Court Opinion

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September 11, 1950

 Hon. John Ben Shepperd                      Opinion no. TV-1104
 Secrekry'oi  State.
 Austin, Texas .                             Re:     Whether oorporatlon may
                                                     be chsrtered under Sub-
                                                      dlvlelon 105, Art. 1302,
                                                     V.C.S., to furnish
                                                     %ecre8t10n81"    fecllltlee
                                                    ,~ona  oharitable~and eduos-
 Dear Sir:.        .:. ,.k,, ‘,
                              .,.ij                   tlon8l:baSie...

         -'.'-,~Porrr:~oent.pequest   for.iin oplnlo& aeke whethec~the
 f&&&        Weslaoo Reoreation Assooletion 1s requlredto.be~ln-
 co*porated iiuder Se&Ion       9 of Artiole   1302, Vernon~s Civil
 ,Sta~tea;::~rafher.,~~-_trnderSubdivlelon :105 of .th8t Article
:authorlaiag~,aorpo~t~ons~ito.be f~Maed.fO~ “ReligiOUSa        Charita-
 ble, Literaryfi   Xioientit’io  or ~&lacst.lon8l~ purpose8.
                                  ~..

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

            ~'&'&&-~&&        inview  of 6plnlone of i'ormerAttor-
ney~~&&8l,       .oitd~iLa;A&orney Qener81 Opinion O-l.171 ~(1939)
you oonolude that this corporatlon     retryonly 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   106 Tex. 80, q6 S.W.197
~1913~I where it is Stated th8t the'term "education 8s ueed
                               ..

Hon. John Ben Shepperd, page 2 (V-1104)

In the statute Includes

            .'"b lts'broad6st'setitie;
                                   -+I ncitm&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 llter-
     at-.  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 Itinot 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:;
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                ,~~.,II
                   L j

        .:.W*T,~~$"& .:F&&e~fi
                             why "q&ts"   ~:bpHp~cre&tlo*~ ~wy -
not~be"supported +'a ~~oh&rTtablij &% BduMtloiial bcisis.~: .Siib-
dXvivisl6ii
         ~~9~is~'desiBnea't~'a~thorlseotheFth8n   pWely oh&M-
table'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 maln-
taln6d-howeveF,:Loti
               ~,
                _... a-cihkrltable
                  ..~~.
                      .  ii        . eduo8tlona~ basis.
                               _ _ or             ~-,,~.
    '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~oatiionBust b;b th;tiprimary~.objeot;iI&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%tetit0 tic:'
tlvltles~'dtilZrjid6-or                      powers
                      bejiondits~oor-giort%te~      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 oorpora-
tlon majr'be'ijh&rteredtnideF Subdlv~slon 105. Its activities
will, however, be limited as indicated.
.

    Ron. John Ben Shepperd, page 3 (v-1104)

                          SUMMARY

              A corporation whose purpose Is to support
         charitable and educational endeavors Pn a com-
         munity by‘ providing vacation time recreation
         for chlidren of school age and~llmlted recrea-
         tional 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

                                        Assistant
    Charles D. Mathews
    First Assistant

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