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Opinion No.

Texas Attorney General Reports

Decided July 15, 1985Published

1Opinion of the Court

Honorable Jesusa Sanchez-Vera Jim Wells County Attorney P.O. Drawer 2080 Alice, Texas 78333

Re: Whether a municipal judge may simultaneously serve as county auditor

Dear Ms. Sanchez-Vera:

You ask whether the municipal judge of the city of Alice may continue to serve as judge after he has been appointed county auditor for Jim Wells County. You inform us that the individual in question wrote to the city council stating that he would continue to serve as municipal judge but would forego the salary attached to that position.

Article XVI, section 40 of the Texas Constitution prevents one person from…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. McGuire v. City of DallasTexas Commission of Appeals · 1943
  2. Morrison v. City of Fort WorthTexas Supreme Court · 1941
  3. State v. BrinkerhoffTexas Supreme Court · 1886
  4. Broom v. Tyler County Commissioners CourtCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977
  5. Centeno v. InselmannCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975

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