Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Eonorelbla f%Q. 'ii. Cox, Page 2 X~e hers aarefully read the pmpoeed pl8n rhiab you hero aubrnitt0aan your voluntary eyetom and poliay in apploylng, proaotlng and retelniw employe8a in your Qe- partmant and it appears that pou hare atteqted to aaaply wlth the lawa of Texas an6 our opinloa No00 O-1818 in &t&t- l.ngyour plan. we have not fotuhl any pG4rtioular provision tiiah in bur o?lnlon wculC be ln oontrarentlanof rtate law. Fbwevcr, we euggast that ln defining wpsrauknent eaployeeV it arigbt'bemada more olsarly to appear that the Dep8mmnt is not attempting to (llrcr arployeer a peramnent statue bat that nnoh taw ia u8ed a8 merely bmwrlptlm or mplayeeei who have bean rettinadb$londe probationaryperiod and to rhloh dlffetint roles aad pollaln will be applied. Be are unabls to glts an umtandltional aertlfloa- tfon that all the ~rovislonaef your plan a216 in 8triot ooa- pllanae with all the Jaw6 of Toma - aon8tltati6aal.diatu- tory aa e6mrmi law. Rowuver, we am of the oplnioa that' ths plan a~ a I&O&~ eonteevlthln the llmltatlanrInpored by law an&any alaorep8na~ennhlob ruy be Ulrootsred OT uhlah m.lght~de+dopin the adminlrtration oY the plan stay bo rmdlly reaedie4 by ambment. ;trsona oonfllet whioh is not DOU ap- prirsnt~rbould later develop, the stats law nould, OS emme, M~4l’lldQI th?lQfiMdilQ pl’OribiQL APPROVEI; APR 4, 1940