Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2017-02-18 01:30:26.858729+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:51:59.471397
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April     24,    1975

The Honorable      Thomas     W. Brown                         Opinion    No.   H-    591
Director,     Texas Board of Private
   Investigators    & Private   Security           Agencies
959 Reinli Street,    Suite 201                                Re:   Method of selection       of
Austin,    Texas    78751                                      Chairman     of the Texas     Board
                                                               of Private    Investigators     and
                                                               Private    Security   Agencirs.

Dear     Mr.    Brown:

          You have requested           our opinion regarding     the method of selection
of the chairman     of the Texas       Board of Private    Investigators   and Private
Security  Agencies.

               The original    act which    created        the Board    provided,     in section
5( 4):

                         one member      shall be appointed           by the Governor,
                         with the advice and consent of             the Senate,   who is
                         a citi~zen of the United States           and a resident   of the
                         State of Texas,    and who shall           serve as Chairman.
                         Acts 1969, 6l.st Leg.    ch. 610,          p. 1807.

The statute codified    as articl,e 441.3 (29bb).             V. T. C. S. 3 was      amended       in
1971, and section   5(4) now provides:

                         two mcmbcrs     shal~l lx: appoint cd by th