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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
QouLI)O.MANN , i%: --mm.
Boara oi Insurance Comrlssionors
wfo Diviszion
Austin, Texas
Dear Mr. Barrow8 '
July 1, 1940, uh.bh
ity to pay futwe Expense aa- . Heath in view of a reoerrt In or&w to ot. least take care amOunts from: this dote, till lse us, with a copy for the Coq- troller, if in your o@iofi the trip is legal am% in tho interest of tho State of Texas so that the vizrrzmts IiiLy be honorti.
~Th3.s trip wa9 m&3, aa ycm tierstand, In acoorclmoe with the prjvislons of jrtlcle 460&a, Section 3# as Zzetied by the Forty- sixth Lc,$slatUre,*
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sr% ;rdvisad by you that this joint cxamina-
tion is still in proocss and kir. Reath is still engaged therein.
Articl3 4690, Vernon's Revised Civil Statutes,
specifically authorizes the ohairnan of the Board of In- surance COmissloners, either in Ferson or by one or mre Commission %xamlpors, to visit ad oxadno, either alono or jointly vith representatives of the Insurance Supervising Departments of other states, oaoh insurance company not organized under the laws of this State but authoriied to trimsaot business 111 this State. You am therefore dvisod that, in the opinion of this dspart- mnt, the trip concerning which you mUi inquiry is for State business $urpoees rlirwtly concornin~ the Dayart- mnt of Insurance, by which Lir. Reath is enploged.
In our Opinion No, o-2467, adclrossed to the Bonorablo Gee. If. Sheppard, CoLTtroller of Fublia Ac- 00Llnte, this dapartmnf ruled that th3 traveling-expense ridor appended to Senate Dill 427, Acts of the 46th Lcgis- latum , ixohibited the paymnt of traveling exp%nscs in- currccl on out-of-State trips , unless the written stato- mnt of the Attorney General that the purpose of tha pro- ;omd trip is for State business purpose shall hav% been obtained and filed in ailvance of the trip vith th3 State Conptroller. A copy of such opinion is enclosocl horctith. It will be observed that in that Instanoo the employee had completed the trip without procuring an opinion from the Attorney Goneral advising that the prposo of the prosos%d trip mm for th3 discharge OS State business. Tbo prpose of the rider is to require approval of the trip as being for Stat3 business prpOscs prior to the incurring of the ex;londitur% for which roimburscmont is sought fron; the State. l'hwcfor3, so mch of Zr.
kioath's traveling sxpcnses in connection with this out-of-Stat% trip as vor% incurred prior to the pro- curin and filing of this oFin.ion with the Stat3 Conp- troller rray not be *cl by tbo CoE@roll%r; but such 3xpcnses as are incurred after the filing of this opin- ion with the Comptroller my be roin&urs%d, if othorwiso in order.
Trusting that the above fully ansuors your in-
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Very truly yours ATTORIEX QBWRAL OP T3XAS RVP-MR
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