Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1942 )

OFFICEOFTHEATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS
AUSTIN
Honocablo shelburne 8. @later
OOtUhtyAttorney
uarion mlnty
serrereon,~43ras
Dear Sir:
your rsquw ror esn rsaefred and
wm~fully oozmldore 3 quote rron
your requeet a8 r0l
nowhere expresees or by neoeseary
fmpliaation oon?Yrrron the Board or
it##BIplgege a&-0rity to make ar-
reste eor violation or the hat. see-
tion 31 of the Aot indioates that
it ie oontomplated that the regular
City, aOUnty and t?tate'POaOeOrrhISr8
shall perrom these duties,'
HonOrable Sholburne ii.Wwar, PUSS P
*JurtioleCiBb-51Or the Penal code, undu the
head5ng, 'Xnroro@wmt by Peaoe Orfloore,* pro-
rids8 that it shall be the duty or all Peaoa
orrlcrersor the state, lnoludtng city, couatr
an& state, to enforos all provisionsor the
Aot and to am&t the Board In detootlng rio-
lationa or th18 Aot aad apprehendiw orrrnaer8
. l . . .‘
q%uth6r, it to prortffed
under the aam. Sea-
tionthat whensrer any orrloer or ropre8on-
tatlre Or tlm Board shall arrest my p0r80n
ror violation0r my provl~fon or Ws Alst
.* he ahall soiae all ill.loitbevarqpa
i&ah the pbrsoa 60 srre6tod &ml1 hare la
hie pomeaslon.* mdor fdlole 3#6, Puml
ooaa, the tua *orriou* Is d6riined.as
roimm:
v3y 3xrf0tiw M u8ed in thl8
chapter ie meant any Feaoe orritm,
a8 shulrr, ixqnatyshuirr, Con-
atable, kazahal OF PO``OWWJI or
fmy olty or tom, any jailer of
#guard, or any pa?#on apeeially
authorlradby warrant to arrest.
-In a reouzt fnutaaaa fn thim county,af~021taor
thr Liquor control Board, lotI M under-oovu
agents, rmde puroham8 0r inta eating 11quor,
arrested the aooued, and brought thoa to oowrt,
without the aid or looal Pare9 orfiaers In a&-
ing the arreata.
-1 deem thlo question raiua4 by Jud&e Almarider
or eurrieient imp~rtmioe a0 to jtmbir~ alpuk-
ina you ror an opinion au to whether agent6 md
Insp,otor@or the Liquor COntrOl Ward are PUMW
ozf;8 and whether the have the power tr $Me
l
+m thq are not p*ae* oriiow8, und.r the law,
it oawra to me that they rould be lerloeI8l.f
handioappedIn the pwrorfiwu%oeOr their duttrrr
Honorable ahelburae H. cllover,pa&. 3
However, they could .lway. work in ooajunotion
with loosl Pea00 OiCious, an4 thereby aoooQb
pllsh the naiaepurpose that they could aot-
iLlg al0ne.r
The 0880 referr8d to by you in your letter is
rty1.a Re&laad-CllaIovs. The State or Ta.., .nd $8 not y.t
Xn this ms. OIIOI. L. Gulp a State x.lquor~0~6
?irg%; ahot BLLalleged liquor law violator oaFrfed m
to a hospital, repr.Sentln& to the hospital t6at he h.d au-
thority to bind theTexas Liquor Control Board and that said
Bolrd would pey the ho.pItal bill. The Supreme court held
thd suoh inopeator oould not blnd the 3tate or the Liquor
Board to pay 8u.h bill. The Oourt la its opinion also stated
that the OriSinal lW.8 Liquor ContrOl AQt (enaotsdTgslfCtS)
did not authorlao swh lnspeotor to make arrests.
true and wa. pertinent ina8auoh a. it wa. on Ni~ramrber lilbh,
1936 when the arrest wai ``40 and the purportcrdoontraotw.8
made.
However in 1937 aad subsequent to the date of the
arrest tha 45th Lsglslattm. lna6teU the rollowIng provIsion
or law, whI.h is 0odIil.d as Artiole CiBa-7b,Vernon*8 ASI-
notsatiutl
Texas Fenal Qod.,
"1111inrpestors and repres*ntatltu of t&s
Board rhsll subsarlb. to th. ssnstitutioaaloath
0r orrtiie
whioh shall be rim in the orrh Or
the Board. The Board or AdmlniotratorIs -0
powered to ooami8sIoa auoh number 0r its Inspee-
torn and reprsssntatIte8nhicshIt dwaa neees-
euy to enforoimthe provisions of this Aoh
Gush oomie&msd lMp.OtorS end representative
shall have all th. powers of a peaa. 0iiIo.r oo-
uxtumita wl$h the boundaria. 0r this stalm.
m& ootumissionodinspeotoreand rqresentativus
8h.J.lmake and sxsout. rush bond a. may bo rs-
qulrad by the Bmrd. AotS 1935, Mth Leg. &in6
c.230,p. 1705, oh. 46?, Art. 1, E 7b, a. ah
Ad. lW7, 45th Log., p. 10631,oh. 448, @ 8."
The supreme aourt*s opinion la the f&gland-GlFnfa
oas. doss not hold that oomIs.li%i.dInspsWm. uxd MPI?W
seatativesor the mxas Liquor cgntrol Board do not nm
Honorable Jhblbura. II. olwer, page 4
hare the power to mks srrssts. Suoh opinion h&28, and
oorreotl7 so, that Innpatotor oulp did not hate the 1-G
authority to m&e the srrost he did. (In Noraaber, 1936 -
whleh was prior to the paesage or ~tisie aawb, P.A.P.c.,
supra.)
You srs therefore resipestfully
sdrissd that it
Is the opinion or this dopsrtmsn~ that &ssIsned iaspeotors
8na repr~santatlres or the Tsxas liquor0sniuol Bssrd now
havs all the powers or a psaas af3tItinaaettsnsivsuioiFf;bo
bou.d.ri.8 or thl. !3tate. suoh powers would 0r oar88 ia-
elude the right to nuke arrs8ts for vlolaofolu or ths laws
of this 86rte. (300 Artiole 666lb, B.A.P.O.)