TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCY'S GENERAL COUNSEL IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, INDICATES IN WRITING ON MARCH 23, 2018, THAT THEIR OFFICE IS APPARENTLY NOT WILLING TO REVIEW THE CONTENTS OF A RISK-MANAGEMENT-RELATED PUBLIC-POLICY IDEA FROM MYSELF

On Friday, March 23, 2018 9:04 AM, AgencyCounsel wrote:

Hello Mr. McMillan,

Your email was sent to an incorrect address if you were wishing to place an open records request. Public information requests sent by email or fax must be sent to Ellen Webking, Public Information Coordinator, at OpenRecords@TDI.Texas.gov or 512-490-1021. You may also submit a request by mail to Ellen Webking, Public Information Coordinator, Texas Department of Insurance, P.O. Box 149104, Mail Code 110-1C, Austin, Texas 78714-9104; or in person at 333 Guadalupe, Austin, Texas 78701.

Sincerely,

Mary Shannon
Program Specialist
General Counsel Division – Open Records Office
(512) 676-6955
Mary.Shannon@TDI.Texas.gov
Texas Dept. of Insurance
333 Guadalupe Street | Austin, Texas 78701
Fax: (512) 490-1021 | tdi.texas.gov | @TexasTDI

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From: John McMillan [mailto:mcmillanj@att.net] 

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Subject: Fw: 3-10-18 idea for TX Leg: expand drug testing of municipal employees

A respectful FYI to each of you on the following March 10-dated public-policy letter of mine to my duly-elected state lawmaker in the Texas House, State Rep. Gina Hinojosa of Austin, Texas, in which I cited a state law in Oklahoma.

It is my hope that the cited Oklahoma state law might possibly offer ideas for state lawmakers here in Austin on how the Texas Legislature could expand the number and scope of circumstances in Texas in which a municipal-government employee or a municipal-government official, such as a City Manager or a City Council member or department head, could be legally required by a municipal government in Texas to undergo drug testing.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

John Kevin McMillan, founder and only approved member of the anti-illicit-drugs-minded, anti-marijuana-minded, anti-"medical-marijuana"-minded, crime-prevention-minded, and lawfully non-Christian "Progressive Prohibitionist Religion".

My home address: 10926 Jollyville Road, Apt. 1609, Austin, TX 78759.

My home phone: (512) 342-2295.

John Kevin McMillan

On Saturday, March 10, 2018 1:51 AM, John McMillan <mcmillanj@att.net> wrote:

To: State Representative Gina Hinojosa of the Texas Legislature in Austin, Texas.

March 10, 2018

Dear State Rep. Hinojosa,

As a law-abiding, gainfully employed, single adult male constituent of yours in northwest Austin, I appreciate your great dedication to pursuing factual research on behalf of generating proposed revisions to existing state laws and proposals for new state laws in Texas.

During my leisuretime this weekend, I have been pursuing online research about drug testing of employees by municipal governments in the United States.

I am pursuing this factual research because I feel very strongly that the integrity of all municipal governments in Texas, and the public-safety of all Texans, will be greatly enhanced when the percentage of all municipal employees in Texas who are drug addicts is as close to zero as possible.

State Rep. Hinojosa, I would like to take this opportunity to ask you if you are planning to recommend any revisions to state law in Texas that significantly increase the number and scope of circumstances in which a municipal government---including the City Government of Austin in this very influential state-capital city---is either required or authorized by the Texas Legislature to conduct drug testing on one or more cited municipal employees or municipal-government officials, such as City Council Members or the Mayor or City Manager or a department head, of that municipal government in our state.

On behalf of that type of public-policy goal for Texas, I have pursued online Google searches late this Friday night and Saturday morning inside my rental apartment unit in the District 10 section of Austin. District 10 is the local district in which the Austin City Council Member directly and officially representing any and all persons residing in that local district on City Council is Dr. Alison Alter (who, as you know, has reportedly prohibited me ever since March 9, 2017, from ever again myself directly contacting Dr. Alter or any of the City Hall staff members whom she directly supervises).

In my online research this weekend, I have been very pleased to find an item about a pertinent state law in our neighboring state of Oklahoma.

That item can be found at the following blogsite address:
https://www.omag.org/news/2016/5/24/drug-testing-municipal-employees-1

That blogsite address provides a link to a May 24, 2016, blog, "Drug Testing Municipal Employees," that was written by Suzanne Paulson of Oklahoma.

The blog notes that Ms. Paulson is the Associate General Counsel of the Oklahoma Municipal Assurance Group (OMAG). That Edmond, Oklahoma-based organization provides insurance and risk management solutions for municipal governments throughout Oklahoma.

The cited office phone number for Ms. Paulson at OMAG headquarters in Edmond, Oklahoma, is:
(405) 657-1400. Her E-mail address: spaulson@omag.org .

According to Ms. Paulson's May 2016 blog, state law in Oklahoma authorizes (and I did not check to find out if that law has since been revised by the Oklahoma Legislature) drug testing of municipal-government employees or prospective new municipal-government employees in that southwestern state for any of the following reasons:

---if the individual is applying for employment by a municipal government in Oklahoma;

---if a municipal employee in Oklahoma is being transferred or reassigned to a different position or a different job;

---if a municipal employee in Oklahoma was involved in a workplace accident that reportedly caused an injury or property damage;

---if a municipal employee in Oklahoma is being required to take a routine "fitness-for-duty" exam;


---if a municipal employee in Oklahoma has been in a rehabilitation program (and I myself am assuming this may refer to a drug-addiction treatment program) for which a follow-up drug test on that employee is then legally permitted by state law.

---if a municipal-government employer in Oklahoma has reason to suspect that an employee of that municipal government is under the influence of drugs at the workplace. That might occur, for instance, if a municipal government employer in Oklahoma directly observes an employee with drugs at the workplace, or if a municipal-government employer in Oklahoma notices an "unexplained pattern of absences and tardiness, or employee behavior that suggests impairment".

---if a municipal government employee in Oklahoma is employed in a "safety sensitive position" as defined by state law. For employees fitting that state-mandated description, random drug testing on themselves is authorized by state law in Oklahoma.

Rep. Hinojosa, would you like to see state law in Texas revised to specify any additional circumstance or any additional circumstances in which a municipal government is required or authorized by the Texas Legislature to conduct or sponsor drug testing on cited employees or cited officials of that municipal government?

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

John Kevin McMillan, founder and only approved member of the public-safety-minded and anti-illicit-drugs-minded, anti-marijuana-minded, drinking-alcohol-free, and lawfully non-Christian "Progressive Prohibitionist Religion"---an "Honor Society" new religion with very stringent membership-eligibility requirements.

My home address: Village Oaks Apartments, 10926 Jollyville Road, Apt. 1609, Austin, TX 78759.
My home phone: (512) 342-2295.
My Blog: John Kevin McMillan: A 21st Century Conservative Left-Wing Agenda
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