Hay 15, 1950
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Hon. loyue L. Kelly, Rxeoutive Dlreotor
Board ~forTexas State IjospitOls.
aridSpaclal Sohools
Austin, Texas opinion NO. v-lq56.
Be: The 1bgCrlityo? paying
the trswl expenae 0r
State employed doctora
and nurses otterding
Dear sir: schools and alLnioa.
'ikferenoe la made 60 your resent request whloh
reada.ia pati aa hollows:
%otion 14 of 8. B. Bo:321, Pots
51at Xieglalatum~ B.S. 1949, provfdes aa'
r0iiars:
m%eavea for Courses di Btudg: The'
Board.may all&r physloians,regls'tered
nursea, and other profeaaional6mployeea
a raaaooable tlma Vlthout loss of salary
to attend raoagrileedaohools.'andolinloo
oomlwted by apprbved aohoola and aasoaia-
tious.
"The above provialoaraa undoubtedly
intended to ba a re+nactment of aubseotldn
(d) of Seatlon 3, S.B. %Q. 374, ALots50th
Legialatura, upon ubioh latter provision
your Opinion No. VA51 waa handed dam on
Daoember 11, 1947. Recently, aoms of our
Supalrlnteudantahave InterpretadOpinion
Ao. V-451 to mean that they are entltlad
to raimbasement for expenses lnausmad la
traveling to arujfrow madioal aohoola they
have ohoaen to attend, plus room and boati,
whila~them, and tuiti,onexpenses. . . .
"'Youropinion on this qwatton of
whether or not we oan pay any or 011 of
the folloviug expanses under Seotion 14
la requaated: (1) travel to and from the
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Eon. Moyne L. Kelly, page 2 (v-1056)
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medical aahool; (2) room and board while at-
tending school; and (3) tuition expenses.."
In Attorney general Opinion Ho. V-451, In which
a similar provision was under consideration,it waa held
that the attendance of suah achoola by the dootora of
State horpitals was State's business.
Seotlon 8 of House Bill 321, Aots.51st L&g.,,R.
.'S. 1949, oh.553, p.1070 (Approprlatfona- State Hospitals
and Speolel Schools) provides In part:
9revel~ngRxpenses: (a) Reimburse-
ment for expenses lneurred during travel on
State bwinesa shall be made under rules and
regulationspromulgated by the Board, provld-
ed however that In no case shall allowanaea
for mileage on personel cars and peZ;diem al-
lowanoes exaeed the maximuma allowed In the
departmentalappropriationbill,,and further
provlded.thatreimbursementshall not be al-
lowed for items not ouatanarilp allowed by
the Comptroller of Public Aoo~uuta.
"(b) All railroad and other transpor-
tation shall be paid In oash and properly
llated In expense aeoounts rendered. Tax
exemption certificates for transportation
ahall,be used in all cases where the State
is exempt from the payment of Government
tax under Federal provielons;and awh state
offlolel or employee shall be required to
obtain such tax exemption oertWlcates from
transportationcompany before lnaurrlng the
expense'aud shall not be entitled to a reCBr
fund of same on his expense aooount."
~Subdlvlslow f end g of Subseotlon~(12) of Sea-
tlon 2 of Rowe Bill 322, Acts 51at Leg., R.S. 1949, ah.
615, p.1208 (departmentalappropriationbill) provide In
part:
"f. Unlessotherwlse apeolfloallgpro-
vided by the Statutes, It Is provided that
-any officer or employee who travels on offl-
zlal State business and who used his own oar
while 80 doing shall be relmbuFsed for the
use of said car on the basis of the total
mileage traveled during any oalendar month
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Bon. ~ogne L. Kelly, .page3 (V-1056)
at the ~follovlngrate: Slx oenta (64) per
mile for the flristthousand (1,000) miles
'travelad and five oents (5#).perq ll,efor
'eaoh mile traveled In exaeaa of one thou-
rand (1,000)'milea.,. .~.
ig. Al.1employeea travellag at the kx-
pense.of.the State are hereby flmited to the
amount 0r Four Dollarz..($4) r day for meals
and a total of Six Dollars (r6) per day for
meals and lodging, It belngspeoirioally pro-
vided that the employees shall ijbtalnreceipts
for all Items of expansg olailsed'exoeptmdals,
and shall fi,le.suohreoetpta vlt~:@iedrduly
itemleed and sworn expen8e aooodlntp;. . ."
Slnae.t& atthanae by physiolana .rkglsta&
nursea, and other pr'ofesaiOna1 employees of tha State
eleemoaynary lt%?$Ltutlotmof recognized sahaola and olin-
laa conducted W.approved sohoofs and asadolatiossIs
Stateta,buslneas. and.in ~viewof the for&gal
it la our opln%orrthat'the Boai-dfor Texaa
$61~ andSpe6ial,&hools ii!authorioed to pay travel exx-
penas to and from the'mediaal sohoola aa well 68 the
expense bf room and board while attending skoh.sahoola;
However, awh expense Is limited to not exceeding the
maximuma alloied under the DepartmentalAppropriation
Bill.
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While we have mantloned apealflo pro&alons
for salary and travel expense payments while.oafiglng
out aaalgned duties awh as theae, there U no pFovialon
of general statuti ,orIn the ouzwnt appr6priatlonbill
authorizingra$mbunemant to the physicians,aglatered
puraea, and &her profeaalonkl employees of the State
eleemoaynary institutionsfor tuitibn paid by them to
awh aohools.
It la the rule that lnoffioer or employee la
allowed only auoh ootnpe~atlon and emoluments aa are ex-
pwasly conferred upon him as remuneration for the dla-
dhar e of his offlolal duties aa an agent of the State.
Mobafla v. City of Rookdale, 112 Tex. 209, 246 s.w.654
It r ii th t any publto offloer or agent who
demands expezea"Et !olnt out-.aome,statuteauthorizing
Its allowanoe. It Is therefire apparent that.ln order
for the physlolans, registered nuraea, and other prafea-,
slonal employees of the State eleemoaynary iMtitUtiOt36
tombe entitled to reimbrursement for the oxpease of tul-
tlon incurred by them ln~attandlngmoognOzed aahoola,
.
Hon. Hoyne L. Kelly, page 4 (V-1056.
there must exlst,some statutory prOvl8ion for the rllow-
anoe ard payment 0r the aame.
Slnoe there is no provision In the statutes or
speQifl0 Item In the appropriationbill~aontemplatingre-
lmbursementby the State for awh e%pendltwe, you are
reapeatfully ldvlaed that the,expenseIncurred for awh
tuition by the phyalolana,regl&ered nurses, and employ-
ees of the State eleemosynaryinstitutionsmay not be
paid.
SUMMARY
: The Board for Texas State Hospitals and
Special Schools is authoriced to pay the trav-
el expense to and.frommedloal schools as veil
as room and board of phyalolans, .registered
nurae8, and other ~ofeaaional'employees.of
the State elee~oaynary inatitutlonswhile st-
tending swh sohoola aondwted by approved”.
schools and aaaoalatlom. 'Ad?. inlon'V-451;
H.B. 321, A&8.51& Leg., B.S. 13 9/oh.553j.
p.1070. However,theti:ia n9 ruthorlty for
the pryzhent of any tuition to 8uoh sohoola.
Your8 yery ~truly;
PRICE DA&
:APPRCWED: Attorney General
"$.,a. Daviq, Jr.
'. County Affairs Dlvi8io~
,JoeGreeahlll
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