Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1939 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Mrah 15, 1939 Honorable Tom P. Coleman, Jr. cotio~ Attorney , ~exaa Dear Sir; You adriee that sub king of his aontrnat of smploymaat,a su9erlnten aahool dirtriot ha6 marrlwl ths dau@tsr or QXIBa ~60 of the sohool dl#tri6t. Itu ask our opinion t%e Nepotism Statute that 940 atSiaor . . . of say . . . SQh point, or vote Sot, or aonfirm the apps pcrmm relatea w rads as iollows; erron ``tmiba Qdthin the 11 approve any aaawnt or ng ot any mm-ant or order to or aampenmatioaof suoh ineli~;ibLs kaowin@ his to bs EO ineligible.*. unable to find aad believe there are no 6esea termSa% thSe point under the rexa statuteo.‘Em- ‘ever, bearlne.SD giindthe main purposa of tbo Nepotism Statute, *e are quite certain that no viol&&m oi the above statutea is ,here~involved. The main purpose of suah stetutes is to romava the temptation to employ oloss reLatZwa, thus crlLabating~kin8hip to the employing or a,ppolntin.g parson@ and boarda a6 an element ot Hon. Tom F. CoLenn, tr., Marah 13, 19S9. Page 2, tlompet1tion.Dthsrmlee, In tee;sany fasternceathe position of e~plopent vmula be awarded to a ne relative rather then to enother parron rjholatually pos8ee83 mora satirrfaotorlquallfi- aatIons. N~edlssa to cay the public would suiier. Ii~rathe eqilopmt UIM made at a tim *hen the relattoa- 8hip did not exi8t nnd therefore did not inauae or oontributeto induolxq tba eaplooyrsot. Artlole 4% rcrfrr8to Artlole 432, aridforbid8 paying up lnslielble otfioor or pereon. The Wqmri~teZlden~ ir not inell(lfblO under Artiole 438, and thereCoreArtdie 438 door not forbid p8rin5 him. The abwe ~ueatloa in anmrod in the negatlr.. Tours very truly A’PTOBRIcltUfSlUtAL OP TEXA6