Montana Attorney General Opinion 17-99

Opinion No. 99. Unemployment Compensation Act- Administrative Fund-Authority of Commission to Receive From Social Security Board. HELD: The unemployment com- pensation commission is the proper office to receive for deposit with the State Treasurer. grants from the Social Security Board of \Vashington. D. C, to cover the administrative expenses of the commission. May II. 1937. Mr. Barclay Craighead Chairman, Montana Unemployment Compensation Commission Helena, Montana Dear Mr. Craighead: You have requested my opinion as to which is the proper office to receive payment of grants to cover the ad- ministrative expenses of the Unem- ployment Compensation Commission of Montana. Section 10 (a) of Chapter 137, Laws of 1937, known as the Montana Un- employment Compensation Act, pro- vides for the organization of a com- mission to be known as the Unem- ployment Compensation Commission of Montana. Section 13 (a) of said chapter, pro- vides: "There is hereby created in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the unemployment com- pensation administration fund. All moneys which are deposited or paid into this fund are hereby appropri- ated and made available to the com- mission. All moneys in this fund shall be expended solely for the pur- . pose of defraying the cost of the ad- ministra tion of this act, and for no other purpose whatsoever. The fund shall consist of all moneys appropri- ated by this state, and all moneys recei ved from the United States of America. or any agency thereof, in- cluding the social security hoard and the United States employment serv- ice, or from any other source, for such purpose." It is my opinion that the Unemploy-. ment Compensation Commission is the proper office to receive for deposit with the state treasurer. grants from the Social Security Board at Washington. D. c., to cover the administrative ex- penses of the Unemployment Com- pensation Commission of Montana.