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SUOII Boer4;'the L6gIalat\tre.or ~oourfor whloh
sooh person ao.appa&t¶.ug or rotIng siay.be,a~ment-
b6x, rrhen th4 88iarp; f@OB, OF OOtip4IIS%ti0JI Or
sua& appolnt66 la t6 be paid tar, 4lr6otly or
lnUir60tly, outof'or tnua publio funds or-fees
ofi6ftlos of any kind or oharaotar +h8~~604~4~.~
ItI@ 016ar fr& the &ota su?itmlttod. that &. J6a6ph.
B. &f~67tUl$‘1Qc. RobertS', UaRlnloy~\-6r&both In th6 -ploy
of the %kWm State.,RmplOym6ntS6r*fO6 .se~ral gears prior to.
8ho appoiatmoa~ of Robert M. 1Lowey na@ m6mb6r of the mraa
Unemploym6nt C,oiupxasation OoBmLisaion, .. ,.~:.
'Pb4~&,10y&f th4 !k,csS&&&'&O~nt 236r,&,6;
In6lu4ag Hr. ~Joa6ph Ri,bXEInl6yan4 Mr. Robert y. HdgInliy,
hold.thaIr poaitlona under a merit apstos~kno~. aa:%i6rit
system OS +Yi'c@31, +aq$gfj6i4nt".The or4at~~6n:ofthis Me&It‘
iyatem was reongnIz~4 by the 47th Csgialatu+.s~~:RogularSOS-
eloa. In the D6$artr&ntal ApproprIstIon~Dll~&;;Baae beIn 6. B.
I&. 423, at pa&e l,@g..;~Wequote ther6from:rl;s,~~ollawat
*Rmpl&tont~ ~errloe DIvIsion
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*To.be.uaa4 .tomatab Be4orel~B'ligciir~&luoato4
to tha.State'oi Tore6 turdar-tho'POa~~~~~yse~::Aat,
_ for the payreent,ofaelariea and other na6aasary
exp4n5ea ..inconneotlon with the operatlonand'maIn-
teaanae Of. a Stat6 system of amploym6nt oifIoe&I
tierfee ,to be~pald 66oordIng to th6.~0lasaitIaatIans
oi the SaoIai Za6urity Board to,4mDloy66a seXsate
and rated: undex the psrsonnel phn isi eifrot betmbn
the 8001~1 Beouriby Boer6 an% the Stat6 Agenay.
The merit system adapted by the,Texas Unemployment
Compeneation.Commission Ie In oonformIty with the rsgulatlona
promr$beb by tibe Boo101 S6ourIty Board. The~admlnlatratlw
oi aaid eyaten Is plaoeb in the hands of a merit oounail whIoh
18 06Mp0844 of thres momb4ru. Generally ageaking, the merit
aaunoll determIne the elI&bllItg of p4rfson4 for joba wfth
the 6c~~mI6aIonand has the final cay In determining whether
an employ66 may be dismIssed.
vithout going into the details Or the merit eystem,
it Is auffioieat to say that under said system, both, Mr.
Joseph B. A&X&ley an4 Mr. Robert Z~,MoKlnleg, ha4 earned the
rlgh% or Drivlla~gato hql6 thqiz rcrsprotlregoeitlone in the
EmploJrmentSellioa, by’%‘668on oi tWing sraplinations and eeni-
ority .qr servioe.~,.,
16r.w:berore xr. ~ab6x-tIt?.Hoginl~y ltisap-
points4 to bhe Cozdsalon.
.When we b&b A&l618 432, smpra, w6 rind the
gist .&..the otfense to..+ the appointing. voting for or eon-
finaingt~e appbtntment to aw offioe or position, 0r any
pereon~r6l6tetl rfthin 6 oertaln degree to the person a0 ap-
polntlngi voting for or oonflrmingthe appointment.
We rind no faOtB whetaoerer to oupport .thopropo-
sition that ths.Texaa Uxwuqloynwl& Oanpmwat$onGdsdon
appointed oi oonfhueb the eppoiatmnt'of Mr. 'JoeephB. H6Klalq
or Xr. Wobert.J. 2ieKinXeyon, ox eubsequent to,LOotober 31,
19.941,
the date,of the appoistment of Xr. Robw+;Xa, LWln.le~
to the Ooamls8itinr
IV %s our.opinion iin6you are So advLk,ebth4t under
the eri&Lag faot8 the ~te~tiOn-~S Sri. J~~e$i'B.d&Kinley
and Lfr.,'RobertJi bi&i.llbpin the -8ap1O~‘.Of’ iihe'Teas Unem-
ployment Oranpe*ation OOnmllraLonwill no~.violate the nepotism'
law of thlo State, saEpa+rig Artlole 43 *x.e~pre.
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