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*1 AUSTUU. -msxaus October 22, 1948 Hon. E. Ii. Poteet 3. .Act,lng President
Texas Colleges of Arts & Industries
Kingsville, Texas
Attention: Hon. James H. Calvin
Opinion No. V-705.
Re: The authority of the Hoard of Directors Arts and Industries of Texas College ‘of to permit an employee to take a State.. automobile Into Mexico on of- ficial business.
Dear Sir:
Your request for an opinion reads as follows: *m thh ~O&%tk & Directors of the Texas Colleg& of Arts and Industries auth- orize.~~.;;erhpToyee”..~f :the College to take a state-owned automobile Into Mexico on off iclal business?”
,Nelther the current appropr$atlon bill making appropriations to the Texas College of Arts and Indus- tries and other educational Institutions for the current biennium (H.B. 246, Acts 50th Leg. ch. 339, p. 6491, nor any general law which we have been able to find, prohib- its the use of a state-owned automobile by an officer or employee of an educational Institution when traveling without the State on institutional business.
Subsectl;n 6 of House Bill 246, among other things provides: No travel shall be performed outside of the Stati,‘e;cept upon the written consent of the schoo&‘s board of regents or directors.tl
Therefore, it is the oplnion,of this office that there is no legal objection to an employee of the College using a state&owned automobile on a trip to Mex- ico on official business for the College, provided he obtains in advance the written consent of the Board of Directors of the College.
Hon. E. H. Poteet, Page 2 (V-705)
SUMMARY An employee of Texas College of Arts & Industries may use a State-owned automo- bile on a trip to Mexico on official busi- ness for the College, provided he obtains in advance the written consent of its Subsection 6 of H. B. Board of Directors.
246, Acts 1947, 50th Legislature, at page 649.
Yours very truly ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS BY
Bruce W. .Bryant WB:wb Assistant