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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,ahelloause to be deduoted
from the salary of eaoh member 011eaoh and every.pay roll
of suck QitlBlOy8r,fo~
eaoh anU,svery pay roll period, five
(4) ape? WtItUII&'Of
his earneble oompensation,grovlded that
the sum of t+.deduotfotm cm&e ior a member shall not
yloeeq ,~ne'ZWad~d aad Blghty Dollax% ($180) during any
one.Q).~year:.Deduotfom 8&W be&i wHh me firot~pay
4$@.ll~m9ri&0r~the a~&001 gest 19S7-38. In detm7nM.n~
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Ron. John 8. RuQQ, Jr.. pase 8
&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($sO,OCO.Oc) muam;
the Xxooat%~O Becrreku &all &YO bond in the sum or
mwwir0 Thousand ($es,ooo*@o) Dellars, and the stat.
BMrd oi:Tmetee~ aall xwqrrfraany other snproymu alkd
mamben OS the ata%a &mrd of fftleteea to g;fm.boad ia
suoh amounts aI)the Board zmy deem M~OMIV~, oondftianod
tbataald bonded P-M will faithfullyexeemte the
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 pprcned bg it and the Attermoy Genmal gr T0xa8. _
AU MQ*~BO n~~eaai~y and ingident to tha exeautien of
oue$ibomb, inelud&d prem&wW thereoa, shall be paid
by the State Board QZ Tru~t80~ from the.l!qmm vd."
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It itrnated-d&&t the meney thus paid by eAstaIm
%&to tha By8tem by the B3bbe mhool authorities was not
deduated f?aathe @alaTieu ottheteaohera, nsrdld syoh
MaeheM par rrodhllupu+a snj other mer. It was vered
to thm Syotem by the ooIleokor, the employing mob001Y letriot.
Honor, thr pueet~l;tondsaided in Gox%&mna Cotton Mills T.
Bheppard, 71 8i If. (26) Z47, to whi&h you Qireoted our atton-
tion 16 net involved.
In the oaae or PrleQdmn 0..kaesioau surety CampMy,
I81 8. 1. (26) 870, the 8upreae Qoiut held that the Une@oy-
ment -matto& Fund uea not subjeot to the appropriation
rofl@ioo, Artlale 8# ,Seotion6, of'-$orConstitution. m
?he opinionin th+ oat50 we quote brierlyr
!Phemoney 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 rtiepeotto said Artiole 8,
wtiod 6. The S,tateTreasures ib only 'theaustodian or
nmtee oi the noneya in the Teaaher Saving Ftm3 for the
mefit of the contributing teaahere. &ah fund ia not the
roper$y of'thg Btatiei&the usual mense. These moneys being
lder the @anagament and oontroS of l&a State Board of Trurtees,
t 18 our opinion that upon entry of an order by that body for
loh warrant the Comptroller will be authorized to isatm the
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Yams very trulg
Glenn R. Lewis
Ausistant