Case Information
78 : OFFiCE OF THE ‘ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
[1] AUSTIN
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honorable Gee. II. Uheppard
CorqMollor of Publio Aooountm
Au0 tin ) rexar
ooor &r. sbeppardr _. .’
a. Prwlded furthor lots ooqwising nine ro mllca or more of terri- that school districts squnro uilos nncl have an occreUtc;l high
~ohool or sixteen (la) unita or ffiorc) ahicb
80170 tcnchor training institutions a8 proc-
tic0 tcachinp: laboratorios, shall rcoeito
high soboo tuition paytcnt OP Goron Dollars
ml Fifty Cants ($7.50) por pupil per mmth
on all Ugh school pupils cnuszoratad ia said
dietrtotsfi provided further, that such aid
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Eonorablo 0eor U, Obeppml - page P
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shall mot ~xoeed tbo budp,otq naeds of,aaid
dlstriots as indicated by the approval OP tAe
gtote Suporlntendcut of Fublio Instruation or
l,b& Dircotor of Plqualiratlon, and provided that '. " such ald shall bo paid upon 6uuab approval and l approval only reprdlesa or all otbor such l.inxltationo, roetrlotlons or prorisionr iaposed : tbo purporo an& in thou Aot to tbo extont,.for in Ure MMOC cot forth in thlo l cntcnoe. ‘Ihr
proriaions of scotion 1, Art1010 1 of UouOO _
uill lie. 284 pasaod at the RCgUlaP 6ar~ion of the Forty-oevontb bcgielature aa-0 not l pplio8blo .
to tho aiQ granted in thi8 ootion. . .
‘@Ali laws and part8 0C laum in oonfliot herewith aro harcby expressly ropsaled, and
particularly such portions of Bootim 1 of Arti- I~ ala IV of said nouee Mill 20. 2iMr Forty-smentb Leglolnturo as mar be in Oo&llot. bareuith; how- mar, budgotmy need uurt bo 8bown before aid
eh+ll be grantad,-
‘I . &tot&on la ot Artiolo 1 protldost whoridod further that school dirtriots whoa0 arca 40~18 not e~OOcrl e%XtOCn (16) equare
tilce md hare an accredited higla school ot #lx- toen (la) unita.or mom, which nerve teacher . training tnatitutlons 80 practiea teaching
laboratories, aball roaoire biuh school tuition paye;ont from tho moniooo appropriated in thlr
Aat of Suvm Dollars and cEifty Cent8 ($7.50) par pupil por month on all bQb school pt~pilr enunmr- at&d in aaid distrlcteI prmidod further that
mob aid shall not uoaed tho budgetary needa
or aaid districts au indlaatod by the npproral
of tlro &tat0 Suporintcndcnt of' l%iblia Instructloll or &he nircotor of Er,uollzntlon, and provided
that such aid shall 10 paid upon such approval and such approval only, re@wdlces of all otbor limitations, restriotions prwimionn lngosed in thim Act the axtont, tha purpo.eo, and in this l entanca,.if - in the mnner mot forth bwlgetorf need OOII be shown therof or, and pro-
vided rurtblssi that in oonrolidatOd dirtriot
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o omp ruing nine h undred ( 900) l qunr o sAlc5 o r more of torritoq a etrole;ht tuition payment of mvan Dollnrta nnd Mfty Cent8 (fj7.fio) per - ~,, month per pupil sball.bs pnld on all blEh school pupils enUmorstod In the consolidnted distrlot and lirinr: ritUn the present bounda- ries of any territory annexml or otberwlso con- 5olidAed to tbo osntral raoelrinx bl@ sclrool, and can sbsw budgotnry nocd thercror~ Provided further tbat tho oa~lss~m llmitatlons am to soho- lastio population tar eligibility herein eat‘ tort& shall Dot apply any ty,pe of oia to any rohool dlstrlot, rhicb 1s nine (8) milor more in lenprth and aoscsses and oollaots One Dollar and rbirt~-t%Te CUIlt@ ( i.%S) &U on eaob one lnmlracl dollar5 raluat on, and oan who8 budgetary need therefor,.
Artiou 10 at aloh Aat protidea iu part1 * l . . . ws Aot shsii tabi eWPeot end be ln,rorae frosi mxl after September 1, 1943.. . . . .- .* In ties of the prwid&n of Art1010 ln, the A0t _ '. does not take orfoot until *from and after lleptembor 1, 1943.5 Rudco Oil a: 00s g. v* Lemnastcr, f4a 8. 1. (2) 805. ---
tt is si3ttled that a atatuto will not be oon-
struod to operate rctrospectirsl~, unless ito terms show clcqrl~ a legislatiro intention that it should bore orrcct. It is nlrays prcsured that statutos are to oper- at0 prospectlroly, and 011 doubts ars rauolred In fnror of auob construction. &erc&zn burotx CF. Y. AQgm. zra uorkn, 29 8. U* (2) 403, rw. (Corn. AppT in S.r.(2) 7141 -- iloCl;r;al'l CO. Tr I;sUkr?n_ CO., 69 ToX. 172, 6 6. We 4311 &&fiji%Tcrroll, 118 %ix. 1530, 284 8* I. r?49f Iii-m.
5, f. %, 50 Tax. Sill Alollln~ v'i s. $- Iloaston, (Tsx.) 3 11. I 84Q8 Yichlta Palls. 5 g. &. se Y l Lindla, 143 se we (a) rnal gursor v4 po_ob, z4b 01 1. (n) ota~ 50 Qb d* 1160. I ,-,> ~. .’ ,,. >
Omiousl~, sootion la of Artlole 1 bns only 8 .
prospcotiro oporation ihat in, it uthorirem tho pay- ,aont8 spooifitd only or tenths oaourrinr: nfter tha et- i
lcotlro data of the Aot. Beotioa lb does net difPer- fro& section la in thts mapoat. Both seotinns author- iae *high school tuition poymnt of Beven DOllsrs and af ty Cohtb por pupil par uont)l.m 8ootion .lb is not the offoot- mds applioablo in tarme to months prooodlng lse date at Wuso DLll 178,
lo is, or oourso, irus that sootion lb amends
Uouso lill.284j 47th Le~lslatUrS~ the Rursl Aid T&T oper-: ;: ativo durin& the current bionntutng nut tlio foot tbat it is an anoncltlcnt doom not authorize a oonstruotion attrib-. uting to it a retrospective operation. Original prods- .; . ions appearing in au amended oot sro to be rcjiarded as harinp boon law minoo they wore onootecl, rhilo mu pro- visions are to bo construed as onactcd at tbo tiu:e the. amoniiuout took effaot, &cricnn mrot~&. _sfx. 1, f.
&A311 :d*, 120 Tex. ma, of-3 s. lr. (2) 710 sh*l lndawndcnt E&no1 SatriOt, 2DO L-r. i%.T'IIn ~~kvla aoco~diioo with thogoneral rules applioable to lagisla- tire enaotumts, unliks roqulrod ihCxpress terms Gr br am implioatioa, an amcndatory aot will be oonstrued proepeotiroly sad not rotrospoctivol~. 00 s* J. lYsl- &M in every osme of doubt, tbo doubt must be ll22.
solved agalost tho retrospectire 0Pfeot. a? gb 3* 1161. - . to give to Sootion lb a ratro-
If m attempt spootlve construction, WC aro at onoe oanSronted with tlro question; For shst nuobor ot mnths prior to tha effoctivo data @T Uouse Sill 176 art) the pnynents anthor- ized to De mdef The swtlon doom not speciff the period, nor t&rough the proocss oC oonetruotion con it lo doter- DL1ned with rensonsblo omtninty. In such’O~s8~ to say that tho seotioa oporatos rotrospeotirely, requires it bo oomlcmmd want OP ocrtalnty, ona bqonuse it liolatos ArtiOle 8, sOotiOn S Of th0 COnStitU$iOn, rc- qufring sspooifio~ npproyriatlons* This section oontrols the purpose and the auiount of expenditures from tho oppro- priatloa ~iail0 in tb8 AOt. lmtainly, a prorinion wbicb tile oxponcliture of monies from tbo troaoury in a. Woote oortain amount Sor meaob month*, but fails afford a standard by which the Ikonths for rhiolk thn payments are . to be ma&o OM b b l soerta%ned with r~sOn#iDle~ oertainty, 1. no* l rpoairlQ~, wit&n the Banning of &UOlO 2, oeo- *5 ;
Yonorable 4480. II.. Sheppard * page II
Ibe loquag,e used by the Buproma Court OS toxns in gp_qk~a~ *a vO i;rufman COG, aitd uupra, is spplioabl. hcrsa le qould hnie bann easy for the
Lo.gLslaturo, by the us0 of apt words, to hare umds the prntisLon8 spplicahle to past as well as future oaats~ but no suoh rordi appear in tbe l Ot.@ #co bato not overlooked the rule that a prorls- ion oT an sot will not be p;lv?n s Ccnatruotion rhich will renilcr Lt aqbtorj, or pier8 surplusa~o, if another con- struction om reasonably bc placed upon it. Tbi. rule, hcwwor, doos not authorize rowire that x0 imiul~o im IA wro mess at the le~lslotire intenticn OS retro- mpeotito cperntion, rhcra the language us.4 is so tmccr- : . tata that mithtr the intent thnt it nhculd operate retro- spcctlvoly, nor tho period rl~lclt ifs rotrcspcottra opera- tion, if any, should oo~or, 0011 ronronalaly bo determined rrom the language used.
You mre therefore ad?iaed that Seation lb does * not autlloriro the payrsents doncrib& therein to br, ssds for months prior t.0 tho efPsotive jato OF, Nouse Bill lrb.
~ ,” very truly y6ur.