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*1 62 OFFICE OF THE AmORNEY GENERALOF TEXAS AUSTIN
._ Honorabls C. 1c. kns, Prssldsnt
Southwrst Tsxas Stat. Tsashsrs Collags San Xareos, Texas
Dear Sir:
this automob ssnss? Mu8
same general laws?* on's Annotate6 Texas Statutes, or the ?srlous institutions sst Texas Stats Tsaohsrs Col- . . . . lsaring ths Thsrr is PO basis for assuaing in that
oontrol of the88 funds solrly within ths hands of the board that the Lsgislaturo lntondsd that ssld funds should boeoas any lsss stat0 IBOLOII*J~~ In hot, Ssotlon b of ths suw Ar- tiols rrqulrss that sspamts l ooounts shall br krpt at ths institution *showing ths sour018 of all sume oollsotsd, and ths purposes for whloh srpendsd* while Ssotlon 4 of ths Ar- tlols provides for a biennial printing of a report showlq I. C”**I”“.” 1..
-- 63 Honorable C. X. Evans, Pagi E
the rsoeipts and dfsbursements of all funds handled by the instltutlon. Finally, in Seotion 8a, the Article says that:
"* * * this law shall be subordinate and sub~servlent to ths biennial appropriation bills for the support of the several institutions heroin m8ntfOneda"
To assume, as we do, that such funds are and re- naln state moneys is to say that any property or equipment purohasod with suoh funds becomes the property or equipment of the state and is eubjeot to all rules ,and regulations whloh the Legislature may have prescrlbad ior suoh property or equipment.
You are respeottully advised, therefore, that it
1s the opinion of this department, that the automobile whloh you deacrlbsd as purchased from studant fees ior the purpoea or transporting athletic teams is a state owned vehlole in the legal sense of the word, murt be Operated according to the rules and regulation8 whloh the Legislature ha8 prescribed for the operation of state owned vehioles, and must be marked in acoordanoe with Article 881 of the Texas Penal Code, Vernonvs Annotated Criminal Statutes.
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