Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE A’ITORNEY GENERAL OF ?EXAG AUSTIN ‘. ‘:’ aahLm~~~ -o- - :.; i Donorable Gco. U. Sheppard Co~ptrollcr Of mbl.iO.A~oouuts dustin, Tasaa of' such fees rezaining on hrtnrlat the end ::; ;,.,.:'< of thif fkscal year, are hereby appropriat- ed for the purpose of supervising employ- ment BgOnOieS*~ Section 4 ol Ilcuse Xl1 264, 43th Legislature, I ail-'lots: ;'thiSeptcdx9 I, 1943, 3Sl.maneys rcxxdn- inz in such. special fun2 (I?zploym?nt &enog 37X22) all JXueys tiicrcaPtcr PCCciVCd al3.i by the Corxissicner from liccnsa Pees under this Act shall bo 'paid into ml beeGEm a 3art of ..'.. the General Wvenuc Z'uud." In our opinion X0. C-3126, we callor attention to the legislative >ractioe, n_npmring in previous appro- priation bills, to measure tho Labor Cozxl.ssionerts author- ity.to draw ag+inst certain appro$riati.ons fro= the General Fund by the yardstick of t&o at;ount of fees he do;josited to the or&it of- that J&md. ,~ The provisionsof the cumcnt itp- 3ropriation evi.de~m3 a continuance 0P that praotice.~ Your attention is directed specifically to the quote;2 rider. This rider appropristos, f’or e~cla fiscal year, from the~Genera1 Pun0 fan ex.ouut equivalent to the amount,oP license foca~colleotod and depcsited to the ored& ; . it cr the tlentfralFund undeti the provisions of'House 3111. 234 durini the fisoirl year, plus an amunt equivalent to . that amount ubich would remin afim deducting at the and of the precediug fiscal year all~oxpenditures from the Gcnoral Fun2 for supervising emplcyzcnt agencies from the .total.foos deposited to the oredit Gf the Cteneral Fund. This appropriation is War the purpose af aupemisfns eu- ployizent agencies.* It is not, as are the item listed above it, limited to an amount equivalent to part of the foes, but apprGl;riatea an avimmt equivalent to all the Pow. Yet the iteam ezbracc every expenditure that might be ninde *for the puPpose of supe~isin~ employment agen- .c.ies ." Z&ore. is, then, a conflict betiioen the rider and the itetizations which cnmot be rccnricilckl. In such case, the rider, being last in point oF position,-rust be rcgard- ed as the lzst expressian OP the legislative will, and sugerseclcs tho itWzation esoopt in the Toll0v-J.n~rospcctr Items 16 md 17 control arxl Pis the naximm salaries which cau bo.prrLd fron the appropriation pmvidod in the rider to tha Supervisor and AssSntant +%qcrv%sor. (me Senate3 Bill ~333, Acts 43th Ee~ialaturo), .~ Trusting that the for~oin:: sotb3faotorily ...'., anslpersyour question, we are‘ Very truly your8 -. : ::.... _. :.:: . ,.". i., :