Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1942 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN tlonorabloClaude A. ~llllamr Ohairman and Exwutirr Director Tarar Unonplopant CampensationConmlnaion Au8tln, Terse A the above ,..:. OODr Qf a tioll. r puartioIi 1,s r8- 1, 29s9, rod OQ- ymuit Aiat o``taiaed I rr0r the tenha ttm furR~aho4 04 In quo8tlQR 1 ~rorisionetrollthe oontraot, rhlah or tha quo~tloaat hand: *To aanvaro for Inruranoo as4 oolloot pram&m8 during eaoh and lvwy week on the pelieier of mid Coapny obtained br or l srl(gn~4 to PI to ai in the propar adjustment of olalms on my debit, “nd to bti Honorable Claude A. ~llllama,page 2 any and all other thbwa tha Cawmzw la authorlaed Y lta charter to do that tight ba maulnd of ma ?roa tins to time by the Comaan~ or its atanauer and to an&age in no other bualnaaa daring the &a oi thle employmetnt. "To pay over each day, or at the time lndloatod by the nulnagerof the dlatrlot in which I work, all . aoneya collectedby me to the manager or to any other person de#lgLntodby the auma&er; nnleaa othmrwiaa ordam by thr . . . Coaqany. A0 monay or monaya shall be retained by me out of any oollaotionaamda by me f Or any iNlrjtO.8. The total aumo oolleoted shall be'turnad over to tha manager or person designated by the manager or by the Company. My-ooaipenaation #hall be paid to me directly by the Company through its manager or other proper officers. Under the tonaa of this oonti%ct the agent agraoa to keep true re- eordr 01 the bus&r8 ln the books ,and on tho forma provldad by the Company. -And it Is further understoodanti. agread that I aa to be dlraotly reaponalblaiar t&e tailurn, thr&gh w.8attaa,.whataoo+er, to pq ovqr soya ool- loot&d by me in,tha manner above doaarX&a. ,. *To.&asks.aponthe forniaprovided by thawConpn~ an4 to forw~d It each tlqa ‘dea$gnated~by ~the manager, irlthmy aoepunt or report, a list of all poUoiea, am whloh themuma am four waeka in arrears. TM. a ant's fallura to do so shall cause the lgont:to bo lfabla to the Company, and he shall pay over to it . as ii oollected~byhim, all pren&ums in arrears mo& than row wreka. But this penalty la not to.be~,taken as a waiter by the Company of the agent.6 ap,wnt to report or iomax-4 a list of all poliolee four rooks or more in arrears, and la not to be takaa In lieu of, but addItiona to the penalty Zor diaobedienoe OS the rules of the Company and the violation af,thia contract. Vo take ao applloationexoapt upon thq lives porabnaJ.lysoon by the a&ant at the tlma the dppli- cation Ia mad8 and bcllavad br him to be ld’aound health, The failure oi the agsn%to ,800 the pOr#OKI on whorihe la aubmlttlngan applloatlo~for inauranoe will tom&at8 aad cancel thla~oontraot. Honorable Claude A. Wllll#ma, page S *The total #mount or w#kly pmRhJU# in the Life Policy Hoglater, aitsr deduotlng the total w#akly pmalum in tha Lapse Yolloy Register 8rb to be debited to my acoount on Monday of aach and every reek. This #mount shall be known as the ~Oolle&lbls T)eblt*,a8 la haralnartormade's baa18 OS my caapensetlon. This CollaotlbleDablt aball be considered as having been absolutely racelred by me for the Company, and the Company shall not be mqulred to prove th,atthe egant actually rooelved the promirma or any OS them but the agent lt to bo charged with all pmmluma in ad- ranco pay and to ba orodlted with auoh arraira not to uoeed four weeks on any policy as umy be sat#b- liahed on the d#blt assigned to the agent. Tbis'olanae la aot to ba taken as a vmlrer of or ae a~ffactlngany ri&ht# of the Company otherwlao soour@ by this agme- mant. "'Thebualnsaa smbnood in this agenop ah411 b#- long to the Corn ny and, tha agent shall not tr#n#for or aall asma. rha agent agmoa not to #coopt any aampana#tioa~Sromhis auc0eaaor or other p~r#On for tha transfer ot,the bu~inaaa of hla agency or any part or it. 'Thlg agrsament say be mrokod &nd/or temlnat#d by the Comp#&y ~lp~n``on# day.8 notion. Buoh oorpan- utlon as ah#ll;haoaacoruad and brooms pay#bl# Up to th# date ot my re.algnatioa~erthe twmhation of this #greament by the Oorp#ny.ahaU be in full day- mont and satisfactionof all ry aervio~a to the aom- .pallJaad my oompan#atloatinderthla q&raeant an4 of ah claims upon the Company.a Artlcle s221b-17 (6) (11, VorMn*a Annotated Plvll Stattitaa,detinaa employmentaa roXlOw,$%‘ Honorable Claude A. Williama,Da6144, aubjeot to the other rrB$Lploymeat* potiaiona of thla subsection, means lonioe, lnoludlng aar- +loe in interstate omerea, performed far wages, or under any oontraat of him, written or oral, ex- press or lmpllad provided that any aarvloaa per- formed by an lnd~vldualfor nagba shall ba deemed to be employment subject to thia~Aot unless and un- til it is shown fo'thc aatlafnotlonof the Commla- alon that such individualhas been and ~111 continue to be free from control or direotlon over the par- fonmncs of auoh aervloaaboth under his contract or ssrvioe anb in iact. Since said contract binds the agent to comply dth all the lnatruotlona,rules and regulatlo!ia in Some at ths time 61 tha making or the aontraot as roll aa all~inatmotlona, rules an4 regulation6 that aey thereafterbe prc9nulgatad by the insurance oompany, it la inescapablethat tha lnsuranos oompany poaresaes tha right of complete control over the par- roramoe of ssnloa rsndarcd by said a@nta. It la our opfnloa that aald agents ara, as a~matter of law, in lmplo$me@ ot tha lnauraaoa compan~;rlthinthe maan- lng ~ofthe above quoted atatuta. : : la trust that we hava aatlaractorilyansrered'jotar pueatlon. Your. very truly APDEtOVB;: APR. 24, 1942 ATTORW~OHHERIILOFTXXAS /a/ Ororar sellara BY RBST ASSISTANT ATTORtiIWGE%XAL LS:db APPROVEDOPINXOUCOMkTITTJ!XBYHBCEAIEMAN