Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE A’ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
aonombl. f2OW(l@ x. shoppera
corptrolkt mbrio A0oouatr
Almlrr, TatM
8th Legirlmturr. to tbo ambndmea~t~rer*rrra to la your letter
Artlola 6221, v. A. c. a., rm4t-.~ar sollowr~
“09 the 18t Qay of eaoh oabndnr raonth ComptrOllOr fhil p0;l t0 e+Oh IMrTiOd veteran who ir living with him wlfi8, 1 pea- don of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars per ntonth *2 . ma. taorge x. sbwpera, pago a
(LB long as botlt mep live, ena after
the death of 0 1 ther perty, than tha raid
veteran or his dam at111 living am11
only drew aa amount @qua1 to otho? vetorema or their wia0wa. To l eoh veteren now un-
married or l . widower or widow who 18 drawing a pension whose eppllcetlon mey be horo- eitrr rpprovod, shell be paid the sum of
honty-fir0 (38.OO) Dollerr par aanth l nQ tho nmeinder of raid ~nrloa
&oh' L;8r, runa I aftor rolmburUng tho,Gonorel flo*onud Fund tar an7 l dvmoembnt theretofore zmdr, to tho Ponrioa'PunQ rhell be oquelly proreted mong ell of ui d ponafonere w!koso oleinr to poarlonr hero boon rrtabllrhed and riled. An Ponrioar~rhell bogin oa the tire &Y or the belrnaer month roilowing the appovai OS epplloetlon.~ of Senate Bill tpo. 24
Tbo relevant portion provlderr "On the first day of l eoh aelonder month . _ the Cooptroller Nmll pay to eson married tot- l ruI who 18 living with hi8 wire, a pension of
Zlehty (480.00) Collars ‘per aoath ror es long es they .both~ may live, aftor the Qoath of oitlwr prty then said vetemn, or Us
wiaop 138111 iiving ehell only be* aa mount equal to other vmwm3 or their viama. To
oeoh votoren nols~unmerried or a wlQover, who la dlXvin6 gx4nalon, or whose epplloetlon may here&tar approved ehall petd ma Plrty (:ao.OO) Doliers pr ror oeoh ;’ per. To oeoh widor who la now drawing a pen- SiGEi, Or who86 FpliOation nay horaeftor bo
a rroved ahell bo~pid the WI!J& Of Thirty
(igJO.OO)‘Daller~ par aonth for eeoh year! pro- vided that any person rho bee bo6n grentod e
enslzn, end *ho ir thereafter edaitted a1 en -to of the COnfodorato Snne of thiti Stat0 &all thsroartor be entitled t0 ~8081V0 3enSiQn *3 .- -
,.
Iron. Ooorgo H. Shocpard, pago
paymont.8 of tho a?aount of one-half (f) oi
the pension that ruoh pamon rould bo on-
titled to raerive If not an irmato or cuoh
hcaa. (All poneiooe rhell brgln on rimt day or tho oalondar month following
the p?rovel at tho appllaatlon.)* xt 15 a)pweat from the trnu of both of theaa the0 t-9 ooaptrol~rr ir authoriraQ to mea vanrion AOtr peyaeat8 only on tha rirrt day 0s reeh mnth, end that tbo mount 0s uoh paymota pmaoar oatitlea to maeire bs detemlnrd on them are to tbs first bay of eaoh mont& It la cm undoratendfng that uhan you mention paymate “Ior of Au&&&t- la your latter you refer to tha paymenta an 8optanber 1 ainoe your departmat to bo -do Era lon(l Ooartrurd .krtlcilo 6221 nob b related Artlolae to provide that psymnaate for a gfvon month me&a i7n the flrrt day t&a auoosedlng moth. on tba 1st day of ~Ssgtambar, smf4ta Bl:l Ho, 24 rrill bo la ria for00 an4 l a an4 u&o? Ite term you are euthorlzod enQ ordered to e&a ~pemantr in eooordenoe with the gw3vi~lonr thir Aot.
alnor.3eotlon 51 0s krtiola IIf 0s our con~tltutlon rpo- oifioally authorizaa the leglalaturo to grant pendons of thl8 type widar such rcgulatlons end li~ltetlonr ac may dO0100d by th4 legi#lK!tWO Ra 8fp~41&,w a* rind 110 inhibitiona a~elaat giving a literal interpretstloa to tha language of tNa hot. Consequsntly, It le our oplaim and you are raspeotfully edvfabd that the ponrloa peynontr to ba mede on the flret day of Saptrmbor ohould bo In tha by Ssneta Dill SO. 24. ezounta euthorlzad
Trusting that r0r0661:4 fully enawora your v*ry truly yourr 8. rmaa bioorhaql Arairtaat RDMtf0