Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1944 )

OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Honorable Pbll Ford, Chief Voighta md llurures Division rbpm80tbt 0r A-gri0ultw *ustia 14, TOxa8 Dear Sira he holds offloe. ormlng the duties you adtlre that 8urety aom- lair1 bond8 dealre to be re-’ ereon and you vfrh to be ad- may be relieved by you and 8 of pub110 velgher ia required to errouts a bond for the fr.lthful periormanoe of the duties of ofiiaa. Artlales 5687, 5688 and 5692. !fhe boadr of those appointed are approved by the Commlssio~erof Agrlou&c~ vhile the bonds oi those elected we 9gprored by the CorvltJ Judge. Arttale 5702 specifically authorirea the suspension or dismfissal from 0111oe of any publio velgher, whether appointed Boaorable Phil Ford, page 2 ~‘e~~~“,~~!“v~ ;g ~~~~gyg:;~,~*~~ ~;~:=$.of or other o&se. The lraguage of thir #trtute’ir certainly broad enough to oover the rituatlone you have deacrlbed. The rtatutr plaorr the duty or acting 8quarely on the Commlulour of Agrlaulture. It the faatr In a ome ur- rant tha bation It I8 hi8 duty to tile rpecISIa aharpes oi rlr- iusaace or lt+ndomeat of oitiaa vlth the Clovernor in the case 02 appointad otilaerr and with tha ComIuIoner8~ Court la the oaso o fl& o ted orri4ser8. They, fn turn, are sharged vlth the duty of 8uspaa8Ioo or diemireal fra office If the charger au- thorised bx Artlola 5702 8re rupported. The80 etatutee, and vht ve hwr raid, laver .your queatloa a? ‘just vhat relief vo ry be lo a porltloa to give the rurloua boading oarpmIe8 owr tha state . . . where l pub- lic velgher aeaae8 hi8 aperatlone prior 80 the end of his term oi oiiloe, ’ We vent It uader8tood, hovever, that ve are not ruling upon the valldft~ of the prooeduro for the ruspaasIoa or dI8mi8ul of public velgherr a8 provided bl the above utat- uter. The oplaloa of July 23, 1931, to vhlah you refer, ad- drersrd your departmeat, and ruling that you lr b aot author- to Ilced by lav, to mace1 or releare a rurrty baad Ia oorreat. A8 vi rtated then, the raetler 1IabIlIty vould ae8ee after 8ua- penaloa, dIerIsa& or at the end oi tho’terti of office. Very truly your8 EErb