OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
State Board of Education
Austin, Texas
Dear Sire: Attention: Mr. Gap
for ~9l&24+3.
.ylle have receiv ecember 8, 1942, whioh
we quote, in part, a8
..,. .
p&dea .balapoe wiser either of the above .al&PeatQns a$
the eid of ‘the first year of the biennium ‘ahal.3. ‘be
tram&erred by order of the Joint Legidative Advisory
Committee to any klloeation herein created and set upI’
, ,.
*The Stata Beard of Bduoatlon hae been
requestedto order transtatQedthe em or
~b,OOO out of one at t6s~ltams rsprasenting
6n unexpendedbalsnoe out of tke 6pproprla-
tlon ror the yenr~l941-48to aupj~lmxmt end
lneroese for the paar 19423-4stba ellcoatlon
of $i3,000~?Oithe pCrpose of smplogl~ en
auditor snd ior suah other end necessary ax-
penser lnclbmt to the duties of the Joint
Legislativekdvlsary Comittee (rhleh E&MM
hate'devolvsdupon tbt state Eacrd of 'Kddu-,
OEtiOD;~yOUr OpilliODS O-4009 aud 0-47061, 810
UIIte ~~&%.th& amunt expendablefor tbe lm-
dleatsd purpawa fox the year 194E-43 the
aggrqptc r)um of 314,000.
-_ Article.XXX1 OS the rural eld blah (A&e 1945, 47th
,_.~ Leg..,R.fL,:.Ch.~
5&f, H. 8. 'artCr)
provides es'~@limar
. Y%otion L 4pp+oi?riation..Far tha .&r-
poea of pmmotsng We 63qualixa~lon or idueation-
al opportanltiaiasifsrded br’the State 01~‘lkw
to .all~enumara$sdaohoLlastlaowitbln~tkb St&s ..
aa heraIW$gvlded, and for tha purgeso hsr6ln- j-.6:.
,..
above @et ootiT$hareis ltmeby 8ppropr1at%dout )
; oi the General Revsntw Fund of the ,Otsteo? Texas
uet .othsnlffeappp3opfiatm3,t?remm of ItIghtMl*
lioni &ur Em+ed Forty-four Thousad, bne Wadred
And Ninety Dollks ($8&4,190) for the ro%ol year
eAC??inp& Utt k%l, 194& 8Ad -xi@& 'rilliCA, our '.
Fungrad F eurtpfour m0u80na, One snared and Uiniyty
Dolles (@X,4&&,190) for ths shhoal ymr ending :
State Board.oi Gduoationpsga 3
Auguet 81, 1943; or 80 ‘ikmoh
theraoi~a8 may .
3, to be allooeted and e~xpendedunder
thi provielone of this Aot by the .?tataSuper-
'intendettof Publlo lnatruotiontiirwi@hthe'
I?Irectorof Epuqllaationin tha State r)ep&rt-
moat oi.Etlu~atlonand under the auparvJsidn
of the.bolnt Le~ialmtivaAdvleory~%6uittae
oraa&wl herein.
“sao. 8. s1100st10il; It is hera5.nspeol-
fiaal,lppmvl:!ad that out of thB %XUQ .app,ra-
prlete5 ?or eeah ~mho@l year or tha biesnlw ~.
the mm oi FOUF Zillion 'ThreeF?tm&sd and -
Fifty ThchmmU Dollars (~4,330,000)~ ia'heraby
set aaide for Salary
Twenty Thawand Dollara
sslmo1 TIiftlmg PPXaa
Thoucltmdend T*ent,y
eaplop$$iga~auditor and ior seob dthar aad
ne~aa8ary etqaemaes16ai&u~t tc the duties af.
tte sl3lntLe@blttlrer ravirsry oaPnai*tQs..soah
au&itor ahall.hat rrroeivs~~~~a.then.~me %bouC~~
send, Six IIundredDollati (#$30!$)per year 0Ut~:
of the am htwabr allocate4~'~-~~a.etlaitors&ad,..
other authorlned e;aployesrshal& be appointad
by ths aomlttaa and theti aaltirpand neaeSaWy
Btate Board of lk$ueation,
Page 4
6xpeneoa ba paid on order of said 6omatittea ,
and el,lauoh amplogeos shall be under the
direat mapervl8Lon Of sdld aom&V&WJ Or ftn
order. &oh of tk,eabove na:-m3allooatlons
Is for eaah leer oi the biennium.
*Any tineaendedbslanae an&r either OS
the above all4oatloita~ slidfthe-ilrst
per of the biennium sball be trsnererfe~
order or the.soint'lapieletiveAaviaory corn7
itt to any elloaatlonb8rein areated and+
%t ?E.~ (EmphasissupplIed) .
In Opinion Ilo.O-4706 we aiQi8ad.~tb3 89ek Super+
tonCent of Publio Imdzuotlon that the ‘EvardOf Xduoation
(OplnlonLBo.O-4609) wad authorizedun;lsr,%+e.un&?r?ooraU.
p4rtlon of .Art~aleXIII to ~trsnaferan uxiesgended baleaae ti.
either of the ~sevon~~lloditione~btinyone of the other SIX
allooationsthat i&.&hta.~ehowa deficit. In other word& ii.
at ,theenir.of.th+,iS.rntgear.of ',thebhthw-t*~6~~we~ yet
vallP olaims w~hloohaitulCnot be paid beoause uf insuiflsienoy
0t funds .in the psrtlotiar elloci+ion,then ~theunexpended
b&anoe in another alio6atfon L?&@& be tren8fOrxot-b0 the ex-
haunted alloaatlon so.t,hatkuoh~ol$$m ,bould'w.pa% TQ~o?
~,~in~;%hl~'was the ~~urp6Pe~~,:Sar~,inal~Qin~
the .&emoor@d--prod
.
Yourpa$-ask whether thq un8xpeodeil balanoe ii’5 one of
tlm sllooation~u: the yeat 1941-42 msy be traaaferred to the
p. ,...
aeme ox another~'a&Mwtion ior the ywx 19IE4S, This 5s an
matlrely Ubiferanlipuecrtion, and ,one,whioh,we think, 8hould be
answered in the ne&its.
As we have xumtioned before, we believe that the pUr-
pose of the provieion under aomideration ~(38to provide a
means whereby an alloaation,tbhefunds of whioh beoam oxhausteb
before the end. oi the ffrst year of the biendtm, oould.be
8up~~lemrited.This .faatir ehmn by the faat that tb ap?ro-
prlatlon a@ ai?ooetlodsare sat..upseparataly f&r.oaah yeer
.oithe bianniora.
.Totranefer the belanoe from any el.loocation
for 1941-
48 to any of the alloaatloneior 1942-45 gplpufdinorease the
State Board of Education, Es(re 5
amounty=approprlatedfor euoh year. You kill notion that
&444,190, ia spsalfioally,ap:~jroprlatedfor eaoh ybar (Sea-
tlon 1, Art1010 XIII). The etfeot of oarqlne the manby
per iron one year to the next w:~ld bq to Inorea#e the
appropriationabove @,444,190; in view of the alear word8
of eppropriatlonused by the Leglalature,we are OOnVinOed
that this was not Its intent.
The oapfion to the rural aid bill provided, In part,
aa followsr 1
“An Aot provid5.n~ior a'more eSCioient Pub-
110 Soho -1 System in Tsr‘rre;makln~(8~ appropria-
tion of f-t Ellllon, Four liundredForty-four
Thousand, tineBunarea and EytieDollsn (88.1
444~190) for eaoh year of th b n&$&& snd~fj
Au st Sl 1943 allocatingthe fund8 ao.appr~-
ate&g s * *I' (&aphasiasupplied).
pr ff“ :
A aonoluslodother than the one Fe have reqol@d would
neoessitetea ooit&leratlono? the surriolenoyof the~o~pbion
UndW s8OtiOll m Of bJ?tiOle 1x1 %UlStitUtiOn Of %X86. ~-6
never,ue~Nel.that the ~oaptlon'I s a alaar Lndlaatlcm tt@ :Sbe,
Legi8lature did not intend for moneya to ba earr18$ ate* iron!
the first year oftbb biennium to the secand,yeah
Tn rien of the foregoing you are respeotiull$advlssd
that the qnixpended belmnoe in the 194l-48 rural aid epppopria-
tlon tiy~not be trankiferrod;* th4 194%43.,spprop*tLoz& Iour
qumtion ia, thereiere, answered ln the nqgative.
Yezy truly ydw8
ATT- GENEi?ALOX.TEM8
oEs*s By George W. aparti (II)
APPWVED DEC 1r 1948 imdsterlb.~
Gerald 0. 3Aen.a
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A'I'TORWBY
QXN~L,O~TIcuIS
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion