Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN GROVLR SELLERS ATTOINIY GINSIIAL Honorable Lauraen Moore, Commlaaioner Bureau of Labor Satiatias Pustin, Texeae Dear I.iedam: opinion NO. O-7028 ut or iwee 00n- Section 22 of the proaont law rePPar "sec. 22. iiepwiliag Uontllcting Lerr. The hnployment Jgpma~r~Law a8 pasoed by tbm Thlrty- eighth ieglalature~ In 1923, and am4nded by the Forty-fifth tegl.slatura, Ysaond Callad ~eBliOn, 1937, being Artiok?8 5208 through Artfalea 5221, ion. lhwQrn WQn, page 2 %oA,uaurem bloorw, pago 3 qumtion or nrwring skfllod labor * est or st6t8 00601pkt6.~ @eo. If ne4.r n a ree ts ohsrg& ror obtaining m~lopw~t soah ""zco in no ev4tlt 6iiillero668 ths 6a~ of Thr60 ( ~,) Doll6r6,'nhfeh puy bs nolleot6d from the sp~liasnt o!I ',y after employmat has baaa obtained and aaoaytsd by thr a p p liea pa rtl etidwhowwem, l, lm~loy=6w~t or Labm a-at* l436&0a •XQ~W.~~VO Is protiding mploym6at for awed, )re?oeslaaBl, or Y o rslosl O6Ltlira6 may ahalga, witk f&&6 wz?btt6n,esnornt of %ha app~loanb, P a ido, not to sxiwrd thirty (30) psr o66tm of the iix6t nonl&~r ed&rf, rDlioh map be aollaot& Srom the 6ppliaant only after empl6~wt hsr brma obtrkned End atwepted by the appltcmt." I awmhg 83f08th Gmoar 6 raa U rail8 Dorugg*at that n6ruiting OY- akiU+4 Zmbcr ;car employmn* outa2de of Sui68.18 hl~ic.4. .' Hon. Xaurean fiioore, page 4 T&oar two motiona apply *to 00paoQ or agrioultural workare, not to akllleeb labor. swnad, it r0il0w8 that out or State agenoier am only regulated Insofar am the xyaruitlng or oomm aad agr:cultural worker8 is oonoernod. It 18 hard to beliarr thht this clree of worker8 ialla Into the claa8 of ekilled labor auoh a9 et~&nesre, dreftamen, etc. of whioh your let&m apeaks. Tou ars advised that it ia our opinion that an uuploynent aeonoy oan refer 8kUed labor, nuoh a8 en&aeoru, draftmen, lt0.. to out o fsta te o o nCer n8. Your6 very truly,