The following statutory prorlolont~ relate to the colleation of the fees to which you rotor: wriftlole 2879:.- Any poroon desiring

to be examined for a teaeher*o certlfloata o&l1 make applfoation to the County Super- intendoat,-' * *. bite lnveotigatlon, tha County Superlnteadont shall give the appllonnt a written recollmrendatlon to the Count f Board of Exudners, requiring thea to axaalnm tIm appllaant ror a oertlfioate * ' *; but no person shall reoelr~ ouch rsooatoendation wlth- out flxut dopooltlng with the County superin- tendent tbe isun of 94.00 as an axamlnatlon Se., and the reoosmn&utlon siren by the Coun- ty superintendent &all. show the receipt OS said fwr. The Countf Board of Exalaer~ shall not porn&t anf pamon to ,ent6r tb at- pt#OMt th0 iU5kLUtiOn UhO dOa0 not first written reoommndatlon ot the Countf Superin- tendent. l l * l . + The county Superintendent shall rorrard prosptlf to the state super- lntendult, all papers OS appliaants apply- ing for State Cortlfloat*a, them to k oubmltkd to the State Board of lSxumlnor8 * * * with a See of #g.OO fsom tha fee pa&i to him by uah of the applltants applying Certiilcats8. for state

"Art1010 ml:-- The State Board d Zxunthers shall, et thslr next umetlng after reosipt of said papers repartn , together with tim recta, exam%ne the papan and ahall .mke a report to the State Superintendent I. . *,

"Mtlole a:-- ' = * Tha State Board of $zadnore la the 3tats iLmpartment of Ed- ucation she21 on applloatlon of lnotltutlono in TOXCS, ta be rsctognlowl a8 junior aollegeo, ’ ’ * * iseks lnveoti~tlon * l * * and ohaX l * * l . Any a aho ol o p- make reo oinmendotlono plying for approval under this aat shall pay u row $ecs.OO. Kash appllcnnt ~tor teaohers’ oertirloate beeed,o$ :ollagn orsdentialo from , shall pay a r6te or Junior Colleges, al.00 to oover the expenaee of laapeotlon and *3 Xonorable C. L. Euykendall, Page 3

otandardl&tion of agprored collegee end of recordiilg end looulng the.aertlflaote.

".~rtlale BQlor-- Any person holding a tenahero' oertlrloate * * l l oholl hove the right to hure ouch certlflaete reilved and oontiaued in force for a period of ooe yenr by taklug thrae oouraeo or subjects and passing In oom * * l *. Upon suoo~oo- fully pooolng ouch three o~uroeo or sub o:to, * * + * ouch tbuahLr'o certlriaete l * 1 upon payment of $1.00 by the holder, shell .be renewed and dontlnued for one yeer * r( l .* mlola m39u also provides for r660 r0r opealol eex4rgency oertltiaates. In conference opinion Ho. 3012, dated February 3, 1938, addressed to the Ronornble Ton C. King, 5tate Auditor, appeexing in Attorney Ceneml*s Reports 1936-1938, page 137, this Departmoti ruled that the fees to which you refer are Rotate funds* *pubUa mneyo " uxkd a-6 required to be de- pbilted in the State Treasury to be withdrawn upon warrants pFoperly drnwn by the Cormptroller. It was also held ln that opinion, ln nnswer to the dlreat queotion, that ouoh fee should be depoolted to the aceouot of the Gemrul Revenw Fund, and not in eny apeolal fund. IO mouering the queatlwo propounded the Departemnt aonoldered the provlolono of the Departnnmtol ,ap3ropriatlon 8111 43th Leglolature, General end 8peolal Iawo of Texas, 1937, Reguler Seo#alon, page 1418, whioh mad. a. tol- LOWS :

"Board 0s Eoominers Dlrlsloo. "It 1s hereby provided that omunto for the sd.esrlee 0s an personf3 engegd in thb exemlnutlon and oertlfiiontlon 0s ap- pllcenta for teaolrro* ~0rtifiwmi3 and for other expenses lntldent thereto shell never exoeed the umtxmt of the prior yew*8 bol- anoeo or feea colZeoted from npplloento rot cartirlaates pluu ourront fees oolleotod; and that uot exceedlog the followlag oaouoto par shall be paid ta the fol- year for anlades lowlag members and employees or said Soexd: to the Chalrwn-xember; $2,730.00 ~3,000.00

132 Honorable C. L. ~ykendall, Page 4

to the College Kxemlner-ifember* $1,600,00 to the Seoretary-Alember; $l.,aO&.OO to the Certlfloate Clerk; Md all other help at the rate not exceeding $lULSO psr apnth; also ~3,OOO.OO each yoar for mulntenunao, equipment, travel and aontingent expense; and uald balanaes and fess are hereby up- proprluted for the purpoooo~&W payiag ouid l alarleo and expenses for each of tlm two ~leoal years endlq Augiit 31, 1938, and hugat 31, 1939.”

The current departmental appropriation for the Board Examlner~ D1vloion, Departant of &duoatlon, &mate Bill No. 437, 40th bglalature, contains un ltenized approprlatloo for sularlee and other item of expense vlth the prorloloo that ouoh items shall be Vald out of i3mardVa Peeam. The Bill then contains the following rider:

"SabJeat to the ll=ltations set forth in the.provloions eppearlng at the end 61: this act, all balaoceo now oo hand and all current fees oolloated from applleento for arc hereby l ppropriut- teuohero* aertlfloateo ad for the purpo6e Of paying all of the l ul- arias expenoer of thlu dlvlaloo ao ltem- iced for the fiscal yoaro eadlne mgwt 31, 1940, and kuguat 31, 1041.w

'66 find rio provlslon in the general law whloh would authorize or require the Comptroller to oreate a o eolal fund s for the feeo colleoted by the Board of P;ramlners D vialon, nor do we think that the fact that ouch feeo are appropriatd to the dlrlslon would authorize or requlretbe oreotlon of u opeolal fund. Insofar ao 1s mterlal here ttm approprlatloo for she Board of Xxamlners Dltlolon by the 45th Leglolaturo whloh ma oonoldered in our former oonferenoe oplolon, 18 sub- stantially the 8ume se that made by the 46th Legiolature.

It 1s our oplnlon thut the Co3lptroller 1s oat uuthor- lzed or required tr, aepeolt the feso oolleoi;ed by tlm Board of &xamlnere Division of the Department of Zduaatlon in a simaafal fund, but ouch Sea@ should be depoolted ln the general revenue fund, and wlthdrawo upon proper warraot issued by tlm Camp- troller.

Yours very truly ccc :Rs