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*1 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 aubrnitt0a an 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.ng your plan. we have not fotuhl any pG4rtioular provision in bur o?lnlon wculC be ln oontrarentlan of rtate law. tiiah Fbwevcr, we euggast that ln defining wpsrauknent eaployeeV it arigbt'be mada more olsarly to appear that the Dep8mmnt to (llrcr arployeer a peramnent statue bat is not attempting that nnoh taw ia u8ed a8 merely bmwrlptlm or mplayeeei who have bean rettinadb$lond e probationary period and to rhloh dlffetint roles aad pollaln will be applied.
Be are unabls to glts an umtandltional aertlfloa- tfon that all the ~rovislona ef 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&~ eontee vlthln the llmltatlanr Inpored by law an&any alaorep8na~en nhlob ruy be Ulrootsred OT uhlah m.lght~de+dop in the adminlrtration oY the plan stay bo rmdlly ;tr sona oonfllet whioh is not DOU ap- reaedie4 by ambment. prirsnt~rbould later develop, the stats law nould, OS emme, th?l QfiMdilQ M~4l’lldQI pl’OribiQL
APPROVEI; APR 4, 1940