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*1 OFFICE ~OF THE ATTORNEY GRNERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Hon. Ooorga H. Shepyrd
Com#mller of Fubllo Aooounts
Austin, Texa8
Dear Sir:
blJ.1 for th This ir to aaknowlad
August 30th for our oplnlod
the General Appropri
Buatd of Insurano4 C
Your lottar raa
ishod a oopy 0r your opini 08 tlon or th4 ata- tuted and a e insureno de- 16 welter c. wooa- oat the purpom lnt4rpreted there- our wasidoratioa of t8 sot out belw. itI& at ths botton or 0. O-1176 rtateer view of oar anwor to tho 8 gltsn, pro do not think otate we note no prohibl- he rarioua ltma m8ntiOn4d E.4nte' sAom44 nivieion may paId from th4 at&a a g;Onaral en thowh the A&wits' Liosaeo is44 appropriated ,in, ths ridet to tha ganeral appropriation bill do not ruf- There is a0 lan u-6 rsoo to in the t d:r%%Loting r the dlri J OZI solel;l t6 the me of tb4 t444 thmo monti onea. *
Hon. CJoorge n. Sheppard, Peg4 2
*Is It not reaaonablo to oonsider this por- tion or your opinion to be In conrllot dth the following rlderr appended to the appropriation8 r0r the Board 0r I~ur4noo Commiselonere in sen- ats Bill 427, Aote or the Forty-sixth Legimlaturer w*SubJeo~t to the limitations set forth in the provisions appearlhg at the end or this Aot, all Ag4utB' Lic- onso fess colleoted by tlrtuc of the lloonse lens, aball be deposited in the State hoasury, end ate hereby ap- propriated and may be expanded, durlag the fisoal years glding August 91, 1940 and August 31, 1941, In acoordanoe with th4 lawa of this stat4 r0r pafment 0r the ltsps listed above...
**Prwlded that the rore(rolng ap- propriatlona rortho LKe Dlvieion (et oept the approprlatioua tortha Exaznln- ing Division and the Liosncr@g Dfrlaion which lnvs~herslnaboro boon provided' i'or) shall be gald out OS the Csnoral heratls Tund. *
*on p-4 14 or opinion o-n76 ~00. point: wt that salaries l pproprlatsd in Senate Bill 427 fOr three Mutual A86OaSWnt SUpemieora and 0114 Mutual Aaseaasmnt aeoretary are payable rmnY[atual AesmmAcnt iass approprlatod to.thri inm-mano4 department in Ssaats Bill 158.
-he above salary appropriations am listed in Senate Bill 427 under the Life lfivl4ion of ths lnaurancs deapartment and that dlrlsions* ap- propriatlonc ar4 expressly payable frost the gen- oral rav4uu4 fund (see rider quoted soaendly above).
-should this Department rollow the abort paragraph of Opinion O-1176 and set up the aQ- proprlation6 for three Mutual Asseesment Super- rlwra and one ssqreta17~-to be paid iroa the Special Mutual Assersmsnt Fund aa oreated by Ssn- ate Bill 1387 If w, what mill be the 4tatua of these salary appropriations after Xay 12, 1941, the normal expiration date of the appropriation of wtual Asseswwt r444 made in Sonets Bill 1351"
Ron. C4orge R. Sheppard, Rag4 2
Se&ion s or Sonate Bill HO. 427 on pago 150 or th4 sonata Journal roads as iollws:
'SOO. 3. It is further provided that in the av4nt the statutes cb ths State or Tex4a pro- vide that any amount, revs or tunds horoln ap proprlatod to be paid out or lwal or special roes or funds, that the same be so paid out or said local or speolal foes or funds lnetead or being paid out or the Uenoral Revenue pund.*
Seotion 38 of Sonate Bill Ho. 135 as passad by the 46tb Lagislature roads aa follws:
*All ress Raid to the Board of Insuranas Conznlesiomrs by all associations regulated; by this Ackshell bs and the 44m4 are hero and nw appropriated for the balanoe cU the fiscal. year ending Augxst 31at, 1939, to the pile and benorft of tha Life Insurano4 Dlrlslon of the Bonrd 0i Ineurance CQPmiasioners, to be ~446 by the Llrs Insuranoo Commlsaloner ror the purpoa.0 or enforo- lng and carrying out the provisions 0r this Aot and other lawn rolatlng to the regulation and supervision of suoh aswoaiation; prorldsd, how- oror, that thersarter anoh fees shall bo 4XpCnd- ed under suoh limitations as the Legislature may dealgnats In tho general deRartm4ntal approprla- tion Ml11 slOh.f446 to bo abp06it4d in the Stat4 Treasury as a special fund to be ueed as and for the purposes aforeeald and are b4r4 and nou ap- proprlatod for suoh purposes and all laws or parts or laws to the aontrary are biro and nw express- ly ropeale& to the extant of such oor.Uliot only."
no 4freot of the s4401nl portion or &mate Bill 427 above quoted Is to prorido that the appropriaticna for the Lire Division shall be paid out of the Gemoral Rermue Fund, and the a~propristlons for the 2lnIng Dl~lsion and ths Licene&ng Division shall be paid aa thorellubove provided. S4nat.o Bill 136, as passed by ths 46th LegIsla- ttLC4, providas rorths [3234] or r448 paid to the Board or by all assoolations regillated by Insurance COmdEdOnOrO Aot by tha'x,tr4 Inmranoe Division ror th4 purpose or anforaing and oarrging out ths provisions of such Act and other laws relating to the regulation and 4aprvlslon of such eseooiation4.
Hon. Goorge H. Sheppard, hge 4
Vie understand that the three Xutual Aseeeemsnt Supervisors and one Mutual Assaswont Seorotsry, appropria- tions for whloh am provided for the Liie Mvlaion in Sanato 3111 427, are a4ploy4ee whose duty it is to anfor and carry out the provisiona or. SQate Bill 138 end other laws relating to the regulation and aupsrrielon of aswolatlolla covered by aucrh Act.
It r0110w8 that by virtue or th4 provision8 of Saotion 3 of.the general rldsr sppended to S4nat.a Bill 427, above quota&, ths Sacs prwldod by Senata Bill 156 should be applied to*rerd the paynmnt of the 8alaries of the thrso Mutual Assessment Supsrvlwrs and one Mutual Asaosamont Secretary to the extent that they are available, bsfore roaort may be had to the General Revenue Pund. Se4 Oplnlon No. 04.360, attaahsd hereto ror your inrormation. Although Ray 12, 194l, would be ths normal expiratfon data or the appropriation or fees made In and by &mats Bill 135, aupra, Section 3 of Seuate Bill 427, a8 above quoted, eifeotlvoly praaorfb4a the ue4 which may bs made of suoh foes and lo auffloient In and of Itoolf me an appropriation, oonsldered In oonneotlon with ths dedloation of euoh teas found in Senate Bill X.5, to require the application or suohre48 toward the purposes and expanses for whiohthoy ore avail- able, during the current flsoal blennIum.
You are, thereio+ respectfully advised that it is the opinion oi t ,hle department that you should apply fees oolleoted by ths Board or Insurance Cammisslonera ixun asaooiationa regulated bp Senate Bill l3S tward the payomnt or the appropriations made for tha three Yutual Asseosmont Superviwra awl 0x1~ Mutual Aeeessmaut Sooretary, before reaortiog to ths Gslleral Rer4nu4 Aud rortha pay- ment or auoh approprlationa, and that the General Revenue Fund may not be rssortad to tar payment of auoh approprla- tlonlr unless woh lee5 am inaufflolont to pay euoh appro- priations ruily, ,in whioh event ths aibri0i42i4y may be ma4 up from the Csnaral R4venua Fund.
You am further advised that In view of the rldcr appandod to the approprlatlon rorthe Board or Inauranoe Conm&slonera in Senate Bill 427, above quoted, It is the opinion of this dopartnmnt that the various itema mention- ed in the Agents* Lfcsnae Division oannot bo paid from the State*4 Sonaral ~Revenus Fund, and our Opinion No, O-1176, heretofore rendered, la amandad and modified to thl4 ex- tent.
son. George B. Shapgard, Fs&e 5.
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