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Appointments To Office

Summaries

KP-0223
Ken Paxton

Appointment of municipal waterworks system employee as municipal housing authority commissioner|Employee|Employ

GA-0006
Greg Abbott

State senator elected at November 2000 general election is not eligible to be appointed to position that requires Senate confirmation

GA-0246
Greg Abbott

Second consecutive term, municipal civil service commissioner may not be reappointed to|Municipal civil service commissioner may not be reappointed to a second consecutive term

GA-0263
Greg Abbott

Appointee to office of sheriff entitled to hold office until his successor has duly qualified|General election, person elected sheriff at, not entitled to assume office until January 1 of following year|Appointee to office of sheriff entitled to serve until successor has qualified, and successor may not assume office until January 1 of year following general election|Sheriff, person appointed to fill unexpired term of sheriff is entitled to hold office until his successor has duly qualified|Sheriff elected at November general election not entitled to assume office until January 1 of following year

GA-0377
Greg Abbott

Self-appointment aspect of the common-law doctrine of incompatibility voids the appointment of a sitting school board trustee by a vote of the school board to fill a vacancy on the board created by the resignation of another trustee

GA-0550
Greg Abbott

Redistricting constable precincts, appointment of successor constable following|Constable's duty to serve following redistricting that abolishes the constable's precinct|Constable's duty to hold over in office following automatic resignation pursuant to resign-to-run provisions of the constitution

GA-0723
Greg Abbott

Notary public is appointed to serve by the secretary of state and is public officer for some purposes|Implement rules for disposition of a notary’s book and seal, secretary of state is required to|Limit or prohibit an employee who is a notary public from performing notarial acts during employment hours, a private employer may\r\n|Notarial records and seal of an employee/notary public upon termination of employment, an employer may not retain the

GA-0829
Greg Abbott

Vacancies on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Governor may fill as provided by law|Vacancies on the Board, the Governor may fill as provided by law

GA-0885
Greg Abbott

Regional Mobility Authority, appointment process for members of the board of the Hidalgo County Regional Mobility Authority

GA-0941
Greg Abbott

Commissioners court may appoint member to governing board of emergency services district on date prior to January 1 of the year the term of office begins

DM-0203
Dan Morales

Name of interim appointee who resigns prior to legislative session need not be submitted to legislature

DM-0322
Dan Morales

Licensure as peace officer, constable who failed to obtain in accordance with statute may run for reelection or be appointed to same office|Licensure as peace officer, elected or appointed officer who failed to obtain in accordance with statute may run for reelection or be appointed to same office|Constables, legislative authority to enact qualifications|Constable who did not obtain peace officer's license during previous term of office may retain appointment|Constable who failed to obtain peace officer's license during previous term of office, commissioners court's authority to appoint

DM-0462
Dan Morales

Appraisal district review board, ineligibility of certain former government officers and employees for appointment to|Officer|Employee|Taxing unit

JC-0140
John Cornyn

Commissioners court not required to fill vacancy in office of constable|Constable, commissioners court not required to fill vacancy in office of

JC-0191
John Cornyn

De facto officer doctrine, actions in office of county attorney who was ineligible to be county attorney because of residency requirement may be valid under|County attorney who was appointed but later found to be ineligible because of residency requirement, in order to be valid reappointment must be made with same formality when candidate is eligible|Invalid appointment of county attorney may generally be challenged only under quo warranto doctrine|Appointment

JC-0192
John Cornyn

Grandfather clause, section 6.412 of Tax Code does not contain, and is therefore applicable to all members of appraisal review board serving on effective date of statutory amendment|Legal counsel to appraisal district, individual who serves as is ineligible for appointment to appraisal review board|Appraisal review board, individual who serves as legal counsel to appraisal district is not eligible for appointment to

JC-0345
John Cornyn

Senate confirmation, whether member of nonprofit corporation appointed by the governor is a state officer subject to|State office

JM-1161
Jim Mattox

Recess appointee is ipso facto nominated to the Senate if the governor fails to nominate appointee or some other person during first ten days of legislative session (Affirmed by Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. JM-1179 (1990))|Recess appointee whose appointment is not acted on by the Senate in legislative session following appointment loses appointment upon adjournment of session and does not hold over in office (Affirmed by Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. JM-1179 (1990))

JM-1179
Jim Mattox

Prospective application, Attorney General Opinion JM-1161 will have only|Recess appointees of governor, unconfirmed but holding office on May 1, 1990, were de jure officers as of that date

JM-1233
Jim Mattox

Member of Board of Pharmacy not eligible for reappointment after serving two full terms|Member of Board not eligible for reappointment after serving two full terms

JM-1239
Jim Mattox

Representatives appointed by City Council of Garland to Board of Directors of North Texas Municipal Water District, city council lacks authority under its charter to remove

JM-1249
Jim Mattox

District judge has no authority to appoint "special auditor" (Withdrawn by Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. JM-1249A (1990))|Special auditor, district judge has no authority to appoint (Withdrawn by Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. JM-1249A (1990))|Tape recording of executive session, district judge lacks authority to order county clerk to release absent pending litigation under Open Meetings Act (Withdrawn by Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. JM-1249A (1990))