Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Texas Attorney General Reports
Decided December 31, 1982Published
1Opinion of the Court
Honorable Gibson D. (Gib) Lewis Chairman Committee on Inter-Governmental Affairs Texas House of Representatives P. O. Box 2910 Austin, Texas 78769
Re: Construction of article 988, V.T.C.S., which limits employment of city council members
Dear Representative Lewis:
You have asked four questions concerning the first sentence of article 988, V.T.C.S. Prior to amendment in 1981, Acts 1981, Sixty-seventh Legislature, chapter 527, section 2, at 2230, this provision generally prohibited members of city councils from holding `any other employment or office' in their respective cities. It now reads:
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2Cases cited10 opinions
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- San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Craig v. BorenSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. MurgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Vance v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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