Hon. D. K. Woodward, Jr..
Chairman, The Board of Regents
The University of Texas
Kirby Building
Dallas 1, Texas Opinion No. v-1476
Re: Legality of supplement-
ing the'compensationof
the Comptrollerof the
Uniyerslty of Texas from
~,,fundsderived from gifts
Dear Sir: and ',bequeets;
You have r,equestedan opinion of 'thisoffice
concerning the legality of supplementingthe compensa-
tion of the Comptrollerof The Universit,y of Texas from
funds derived from,gifts and beques,ts.
.,
'%?3.or'to
1951 the Legls,laturehad been making
lump sum,appropr~&lons to the University of Texas for
the payment of~s&Sarletjof the ~administrativeofficers
of the Universityi 'Howeve,r'lnHous,eBil,l426, Acts
52nd Leg.$ 1951,~ch.,499,.p.,1228 (GeneralApproprla-
tions BiXl)"'the*
Lkg$slatu$e itemiz'edannual stilaries,for
certain ,~dmini~tr~titre,"of~a'~a~~,.61
.%he/Un1versity,in-
cludin the Comptroller. Ho.useBill 426 provides at
page 1f+
58:
'"TRRUNIVRRSITYOF
,,, .~ TEXAS
General A~minis:tration,
.S~~ar,ies
Only
1.
- Chancellor (at $17,500 plus
$1,000 allowance for house
and utilities......,...... $18.500.00
Comptroller......;.........'l2;~oo.oo
32:Assistant to Chancellor
00
(Part-time)............... .."9,200..
4. President (with house and
UtflitSes.)............... 15,ooo.oo
5. Vite-President~e~.o*~o~0~.0 12,500.oo
‘..
'Hon. D".K; Wbodard, Jr., page 2 (v-1476)
.’
The general provia3.o& 4f Article'V of House
Bill 426 provides as ~0110~s:
t.
."Theexpenditureof the appropriations
hereln,made and authorized,whether from
the State General Revenue,Fund,local lnstl-
tutlonal funds, or any other reoeipts and
funds whatsoever, exceptbequests and gifts,
shall be subjectto the .f,o:&low~ng
pro~vfti~ons
:
II
. . s
i'gec.24. Addi.tional Salary Payments.
No institutionof higher education shall
pay ti excess of the salary rates specified
for the Itemized poaitlons In th~isArticle,
excepting only those which are aesignated as
'part-time.'"(Emphasisadded.)
Clearly.the LegialetureIntended to limit the
amount of'money that might be ~paidas salaries to these
full time administrativeofficial6 from funds derived
from any source except gifts and bequests. Although Sec-
tion 24 of the General ADdroDriationBill orovides that
"no institutionof higher-educations‘hallpay In excess
of the salary rates specified for the Itemized positions
In this Article,:"it ~hasno applicationto bequests and
gifts,~Thebesbeing specifdkallyexcepted from its pro-
visions.
'We have been inf,ormedthat,th,ereare funds
created throughthe acceptance %of g'dffts
and bequests by
the Board of Regents of the Univeralty und,&rits implied
powers other.thapthose establ,ished for professorships
or scholarshipsunder the provisions of Article 2595,
V.C.S.~ Therefore,~assumingthat these funds-are not re-
stricted,by.the.'donorsfor a particular purpose, it is
our dpinion'thatthe salary of the'Comptrollermay be
supplemeritedby the Boirrdof.Regents;fromfunds derived
through giftsland bequests.
SUEPMARY
The salary of‘the'comptrollerof the
Unlvers~ityof Texas may be supplementedby
the Board of Regents from funds,derived
through gifts and bequests. (Rouse Bill 426,~
Hon. D. K. Woodard,'Jr.,page 3 (V-1476)
Acts 52nd Leg., R-S., 1951, ch. 499, p.
1228, Article V.)
Yours very,truly,
APPROpDs- PRICE DANIEL
Attorney General-
J. C. Davis, Jr.
County AffaSrs Divfsion /
Mary K. Wall
Revfew4ng Assistant
Assistant
Charles D. Mathews
First Assistant
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