*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

AUSTIN We roorired your 10

whloh made 88 fbllorrrt

# a6 Drmented to low 0p1nl.0n will 13 @rtha requert tar an 0, ',bO the porltlon the 01an:rrt iOrth. That *2 Honorable Orville 8. Oerprntor, &mee a

r*nt texor on aerteln mployore, and ao- rordingrj, Qonloy paid unuploynrrnt Lrrs thereon. Durtag the month or AU&u&, 1986, the Oamalrrion detennlnod that Qonley wea not the aployer but, rortb purpoae6 the TUW unemployment Oompeneation Aot, we8 egent ar ainolalr Rerlnlng Oompany dete of ,the original law to end inol&ing the datr af mid rultng, rwultiag in l dOUbi* pa)glrt Of tW8 011 the 8~3 O~piOy~O8. Theraerter, itoailry eppliod tothe oo~01i~sion for 8. retud ot tb terar that ho had &maid, end he WEB raiunded all of raoh texrr tlm #lo detb of whioh wea not eerlirr than one yuer prior to the datr of hllr lloatiin, ap a8 p0~ide4 for in SWtiOn 14 (d P ot the Abt.

Hi* epplioatfon rOr rMWl wer deuled with r*rpooti ti7j tuclr in the emount of $16R.R4 thet. he6 bwc4@ &te more than on0 year prior to thr det, or hi8 appli8etion.

*Thhr TOXes ~ql@lOgpsnt Conaprnratfon Aot we8 ‘ua&~drd,etfeathe April 1, lOSO, and old Sootlon, 14 (d) use umandod to BOW seat1 on 14 ( j) , in nhioh the period. or limstetion wao rxtendod rrem on0 par to far.

Honorable OrvIllC ~3. Carpenter, pa&e 3

‘?yay the Comirrion meko a. refund of thin &amt~~of~#l6t;Eb to either Copley or tho ginolair Refining Ocqpany under OIther of the oontentiona sbtors prorrnted?*

i!iibreotion (41, Artiolr SiSlb-18 Vornon'e AAAO- tat.6 ~1~11 Btatutrs Of Tofaa, wbioh extended tho period 'of limitetidn from QACI to four yeam, reeda es follows:

wWhero SAy olaploying unit has made a mymeAt to the OolaniraiOA Of" OOAtribUtiOAs alleged to b6 due, and it Is later detarmlnsd that oU@h OOAtribUtiOA8 W@Jl-e AOt dU(1,‘iA whole OS iA.F4Tirt, the 8lEplOyi~ UAit ElSkiAg suoh &WJlWAthay m8ke 8DDliO8tfOA t0 th6 Commirbion.ror SA adjustment thsrebf iA OOA- AeOtioA with OOAtribUtiOA ByBlQAt8 then due, or, for a rerun4 thereof because suoh adjust- meAt 08AAOt by Bed&, sad it the ~%I!JUL~IJS~OA th&t euoh oontrlbutlone shell dote-s penalty, or eny poktlon therrof were err~n- eourly oelJooted,,tkn Qommlsrlon shall allow EUOh~kid~~O@i~ UAit,to 'lMk# aA 8djUStiieAt therae? wltiiout Inte*err$ In ooimsotion with oontzibutloit-payment8 then duo. by auoh .uaploy- iq6 Unit, or ii,etWh abjU#tmAt OAAAOt bo Rae, the coapri8oion~ shell rarund odd fund mey be 6'0 madr'on,.the ~OlYAllIei3IoA~: own initbat~ve w* (~underroorlng our6)

fn via+ ‘oi our @piAiOA NO. 0450, dated kieroh 17, lOM, in, whI@h we held that tho' refund aou$ht by v. T. oonloy wee barred ee to all OOAtrfbUtIOAe dU0 prior to oAe.yeer betare, the date of applIc8tlon, the eole questfon to be oonrridorod here ia whether the ex- *4 EonorebXe Omllli 8. Oarpentsr, Page 4

to&ion or thr gW&&od oi limi~etlon by the Legieletun, In fh@ hubeo#tian~‘#4t out ebovo, would NVIYI e aewe ~eotIoa l lror4y birred. .Tho err00t Of the AOt ellow- Ing en idju&mnt,?r~ tOre8 crrro~oouel$ paid I8 the eanm, Inhibition8 er0 OOllQerA~d, in a0 fe2 ‘U OoSetitUttfOml ia the feYu& or nmp ior 8Uoh pepumt. n13. lrgleletIoA has proOp0otIve roroe and 0fr00t, ~~e~~tfoepootlvef: tuber r~preeely provld~d IA the law

. Heetu 8Ad Rebortr v. Dome Irr. Dl~t.., S39 S. a.

993, C. C. A., (writ of error refused).~ 'IA trOetiAg the eubjeot oi retroeotivity ConnIerlon of Appeclle in AmrIo

rrtroepeotitity, SUrrty Oomprny 111. Axtoll OO,‘, S6 8. W. (Zd) 7.90, quot- ing rrom lqaorpue Jurie r-4, 6eOtiOA 778, said: lo OAO tht

?*A ret?otpi?otivr taw re- Ivmto, 6 pretloue frrent legal 8rr00t uader the law whOA oQnurotion the 'tdrme It IO trnnOoOererJ Yor u0 to dstmmim quoe- tiOA 88 to wh.th.k~th.~~(rielet~o OQuld hare Mde the itettite rdm8OtiYO;iYai 61080 l xeminetiOA 0f A&IOU %~erb-U;‘Lubeertioa.(j “, dgae not dIlclOloer enf lrgis- letitr .Intmt tlWIt@;~ 8$?58,~8bell hew #UQh @itrOt. YOU 4