*1 January 24, 1939 Hon. W. Lee O'Daniel

Governor of Ttxss

Austin, Texas

Dear Governor:

Opinion No. O-193 Re: Legality of suspension of statutes by resolution This Department is in receipt of your letter of the 23rd instant, re- questing an opinion as to the legality of (I proposed resolution suspending the operation of certain statutes.

The statutes referred to were passed by bills in compliance with Section 30 of Article 3 of the State Constitution, which prohibits the passage of any law except by bill.

The Supreme Court of this State, in the case of City of San Antonio vs. Micklejohn, 33 S. W. 735, 89 Tex. 79, states that .s lsw msy not be repesled by a resolution, and that "the act which destroys should be of equal dignity with that which establishes."

We, therefore, advise that the resolution, if passed, would not have the legal effect of suspending the statutes referred to, but that the repeal or suspension of these statutes must be by bill,

Yours respectfully, ATTC@BX GEIIERAL OF TEXAS s/A. S. Rollins BY A. S. Rollins Assistant AsR:PBP

Approved

s/ GFxwD c. MANN

ATTORNEI! GENERAL OF !CEXAS