Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN mnorable T. J. CroveI Secretwy ~&xn8 state Eaard of c?aicai Rxalsin6rs glU-X3-30 T6Xat)9 :ak B&ldlag C~llas, Texas Denr Slrr OpLnloa No. Q-6638 Ret LimLtatfioas o State tid o captioned nat ter has been re quote~frcm your letter as fo r I Eworable T. J. Cmve, “I ‘wrote the draft of the RsEiStPntiOn Act, the fuads dcrlved fron which are p~cvldsd b3 the - __ re&;istered pb3sicmna of’ ‘i’exao for the purpxe of eriforcenent of it; end althsqh the provisions of the Act pPwlde the b3tard c&g Spur! up to the last penny in the fund SQP the purpmes mentianed th&e- in, but no E&x sfir.11 ever bc mposcd on t&e funds of the atate ~Troasuror- collected for other pur- poses. “The Etaneg was dognsitnd Mth the atate Treas- urer, vouchers to be psmsed through the conptrol- lere office 0s a Ratter of safet3, to prevent it being used for; other than tho puz*r?ose of enfarce- moat of the lnw, the dl.anesinut5.an of infornsetim Inter&d to educate the public kc, and fDr this service the atato is paid between $300. to $509. a year. ‘k?lr?t::~I nou de,alm to have 3our opinion on ts what EPB tho Llmitatfons of the bwerd*s use of this fune, nov around $?O,CLQ., IS not for the aCtU8l 3~1~3 WxB%x! in COnQectisn With the ~roaecu- tion of fla@ant vlnlatlons of the Act? Ths Act itnolf defLuea the linit ‘as the last cent la the fund, but ma warraats 8llBll be &sua on other funds oi the stats to coapensate for a daffcioncg of ths reglstrsCFon fund. “3&x I have soxtm troublesons cases mw on hand, 1’31 thank 3ou for an early and a definite opltion on thta matter.” &tlcle &&YEla,Vtwnoa’a Annotated Civil Statutes, rc~ds 1.n purt IAS fwllwirra: Board oi” %edical, ExamInex3, on OF bnfo~e tb.e let clay ofl Januatiy, A. L’. 1433, and tharmftm to reg.. ister In like mailpeP tmnuzllg, on or hsfore the 1st d&y of Jmuary of each succeedfug ~enr. Each pclr- son 60 re.giateri~- with the Tczas State Board 3f Hecxcal Sxqxinars ahell pay, in ccmlectiorl with each annual rcgistratton mad for the iwceipt hero- Inafter provided for, R fee of Two (,c3,ooj I?ollara, whltch fee &all accompany the epplm3eion of ovorp suoh pcraon fm such reg2stration. Swh paymat shall be tmde to the Texas State Board of He&m%1 Examiners. Every person 86 ret;istering ohall ffle with tht~ Texas State Bard of EedlcaL Exan;inera a written application for annl;al rngistration, set- ting forth his full nfine, tP0 a&p, his FOst Office etidress, his place of residence, tb* courity or counties in which hle certificate eutltll&q hln to prectice medicine has been m&stared, and the place or pieces where he is aafjetpxl inthe practice of ae&icice, 811 ~611 8s the 6ch~b01 of aedioine to which he professes to belong RUd the nmber and de0 of hi5 lic5nas certiricate. a. . l l 4 3,3QQ*QO 1,500.CO b ~,?OO.OQ ?,200.?3 ~,2PO..W fioo.00 gonclrrabla 2. J. Crow, wge 6 %ur attaatS.oa Is directad to t&i feet that the Conm.tutl5n of the State of Texas prohibits rncrnsybsia;; withdrawn mm the Tmrau~g of the Bate except pursuant to appropriatioa artBe by the Leglalature, and further p~2v1des that no ap propriQtLon E&all be t&k3 for & lotl@?r par-lad tbwl tw3 years. Corlstftutioa, AlMcle TTIISF,Soctfotl 6. Wdm these ~GPiSiOtiS, it foll.~W~ that Wl-em the Lep;fslature haa failed QI' refused to ay>propH.ate mm8gs for c?xpendfture for psrrticular purgosei, the accounting offiaes of this State have no au- thority to lasoa WQrrQats upoe the !Freasurf In papaeat of expendituxvxt oade for such gnrposes~" ~;y Ia viow of the fOF8sOiap;,~ it la the 0pLaioa of thfs depertmeat that the Texas State I3oard of Eedical Examtners can only r;rake such expeudltwes out of the %edical i?ei?istrfit- tloa Fund' aa provided for by tbc &bove metrtioned amropris- tion bill. the ~.~glrlnture did not &%ks an QmPOPrietlO~ for the papsat of tha 0xp8naitwea tmatiotmd in your recweat, and therefore tit is our opinion that the Texss State Board of Pealc~l ~?,xnniwrs 5.3 riot eutbocieed to py for $%otootctLc ~opioa of doauaetxtnr-$ evfdcncet witntps3 fees, Olld 0tbe.P 8X- Pensea of a eQ?dilQrtmNre*