Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 19: Difference between revisions

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Note that the Texas Attorney General, in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. [https://www2.texasattorneygeneral.gov/opinions/opinions/50abbott/op/2011/pdf/ga0880.pdf#page=3 GA-880] (2011) (emphasis in original), opined that: "Because the state chairman of a political party does not hold an office or position ''under this State'', a member of the Legislature is not barred from serving as the state chairman of a political party under either article III, section 19 or article XVI, section 40(d) of the Texas Constitution."
Note that the Texas Attorney General, in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. [https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/2011/ga0880.pdf#page=3 GA-880] (2011), opined that: "Because the state chairman of a political party does not hold an office or position ''under this State'', a member of the Legislature is not barred from serving as the state chairman of a political party under either article III, section 19 or article XVI, section 40(d) of the Texas Constitution."


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