Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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8onor8ble Gee. 2, Gheppaml
cempfrono
Austsn. tezw
DoarI;r.IbeppaHf
ing April 14, 1946. The- lea8e contrrot call8 1~ m month rental and ia prryable out of ‘atbooR Fun&. f
*You will notioo this lo-&d con- tract YSS 5sde prior to the enactmmt of the epprupriatioa bill the ensuing bisnnim.
849 tionorable 000. 2. Sheppard - page 2 thank 700 to advise
‘II &all this depart- .
aamt rhethc this 18 4 t8lid aontract ia aubjoot whotber tbo prwislona of In this oonneotion I call Senate Bill 260.
your attention co Artiola a869 and Article
2667 IrC*rn., le8e.8 civil watut4a Irtioiea follwa~ bre aa 2663, [2666] and 2666 oi the Raiaad out .Art. 2867. fn orda to ou-ry ;irwiaion8 thta Aot state boarb of eholl ammall;l at meeting dealg- Education nated by thorn eaCil yew, #et apart out OS the ctrilable cchool fund of the state ire4 an awiount stafflatent to purchase marl dFatrib-
ute necetmary school booka for the uae
or the pupils ot thia State the soholoa-
tlo year enauiq.
ma-t. 2666, The State textbook fund of tUa State shall of tbo tund cot oonalat amide by the State Board of Edusrtlon from
tbe available achool fund am la provided
in ins; from this Aot, tbe #al4 of dimmed book8 and all together mitb funds aacru-
moae78 dorited from the puWta8e of books b7 private ?rom boards of aohool trusteea
ind&ridurla, by sobools, or Prom any other
l our oe .
*A. 2869. T h e State Doard of Eduoa- require tion shall iros the State 6uperlatend- of 44oh year a report am 4nt on Jul7 iirat the funds neo44s4ry purohaae and dis- of other n44444ary erpensea of tributiun
soboot, boo&o for tbo regular sahool 448410n
of tbe folloting your, and aaid board of Rlu- 64t apart fxwm oation shmU lmvo the polrer the available school fund ftle astimrtsd amount with 26 par oont 4ddition81, thi4 nbdlti4n41
tin85 to be ustxi ni44t eaerr;oncies or aeeeasi- ties oauscd b7 unucua~ in oholectio inoreose ottendanoe or b7 uauourL and unior4se- ox-
850 honorable Gee. 0. Sheppard - p8ge
penaea nnd l oho ol o onditioua. Tundr trana-
favrod la the tart book IWad mhall rrrPin in this fuawl until expended, and
peraanaatl~ ahall not lapmo eloae of at.tbe tEe fat4 the Timal Tear. 3he st8ta suprintrrrbent of Publlo Lnotruotio8 ahrll be roqnirod te inolude la tbe aforamtioaed report to the L)tatO Wnrd of 18duontion trtoment am fund rhieh is unapaaded,
the aaoumC of this ad rnld amount @ball be ooaa&0erod W
board in deters&lag the neoaaaw erpsadi- Jonr.* tha iolloriay
twos f DT tslrtb44kS In the gureral Appropriation Bill ot the 4lth there mu opproprinted tot tbo Textbook Legisl8ture Dttiaioa ot the Daprctmemt of I!Auo&tion, urder the head of Niialntsfutmo and Ylsosllan40urm, Xtaa 100, as follower Wfioe sad d4po8ltory 8uppliea. 0xpr488, oontia-
drayage, printing, stationery, rent, gear expanse, On used boolrr, postage freight and her rant, t414phona, telegraph, tssasng4r mrvioe, lntersst and trarsl 4xp4aae,$19,000.004 74ara of biannlua~ reapeotlre fiaoal or
Correapoldlngl7, th4 bianmirl for Textbook Dlriaion, 87, tha 4nth Legislature Itoa ie 4s foll48r: dar 4k~ntemm44 and i.ireeli4naous~ kioe and depository auppliea, postage, aproas, ilrryage, t414grrph, pclat- telephone, ing, atotionsry, rant, expanse, ooatingsnt in- oluiling ir'bight 01) used textbooks,..~~,ooo.~o= re*psotLve fir041 yenra. lo take be tbs rentUs inquirui about coo4 wIthin the above itome aa .rent..
In Opinion NO, O-3427 this deptwtmcnt advised fou, resp4at Co comtruotloa opplia8tion of Smnte lltb ii111 NO, 266, 48 tb Leqfslature , Ilogular Gesslon, in the couru4 of which opinion ~4 atid:
UoDorablo 600. 11. smppatd - pa&8 4
l As aatidtopain adndnlmtc~ we ti@it 0laim add rurthw umlm thie leglolation,
that a11 ront*1 agrmD*ats ud leame*, whiob bat* not mxpirad pro-
VimlSl;J, Will uatoMtiodl~ on tamilute klmmt a& lDI3, last dy of cho our-
reDt bi@lxdam* mm 8uprs* a-0 hu
rulal that @ho Dtate oumet bo booan up011
a learn* oontraot that ortads bwoad the
tw*par period OOWred by the appropria-
t&CD WdW WhtO& t6atuS thWWtiW U’O 8bep
Port worth Crvalw Clob t.
;xy:a tea. $30, 83 8. u. (8) 800. Ttw#refore, ul ot8te depart8mntm rtfmmtod
by this, lcl&i~l~tioa must wtw late nw
lea*. agtewsatm trlre alfeat OD septw-
bw 1s 1943,* you bars ainre you have opinion, obtlousl~ this her. us%.?’ oonmidermtion be- preoeated dire& question oauae of doubt am to whether it oaverm prement mitua- tion, or possibly you reek a rooonsideratioa of the matter broad. The mttet IS of ioportams, md In if it im thet above-quoted lmgnage Smm our rler of' taot that and not in rwponse former opition was voluntarll~ ueal, to a dire& in ordfw to rwwe all dubiety quwtion, wrl8tww, we hare @TSD matter a EW ard lndeperslsnt oontxitlration~ 7, Artio1s VIU, of the Constitution de- 8mtion
8lorwr allo money da811 b,e drfmn from t&w trwl8~ b pt in putmml~e of 8peoiflo l p a ad8 by law; nor shall q propri8tiom of money bo nde long- than tvo pears. 0 . .
* or tera PUm two-year perlad begins at the tlno these appropriations become aratlcrble, rather than from date OII rhioh the Act beeome8 legally ef?eotire. A gener- al appropriation act bocones BfiectiVe - iu, exist- ing law -- upon tho day the oame im apptwed by the Got- ernot, (360. 30, Art. III, Coast.) but such ccnernl appro- priations usually PM mailable the biennium, beda- nlnf: SoptatDet 1 thereafter, eJrtend ror the petitted They ate thus valid md ePteot.ioe Isr from two years.
i.iOUOrab~O Y.0. 8. SbSppW'd - Pe&O 6
he0 or thair pcccego and l pprotel, aoootdiaZ; the&r terse, but tams thcccolC l pccliiocll~ fiz the two- yea period for cxpenditnro, co above l tated.
Fort forth Cbrrlw Club 7. Sheppard, 83 8. I. (2) 600, w OUT &lptOEO CWt , OitOd in WI' OflDiOD itOr 0-8427, held that a rectal lccco bct8ccc the Club cxl tar a term Adjuwt Yenera iO? armly parpemea, ot fir0 you%, wac TO&d es ac.ln~ iD 00ntraTeDticn of the acn- ~tltuLLoar The five-year tern, under the oontr800, began septwlMr 1, l@slr The lemmeo wtwd into poroecclon th0 jWtW&OOO 011 tbt dote, Wd ttl0Frsrtt.t OOOUpiOd the ic, up to Yaroh same the easnlng mlr ~onthc - that 1, 1938. The Btete paid the ctfgulatcd monthly rental8 ror months Of scptatilJet, Ootobet, RorQnber end neeem- her, 1831, and J*rmaq end Pclwaary, 1932. lhO80 pe~cnta mere made b7 arrrranta drama by tbc Comptroller against the wdc by the 4i!d Lcgielcture tor Adjutant f.icneral,o JJep8rtment, ~hioh approprl8tloa begee, o? Course, September I, 1931, ended At@uct 31, 1933. At tbe time the oontraet eat msde tbae wa8 arellable utir the approprlrtlon, money citirtcient pey. the rentals thereunder the teo peata ooveted by much approprlatioar Afts tbc appropriation th0 year eadi~g Aught 31, 1931, ma8 OXhaUOted, the Qo1~- fot nor apprwcd octtaia dcfioicneiec for the AdLdjutant Oeneral~8 DepWtWDt, opinion Mr. Juctioe Crlta, in vriting
sup r50 c ourt, l 136( 8Tl10 Attorney Ceaeral contend8 that tbe Adjutaat Uenerel 808 witheut power
aiake a lea80 contraot Tot a period of rite bhatefore, contract ma,
Y--D ati, In thio conneotlon, and is, illegal.
Attorney ocnerill contends there *me
no lw, etprosg or implied, in for09 at
t&b the thta contract ~08 entered Into
to authorlao lta ttakAagr V0 ate tompolled ,
co sustain t%s contention. .ln tho case a?. bar the Adjutant Lienor- al *aa limited in his right to contraat ths amount of his qqz@oprlation bill. Ue *am also licited by the tern oP such sppro-
85: il. Sheppud - pago g r;oaorable Gee.
priu#ioa. Uhen to go beyond Ire attePptckl powor. eonferrdb upon him br LOT, ha
actel without mthorlty of low, und au& sot maa and is told and doom not bind the
state, l l l .
.1t 18 wffioiont ray ua at th e Bat maa not authorirul ia the beginning, the only sot of rrtifioatioa on the part ia the ppropriatioa bore the mgiolaturo
undc aoasidar~tloDr The Lqislwuro bad
no power rake suoh oppropriatio8 ualoar
at the very tine it 1as amdo there existed
aoao ‘pr*oxirtiag laT* authoririnq
same. It im o bvlou~ Chat no l ueh Lor then exi6tsd.~ situation lo controlled by tho Uoeision no present that casOe ki4WO at tiM the k&l'tiX-#OOdSlObOO ~a0
in cxwutcil there ram a.a oxioting l’rolp rhiah rcntals oould be -0, mhiuh, howover, will expire Anmat sl, lQ43. The oontraot , themfore, ostondo beyond the atollablo appropriatioa, and 198 thereforo raid, unleo8 eomo valid pro- law authoritod exi8ting it. Yo quoted in tho boglming OP which wore thought this opinioa those artioler OP the statutes boating upon tho subjwt, and in our opin- to liavo axq poseiblo do not ounctitute 14~ neoasm6x-y to t&o icn they pra-erimtiog oreatiunoi 1irb;Llity ag+alnat tbo Btato. You ~0 theretore respeothrll~ wlvleed ir the oplaion oP tUs department leeso contraot con- under aldorotian ‘la void. War we hare said doos not sffwt tho right rlutr rO8peOting poyrpoat Por the period of time prior I, 1943. to September
Very truly yours