Opinion No. (2011)

Dear Senator Rice:

This office has received your request for an Official Opinion of the Attorney General in which you ask the following questions:

1. May a person perform official duties of a state agency with compensation paid by a private person or entity?

2. If the answer to Question 1 is "yes," is the state agency responsible for the acts and omissions of such a person?

3. If the answer to Question No. 1 is "yes," is such a person an "employee" for purposes of the Governmental Tort Claims Act?

4. If the answer to Question No. 1 is "yes," may such a person command state employees of the agency…