Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

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 $ih@Iiio&ilf It.18 dot limltea to"the ofij,nary' Xnsttictlon of the child In the pursuit:of llter- at-. n ,. " '.. -At-‘the'~outset'-we direct your &ttentlon""to the fact thatthe orga~iistlon proposes to'tiu@p6rt ohaPltable.snd edu- ~atloii&l :&de.ki+ors~bg~providlog~~"recreatl~n" for school chlldjr;eti&d~Bault#; ~'Such 8 mrpo'&e Itinot syiiongmous wlth~' su~portlng sport9':c~~s.~or:'sports~~8i?tl~l~les,.slthougklt~'m8y includi3 the‘Suppi5rt bf Spo*tk 88 a recPeatlon. It'mlght also ih~liie.:other iomqa -of recreation-not commonly aeaominated "sp9rts '! ~.I:; ::, ::, ,~~.,II L j .:.W*T,~~$"& .: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 NRc/rt