&o&~& &ntku'bi&ole olube,.end 

other 1nnoOent 8poPt8:.~? 

You suggest th8t the aotlvlty recited in the quoted 

purpose olauee 15 not primsrily "eduoetion8l" although you 

reoogulte the breed oonnotation of th8t telm lndlO8ted in 

Conley v. Dmuhtera of the Rembllo 

~1913~ I where it is Stated th8t the'term "education 8s ueed 

106 Tex. 80, q6 S.W.197 
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Hon. John Ben Shepperd, 

In the statute Includes 

page 2 (V-1104) 

.'"b lts'broad6st'setitie; -+I ncit m&rely the 

lnSti%~tioa‘r~cel~ed iit school 6F:'dolleg6, bat 

the uhdle~~otirse of trainlng,'moral, lnt~llebfual 

8nd $ih@Iiio&ilf It.18 dot limltea to"the ofij,nary' 

Xnsttictlon of the child In the pursuit:of llterat-. n ,. " '.. 

-At-‘the'~outset'-we direct your &ttentlon""to the fact 

thatthe orga~iistlon proposes to'tiu@p6rt ohaPltable.snd edu- 

~atloii&l :&de.ki+ors ~bg~providlog~~"recreatl~n" for school 

chlldjr;eti&d~Bault#; ~'Such 8 mrpo'&e Iti not syiiongmous wlth~' 

su~portlng sport9':c~~s.~or:'sports~~8i?tl~l~les,. slthougklt~'m8y 

includi3 the‘Suppi5rt bf Spo*tk 88 a recPeatlon. It'mlght also 

ih~liie.:other iomqa -of recreation-not commonly aeaominated "sp9rts '! ~.I:; : :, ::, ,~~.,II L j 

.: .W*T,~~$"& .:F&&e~fi why "q&ts" ~:bp Hp~cre&tlo*~ ~wy - 

not~be"supported +'a ~~oh&rTtablij &% BduMtloiial bcisis.~: .SiibdXvivisl6ii ~~9~is~'desiBnea't~'a~thorlse otheFth8n pWely oh&Mtable'or educational~&nterprises suppiji%bg "liinocent sports." 

Su~dlv~~o~~:1~~is';:~oi'course, .muoh broader than Subdivlslon 

9.and may~lhcliide'8O~~Vi~'ieS"set 6tit in~SubdLV,isiin 9 malntaln6d-howeveF,:Loti a-cihkrltable or eduo8tlona~ basis. 

~, _.. ..~~. . . _ _ . i i ~- ,,~. 'l_, TV’ Tlie“.-pi;i~~~~~“:op~nI~~s +efe*d. to I.powt ~ouc:.thst; td 

qu&l‘ify~~&s'~X5tipoF8tlijn *hose purpose ls"to".~uppo~t'eduoa-:‘ 

~tl~~~~b~e~ir~r~;~~~bd~oatiion Bust b;b th;ti primary~.objeot;i I&or- 

$6rat~6C%ndbii +o@* ohkrter, thei?iifor6, ITinlts' the~aotiiilties 

oft t~_h~~rat~n-..~"tfia(lB-'which &e ~~~~lly'educatiodal.~ 

Th(t fabt :t;hat:-9irc~~~-~~.co~~ratlon-in~t ~laQ5*'aevit%te tit0 tic:' 

tlvltles~'dtilZrjid6-or bejiond its~oor-giort%te~ powers di5edes not--prevent 

Its incor~Mt.tion Wtd6r"sulch limitatloni.~"Th6st8ted purpose 

h~r~e-i~:tiro~o'ol(l;:hopijiier;-'aaa"such~ a'o6FpMiitlon Is'notPliniited 

tii,~~actli~ttieis~,~ithioh are--primarily edueatlonal If they are ln 

fact &U~table. . . 

You &'rie,“therefoiie, advised that the subject oorporatlon majr'be' ijh&rteredtnideF Subdlv~slon 105. Its activities 

will, however, be limited as indicated. 
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Ron. John Ben Shepperd, page 3 

SUMMARY 

(v-1104) 

A corporation whose purpose Is to support 

charitable and educational endeavors Pn a community by‘ providing vacation time recreation 

for chlidren of school age and~llmlted recreational Saollltles for adults may be Incorporated 

under Subdivision IO5 of Article 1302, V.C.S. 

Such activities must be charitable or primarily 

educational In fact. 

Yours very truly 

APPROVED: PRICE DANIEL 

Attorney General 

Everett Rutchlnson 

Bxecutlve Assistant 

Charles D. Mathews 

First Assistant 

Assistant 

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