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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
#onor8bl e John 1. Winter8
pewtire Dirsator
Itate Dsprrtaemt of F’ublio Wolf8rr
&a&in, Texa8
pr8r Hr. minter81 Opinion Ilo. O-l168
Il.1 A gift to the at8
or Publio w0mr8
distrilnatad or
We h8V8 reOeiVed your
Dep8rtment Of Public relf8r8 h8
he paid each rropth.
O-PO plit has, a@ you state, heen deposited by the
8ta te Treas n the &ate Old Ate Assistance Fund. This l2000 .OO
ban, therefore, become a part of said Fund , and may he paid out only
under the prorirjon* at’ the Apnroprlation Act. Re@?8rdless of t,he
source of the funds on deposit in the State Old Are Assist8nce Fmd
in the Treasury, you are, under the Appropriation Act of the last
f epj ~1 a ture , authorized to pay t.herefrw not exceedlnp t2,2On,OOn.W
yer won t,h. If jt tal-es all, or Amy rort.jw c‘f the *nfin.nn that br E
heen derosjtel as a dft tn ~-a!-- avallabl4 23 suffirlr?lt a-our-t to pav
‘Tl.6
lIonor8hle John Il. linterr - rare 2
s8id tot81 ti,200,000.00 anJ month, t.hen al 1, or 8ny portion, of
s8id tZOOO.00 needed could he withdrawn from said Fund to pay
the Old A&e Aasist8nce up to, but not exoeedlng, the e,200,000.
00 per month.
The Oonatitution forhlds any money hejng withdr8wn
from t.he St8t8 tre8BUrJ eXOept under 8 speOifi0 8pprOpri8tiOn
F8de by the Leglel8ture. As 8hOTO et8tOd, the Legirl8ture h8s
8pprOpri8ted Out Of s8fd Fund not exoeedlng $2,200,000&b0 e8Ch
month, 8nd thle ia the Ilmlt8tlon pl8Ced upon thone who 8re 8d-
minlrtering #rid Fund.
th8t
It 1, our opinion repardlern o? where the money
comee from, whether from
t8X8tiOn or from gifta, th8t 18 On de-
posit in the Old Age Aasist8nOe
St8ts Fund, you 8re ruthorired : .
to 8pportlon out of s8id Fund not era&ding the @,200,000.00
per month, but you q 8y, if there ir th8t 8mOUnt on deponlt In
s8id ?und, 8pportlon l8id ti2,200,000~O0 e8Ch month to the re-
cipien tr thereof.
Very truly yours
OF
ATT0RrX.Y G'"RVlAl. TEXAS
Qeo. 1. B8raus
Aasi&ant