Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

;r OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL . STATE OF TEXAS JOHN CORNYN May 23,200l The Honorable Jack M. Skeen, Jr. Opinion No. JC-0383 Smith County Criminal District Attorney 100 North Broadway, 400 Re: Whether, without violating article III, Tyler, Texas 75702 section 53 of the Texas Constitution, a county may pay group-health-insurance premiums for retirees for whom, at the time they retired, the county did not provide such benefits, and related questions (RQ-0334-JC) Dear Mr. Skeen: Under article III, section 53 of the Texas Constitution, a retired county employee generally may not receive a new…