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*1 OI=F~CE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTlN Dr. oeorp r. cox
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Aastln, Tuas
Dear slrr
obtalned izm eollrotlonr l b r Seotloa OR prowldee in part suoh ;%uds to be dlmbursed by ordu ot the State Wth Otriou an4 the Tr8atmru or ttils Stata. 208s mka a00ormta boron b&u3 tw a aball be approtbb tb Coqtrolbr ~arentsd %y the State Esalth Offiou an4 Trea8uru %r this stata?’
Dia. Oeorge W. Cox, Faae.%
You first aak if the $10,030 appropriatfon'mentloned use n03pfor oarrp in Sootl2n 84 or the bill la l vallabla ior ing out the provlaloca or thla act, re qme se&ion Se or the bill wCioh ma48 aa tollowar
‘.CY:p1, &* Them la hereby app$oprlated lsrawdlately out 0r~the GeneraL run4 or the State Troaaury not other&m apprbprlated a sum ot Ten Thousand ($10,000) Dollar8 to oarrf out the purpoaea and provlslona of Aot ror the rmelmlu 0r the ri8d fear endlnil Aoguat Sl, 1939, auoh fund8 to bq dlaburaod by order or the State Bealth Oirlaer and the Treaaurer of this State.' The above aeotion dlaoloaea the l&ention 02 the Legislature that there a&all bo l vsllable your departrent $10,000 for the purposes OS setting up md osrrylng out the provisions ot this AOt for ths remairulsr O? tha ii8Qal year i 938-59. The emrgenop olausa of the aupports that con- alus 105. It was the latontlon or the Legislature that the organization a& up be oonpletad as aocn aa posalble and ate 8 oould Act be put into toras aa soon as proper be taken to adminlater the Aot. In our oplnlsn the ~lO,OOO approprfatlon mentlonsd in Seation Sa, above, is available 8pOOifiad iOr YOU iOr QIWQO888 15 YtBnate Bill blo. i?M) and oan be used l~~edletaly.
Your seoond queatlon 1s whether ths ~10,000 abcre
mentioned auat be expended prior to August 31, 1939, if not, mey it be expended at a late% date. ssotion 8s quctsd above rays thet the $10,000 apprpprlatod la to carry out the pur- poses and grovlalcns al thla Aat for the renalrider of the risoal year ending Augu.it 31, 1939. August 31, 1939, is the en6 or the proaent rlaoal year and all mone;ya not spent by ttet time revert to the Osneral ?und. 7fe believe th t the Le&slature intended that auoh recne~~ aa reoelced in tbla $l",:;O; :,"i on kugwt 31, 1839, should revsrt to the State
In our opinion you oan apond aa lnuah or all of the $lO,O~O appropriated aa la oaorawrp in oarryirg out the provisions of Senate Bill Pi00 rior to Septeimbsr 1, 1939, but all money8 unspent out OS the P 10,000 on that qate ahall revert to the State Seaera Fund.
In question numbar tbroe rou daalr. to know ii tha *3 Dr. 04orgo ?i. Cox, Page 3
aavoral sums approprlat%d in Seation 8b of Senate,Blll No. 200 8~3 Iado endrnt ap?ropriatlOn8 OifOOtlYo Au&U& &knd it they err oont 3 ngent only upon oonrys obtained from odtieotionr under Seotlon 80 of this Bill.
After- reading ratlro Aot, Ssneta Bill 30. 200, passed by t ha last Legislature, wo havr ~ot%rain%d that It raa unquestlonebly the lntentlon of the Laglalaturo that thls diti- aion of .your department, set up ?or the admlnlstratlon of thla Act should be self aup?ortlng snd that fund8 for the admlnls- tratloa or the Aot after.Augtmt 31, 1959, ahotild 00~4 lroo the raoebta ooIl%ot%d in tha l dmlni8tratlon of the Aot. Sootion 80 of- the Aot reads as hollows:
“SEC, 80. The expenditure of any. man-
l yr under Act aball nevdr l toeed tha amount of money obtained mm the oolleo- tioa or money required by sny rob, permit, lioenae or registration required b: the prarision~~ OS this Aot.” Tha above seotion olearly sfiors that the ,&gielature ._ - . .-_ _ - _ - -
Intendad that your aeparment 8na~ 8pena oruy nuon rums as ar% oolleoted under the term8 of Senate, Bill 150. 200 In the admlnlatratloa of that Aot after August’ 31, 1939. You ~111 bo llaited to auoh moneys aa are oollaoted under the terau of the and if you aolleat more than the @4,400 during the year of August 31, 1940, you mw spend only #S4,4OO'but In the arsnt you do not aolloot that muoh moner, you oan spend only suoh wney as Is oolleoted. For the year August 31, 1940, to August 31, 1941, the ‘appropriation oallm for $28,350. That Ir the maximum amount that yoti ma;t spend dzrlring that ~y4ara Ton are Malted to suoh moneys as is oollsoted riO0.4 by your department with the ataxiatum fixed by ths Legislature.
In question aumbrr four you ask what emount or man- rior to August 31, 1940. The Ihgialatun ey you nmy s-rid has appropriated 5 10,000 Sor,the immediats usa of your depart- mmt in the admlnlttr8tion 0r thl8 aot and if that amount 0r money is aeomsary for tha adolnistratlon oi the aot, rou may apead all or the ~10,000 prior August 31, 1939. The Lagia- latw knew that no money was available to start the dspart- ssnt, osr In this work and th%y appropriated $10,000 out of 3enaral Alnd for They did not have In mind the purp084.
546 Dri.Oaorge X. co;, Page 4 ,said, “ihall
rpeoial appropriation rhan in Ssotion 80 they never exoeed the amount of monay oolleated" for q6~xmnsy wag or would be avaflablo untl1, an organization waa.,$lsp%, up to oolleat the fees under the aot. Ik’a do not belieyi, that the Le~lalatur% intended th& th% 910,000 approprlqt‘ed ior h- mediete uaa must be repaid out of the reoslptr of the admlnla- tratlon of this Aot. A statuts mu-t ba oonatrued by glrlng p, 808, and by hamniz- to al1 its parts, 39 Tax. Jurla. &feat ing th% varIou8 provIsIon of the sot. 39 Tex. Jurla. 9. 20~. In ao doing we bellsvr the intent was to start this depart-t or? wltb $10,000 and from than on'it must sarn its way. -#a’ deppartarent do dot think that the Legfulatura for your iat~bed to wait until money was oollwsted to s%t up your organlr%tIon. to bagin the adrfnistratlon Of ths Aot, that amount In order of mossy was oooalgsred nooaaaarp and they, therefore, appro- it for the.uae of your department. Our opinion Is priatad thnt you may spend au,Oh portion of the W3,OOC aa Is neoaa- aary prior August 71, lOJO, and that fou.&y spend $S4,4oo duriag the riaoaf year 19SV-1940, if that amount or money ba and be neoosaary for oollaoted the admlniatratloa of the Aot.
Xh question number tire you ask ii al1 aooounta
mast bo pr%a%ntsd to the State Health Offloar and the Treasurer or this State prior to going to ths Co!aptrollsi~s offloe for dlsburaement., SsatIon 8a of thla bill ap?roprIatad $10,000 apaoItloally rsqulrea, that ror lmmadlatr uaa that such runda *to be dlsburasd by order ot the Stats Health Ot- floor and Trsaaurar of thla Stat%.” Am to the $10,000 appro- priation, it la our opinion that suoh mcnsya as are apont by be paid your dsfiartmant out of the #lO,OOO appropriation must upon order of the Stats Xoalth Oifloor and Treasurer of thla state. Xo do not beliers that that roquiraawnt is ap$icable to the aparopriotion for the fisaal gears beginning September 1, 1939, and Septambsr 1, 1940. Seotlon @a la your apeolal approprlatlon and the Leglslaturs wanted a ohaok 05 the ex- pandltur% of those funda and for that reason apeoltied It be disbursed by order ot the State Health Cifioer and for th% next bianciel Tr%aaurer of Texas. The aparopr‘latlon Is Itemized as are moat approprlatlona and they did not spaci- funds under 3sotlon Ba, ty that they be paid out ae are The biennial appropriation beginning September 1, 1939, Is *5 Dr. &&ge V. Cox, Pags 5
prorldad for ae are all departmental apgrogriatia&bti
Very tru+y fours ATTOFiSZY 0lMFJU.L OF TW t BY