Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1944 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Honorable Lon Aloup, Exeautire State Comniaslon for the Blind I&id Ofiios BuLlUing~ Audfn, ‘JWal .i. - The etatuta governingtke above qusstlons le Bou8e kill No. 197 paaasd by ths Regular Semion of tba Fortl~sthLeglelature.eafa act is a panel atetute and mist, therefore,br aonetrued atriatly. The gsrtlnent prorl~lon OS aaid statute 1s seatlon 8 thereof whiob read8 as ro11ow @4*r the $lain languasa of the.abewi statute, it $8 our opinion a hotel oanmt rerun6 adml~rfoa to blind psrsone ana their *awhg-Eye" a0g rrimply or.0 baause they are raaomparAsdby e&l dog. Th6 adslmr "I:@m to.the hotels neoannrllp laplie tbat suoh bllradpe?aoni ao aaoompanled bg ,th&r dog@ will hav@ all ot.thr prlvlleegrr an4 Fighti of any and all other parron a.tialttd to the hotel. The bllad purone'are rlso sntlflcd bo ti8a tb8 aam@ e~lsvatcrr or rlwdor8 that the othd pa8roqn Of the hotel use an8 8hay outnoe.~boMrod td we a aoperate aad dhtinot eXr vator WOE that uss4 byethe &bar patrem. IS, am you’dtate, the 0oCIoa lhQp i6 a part of tho hot01 and uabqr the 8amo maa6uea8 md, ,I* l a a mat- ter or rao$ a part aad paroel ot,fba hoti&,~thoafor the reaaoae et&d in amwer to qoertibn me above the men- create@ ot the hots1 would no8 be jtibifi@d in wfu~ln& the blind pc)raonand hi6 do&$r4mtttaaoo tc the aoffeo ahop. Your8 yimy truly', Qao. w. Saraus A838i8tERt