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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN.
GROVERSELLERS
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Honorable D. W. Stake8
Oenerel ManAger \' :i Texnur Prima 3ystrm Huutavl2 lo, Texan ..,, ---Jo 1 ,, opinion no. o-6196-+.,
Dear Slrc
He: Authox'lty of the %xae P&eon System fa.purohase from tti& Faotorg anb.Shop aateriaks '>. and,8up~es-,.appropri8tlollr steel co be ppoocssod and used 8a &lls In door8 and vlndovs of .prlro,a doraltory.
Your recent; oommunloation to this department read8 88 follov8l j I .~i .,, "\, ,,*
"0n~.rsqu&~n No. 94&l, dated Au&
11/h@ the Texas PrlronJyrtm requacted State,Bonrd of Control to purohese a quantity of2001-and HOat-Realsting Steel to be uaed for aanufaa~ure of grilli to be placed in a ~dormltary at one elf t$a units OS Lhe Tbxaa Prl- ./. aall 3ysten. \ \ .'. "The purchase of thla material Yes 1%. by the Prlaon Board beoa88a of the &&Wire4 that the steel nov I.n use is of an lnferlor taot quality en& can be easily out by the inmates and quite a number have effeoted tholr s%CaPe in this manner.
"Included in OUT apProprlatIon bill
for the current bieunium is an item derignated AS Factory and Shop Nailaterlals end fiupplies in mount of $100,000.00. *2 lion. D. W. - Page 2
"1% the Texas Prison System euthorlrbd
to purchase from the above design&ted appropriation the Tool-end Beet-Realatlag Stebl to bb processed end used es grills la the doors awl vlndova of onb of the prison dormltorleat”
Senate Bill 332, Chap. 400, Aota of the 48th la the current approprlotlon bill covering Leglaleture, dopertmanta. The epproprlrtlon executive and l dmluiatratlve for the Texas Prison Systea begins an page 978 of said hots. On page 981 appears, es Item 117, an epproprletion of year of the biennium Ior %mtory $100,000.00 for esoh fiscal and Shop J&tbrlela and Suppllba.* very next item of epproprletlon la tor '~bpelra-- Building end non-structural Thlr la Sm rovementa inoludlng rpsterlela nud Contreota,” Thnr end carries en ep$ro rletlon of $5,000;00 for each or said years, (6mphaaia ours
The tool-end heat-rbalating stool la to be prooeaaed and used es grills In doors and vlndova of one of the prison dormltorlea. Xt la oleer, tharbiorb, that it to be used in building lmprovementa and not for material “Shop materiels and supplies”. under Item 117 are for
The appropriations materiels and suppllea necessary to operate the print shop, garment Seotory, textile pclll, suger mill, camlng plant, l )loenae PlAtb plaut, brlak plant, tumery and auy other
industry of the grlaon system not provided for by apeclflc Item 104 is an eppro~rletlon ltema of pproprlatlon. of $45,000.00 for each gear of the biennium for shoe shop Thus, shoe shop materials and mawriels and supplies’. m~;ll;; oanuot be paid for out Of thb approprletloaa under
They must be paid for out of the speolflo eppro- prlatlon’ thbrsf or.
Under the “General Provlaionan of SEnatb Bill 332, Chap. 400, eforeasid, ve find subsection (15)b of Section 2, which reeda as follovar
“The appropriations herein provzded are
to be construed aa the maximum sua~s to be appro- priated to and for the several Purpoaea named herein, and the amounts are intmded to cover, coat Of the respecrlve and shall oover enclre items md the same shall not be supplemented from any other sources; and, except aa oihervise provided, no oL.her expenditures shall be made, nor shall any other obllgei;ions ba lammed by any *3 Hon. D. Y. - Page 3
dbpRrtI6bnt Of this SfXtb, provldbd, hOVbVbP, thaC nothing herein #hell Prevent eny departmbnt heed from paying 188% than thb mrxl%m% mount eat forth hee:n ?or my aeleribd poaltlsn%. (Buphaalr fOrbgOing provlalon plain bnd uneabl- upplansntetloa of TAM guoua . It olberly prohibits epproprletloa% under item 118 from those under eny othbr srd Vi08 Vb~SR. It also hanmnlrea vlth oonatl- itbIll, tutlonel provlalon that “lo money abelf be dr8Vn from
For the ebovb mnmma, the question aub- Pitted is awverbd in ~the IIegaLiVb.
Very truly yours ATTORBEY GESERAL OF TZXAS By s&iiii
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