Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN opimtoe lo. 0-68?6 lto: ubatbar a rob01 wfotorla ryuplgwlfo oia mhool boor6 w8ber u8l Yaw rrq\urt tar op cuwfull~ ooorldomd by tbir 6 your raqwrt ti f011avr~ 06 to rou by Mr. Chlldnrr olboati mmbor lumber by pupila uxl taachorr Ia the board violating '0. ?h%r ew rob001 borna baud rmber vho mw 0 g:rooory atom. I8 1t 8 vlo&tlam oftbr lov ?or Uw rohoelcr?*k~a )OpUrObse groaorier fraa thlr m? Hon. T. II. Trlmble - ?yr 2 '3. A wmber of the board of this rohool ovns the burrs opmrated by thL8 sobool. TNr board mmbor do88 not oontllrot rlth th8 sohool In questloa but the ooatnot 18 in the 8m of another p8rty and the ron8t for the us8 0r the burss is paid the other pa&r. Is there 8 lav rlolatIon in this Oa88t” Articles 432, 433 and 435, Texas hwl Code, red es rollovsr Artlolo 432. “Nopotin” "Ho offloer of this Stat8 or ant offlosr of 8q dirtriot, oouatq, elty, pr8oI8ot, 8ohool dlrtrlat, or other mmlolpal 8~bdIri~ia a? tN8 btat8, or uy offI68r or wmhor of 88.7 Nat*, district, oounty, oltq, rohool dlstrlot or otbar munIoIpal board, or judge of any oourt, oroated b7 or undrr authority o? an7 (Ionoral or sp8olal lav of this State, or ~7 wmbor of ths Lagis- latur8, r-11 rppdat, or rot8 ror, or ooaflm the 8ppolntmBt to aBy O??h38, poritioa, oh*- mhlp, 88ploym8Bt or duty, of amy porlom mlatrd vithl.8 th8 socad degne bt affinity vltbln the or third d8grae b7 consuqulmlty to the person 80 8ppointing or so voting, 0~ to any other wmber of an7 such board, the Isglslrture, or tmut Of vhlch such person so appointing or rating may be 8 umber, vhen the 8818~~, fees, or compensrtioa of such 8ppoFntes is to be p8lcl for, directly or indlrectl~, out o? or from public funds or fees OS oifico o? ml kind or character vhatsoever. Acts 1909, p. s5, Acts 1915, p. 149" Article 433. Oiflc8~1 included “The l.nhIbitlons sot forth in this 18~ ah11 apply to and inelude ths Ootemor, Llrutonmt Ooveraor, Speaker of the Xiouse of Repr8seatatIve8, Railroad Commlssloasrs, hmd of departmats of the State government, judges and members o? any and all Boards and court8 established by or under the I(-. T. W. Trirbls - authority or w 8Ut0, WBbOm Of Lbr ~giSimW#, Up?#, OOSaSSiUSSF891 WOO?dOJW~ ti6O~dwrkF8 Of #Oh001 bOOrd8 Of ~OOrpO?Okd OitiSS ud tOWIS, PUbuO SOhOO1 tFWtO88, OttiOO?8 ti ~rkP# OfbOUdS Sf'UI1IOW Oft&B 8ut8 Ihi- VSF8ity Wd Of it8 SO+O?d bmOh88, 8d Of t.b8 ~0riOU8 8UtS OCiW4tiOWi iIiStitUtiUSI8 Md Of Lb WIOUS 8t.W l iO~S)ur7 iWtitUuOIi8, ud Of th. &lOritr8tiWiOS. ?blS Oa-WtiSU 8&llmOt b8 bid t0 •XO~UII~ r- th8 0p0mtia d lrr00t Of tN8 &V Uqr PO-olr uOiodOd ahi ik 108~ #~p~O~i#i~#. AOtS lw, 0. 66.” ArtIol8 435 8&llwtapp?ovoaeoomt ‘BO OfflOSP or otlmr p8FSa vlthla l.aollldod thotNM pro0064 art1810 rbll appmw amy loeount or dr ev or luthoorlsa tb &wing of any varrmt or order to pay in tile-, fee or ca- ~asatiO8 Of ruoh i#li(rIbZI8 OffiOSr OI POl'SQI, k80W4 him t0 b8 SO i#~@ibls. ’ Uo quota r- Opiria lo. 04761 0r thl8 dopartmt OS ?OihVSl % i8 l 88ttSX' Of C- kZloV18dgr tbt SChoO1 CrtStW'iW U’O &UinOd gOIPSlUl1y ill the 8ChOolm throughout tbs stat8 O? t8~88 Ud tha United Slates. In tb CallI Of 8088Wll St a1 v. mrrov, et al, 34 8. v. (2) 654, tlw El i'SSO Court of Civil Appe818 held the follov- WI, "'The cafetorla is a nocossary c~nvo~l~n~o, aad 1s not obaoxious to aar constltu- tlorul or sututory lnhIbItIon, and, 18 think, l ?8a#atkablS 8~8~~188 Of tb dim- ontlosury povsr coaforr8d upw ths board 01 tl'USt808. Ooodrrin V. b&001 Dlstrlct Ha. 1, Clt and County of Den- ver et al. (C.C.A.J. 32 P. (2d) 586, 5? A.L . ii . 92.' Eon. T. Il. Trlmblo - -8 4 'b ZhiS OWOOt:a VS lSS\PI tht th# #S&O1 aiSt?iOt i8 OPSF8tw th0 afStOFi4 ?O? tb@ 8006 Of it8 BtUdSDtS, w 18 Wt OpWwBg a 88.88 a8 l W-t%1 8 lSt&b~Shunt OF l bWh888 rO? P--lu7 a-. In QUP OpINon it vould be k- thm suthorlty o? the se-1 barb to wtor ?-DtO priV~L# bwIa.ss. u0,th OF O?O?@ ,l88UBS thBt th8 OhrgOS ~58 iOr food SsmOdm WaSUS- ably ti. t0 QOIO? tb, OOStS O? th8 SU d tb8 ~toaaass or t&n 84rotorIA. “8iB~ m board O? tFUStO88 Of u i8dOpU-, dent School dirtriOt WJ @8i8- l SOhW1 OtiOtO?i& it 18 OU? OpiBi= tb, nSpaol1- t&t bII.Itt fol, tb8 p*opr? OpO?&la ?dW80? ud ?Aw lJCpOaditm Of f1Ad8 mliud thO?O?WpFOpSriJ F88tS With SlASh bOWd.* ID CODBOOzi~ vIth tb ft?8t fJU88ti~ W hv8 b#m #iVUh r&S ?WthW iD?OWtiOD t&t t& Vi?0 Or th0 tFWk8 18 Nmd iB tb #Oh001 WOtOPb b8 8 OOa Ol’~nitS’888; t&t On8 Of th0 UMhW iJLt& 8&001~08 tb, SOhO M?@tO~~ Md 18 paid only hi8 ?O&'UbP SabF7 l8 l tOM b r l8 Other t#Mbn in tb SChOO1I th t8Mh.r rtra -08 tb aeSt#ria 18 th0 qSZ4t Of tb board Of tI'UStO.8 - i8 tie? tbir supervlsIai; no iadspmdeat that COntFmctOr nl~tloasNp 8xlet.s bstv88a the school bocrrd m4 the t#acImr vho -08 th8 CSfOtSFiA @J&d tht th0 fFUSLO8’S Vi?8 18 bid Out Of th8 rUEid collrcted from th8 school childma for paywat of th8Ir lunohes. Under the i8cts stltsd, vs hold the hiring of the trustee's vlfr to be unlavful and ve ancvor your first questloa In the lfricative. In eoxumcLlm vlth the second question ve hsvv bsoa giVOB the fUrthW imfOrYtiOU tbt t& tUChOr VhO Maages the 88?8tarl8 (U q#llt of th8 4OhoOl board Md und#r U&m SU$WViSibIXb of the hoard) buy8 gro88ri88 for the 08f8uri8 diIWtly fm the g143C817 #to?8 OVWd by 0~10 Of ths mbsr8 Of the school board. Ue hold Ws to be un1avful under the facts awLed, and anw4r your second quertioa ln the aftinsa- tive. See luthorltlot cited la OPlAiOll l9. 0-1314 Of this department, a copy of'vhlcb 1s enclmcd hpreulth f~,r y?ur lnforwtioa. . . Ulth nS.rrnee to the thhd ~u.atlon, Ve hr. b.en lnfomd th8t tha aaatnct v8a ord- but hv. not ken #lv.n d.ta l1 .d lafomtlon l to the rpsolflc tern thorrof, md la th elb a r a ao f r ruoh lnfo mtlo n vo c a nno pt8r ro n th e@ ir d-_ q uemtlo n rer~otfully doollna to MDVO~ am. aad I Vary tluly yourr ATTORREY OBllgRALOF TEXAS