Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether members of an auxiliary police department, set up by city ordinance, and appointed by the Chief of Police with the approval of the City Commission, are authorized by law to carry pistols while on duty as an auxiliary police, and while off duty as such auxiliary police?
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Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether members of an auxiliary police department, set up by city ordinance, and appointed by the Chief of Police with the approval of the City Commission, are authorized by law to carry pistols while on duty as an auxiliary police, and while off duty as such auxiliary police?
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Texas Attorney General Opinions
An attorney general opinion is a written interpretation of existing law. The Texas Constitution and section 402.042 of the Texas Government Code grant the attorney general authority to issue attorney general opinions.
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-997,
text,
February 23, 1961;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth267609/:
accessed April 27, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.