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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
honorable George 8. Shrpperd
comptrollrr oi Publla Aooount8
Auatln, Tao8 oplnlon Ho. O-7313 Dear Sir:
of rroent date re- n t& above 8tsted Regular Sesdon ng appropriation roramentr tr of Texem there For the Yeara Ending and hous- laundry
ing ior aelf and
family ---------- $1,200,00 #l,200.00 2. Two yardmen at $75
per month--------
Total Salaries---
Honorable Ooorgr H. Sheppard - Pagr 2
Impro~annta, R*palra and Building8 I. Ooaanl npalra and ------------(l5,oOo.OO #15,000.00
improramaata Total rapalra lmprorrmrnta, --------------#15,060.00 )15,000.00
and buildln(a Grand Tetal, balroatoa SUt8 Payohopathlo Hoapltal-------#lg,OOO.OO #18,000.00 by Hour. Bill No. 740 tranaforrod “The aamo Leglalaturr thr aontrol or tba Ualtoaton State Payohopathla Hoapltal from thr State Roard o? Control to #a Board o? Ragrata o? the Unitoralty of Toxmr
*The quratloa haa now ariaon aa to whather the aherr tollcwa the traaater mantlonad approprlatlon o? thr oontrol o? the Oalrraton Papohopathlr Hoapltal to the o? Board Rogonta o? the
ia t.ho abort
uaa o? the Board o? Regonta
o? thr Oalraaton Stat* Papohopathlo
HOW. RI11 No. 740, Aots of the 49th Lagialeturo, 1945, prorldev:
“Ba enaoted by tha Iaglalatura o? the Stata o? Tsraa: RSaatloa 1. That Srom after the riirotlre deta ameat o?, all of this Aot, the oontrol and nana ri ta, prlrilsgrr, end dutira lno P power8 thereto, tha Oa - dent State Payohopathlo Hoepltal looatad at Oaltaaton, reaton Taxaa, whioh wera formerly toatod hi and rxerolaod bf tha State Board o? Control, ah811 br tranai~rrd reatad In, and rxeroiaad by the Board ot Rogenta o? ?JM Waitersit, o? Texas, and herratter, the rtoroaald Hoapltal &tall no lo or k a part of laamoaynar~ eervlor o? thr Stat0 o?%xea.
“960. 2. Thr Galrrston State Payohopatbio’ Hospital ahall to be used 31) a Hospital tar tha treatmat oontlnua or narvou~ and mntal dlaaaaaa, both Hoapital and lo aa a ollnlo and ahall bo arallablo atirnt E- e l aoh h g ?aollitlaa in manta1 madloiaa t ii t’ZoEo1 or YIadlolna o? The VnitaraltJ o? Toxaa, looatad at Oaltraton, Taxaa. *3 44s
Honorable Oaorge 8. Sheppard - Page 3 lara and part8 of lrra *Boo. 3. All lag oon?liOt horarith are harabr thr ropralad
rxtrnt or thr oon?liot onlr.
Woo, l+. Thr foot that than la aow l ltuatod at Oalraaton, Tena, the Galoaaton State Payoho- pathio Hoapltal, oonalating of a oae hundred (100) bad manta1 hoapltal of l ubatantlal brlok oonatruo- tioa, rrroted at grrat l pnaa the Stat0 ot la not now being operated Texaa, rhloh by the. Board of Control thr benrfit o? the paoplr o? Toxaa, and the iaot that the o aratlon of @aid Hoapltal would alao bo of groat !I enrfit to thr l tudenta o?
the Sohool of Medioina of The Unlraraity of Taxer tlmo it wee ahut down br tie it woe prior aa Board of Control and the toot the Hoapltal hould ba oontroiled l d by Board o? and mana Ragante of The University of axa8 in oonnootion with thr Sohool of Madloina of The Unireralt~ of Toxaa, oraatr an rmarganoy and an lmperatirr pub110 naoasalt~ tha Conatltutlonal Rulr requiring billa to br road on thrar aavaral da a In oaoh Houaa be suapandad, this Aot aha 1 take ffeot I and ba in foroa from end after its peaaga, and It la l o mo oted.
Tossed by the HOUS, April 19 1945: Yeaa ll9 0; pasesd by the Sonata, May l&, 1945: Yeas 28, NED! ya Nag8 0.
*Approved May 24, 1945.
nE??aotlra May 24, 1945.”
A8 lndloatad in the amorganoy olauar of He B. 740 and In H. B. Tvidenoed by the approprl+lon ltoma oontained . . . . . . la apparent tnat tna approprlat~ona (quotrd in your lottarl, It eat forth in H. B. 206 thr Oalraaton State Psyohopathlo Hospital oontemplatad the support malntrnanor of said lnatl- on Roara-takarR baa18 rather than on a beala of aotlra tution oparatlon aa a papohopathio hoapltal. Wr note further that on tha data v&an the Leglalatura paesad H. B. 206, May 21, 1945, tha *4 Honorable Oaorga H. Sheppard - Pag8 4
the Owrraor had not approved H. B. 740 and that H. B. wee not l ftaotlta until May 24, 19U. Purthormorr, tha prorla1on.a until thr baglosing o? 8. B. 206 wara not o ratlta of the new Moanlum, 8rptrmkr ls P 945.
Wador the prorialona of H. B. 740, on May 24, 1965, “the and managrmaat o?, and all rfghta, power@, and ooatrol pr~rllogaa, thrroto, the Oaltratoa &at8 dutlra lnoldant f8yOhopbthlO Boapital, ----~&lob were formerly rratrd in and rxarolaod by tha State Board of Ooatrol*, wara wtraaa?arrad to, la, and rxaralaod by t&a Board reatrd of Regent8 of the Val~rral ty of Texas ,” aald hospital no longer aa a State ElOamOBJmarY hatltution. retained ita &atua On the bee18 of t&o above prori~lon~, thla department hald in Opinion No. O-7209 that tha Oalvestoo Stat. Payohopathio Eoapital (after May 24, 1945) waa aubjaot to lawa regulating thr UnIraralty of %x:88. Tha opinion furthar polnted out that lo view of the prorlsioaa o? 8. B. 173; whioh named the Payohopathlo Hospital a8 a part of the University of Taxer, and whloh ra-appropriated oartala balaaoar on hand in oartain lnsti- fund@, balaaoa tutioaal in thr looal fund of the Galveston State Psgohopathlo Hospital ahould be tranrfarrad to the University of Taxaa Wo nota, however, In tha in&ant situation, the appropriation listed in H. B. 206 for thr Qelvaaton Payohopathlo Hoepltal th8 biennium, Septambar 1, 1945, August 31, 1947, could not hsoa been any purpose prior arallabla to Saptambar 1, 1945, and, aa of May or under suoh a propriatloa was not avallabla tha omtrol 24, 1945, of the Board of E oatrol. It is therefore cur oplnlon auoh amount eat forth in raid appropriation ?or a future biennium oould not ba re- gardad .eP a balaaoa or iuad of thr Clalraeton State Payohopathio Hoa- pita1 which~would be aubjeot to +aae?er whan tha Galreaton Steto Payohopathio Hoepital waa transferred to tha Unioaraity of Texan on Mar 24, 1945. Wa point out further that on May 26, 1945, eubaaquaat totha a o? H. B. 206, aa wall aa aubaaquaat to ffaotlvo parse data of H. 8. 740; the Laglulaturo parsed H. B. 173 whlah relater ap ropriatioda for Steto Eduoational laatltutiona muI laoludaa tb, ?o lowlngr
*The University of Texas Madlosl Banoh
“Pa yohopathlo Xospl to1
V3alarloa
*202. Payohiatriat and/or
Phyaloiana. . . . . . . . . . P,800.00
"203. BQOkkebQbr. . . . . . . . . . 2,100.00 Puroharing Clerk. l.gOO.00 . . . . "204.
Hon. Goorgo II. Sheppard, page 5 Dantlat
205. (part-time)
206.
207.
208.
Nurar Chief . . . . . . . . . . I ,.,.. .*.., %: Orad& Nuraoa (Poyohlatrio)...l~gf%~~ l~‘$~~‘~ Graduate Nuraoa (Gonorel but,). 9:OOO:OO 211. 9:oGO:GO Oooupatlonal Rooroational 212. 2,100.00 2,100.00
Su~artiaor................... 213. 214. Soolal Sorvloe Worker.......... 2,400.00 2,400.OO 3,240.OO Tolophono Opiratora (3)........ 3,240.00 W..tohssn . . . . . . . .: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lJ20.00 215. l,jZO.OO Asaistaata Taohnioianr..... 5,000.OO 5,ooo.oo :g General Hoapltal~Poroonnol,..,. 8,800.00 8,800.00
Total Salariaa ,.........,.....
Malataaanoo and ~lsoollanooua 218. Support and Malntaneaoo...... $75,000.00 $75,OOO.W Tual, water, light, power, 219.
heat and ooctlngonolos....,., lO,O;~.~~ lO,OOO.OO Traveling expanse8 of Staff,. 220. 500.00
Total Xointeneace and
Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . $85,500.00 $85,500.00 Improvemoats, Repairs, and
Building3 Genepe~rmprovomonta and
221.
,,...,...,......... $ 5,ooo.oo d 5,ooo.oo Roooaditlonlng and repair 222.
of l term damago, @to......, 10,000.000 Total improvementa, repairs,
and btiildinga.............. #15,000.00 $ 5,OOLOO Ro-equipping Hoapital Equipment enl Replaoomont
223.
(during biennium)......... $i+0.000.00 Total Payohopathio Hoepital $200,460.00 $150,460.00n Tram en xemlaatloa d the foregoing ltome ia apparent aaid appropriation fully l o1o ra all of &o ooatom- plated xpandlturaa with ro?oroaoo to the oporetioa *6 Honorable Goo. 8. Sheppard, Pago 6
Payohopathlo Hoapltal aa a p8r.t of the Unlror’alty of Taxer In view of’thia for the 1945-47 bionnlum. trot it ia the Loglalatura did not oontampla~o the ox- manlfaat l ndltura of both p roprletiona to the with ra?aranoo % ayohopathlo Hoapita ;. that la, one appropriation (H.B. on oar@-taker beala, not
206) for ald lnatltutlon ln the in iotira o oration (aa IadIoatad olauro amargoao ,o? B. B. 74 B and appropriation ltoma In II. B. 206 f and atiZ1 another approprlatloa (H.B. 173 rood aubsaquant OH.’ B. 206 and pursuant H. B. m r the aotiva oovorlng opiratioa all within of maid hoapltal aa e pert of the Unlraraitp of Taxaa,
the same biennium. It haa beon hold that whore two aota paaaod at the 8amo aoaaion of the Logialaturo oannot be raooaollad by any the latter two eota will known rule of oonatruotloa, operate to repeal the formr. (Sea: Sutherland, Statutory 3rd Ed., Horak Vol. 1, Soo. 2020, p. 485; 39 Coaetruotloa Tex. Jur., &atuto~w, 980. $8, 9,.147.) In view of the above end foregoing, la our opinion the only otfootivo appropriation for the aupport and melnteaanoa of the above montionod Payohopathio Hospital the biennium, Soptombor 1, 1945 to Auguet 31, 1947, that @et forth above la H. B. 173, la and that the appropriation the Galvortoa State Payohopathio Hospital sot forth la H. B. 206 1~ not evellablo for expenditure by the Board of Rogoato of Uaivoralty of Texaa.
Youra very truly ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS JAErrt
Approved: August 9, 1946
/a/ Carloa 0. Aahlor
Firat Aaalataat Attorney General
Approved8 lnioa ~ommlttaa a/ BWB, Chairmen
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