OFFICE OF THE AITORNN GENERAL OF TEXAS
Hamable lL P.
CauiIty. AUditar
airdin amtty
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Dear sirt
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reoslpt+
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IselgPer, isuper-
of bdul funds~,
ram mats, who
respeothill~ referred to.Akiole
1 Code of the State of Texas,
69s as rollowlY:
State or any af-
Ai any distrlo$, oountyi elty, pro-
alnat, sohbol dietriot, or other mun~~lpal
Subdlvislon oi ~thia state, or any oitieer
or member of any States, distrlot, aounty,
dity', sahool dietriot or other ?nniolpaI
board, or judge or any oourt, created by
or under authority or any general or ape-
ala1 law of 'this State; or zany member of
the~Lagisl#xl%, aha. appoint, or vote
for, or-oonfirn the kppointma3t to any
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Eon. IL P. Jennings., Map 16* 1939, Page 2
orrioe, position. clerkshlp, employaent or
auty, 0r any person related within the seoond
degree by arflnlty or within the third degree
by aonaangnlnity to the person so appointing
OT so votfng, or to any other member of any
such board, the Leglsleture, or aourt bf which
-mah person so appoint&g or voting may be a
member, when the salary, fee8, or aompensa-
tlen or. suoh appointee is to be paid far, dl-
motly. or lndirsotly, out or or imm publlo
ruuas or it3433or office or any kind or o&n-
aotar whatt3oever.* *
'It has been repeats& held by this Department
that the above art10143 applies to the employment.@y the
.oeuaty oeumisaloners or the dounty ooad.rMlone~s* oourt
ofpersam related to a imunty oo~sdoner within the
stat64,ds&mes of relatlogship~
,9he raat. that the persons eiuployed would be
‘~ paId fromxi band issuerather than qurreat funds of t&e
Wuaty would mke na-aiitsreaae, as,~manles ratied .fram
a band. Lssus w ,vblio .%uzulsyrithln ths aanteaplation
Of the edxxtea.
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IOU da not state~the rslationshbp between the..
oottatyoamulsaioner and the persons ptOposed to be em-
PlarW W hh Bar your lnformatlon, we are enolasing
a oopy of'an oplnlon'written by Honorable Soott Gqines,
a former Assistant Attorney General, which very ably sets
out the rules~ror deteqnlnlng the degrees or relationship.
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Yours very truly
~GXQXALOFTBXAS.