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Texas Constitution talk:Article XVI, Section 40
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== add ? == The Texas Constitution prohibits a single individual from simultaneously holding "more than one civil office of emolument." TEX. CONST. art. XVI, Β§ 40(a). The prohibition applies if both positions are civil offices entitled to an emolument, or "a pecuniary profit, gain, or advantage." State ex rel. Hill v. Pirtle, 887 S.W.2d 921,931 (Tex. Crim. App. 1994). If only one. position is compensated, the prohibition will not apply. See id. Whether an individual is a public officer within the meaning of article XVI, section 40, depends on "whether any sovereign function of the government is conferred upon the individual to be exercised by him for the benefit of the public largely independent of the control of others." A/dine Indep. Sch. Dist. v.Standley, 280 S.W.2d 578,583 (Tex. 1955). https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/2019/kp0265.pdf
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