OFFICE OF THE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
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Hen. Olauae A. roilliaas ahairman and ExsoutiTo~Pfreotor
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departnyaut pon.thhe , 1944, rh&oh we quote 8iO raOt8 Md the exact
iA Vermn'a- dioil ompon@etiotiAot, on nta.rsade as iollowst
p pgtentlal'rlght5to beneilts aooumulated under.- opmpeneatlOnLana oi.several States Or' andOr i3UOh 8 ~.h?itW Or the mkfIi aOVOWZUId Or both, ma~r oenatlt~te.@s~b&s Z&r;the payment OS benet~ts through a &ngU appropriabe agenay- antler term% whloh the -Commission ffitde'will be.fair~an&~rsasonableas to all artsctad interests and~dll not be llabls in any substantialloss to the Fund.*
Bon, Cleudk A. Wflliams, page 2
vThls seatlon oontaina two authorisationd~, the firet permitting raoiproaalooverege agreementswith respeot to tar liabilityand the seoond, dealing with benefit payments, reading aa iollows: v*The Commissionie hereby authorizedto enter into arrangenantswith the appropriate agenoise of other 3tatss or the Federal Covernmant . . . whereby potential rights to benefits eoouavil.ated under the employmentoompensa- tion law of several States or under suoh a law of the Federal Govertient,orboth, any oonstitutathe basis'ror the paymsnt or benefits through a ringle appropriateagency under terms whloh.the Cammleei~ Sinds will be fair and reasonable as to aJ.Laffaotedintarestaand will not result in any substantial~lossto the FIX&* "The ~unamploymentoompensatlonlaws of other states hqve,the sama or stroller provisionsand under euoh provisions the Intsrstate~Con$!srenoe of EmploymentSeourlty Agenolee hasprepared,a plan whereby,oleimantswho,here aooumulated waga are(U.~sin several ciffarent states may be paid benefits through a single.sgsnoy. This plan will be operativewith respeot to any particularstate only after the.agenoyof suoh state subscribes to suoh plan. U&es this arrangement when e~olaimis filed in one stats; thatstate is to seoure trausaripte~ of the slaimant.~swage oredlta from other states in whioh he may have aooumulateii oredits. The state having the largeat. proportionof his wagaorsdlts will be known es the 'paying ateta.' On the basis of the olelmant(stotal wage oredits, the *payingatats' will make a determination ok %be olalm in eooordanoswith its awn laws and will pay the oleimant aooordingly. The.other states where the olalmant had wage oredits will reimburse the 'paying state* for pert or the benefits paid ta the olelmant on a propr&t+ basle. That Is, it will transmit that portion OS ths total benerits paid to olaimant ourrespoading.tothe ratio of olaI.mant*s wage oreOLts in that state to his total wage oredits. Wonegs reqtzlaltioned from the aooount of the~stete of Texas In tha,.UnamploymentTrust Fun& In tha United States Treesury,aredepoeited vith the Treesurar of th6 State of Texae to be us&by this Caaunfselon for the -paymentor unem- ploymsnt benefits.,::r'e requaet your edvloe es to whether or not th.f.s Gommlasionmay enter gnto suoh reofprooel agreements as ara outlined above and, if we do enter into suah agreements, ...
Hohr Claude A. Wllllena, pegs 3
we may transnlt, by aeena or a warrant drawn by the Uomptraller on the State Treaaorer, to other atatea auoh amottntaau laay be due them by meson of their having paid bsnafita to olelmnta, beasd in part on auoh wage oradlta ea auah olaimtmtsnay have with i&La OcmmIaaion.~ Our raaaeroh dlsoloaea that thea haa baan little, ii any,judIoial detamin5tlon or oonetruoti~