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*1 R-404 June 10, 1947 Hon. C. H. Carnese Opinion Ho. V-241 State Aad.itor Re: Payment~to psmokm
Austin, Texas
dfsohrr64d or parohd rrom oortafn Strte correotiotial lnstitu- tfons ;, Arttfole 514Sb) section 1; V.C.Sd Dear Sir:
We refer to your letter of recent date acknowl- &ged by the Attorney General on May 16, 1947, which9 in rabatance, reads as follows:
Ch, 106, H. BU 105, recorded as Article 5143b, seOtiOn Or &Ots 1 s 49th [1445] hub, k$. 9 Sec. 1, VsC.SO, prorfdes:
“Seation 1, Upon the discharge or par- ole of any persoa committed to the Oatesville State School for Boys or the @afnesrflle State School for Girls, the Superintendent of ,the Instftutfon from whfeh such person fs dfs- charged or paroled shall prosfde them with a complete suit of suftab.le cloth-, and Five Dollars (I)s) fn ra04e~~' and prooure trenapox%+ tfon for them to their hbmes, if residen% al? this State, cir: to the oounty in which they III&$ have been collvfotcd o~;to~auch other plaou fn tlw State. at which twfd dfschsrged’or paroled person may have procured employment or to a place where a suitable home has been found for such personA"
The question has arfs.@n (at the Gatesvflle State School for Boys) :gs to whether the )5,00 in money and transportation cost oap, be pai‘& .more than owe to or for.the same boy who has been paroled and tfldn subsequently re- admitted as a parole Violator, or possfbl,y taken fn again under a new eohrfe%?&qO *2 Hon. Co El. Cavness, Page 2
The provisions of Seetfon 1 of Article 5143b are clear and unambiguous. Said statute requires that the superintendent at the institutions named therein shall provide any person upon his or her discharge or parole therefrom with a complete suit of suitable cloth- ing and $5,OQ, and shall secure transportation for said 'person to some place,wPthfn the State as generally des-
lgnated in the,Act,
Where a statute, civil or criminal, is express- ed in plain and.unambiguous language, and its meanfq is clear and abvious, there is no room for construction. Gaddg v. First Watfonal Bank of Beaumont, 283 S,W, 472; ,Spa.rks v0 State, 174 SoWo‘~51,
We think that the' provisions of this Aot are susceptible of but.one fnterpretation;,that whenever and as often as any person is discharged or paroled from one of these Institutions, 'he or she is entitled to the ben- efits afforded by the specific provisions of this law.
StiRY Persons discharged'or paroled from the State borrectional institutions designated in Article 5143b, Section 1, V,C.S., are entitled to the benefits afforded in said Act whenever and as often as they are discharged or paroled the'refrom,
Very trul$ yours ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS ,By UT- Chester E, Ollfson Bssistant 'APPROVED JUNE 10, 1947 z.L ah?& ATTORNEY GENERAL CEO!djm*