Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS GREG ABBOTT April lo,2003 The Honorable John Whitmire Opinion No. GA-0057 Chair, Criminal Justice Committee Texas State Senate Re: Whether an individual may simultaneously P.O. Box 12068 serve as a member of a city council and a Austin, Texas 78711 Selective Service Local Board (RQ-0616-JC) Dear Senator Whitmire: Your predecessor as Chair of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee asked whether’a city councilman’s acceptance of a position on a Selective Service Local Board serves as an automatic resignation of his city council position.’ Selective Service Local Boards…