OFFICE OFTHE ATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAB 

AUSTIN 

aonorabls Bert Ford, Admlnistntor 

Texas Liquor Control Board 

Austin, Texas 

Dear 8irr Opinion Ro. O-2520 

Rsr Can a regularly~appolnted 

inapctor ior the Tena Liquor 

Control Board oamylxq pollee 

powem serve also an trustee of 

an IndepwMnt school dietriot 

in Wa,,.pW 

Your request for oplnlo~ up,en the above stated 

question has been receive$ end oub$%lly aonsidered by this 

departma. ,.I' 1 

Al%iClt"l6, 54otion'bO or our stat4 CQnatitutloIl, 

rwda in part as foUovs* ., 

“lW’pe+son ahall hold 0; exerelae at the 

aam time, ntam thaa one oivil offiae 0r m0lutaant....n ~’ 

‘~.."104fiee* embraoea the ideas of tenure, 

d;.iratUn, emolument and Uutlea. Ammg the 

cri‘bgrla for detemhlng whether aa employmnt 

is a‘ptibllc offloe am the follovingr ths dele- 

(prtlon of a portion of the sovereign funotiona 

of the govemtmnt~ the requixmamt of an ofriolal oath; that the pavers entrusted are aonfermd 

by law and not by contrsot; and the fWng of the 

dumstion or term of office. It is the duty per- 
Honorable Bert Fold, AdmUxiatntor, Phge 2 

taining to the 0??1o0 and the lmtum or that 

duty, and not the extent OS authority rhioh mrb 

the incumbent an offioer; and one Ia none the 

leas an offlaor kwma8e bia authority la oonfinad 

to narrow lindta. Salary 0~ a~ation Ia not 

eaaential to constitute an eaploynnt an O??iQeJ 

it is a WF'b indldent and rornm no part or th4 

~rri~~.* 

Artiole 666-n, Vernon's Annotated Tena Penal 

Coda, read8 aa followsa 

'All Inapeotora and repmaentativea of the 

Board ah&l rubaa~ibe to the ooaatitutIons1 oath 

of office whIoh ahall be filed In the o??Ioo of 

the Board. The Beard or Admiadatmtor la mhpovemd 

to o c mmia a io l n uoh zmaber of lta inapeatom &ml 

mpmaentatfvea vhIoh it deem6 newaaacy to enferoo 

the proviaione of thIa Aot. Swh oaaaiaaioxied inapeatom and mpmaontativerr ahall have all the 

powera of a peaa43 o??ioer ooexten8ive with the 

boundaries of thim &ate. Such ooarisaioned Inopeotore end r*preaentatIvea ehall make and aacute 

swh bond ae my be requized by the Bawd." 

The Appmprlrtion Bill for the 0-t biennium 

for the Texas Liquor Control Board grovides for eighty 

inapeatora at 2,lOO.OO per mum wh and ?or el&hteen 

inapwtoi% at 1,800.00 per annum eaoh. (Speoial Lmm o 

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foxa - iteguhr .%aaion - 46th Isgl.alature - pagea 138-g-40). I 

Clearly an "Inspector of the Texas Liquor Control 

Board * hol& a aivil offloe of smolume&, 

Siwe youdIdnotspeai?y inyourletteruuderwh~t 

Aot the lndependont aahoel dietriot vls o-ted, we ahall 

ur\mtsthatItwo ore&G3 under the gneml authority or 

t3J5ter 13, Title 49 of the Revised Civil Statutea of Toma, 

. Apti 2775 thereof providea in part 40 rolb3tfa~ 

"In Nob imlepmdent diatflet that ah&l1 

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Bonorabls Bert Ford, AdmIRi8trator, page 3 

hereafter be organbed, the county Judge of the 

oounty in vhlch aald bdependent dietriot ie 

situated ah811 order an eleCtion for aeven tru8- 

tee@, vho shall eonatitute the school board of 

such dIatrIct, and all of vhom shall serve without OomPen8ation.' -(uRderlJooriq OUWB] 

It Ia, therefar4, apparent that a member 0s th8 

Board of Truateea of 121 Independent school distriot, amted 

under the general lawa, does not hold ~1 affioe or emolughnt 

vithin the meaning or Artiole 16, section 40, or OUF state 

Comtltutlon. 

We quote from 34 Tsma JuchpWnoe, page 349, rwremng to haale 16, &IO. 40, M rOllw8r 

"The Coaatitution applies only to 0rria48 

0s emoluarnt. 'lhlalmRt' mean8 a pocuRiary 

pMrit, gain or uwatrge~ h4noe the 8W p4paon 

my hold tw 0ivii 0rri0t38 vh0r0 RO p6y, e-nnation or peowiary gain rttaehos to one 0s th4a, 

provided they are not 1nooapat1b1e." 

we kww 0s no r8a80n rhg the duties 0s a mwbr 0s 

the Board 0s Tru8twa 0s an inbrpendent 8ohool diatriot should 

bb in 8ny DIulllor eonfliatIng or inaompatibl4 vith the duties 

of an Inapeator for th4 Texa8 Liquor Control Bomd. 

Article 16, Se&ion 33, of our State Conetltttion, 

t-w8 IR pm, M r0iiw8 1 

%O MOOURting OffiOOF8 Of thi8 8t4tO ah811 

neithsr draw Ror pay a varrant upon the Tl’4&8Ury 

in favor 0s any per80n, r0c 88lwy oc oompenaation 

ae agent, officer OF appointee, who holda at the 

8am8 tIm4 any oth4r offlao or poeition of honor, 

trust or profit, under tbi8 Stat4 or the United 

Strt48, exaept a* pr48tJribiBd in thi8 Constitution." 

A truStw of 6n indep+nd@!it 8Chool di8triat i8 a 

0ivii 0rricor 0s th0 state. See Thomm, 4t al va. Aburrmthy 

Count LIn8 Indspend4nt sohool Mstriat, et al, 278 SW 213 

(19d. 
%Onorrbb MPt FOZ'd, &!@.l%%8tl'8tOr, Pa&I 4 

Them~oanbeao doubt thatatru8tuo 0rm lndependent aahool 6iat&& hold8 8n offloo of honor 8nd trwt 

vithin the mnafq 0s Artials 16, seation 33, 0s our state 

Conatltution. I!b Opi33iO~ %O. O-1422 Of thi8 dOp8RtIMt. 

opinion Ilo. O-1422 of this deprctmtnt hold8 that 

a pemon auy legally mm on tb,e Bo8~d 0s Dfmatora 0s the 

Tema college 0s Arta an6 Induatrior, and at the aame tim8 

MrV4 a8 a ~10mboP Of me board Of tFWtw8 Of an iII&tpOrdO~t 

auhool diBtPfOtJ but Ia doiag 80 he fOFfeit8 all right to 

any oompenaation to uhlah he d&at hvo been ontitled aa a 

dinator of tb college, by nwoa.or Artiolo 16, section 33, 

0s the TOa8 oaartitution. 

You 8n th0nr0m rorpwt?nlly dviaed that it ia 

the opinioa 0s thla tlopartmat U+ a poraoa may legally 

aerva a8 an In8peotor 0s the Telad Liquor Control Blorrd, 8nd 

at the 8am8 tima aam a8 a member OS th8 bowl 0s trustees 

0s an iaaep4a68at aohool diatrlatl but In d&kg 60, he forfeits all right to any oomm8atioxa to vhlah he might &we 

b6en eatit a8 an rnapeotor or the hxu Liquor oonizol 

Bo&d~t~ia80a 0s &tiole 16, se&ion 33, 0s the pIa8 

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