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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
stra~tiol~roquire 3.n the Edooational " mnvertad Into State Eduoational Xnstbttitf~zia, &n th& ielioring langua@n
*provided ha Board of.~gerats~ehall be authorlead ts
iade suoh ohanges ani aubstitutlons althin the totals ror ealarles the $&al #&rn not to exoecrd' the total at3 my be round m0.3s~ary, amounts appropriated for suoh purpo~es.~
,Eolilorabl.s Pomsr B. Rainoy, Prmsidont~, Page 2
Substantially ths same provisZon wan oarrled in ths 11 riders to TV--Blr~al~Ap~roprl~tlons for Musational I+itutions by ths Fortpsoosad an&,?erty-th%rd Lsgislaturas.
\ Zn 1935 the Regular Sssrfon, Forty-fourth Lsgislatura, 8. B. 36, In the rider providrd as tollowsr
"(a) Ful.'tS.ms employoos on twelve (13) months basis may reos$vs,~;not aor@ than Two Hundred Fifty ()250&O) Dollars .for oourso and/or extension osntor teaohlng;and may oormspondenoe not’be paid addltlonnl mono ?or timmor sohool tqaohlng, and Sull tinu &mployoea on a nlno (9 3 months basis may bs paid for oorros- pondsnos andior sxtenslon oanter tsaohlng or summsr.aohool or other servloes dur%g the romainlng tmoo (3) month@ of the flsoal year, ,, but may ~n&reqeivo more than Two H&ndrad Fifty ()g5Q.OO) Dollars per annum ior oorraspondenoe oourse teaohlng during tha flsoal year and/or extension oentior work during the regulur nine (9) - ~months sasislon. Such eniployois aa are on a nine (9) months basis.
of smployment, whoso, seriiois ars oontlnued in wimmer sohosl work, shall bo paid on a monthly,basls not to l xoeed the amount pald~ the ,s@me or $r~$l+r ~r~rvfoes during th+long r+Mon next preoqg., ~' ",~ .,
? *Cb) : The Bear$ or Ro@ite and/& thr ~BO~QI or the, rarfoue :
ins$~tutlons and’fqwml~i.~shtill~ not rairu thm sala~y~ig any posi- ~tion to an,amount~largor~than tbat itomhod herein eroapt ,ri otharwlse~provldod~ foi boroln. The Boards'of~Ragints or Dlraotors :: wlthln thalr dlsoretion’Bnd salaries iot goed rea8011, may .paf, smallor ~ than those itsmltod hexMa; .Tho Qovoming Boards,ot eaoh of the ::~ovetal.institutions, lithln forty-fiv4 (45) days Uter the dloso Of:,reh ri80d year 0r *he ~~bioneiru iliall it10 dth.tha Board or Co#%ol qnd Bovwnor~ae ftemlesd sohsduls of salarlro pald~ to all aaQLoyores .j.noludi.n&Sho~oia a list of the ~napos &:a11 psrsons einp$oyod L av oi!+ah%t~::bp suoh~instltutions; whb,‘rra paid for ssrvloss during tho:fia&I Fur a total in stoees of Onr Thousand (#l,QOO.OO) Dollars dut+oi:aay funds from any souroo or of any ojmraotor tmd~r the ootitrol of the governing boa&and the nsmo et tioh employee shall bq aoocmganied ths totar of thr payments freg~ any souroes,yde 49 s?id l mpleyoe at any t&me during the twslvr +nthrr of th;~fisoaZ year, whloh reports shall bo subjrot to publio lnspestion.~".,~
SUbstantially the same provisLone have been oarrled for- ward in the riders to the ~Blsnnlal Appropriations Car Xdusational Instltutiw all suoossding leglslqtures, the ?oZty-fifth, Xerty-sixth and Farty- rove&h Legislatures and the stat. sduoational iuatitutione hsva aon- tinusd to adjust empioym&nt to the mods of the various departments s+.% within suoh Institutions.
Honorable Homar P. Rainey; Prssldent, Page 3
With rtisp=4of to the payment of two or more psrsons,trom a sp4olflo lt~sm 0s appropriation, in Oplnl~n :O-l5S4 of this department _,".. It was h414 an foIl~wsr -~*,.
*We believe that this qu4stlon must b4 answered In
vl4wi or the faots relating to the propor discharge of the dutlas of your offloe and, also.ln via of the tinnor In whloh your orfio4 Baa been operatad fn the past. w4 b4114ve that It Is proper to pr4sum4 that the Lagislaturs lntondod to permit your ortloe to.-bs~-oporat44 In the most 4tflolent manner possible, within the llmltatlons or the appropriations made, and that the Legislature had In mind th4,manner in *hIoh your offloe had been operated in the past.
. . . "In our opinion th4 appropriation quoted above, pro- viding th4 hiring of auditors by your DepartBunt on a %'oasonal baaIs,* psr&.ts the employment end the~psyment of mom than on4 person under 4aoh of the lt4ms In said appro- priation, prov-idod,that the total amount paid under aaoh suoh appropriation lt4xdoes n?t oroeod the total stat44 therein; and iurtQe>+rovldrd that the amount paid to 4eoh peraon so employed -&hall not 4xoerd the rat4 of payment stated in se14 lt4.m.~ In our opinion the L4glsleture lntanded%hat your offloe should be opFrat4d lwthe most 4f?lolsnt manner posslbl4 within the llmltatlons of thasppreprlatlons made for aaoh lt4m, and the Legislature had in mlnd,thr'mannor In whloh your Department had bean oprratad ln tae past."
Wlth respeot to stat4 .departments and boards, long
prior to 1937 without sproiflo~ leglslatlv4 authorlzetion.and after 1937 wlth sp4olflo authorization the Fortl4th, Rwtpflret, Forty-seoond, Forty-third, Forty-fourth, ~a&$ Forty~fifth Loglslatur4s subh dopartm4nts and boards usid part-t~~em~loyeia.~Aots 40th Lig.;lst.C. S., ~~'306; Aots 41st~Le(jr;3rd~C. S., p. 454; Aots.43nd LIg.;R. S.; p, 730; Aots 43rd-L4g.,~B. 6. &5101~ Aotn Uth'Zeg., B. S., p. 11571 dote 45th L4g., R, S., p. i&39. ~%suant to ohangas mad4 In the (Isneral Departmental Appropriation Bill the Forty-sixth Legislature, this d4pertm4nt in Opinion O&JO6 ruled that part-the smploymsnt by stat4 departments and boards was not allowed 4xorpt where spsolf1oally authorlzod. In 1941, however, the Forty-seventh Leglslatur4 approved its forrmr polloy and again ,authorizad the 4mploymcant of part-tlmo eaaployeea in state and boards- departaeentr
Abs4nt ol4ar language lndlrating a oontrary 14gialative Intent, w6 do not believe that th4 -fao$ that the laglslature for on4 blennltu&~~adrbpted a polloy wlth t4sp4ot to sta$e dopartm4ats and boards oppos4d QYphrt-tlm4 employment shoul& be the basis for upsetting the longs rs&ognierd~.and wall 4stabllehsd praetloe of the state institutions or bl~het~ 18knlng,
Ronorable Homor P. Ralney, President, Page 4 , _
We respeotfully answer your question In the affirmative, Yours very truly, APPROVED SEPT. SO, 1941 ATTORNBY QENICRAL OF TEXAS /a/ Grover S4ll4rs
BY FIRST ASSISTANT /a/ Grover S4114rs ATTOm GNNERAL First Aesletant GS:VG
THIS OPINION CONSIDERED~AND AFPROVED Ii LIMITED CONKERENCE