Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OFTHE ATT'ORNEYQENERALOFTEXAS AUSTIN Eonozmblo T. 1. WImble, Pyo 2 liedo not believe tI!mt,und&tr the trot8 sub&ttM by YOU, the county TFO88UXWP of Brs$arIa County, a8 8U&, w&d hwe bny oontrol nor care nor offlaial duties to perfom in oorIneotlonwith the school funds of Alvin ~dqamdqint S&aal Dlrtrlct which district has mom than one bum&ed a& fIft7 (150) 8ahola8tIo8. Artlole 16, beation 40, tax88 Oon8tItutlan, provides: "lo poroon rhall hold or l~oraI8~, at the 8aae tlmm, mom than one aIvI1 afflae of HOlO- rent, l l *,’ ,., . In the oa8e 09 Slate v. Xmrtln, (Ct. Qlr. App.) 51 S.W. (2d) 8&5, it uas held that the offiae of a s&m01 tru8t.e ua8 not us afflos of *em1unent.* This of!‘loe ha8 h8ld In Vplnion lI0.O-3308 that 8 deputy sheriff aa7 8eme at the 8ama time a8 a who01 tru8tea of a 60) ran sahool dl8tHot and that the re8peotive duties OS mob offiaa an not inao~tiblo. In OpInIon No. O-2184, thla dopmtmnt h&d that a juotioe of tha poaoo may aawe IS tha oltr 8eantmy of the olty of Jklerhw at the 8ame tiw aad t&t the n8peotIre dutl.8 of eoah offlee am not l.naompmtIblm . thI8 dqwrtmat hr. time hold la @inian MO. O-3522 thmt a juatl~e of the poaoa lo? aant~ruMau81~ serve as 8 tru8tee of an Iadependont sahaoL dlottiot. We have ormfally ooarldered the re8peab:vo dutier Inoulnb+ltupon tho county Tma*ulwC of Bm~sarIa couclt~au the duties of e trurtoe of an Independent sahool dlrtrlot with mere than a 1% 8ahol8stlo8 and we 6uD 6aacPoIreof no 8ound ba818 upon vhloh It uy b atid that their rermotlve dutler arm In- oompatlble. Neither offiom ir raoountable to, uuder the da- Ion of or rubordlnato to the otheor nolther ha8 any rI#ht to interfere with the other in the peforpurcro of u&y offIoIaZ duty. Offiaeu are Inotmpatlble VWN the duEies of l6ah aa7 be lnoonsIst*nt or aonfli~ting w&d vhere the periormm30 of the duties of on. offiae may interfw8 With the ~PfOmMOO Of the dutler of ths otbw oifiae. Oplalanr lo. O-2194, 8nd lo. O-3522. ~fnee neither 0 aoun$r tma8urer nor 4 truste8 of au bd@mmt soboa dIetriot am offlmrr to be p&id out of the Iionorsblo 2. 1. Trlmble, Page 3 State Treasury, ve do not believe Artlola 16, S8otio.n33 of the %x86 Constltutlon is violated under the fact8 submitted bs YOU. oplnitma Ho. 0-3308, snd 80. O-3522. It is, themfore, our opl~lo~, and you are reqmot- fully advieed, that there io no prohibition in the Constitution or lavs of thi8 State whleh vould prevent the County ~roa8urer of Bratori County from 88rvlng as a trustee of Alvin Mop8nd- ant Sahool Dietrist of that oouuty. YOU8 very tml]r Harold IltCrrckon A881 StbAt