Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1944 )

HonorableF. M. Law
President,Board of Directors
A. & M. College
CollegeStatdonq,Texas
Dear Sir: opinionNO. 0-6037
Re: Power of Board of Directorsof A. & M.
Collegeto delegateto Presidentauthority
under Artisle 26l3, V. A. C. S.: to appoint
officers,'teachers and employees.
We ahknowledgereceiptof your opinionreluestreading,in part, as follocrs:
"R. c. s., Art. 2613 states that the Board of Directorsof the Agrin
culturaland MechanicalColiegeof Texas p shall,when necessary,appoint
the presidentand professorsof ,theco.l::.egeaxd such other officersas,.
from time to time, they may think proper to keep the co "Iecge
in success-
ful operationand may from time to ,timeabol?shany offl,oe that is in
their judgmentsnecessary.'
"As a practicalmatter, it is impossiblefor the Board of Directorsto
know thet merits or demeritsof es:;:;
i.ndioiduei
offixrF teacherand
employeeat the c01lege~ Tne 'board necessarilymust relg upor,;
the
administrative offi:erswith respe? to a5 officers:- te.a;;e~s
and employees
below a certainbracket. With these zn,oughtsin m?:nd,the Board at an
early date .willconsiderpassingi&e foLowing rwles
"'The presidentof the college,the vice presidentand dean of the
college,the deans: the business manager9 the dfre&ors of extramural
services,and the dean and princips 1 of 5he branhh coliegesshaal.1
be
electedby the Board of Diretors. Al1 other ofii.:ers. teachersand
employeesshall be appor.ri*&d'by
the presidentof the coiiege,uponthe
adviseand recommendation of the head of the departmentconcerned. Any
officer,teacher0x1employeemay be dismissedat any time for ca-tise
upon a majorityvote of the entireBoard of D;rectors."
"If the above rule would be contraryto the law in any respect,then the
Board yould l%ke to know if such objectionwould be cured by adding after
the word cconcerned:this language:'subjectto confirmationof the
Board of Directors.*
"In short, the Board is desirousof 'k?ow;:xg
~Wh~.t.h.e?
0x3t?ofit may lega3.l~
delegateany of its poweerscon.+ain.eJ.
:r;,t:,a
fibwe .lf*ooted
R. C. S., Art.
2613, and, if so? to what extert."
It is our opinionthat the:.Board of Directorsmay not deLeg%i;e to the president
of the collegeth,epower to appointOff1XX'sand pz?of~sso~s upon the advice
and recommendation of the head of the ~3epmtureit Tha apsoij~tnent
::o:,!1:eme;;1.
of these persons involvesthe exerciseof disr:se?ion and since t~hes'wtute
imposesthe duty to make such appointmerits on the Board of Directors,the
law prohibitsa delegationof the power. Home ZooLogicalArena Co. v.
City of Dallas, 45 S. \I. (2) 71,4.Webster v~.'Texas& Pacific:Motor Transprt
Co., 140 Tex. 131; 166 6. W. (2) 75.
It is our furtheropinion,thwtCZIewords "aIJ'!-
.i
+c,t;
to 20:I">..
;m,?:
j~onof the
011
Board of Directors"after the war.'I'. r:
e:r"'%
3liWOlJ'~
,..,
i so~i+:"'t!Lesuggested
rule.
The creationof an advisoryBoard whose acts a'+-1
180~bin'iingmt:U approved
by the governingbody is not a deLegat?.or,l
of pm?w. Moom 't'. Lo~;3nn,
10
S. W. (2) 428.
Trusting that the foregooing
answersyouc im&yes,, 'weare.
Yaws 'ver'y
,trll,lg
ATTORNEY '7EIQXAZ
OF TEXAS
APPROVEDmy 29, 9p4h
s/ACTING GEORGEC, BIACKEURX
ATTQRNXYGENERALOF TEXAS
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