*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

orhla agents shall oonforato the meuorable regu- latioru VhiOh rrald O@nwleaiQn*r of Agrloulturt9 la herebj authoxrised and dted to ~rescrPOte, ar 8hrr;ll @anfarm to the re8wm8ble msgulatiorm of method of adopted 02 used bg tbo Amoaiatlon of OJtiloLal teetlng Seed Analtyets at Ioath kbwrlcia.* *2 pspsrtment of Agriculture, Page 2

It Is 0bvIous that the CommIsaIoner of Agr1oulture mt, under this statute, lni’orm hlmself from tIge to time of the natuW of the regulations or pethods of testing adopted e tmed by the Association of OffIoIal Seed Analysts of~Rorth mriea. The LegIslattar% must neoessarlly have aontemplated that the department should be permItted to Inour euch expendi- t\rros aa tuI@t be neaeesa~y to obtain thllr InfomDItIon, and m therefore hold that your department rry Incur, and the corrptr~ller may Isaue a warrant for the expense In the sum of $10.00 Involved In subsorlbIng for the servloe, rhiah Imludes oopIea of internatlozul seed testing Litereture, fuxmlshed by t&l AseocIatIon of OfmsIal seed Analyat4B.

Authority of other depU%mmts of the State governmnt w Inour and pdy cberges for similar servlaes has been sustaIned by #Is departmnt In ita~ opinlonm numbered O-1903 and O-1990.

Yours very truly ATTORlBYBEXRRALOF~ COMMll-,‘EC