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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Honoreble Bsyall R. 'A'atkins amber, state Boar4 or E4uoatlon 1201 Main Street
Dallas, Texas
Dear Sir:
ua we held In UaL4 the~desire 6r the rep eddibional em- ting and ptarohasing etura poasesqea.ths pomtr at of suoh persoau and~to es rrom the Stste'TextlPook eses or suoh smplo$nient;and we ~the le&slstura he4 ererolsed 'Aot there under oonslderatlon.n *2 ,..
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Hon. Royal1 R, Watkins, Page 2
Opinion No, 0-561 (C+Uerenoe Opinion No. 3Q91)
was summarlze4 merely ror the purpose 0r~demonstratlng thst we had p~vlously hold that none of th& oonstltutionel an4 - stetutorg provIsion relating to textbook8 operetea to vest free an4 unoontrolled authority over the State Textbook Fund in the State Board or Eduoetlon. The oonolusion or this Opinion was lnoluded solely for the purpose or iJlustratlng that auoh c~nolusion neoeesarlly had to be base4 upon some prlnoiple other than thet the State Boar4 oi Education pos- eessea euoh free an4 uncontrolled authority. By lnoluding this summary we 414 not intend to alter our holding In Opin- Ion No. &561; neither did we intend to overrule or alter any or our subsequent opinions Beeling with the power or the Boer4 0r Eduoation to hire a44ltlonal employees,
However,.it has been suggested that the aboie qoo- tetlon is in errteot a ruJ.lng that under no oiroumstenoes oan the Board of Eduoation Qre,,ePiployeer other than those apeoitl- oally Itemized in the appropriation aot, em4 that suuh ral$ng .estenda.the soope Ott our Qpleioti~Xo, .O-561 an4 efther.ov&ul~a or limits our Opinlone O&837, O-1987 and O-2213. Lest o&G ru8t0n xesalt rr0dit the ~oonptsnoe or 8uoh suggestion) ie.sti maklng thla eIpienatSon oi the quote4 portion of our .ginion No. o-5631, an4 you ire ,peipeottilly adris64 that nei#mr~~thlo nor 4way ,.~~e~..~po~~os~.,~r~~~~sai~~~~gi~on~ h&l 4h'e' ePfd&t bPai%tcri- ,' ., ,.. ..~.i~ ..i.:..~~I'~Ln:l~o~~~~~nd~Qg; etienUng or orerruling ok opiaions +s~$l
(@nte~ne~s @ni,on Fo. 3091). 91837. O-1967 an4 0-2213.:: TrMting that~ the fomgoiag la a aatlcriaot6ry ‘es- &miat$on or any ambiguous pqrtlonr Oi’otir orlglnal Qpl.nitknn, we are
Yours very tmlp ; APPROVED NOT, 5, 19&3 ; Ml’ORIiBY OBNERAL OF TJt%AS /e/ Gerald C. Mann BF cS%XRALOFTExlLs /a/ R. Deen~s;;~n~
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APPROVED OPINION CObWTTEE BY B?IY.B. CHAIRMAN