Case Information

*1 Dear Mrl, L4rslrth41:

Honorablr Roy Lorenthal

%cw4vex, a psrtloa of bsr tim4 is devoted to eocrotarlal work for a law firm in whioh oh4 maintain her oiiSc4 as secretory of the Lire- s8m%k Srnftory @4miaefoa,

*'lo&or those th4 qu&rtSra I &.arlrs to fartao kr4 l 44w4r4d ia, ni*$ber br net web wplof4e my r44oSrr thm full oolnry prmvICII4 by the Apgmpria- tfon Pill whoa EM is dovot& a p,ortion or her tdaa to ather dutSe+ fmr pe'vrte individual.* &i%o? the date OS yq# (HMe qaatod raqrmt, 4 msM8 tbt th* l web$mly to the yQuJvise4tuB 4:~~~~.~~n~:'n'3~rnlen we8 mm r&loW by a law

, 6n a full-t2rwl baefs, and haa born for the rirm roe a lager p)#$SM of years. That working tbr, werotary suitaay Cemioa- worke foe tJw LinoUrk ion omlf rhea rho I8 e4qulee41q md Ciat he* wsrk ir mor4ly )alcClfir. Wilsthex the aHeota2y urlib*rd in we ad&ad

imfematiem is t&e mo ii,48 meatfonbd by y4bu ssoe4tary 0, anether 4o4, in lytit'ial for the *Wp044o of an a- pl*iQU*

wqAs roo,@lt & our mu&m&natLoa ati roviw at affairs of th LiVMWbk Imtf8Tf C!omirtiiOlr 14 find asly ene irpe?Wtt BWLMt “4xo4~lH” to a ooobSot4ot efbmmmf with thb pr4*isloao of tb t&a4 ehe wbee "*henever and YsOe*b*ti*s l* Ike qusced" ) tint she ttonds and records the prcor*d- irga of Cenmialbo bea$fagr dew "&eneIyl oo4- rbta4Sal r*l* tar the CsmJoolon a ad l roist8 w#i oth4l w4x-k of thr ofrice when necesoary.w % fur ale So statf4aod in (and listed on thr doe? d) au *3 Honorable Roy Loventhal

r4joinfng office as the regular ssoretary of a pri- rate law f$m, of which one of the C6maissioners $s a meshes. (Hr. Wrdlew)

“~Subseotion 15a T,L” the General Provisions of the Departme&al AppMpriatfon Act reads in port 6s ~0110W5:

*I***. the head of any *.. Oomission ..* may we Dart-t&me ,employeea to fill any posf-

**$t i5 our opinfon that working oaLy ‘wh0n ai~aarssa~~ does not qualily for tha above a~tiW timed *ll-time salary, arspecially sime 0ux cab- serveS&a while Wt wo%Jt men hslf-tima in the oFfice was that she a’%&

fox the Ooimiast.0~. “,@fn this criticMu we do not mean to imply that t&b 0mployee’s services are not entirely utisbeotaT.v - to the 0xtent thsy ha?0 been ran- dared. In faot it is evident that in former yeor the qnrrmtity as well a0 t&0 quality of her rrcgrk wlw ma.e1mLt e We do hola, however, that if ch0 to MM to be paid the full appTOprieted aala ahs rWst d~evote full-time to ths Commferion, or t alrr ‘p Ss t0 dontinuue as part-tine, her salary west b0 on% et Mast in half. ’

%3ax survey during this audit shows that %,a48 riaa continued 0nd no effcrrt h0a been so&a prs10$1&~ to @cri’@ot it (the present salary ts at $143.75 per- oonthf ‘8”

Otrnsiaering your requeet in the lirrht of tU Audfter’s mpart) we be3 to a&la* as pO$lowq! g*Qn 10, Secretary, $1,725.00, of current p~toprfatf0n for the Livestock Sanitary Oommis0ion oS,

TQ$WS is tbic, employment position tavolvsd. This a&pro- pr@tion io .a part of the SeaoraL deprrtmental ap rOpr!i-

resent bisaaium, a0 osntrined in 1@0ta i. iX%?ikS’te,s 3’78 of th6 Abtui of the 49th Le(tlal0- tqre et its reg;ular aessiou.

Smate Bill Ycsn 3234, Ohd 3562 by the Sam0 Lbgis- lature prolfdes that:

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Honorable By Lovsnthal - Pye 4

“The aalariea of all state officers and all State uaplayaoa, exeapt those aamtit(ktio~l State officara ~nkaao aolariaa a.ro spaeiffcal~y firad by the Constitution, and axcaPt the aalarias ot tha Distriat s&go8 and ether aorpanaatiam @i B&strict Judgaa shall be, for the period b ianimg Weamber 1, 1946, mad ~endiag August 31, 102, in awi tama or amouata as may be proviasl by tha Lag.;ialaaare in the gansa?al appropriation bills ****

The general rider appondad ta the bill In Sub- division o of Subsection (14) declares thet:

"No salary for which an appropriatian fa made herein shell be paid to any paraon ualaaa such person aotually discharges assigned d&&es.”

Subdivision of aubaoetion (14) deolaru: “All annual salaries aqua1 monthly installmantss ah811 be in twalra aid P ** n (12)

Suke-atiem (7) of the ganaral previaib~ ffxea ,offica ho-8 88 iollewa:

WBxaapting harefrom sumdays and State legal holidaya, office hours of State dapartmanta ahall be from 8:OG o'clock A. 11. to 5:OO o"alook P, Mr with oha hour off at noon; provided, however. that all dapastaents shall be allowed to olose at noon on Sattrrdays; and provided further that if tha haad 4f any depaHxaent determin4s it is neooaaary to hap suoh departmant opan an SataMy aftSSWmn8 ha shall be autherized to xamae a palst ef tha am- ployeoa ai such dapartment at no411 08 Saturday@, and tmt Saturday afternoOn shall na% ba ooaatrYI& to ba a part of tiw tralva days@ vaaatlam pmtdul ror by le,u.fl

Wo q\aote tbme statutes proviafoha ior QLo par ems of &awing tM mature of tha rplsym$rR a#& t&e dut es of the uployao in respeot to a&visa, i

Aa wa construa tha sitUati4n tht&a resented, we are nat dosling with a case whara the up eyee is f praaart ror tha performance of her duties to the State for the full tfma contemplafcd by tk nquirUamt8 abma qaa$ad, havfn(l ~4 other axfstfng contract fol ea loy- marL for aanfea during the Bane hbura> but am t t: e 4aa+ *5 ,. -

Honoreblr Roy Lore&ha1

sb~ur uritta(i th0 BF f-1 mrt or the above “ii opimion, this orrioo lmr been a rkssd tht the employ- fwzt ar th6 Searotaq or thr Board, ha been 0bm@ oa*-lul? tiM iutcad or a rrtlhtm buir. T&&B prm- 86uta the rarthm question or skrther 8wh e~h8sga e time, or senioe worka Ghan&r in our oonolurfrU# rbsre. cwiously, ii the rwretarg $0 yet 631 $48 amuowma. or the rim or Attorwp, ramtdvr apleymnt na- ul ror the abere nr2ing still l iSst in ;“uJ gmpg ita halr-tim ampleymmt by tk Bctad and tha tull&ime Yrployuant by the #a’i’?ate law f&m U- rrplsyment 0r the seor4taap, ati bmeb 8 eonetmmt this we koo ruled e8mnot be perPitted.

The law quortion )BS& by this lart rrygartioa of itar-tir0 aa)leyment ia ml* ofbr in law tim t&e @no )ruoleuly aurrr*l. 6r tha Lirortack

livmf&m: 1. Thr rwntary &s&Bar7 @&amisriaea M l@)yd on 8 iuli-tm basir may aot be paid her 81 r ry whea, durlq the ease pbreioti, she ir aployrd by, a private mbMh lattar daploym~& firm rfw,r

is inoolpatible with tl@P amploymemt. lurrh prMtlo0 is aomtnery to atat polioy imimieal to the pLllli@ in%Wrart, public 8, The 8-a haLdi% applies oven the-h the searetaq to the Beard iii employed upon a half- time basis, if during the same period, she is iilr6~ime aployod by tb private rfra upen a rdb time baais,