the procedureit has followed in the past in securingrental space. . .
HonorableClaudeA. Williams,Page 3 (o-5524)
Any intelligentinveetigationof the powers and authorityof the Texas UncmgloymentCompensationCommissionmust includean examinationof certalufederaletatuteaa8 well ae etate etatutse. In this particular phaee of etats activity-unemplopent inauranoe-federalsn8 state legis- lationare so interwovenaa to oonrrtltutea joint legielativeundertaking by the FederalCon@'eeeand the Texae Legielature.
Your inquiryinvolvesadminletrative details,(I,matter in the joint legislativeendeavorin which State and Federal legislationIs most particularlyIntermingledand in which the cooperationbetween the two governmentsis most pronounced. The extentof this cooperationwill be- ccaueapparentfrom the statutesand acts which will be hereinafterquoted and referredto.
The federallegislationon the subjectwill be found under Title 42, SubchapterIII, United States Code, under the title "Grantsto States for UnemploymentCmpensatiou Administration."
Section 501, under this title and subchapter,provideafor a continuingappropriation of certain funds for the purposeof asslatIngthe states in the administration of their unemploymentcompensationlaws.
Section 502 containsthe followingprovisions:
"(a) The (FederalSocial Security)Board shall from tfme to time certifyto the Secretaryof the Treasury for paymentto each State which has an unemploymentcorn- penaatlonlaw approvedby the Board under sections1610- 1611 of Title 26, such amountaae the Board determines to be necessaryfor the properand efficientadminiEtZ%- tion of such law durm the fiscal year for which such payment is to be made. (Emphasisadded).
Section 503 of this title containsthe followingprovisions:
"(a) The Board shall make no certificationfor paymentto any State unleee it finds that the law of such State2 approvedby the Board under sections16io- 1611 of Title 26, Includesprovisionfor --
"(8) EffeotlveJuly 1, 1941, the expenditureof allmoneye receivedpursuantto section5M of this title solelyfor the purposesand in the amountsfound necessaryby the Board for the prOperand efficientad- ministrationof such State law." (Emphasisadded) HonorableClaudeA. Williams,Page 4 (O-5524)
The remainingprovisionsin this sectionprovidethat in the event the State agenog chargedwith the administrationof the State Un- employmentCompensationLaw fails to carry out the requirementsof the Sooial SeourityBoard, the Board shall make no oertificationfor payment to the reoaloitrantState.
The aDulloablearovlelone of our State law are found in the UnemploymentC&peneation-Act,Article 5221b,Vernon'sAnnotated01~11 Statutes.
Section 9 of Article 52211,containsthe followingprovisione:
"(a) Duties and Powers of Ccemnisaion:It ahall be the duty of the Ccvmuission,toadministerthis Act; and it shall have power and authorityto adopt, amend9 or rescindsuch rulea aDd regulations,to employ such per- sane, make such expenditures,requiresuch reports,make such investigations, and take such other action as it deems neoeasaryor suitableto that end. D 0 .
"(I) State-FederalCooperationr In the adminfstra- tian_of
make euoh reports,in such form and containingsuch in- formationae the Social SecurityBoard may from time to time find necessaryto aBeure the correotnessand verifi- - cation of such reports;and shall ccm witi the regula-
Seotion llp Article 522113(Sectionl3 in originalAct) provides the following:
"(a) SpecialFuods There is hereby erea,ted in the State Treasurya apeoialfund to be known aa the Unemploy- ment CompensationAdministration Fund. All moneys which are depositedor paid into this fund are hereby appropriated and made availableto the Cammissionand ahall be continu- ously availableto the Ccmmissfonfor expenditurein HonorableClaudeA. Williams, Page 5 (O-5524)
accordancewith the provisionsof this Act, and shall not lapse at any time or be transferredto any other ma. All moneys in this