OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN 

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Uonorable'Glaudr

ALq Wflllfme chairplaa

and ExatmtiveBlreotar Texas UrmuploynentGcsmpanqation Oomnteaion **Auetln, Texas**  **Beer Birt** lion.

6lauQe **A.** Willlmm, page 2

"Class B -Zm~loysee whose age ie 55 to 59 yeara (feaalers

50 to 54) and whoas tern of employolbut haa been 66 yoare or more. "Glase 0 -i%ployeem whose age le less than 85 years (fern&W less than 80) and rherre term of eaploymenthaa been 30 yeara or more. "b) Dlmbllity~Pen~ion8 "Clma D -Any smp1oy.owhose terra of outplomn$ hae been 15 yeare or more aa& who beoormo totagly dioable0 by reaeon.of siblrness nay, at the disoretlonof the @onmltte'e and with the approval of the Preeldent or Vioe Preeident,be granted @ dluabilitypansion,uhioh &al& Oontlnue 

### for SuOh pario only a8 the Oommittee&ay d~A3e.

**“ 8)**  **The ewmt**  **ot tko**  **annual pmnrion**  **%n any**  0r **the above**  **bhae8 Im**  **I$** of **t&e a+@-**  aanual pay for. 10 yaeH, multlplieB bf t&o 

### numberof 7’rm in thr q~qployee*r tern: 

### of erplopent. The mlinf~q~arioa r&&l bo #N a mnth, but this 18 not tom apply to,dimbllLty penrionrgaated tc l ploy*er

ut l&a than

80 ye ar6í

8enioe

orto -iona g ra atied

to *part

timeî em p1~~e. a.

pay 

### for **ten yearn**  

### has beeti )l'&OO a year, rill roaolve an auuual pension eqmsl to W# 08 )l,SOO, of i)raO, payable in monthly amounts of $37.60. "6) Seniea pen~n3.0~ an mbjeot to the provit~laua wfth reapert to deduotion#as ret forth tn Seation 8, Paragraphs87 and &S. **-8. Aa~oskle;aJ.** 

**Mmb:UW WamZItr.**  sTobl Pieiibility-Full pay 15 

## weeka,

hali ay for xmaluder of dlaabllity. I&xMua benefita to 

## bo Seoa wee sitsr elr yeas of benefit paymmta. VartLal nisabifity-Per 

## t%rrt 13 week@, UN@ of **~ors in**  **earaing oapagaoltyg**  **,9ar mmairder**  **of dieabUAty,**  **60$ of**  **106s in**  **earning oapa8iDpr**  POrio4i **of** ***ymnt8** tit **to oxwed**  **6%~ yearn**  **in all.** 

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*Be&iriin~JMUA~J~ 1, 1940, the thirteen-week periods rrpe@ifieC

above sh&ll, fer eocictent Bissbilityoasss ori&nating oe and ai'tar Muat date, be inoreasedto oonform to ,ti;o

sohedule for full-pay periods set forth in the 8:iaknms i;iaobllity Benefit sohedclebelom, if the temi of empgploymnt 1s 15 years or more, '3. Sfoknese DisabilityBenefZta. Vhhbds benefits Wmmsnoe on the eighth aalendar **day of** **’** nbaenae **oh aoemmt**  **oi+ 6iokaeea**  and, beginaing January 1, 1840, the sioknesrr bloabilitybeneritm in sioknesodisabliitgoasoo originatingon &nd after thet date abali bs a8 follower "a) ff term of eaploylnent bu boon 2 to 5 yeara - tull pay 4 weeks$ half p%y 9 weeks. b) ff terni

of rrploy50nt boa been 5 to 10 yean - full pq 19 week01 half prv X3 weoko. e) If tern of eJl@oymsathea boWi 10 to 16 yeWa - full pay 13 weclko) half pl.zr

39 weeks. 4) If tern of employment hes been 15 to 29 yeara - fuu pay a0 uaOk#~ half pay Ib$,we&s. e) ff tera of eniployfneat h8n bsoa 20 to 85 year8 - full pay 30 weoko; hall' pay 13 week@. i) If lsena

of si~rpXeyao%t

ha6 been 85 years 

### or aore - full pay 88 w*ako. X&&.J. Bensritr am uot provided in the ii‘laq fir otokuesoof eqloyeer af less than two year** oervlae. In mob oases ouch pmotloe as the Companymy eatabliab Srom time to tim will be folLweddt *4. Oeeth fh3m~t0.
If the exi~loyse

leorae a wife wbc was living with

physically c*!

iaentally

ineapabloaf oelt-su pdrt) rho war **aotual1.y** supporaoabr the empWme at the t ! a* af doat& the amount to be aarbed is the mmximum rpeai~fe4 in the ooheduleo

.Eon. Clavde 8. rilliaas, page 4

*In all other oasu the snmunts to bo awarded (withinthb limits indloatied by Ehe aahedules)and 

### the psrciolio

t mhoa ttm payiuemto shall 

## be made

are subject to the dissrstion

### of the Bsnofit 

### Ocmmlttee. *Benofiolarles

are lImited to a wife 

### (orhusband), dependent **bhildren** and 

### atherdopandsnt 

### relattva of t&r deoeaud. 9x8 Death Bsnsfi6 sohedulu arer *a) aaoidsnt Death Warflta. TWgardlua of the &eyselu tara of 0mpleymonb **&ii Aeoidrnt**  **Death** Bowfit **not ta**  **exae4 the**  **aakount** 

### rgwified **below may**  **be paid**  **in** oas8~xf death by **aeoident** arioting **out of**  **and ia**  the **ooufsa bf**  uqloywntc

**“ Three**  **year •**  **t payI**  **not** to ,exeud **$6,0OOt prmidod,**  hewever, that if a greatas amumt setid ham bun paid twdor **the 8iok~~#r**  **Death wimdula**  **be2ar** .&ad **WM.** ra.layu dlod from *ban tram a*otd*nC aaxlawn a4 $6,000 ir 

### to the 

### aiwaet of 4. Blehauo 

### Barth Bwdl*.

### ,. 58WBon, O1alu* A. WuuaM, pa&* 6

In eonmotion with the blsabilltppenaioc~,we note that mid psneions are paid to em~loy~lrwhose terns & wsployaumt have been r0r firteon (x5) ~*3pc+m para UI~ rb0 beoom .dioabl& ae the t4Nlt 0r ~takneee 01 l aoid*nt

otlnr than by aooidentaL 

### injury arising out of an4 in the oauru ai their em **loyiwnt.**

**!** An 8nployu who haa workad lua than fliteon (13 6 year@ Ir .ntitLodto no swh QN6iOn nor does he have any sight tc pertioipltoin the 

### fund. Wo'nete further that the amount ot @n&on he reoeirer i,s;leit to the di8OretiOZl Of the hmlttu. ]ror these roesone, we are of the opinion that thorn dl.sabilltr penmlon~ are not Wtl(ye8 within the auaiag or f3eotlon (0) et ArtLO 8891~17. **The aooibmt**  **d$&mbil,ity benefitr**  **are p&l**  **t@ aa**  plsyee8 **on** aooount **oi** physioal**disability bs**  **work Dp**  **roama of**  **e4mideatal** 

### Lnjury arialog out of 6iud In the ammo of QlQb@blt br the (Topgynl.An 6suployee frr mntitlea to rooelto those bsnatif8 rqgartllera of hir 16ngthoi employaant. It appoare to urn that thwe bonoifte are **naursration** naqirmd **by** the aegloyea Sor lnjsrier axl8ing out of and kthe 6~ 61 8mpl0yi1~trather tMa reaainuufiO#i ?OT ee~~fO#8rendon& te the aap1oyer. We, thawfore, hold thet m&h bu$ifiirm are rrot

wage@ within the meaning OS 8eotion (cf of ~Wtiirlo atBZlb-1’7,

mpra. Aa to tha oloknus .dtlaabillty bwwtfit~,wo *TO or the opinion that 8ueh benei~to nre w 01 witi& the am&nine oi secrtion (0) or Miulo DIBlllLb. 7, l tQTa* a ate ur c) 4: 

## texable a. N’& we emlo#* a oopy of Qur 0pinLon 100. OIlWN iawhiok we held thie'tw oi bsn6fik to be wagea.,

We we of ths opinion that the aooidstnt death **bat@tkta** and the slokaese**death** benetits are net wag- within the meaning of Seotfon (0) of Artlole S%aSb-1’7, euprq due to th8 V8w n&&We OS thee batnetits, the unplaree i$ IzW~T entitled to thmi~

during his lifetime and the bme1Piofary doea not parfonn ay urvlosr ~OF the employer gor which the beneriits

are. pnld. For the reemna herstolore dtsouese4 we ax@ of the OQi5bn that certainpaymntsr made to a benefialaryLn oaae **of** the **death of**  **a person**  **drawleg** a psnaion f?opl the G-any, are net wages within the RUning ot Seation (0) of b ’tfel. 6%31b*17, N&W%.

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Eon. Claude A. Willlaam,page 7

x'eexpress no opinion as to whether or not any pyments made to employeeswould be wages within thoaaa&ng of Section (0) of Artiale S221b-17 should the Plan be tarminated by the Company, Yours very truly A!lToRwEY

GXWBRAL or TBUS