i OFFICE OF THE **A ’** **ITORNEY** GENERAL OF TexA6



### :Oplnioll wo. o-SDOS Refund Of ~JWU,OZ'Z'O~O~~~~~

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### "(b) Xaoh e!nployer,ahell oause to be deduoted from the salaryof eaohmember 011 eaoh and every.pay roll 

### of suck QitlBlOy8r,fo~ eaoh anU,sverypay roll period,five **(4) ape?**  

### WtItUII&'Of

his **earneble** 

### oompensation, **grovlded** 

### that the sum of t+.deduotfotm cm&e ior a member shallnot yloeeq ,~ne'ZWad~daad BlghtyDollax% ($180)duringany one.Q).~year:.

Deduotfom 8&W be&i wHh me firot~pay 4$@.ll~m9ri&0r~the **a~&001 gest**  **19S7-38.** 

### In detm7nM.n~Ron. John 8. RuQQ, Jr.. pase 8 

### 478

&ha? 11 of the Bat prevideat "The TFMMZOr al the Stats of TOME ahall,upon beecriag OUrrtOdiM or the Teaohor Ratimaent Fmd, glre a bend la the mm of Fifty 

### Thousand($sO,OCO.Oc)muam; the Xxooat%~O Becrreku 

### mwwir0 Thousand ( $e&all 

### &YO bond in the sum or s,ooo*@o) Dellars, and the stat. BMrd oi:Tmetee~ aall xwqrrfra any other snproymu alkd mamben OS the ata%a &mrd of fftleteeato g;fm.boadia 

### suoh amountsaI)

the Board zmy deem M~OMIV~, oondftianod tbataald bonded P-M 

### will faithfullyexeemtethe **dutlee** ot **the rarpootlre**  oifioea. All bonds nhnll k rad*'rith a good and solvent 6uroty ampany, autborined to do buaine88 in 

### the State of Texas, aaid bonda ahnll be ando gayabxe to the stat6 Beard of %+maatw and &all be 

### l pprcnedbg it and the 

### AttermoyGenmal gr T0xa8.
_ AU MQ*~BO n~~eaai~y and ingident to tha exeautienof oue$i bomb, inelud&d prem&wW thereoa, shall be **paid** by the State Board QZ Tru~t80~ from the.l!qmm vd."

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### itr **nated-d&&t** 

### themeney thuspaid **by** 

### eAstaIm %&to tha 

### By8temby the 

### B3bbe mhool authoritieswas 

### not deduated f?aathe @alaTieu ottheteaohera, nsrdld syoh MaeheM par rrodhllupu +a snj other mer. It was vered Y to thm Syotem by the ooIleokor, the employing mob001 

### letriot. Honor, 

### thr pueet~l;ton dsaided in 

### Gox%&mna CottonMills T. Bheppard, 71 8i If. (26) Z47, to whi&h you **Qireoted** our attontion 16 net involved.

In the oaae or PrleQdmn 0.. kaesioau suretyCampMy, I81 8. 1. (26) 870, the 8upreae Qoiut held that theUne@oyment -matto& Fund uea not subjeot to the appropriation ?rofl@ioo, 

### Artlale8# ,Seotion6, of'-$or Constitution. m 

### he opinionin th+ **oat50**

### we quote brierlyr !Phe money here involmd la not the propetiY 0~ the 

### :ia&‘in any **oapaoity,** but is a tnwt fund ta be held out of the State Txmauury, but in the hands of the state l%easurer as tmmtee, for the benefit of a 

### alar8 of 

### @mployerawhose emplo~ess pay it in by virtue of a tax l*rieQ, the tax being In tha nature of an exaise ta%"

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w. Cohn 8. Rudd, Jr., gage 6

There is nothing to differentiate the nature of mae two funds, that ie, the Unemp&yment Compeneation Fund uI the Teacher Baring Fund, in rtiepeot to said Artiole 8, wtiod 6. The S,tate Treasures ib only 'the austodian or nmtee oi the noneya in the Teaaher Saving Ftm3 for the mefit of the contributing teaahere. &ah fund ia not the roper$yof'thg Btatiei&the usual mense. These moneys being lderthe @anagament and oontroS of l&a State Board of Trurtees, **t 18**  **our opinion**  **that** upon entry **of an**  **order by**  **that body**  **for** lohwarrant the Comptrollerwill **be authorized**  **to isatm**  **the MO** * **Yams very**  **trulg**

Glenn R. Lewis Ausistant