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Honorable O. L. Stiefer, Page 6 (WW-L47l) intended to prevent, that is, the charging of any fee prior to the applicant's obtaining and accepting employment and the charging of a greater fee than that authorized by Section 8 of the statute. The opinion of this office is that the charging of a "search fee" prior to the applicant's obtaining and accepting employment would amount to a registration fee and would be in violation of Article 5221a-6, Vernonts Civil Statutes, which prohibits a fee to be collected by a private employment agency prior to the applicant's obtaining and accepting employment. SUMMARY A "search fee" being collected by a licensed employment agency from the applicant for placing his "resume" with a national organi- zation, one half of such fee to be retained by the licensed agency, the other half sent to the national organization, would amount to a registration fee and it would be in violation of Article 5221a-6, Vernon's Civil Statutes, which prohibits a fee to be collected before employment has been ob- tained and accepted by the applicant. Very truly yours, WILL WILSON Attorney General of Texas By Byron Fullerton Assistant APPROVED: CP INION COMMITTEE * C. Davis, Jr., Chairman ,r-. Marietta Payne Trm McFarling Henry Braswell Jack Goodman
REVIEWED FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY: W. V. Geppert