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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
Jion
. OrvilleS. Carpenter, Agril 14, 193Q. Rice 2
IilO., to eubalt to them a list of all
employersoovered by the Texas Unemploy-
ment Coqmnsatlm hct. Esy we make these
reports of status available to the T-8
‘8orld*aFair Commission,Inc. in or&r
that they night obtain from them the
x1fmO8 Of the 0&0yOP8?"
You recpmt the opinion of thl8 dqxwt-
as-to +!her the Taure
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Hon. Orvlllr S. Carpenter, April 14, 1939, page 3
The language quoted from the above re-
ferrod to erotlon is plain end unambiguous. It
authorlzeb the Commleelon to exemlna and to;lnepeot
reoords of employers and to require reporte'whloh
the Commle8ion deems neoesaary. It 1s obvloue-
from the context thet the intent of the Legltiiab
ture wee to make these reporta~oonfldentIelend ,~'
olosad to the public at large. Thn CommItleion 3I
expreesly prohibited from publishlngor.reveallng
in any menner the private affairs of those busl-
nea8 ooncerna end employers which come under Its
jurIa6lctlon. It follows from the wording of the
act ltaelf that Information contained in the re-
ports may not legally be divulged by placing the
reports in the hands of pertles who are not expres-
ly authorized to Inspect and exemlne them.
we find, therefore, an oxpress prohlbl-
tlon In the Act reetrelnlng the Commleelon from
dlrroloalngInformation contained in the reports
it roquire8 of employing units through publication
of aeme or laying the records open to public ln-
8pectlon.
It Is true that the eectlon under dis-
cussion speolffcellyexcludes *public employees
In the psrformenco or their pub110 duties* from
t.;.nln;M-;Itlon. Thr Texas'World's Fair Commls-
a non-private oorporatlon,In our
opinion, &a not fall within this exemption, de-
spite its status of patriotic and civic importance.
Eoh. Grvllle S. Carpenter, April 14, 1939, IZn,ge
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tieare constra3nedto hold that the Texas Unen-
ploymeat Coapeneatlon~omr&salon Is not authorized
to make repbts of stahhs of employing units avail-
able to the Teule %Od.(l'8 Falr Comniisslon,Ino.,
in order.thatthe Cocmlesionml&t obtain froni
them reports the IlCUW8 0r employers.
Trueting that the above fully answers
your Inquiry, we a-0
Tour8 very truly
ATToHsHTO~aFT~
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