Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICEOFTHEATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS AUSTIN Honocablo shelburne 8. @later OOtUhtyAttorney uarion mlnty serrereon,~43ras Dear Sir: your rsquw ror esn rsaefred and wm~fully oozmldore 3 quote rron your requeet a8 r0l nowhere expresees or by neoeseary fmpliaation oon?Yrrron the Board or it##BIplgege a&-0rity to make ar- reste eor violation or the hat. see- tion 31 of the Aot indioates that it ie oontomplated that the regular City, aOUnty and t?tate'POaOeOrrhISr8 shall perrom these duties,' HonOrable Sholburne ii.Wwar, PUSS P *JurtioleCiBb-51Or the Penal code, undu the head5ng, 'Xnroro@wmt by Peaoe Orfloore,* pro- rids8 that it shall be the duty or all Peaoa orrlcrersor the state, lnoludtng city, couatr an& state, to enforos all provisionsor the Aot and to am&t the Board In detootlng rio- lationa or th18 Aot aad apprehendiw orrrnaer8 . l . . .‘ q%uth6r, it to prortffed under the aam. Sea- tionthat whensrer any orrloer or ropre8on- tatlre Or tlm Board shall arrest my p0r80n ror violation0r my provl~fon or Ws Alst .* he ahall soiae all ill.loitbevarqpa i&ah the pbrsoa 60 srre6tod &ml1 hare la hie pomeaslon.* mdor fdlole 3#6, Puml ooaa, the tua *orriou* Is d6riined.as roimm: v3y 3xrf0tiw M u8ed in thl8 chapter ie meant any Feaoe orritm, a8 shulrr, ixqnatyshuirr, Con- atable, kazahal OF PO~~OWWJI or fmy olty or tom, any jailer of #guard, or any pa?#on apeeially authorlradby warrant to arrest. -In a reouzt fnutaaaa fn thim county,af~021taor thr Liquor control Board, lotI M under-oovu agents, rmde puroham8 0r inta eating 11quor, arrested the aooued, and brought thoa to oowrt, without the aid or looal Pare9 orfiaers In a&- ing the arreata. -1 deem thlo question raiua4 by Jud&e Almarider or eurrieient imp~rtmioe a0 to jtmbir~ alpuk- ina you ror an opinion au to whether agent6 md Insp,otor@or the Liquor COntrOl Ward are PUMW ozf;8 and whether the have the power tr $Me l +m thq are not p*ae* oriiow8, und.r the law, it oawra to me that they rould be lerloeI8l.f handioappedIn the pwrorfiwu%oeOr their duttrrr Honorable ahelburae H. cllover,pa&. 3 However, they could .lway. work in ooajunotion with loosl Pea00 OiCious, an4 thereby aoooQb pllsh the naiaepurpose that they could aot- iLlg al0ne.r The 0880 referr8d to by you in your letter is rty1.a Re&laad-CllaIovs. The State or Ta.., .nd $8 not y.t Xn this ms. OIIOI. L. Gulp a State x.lquor~0~6 ?irg%; ahot BLLalleged liquor law violator oaFrfed m to a hospital, repr.Sentln& to the hospital t6at he h.d au- thority to bind theTexas Liquor Control Board and that said Bolrd would pey the ho.pItal bill. The Supreme court held thd suoh inopeator oould not blnd the 3tate or the Liquor Board to pay 8u.h bill. The Oourt la its opinion also stated that the OriSinal lW.8 Liquor ContrOl AQt (enaotsdTgslfCtS) did not authorlao swh lnspeotor to make arrests. true and wa. pertinent ina8auoh a. it wa. on Ni~ramrber lilbh, 1936 when the arrest wai ~~40 and the purportcrdoontraotw.8 made. However in 1937 aad subsequent to the date of the arrest tha 45th Lsglslattm. lna6teU the rollowIng provIsion or law, whI.h is 0odIil.d as Artiole CiBa-7b,Vernon*8 ASI- notsatiutl Texas Fenal Qod., "1111inrpestors and repres*ntatltu of t&s Board rhsll subsarlb. to th. ssnstitutioaaloath 0r orrtiie whioh shall be rim in the orrh Or the Board. The Board or AdmlniotratorIs -0 powered to ooami8sIoa auoh number 0r its Inspee- torn and reprsssntatIte8nhicshIt dwaa neees- euy to enforoimthe provisions of this Aoh Gush oomie&msd lMp.OtorS end representative shall have all th. powers of a peaa. 0iiIo.r oo- uxtumita wl$h the boundaria. 0r this stalm. m& ootumissionodinspeotoreand rqresentativus 8h.J.lmake and sxsout. rush bond a. may bo rs- qulrad by the Bmrd. AotS 1935, Mth Leg. &in6 c.230,p. 1705, oh. 46?, Art. 1, E 7b, a. ah Ad. lW7, 45th Log., p. 10631,oh. 448, @ 8." The supreme aourt*s opinion la the f&gland-GlFnfa oas. doss not hold that oomIs.li%i.dInspsWm. uxd MPI?W seatativesor the mxas Liquor cgntrol Board do not nm Honorable Jhblbura. II. olwer, page 4 hare the power to mks srrssts. Suoh opinion h&28, and oorreotl7 so, that Innpatotor oulp did not hate the 1-G authority to m&e the srrost he did. (In Noraaber, 1936 - whleh was prior to the paesage or ~tisie aawb, P.A.P.c., supra.) You srs therefore resipestfully sdrissd that it Is the opinion or this dopsrtmsn~ that &ssIsned iaspeotors 8na repr~santatlres or the Tsxas liquor0sniuol Bssrd now havs all the powers or a psaas af3tItinaaettsnsivsuioiFf;bo bou.d.ri.8 or thl. !3tate. suoh powers would 0r oar88 ia- elude the right to nuke arrs8ts for vlolaofolu or ths laws of this 86rte. (300 Artiole 666lb, B.A.P.O.)