OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
&morsble Loa Alsup
! mutire &oretary-Dfreotor
c sate Commlssloa for the Bllad
~ Aastln, 'Peras
DOASSir:
on or the state
the .Bllnd? And
s depArtmoot oa
the above question -don, whioh you
stote that W8 need questian is Aa-
swered la the nega
nt Appropriation ror
11 No, ,423, at page
47th Leglrrlature, Rag-
tsasao~s and Hleoollaa-
$
30. RerolrY fund Sor rsw
materials to be used
b by workera in home
f industries for sduoa-
tional sad rehabili-
tAtiOn PUpOSAS. . . . ,. .; 5,000.00 5,ooo.oo
gcaorable Loa Alsup, Page 2
31. Stand equipment, machia-
and toola for re-
~!ilitAtiOtl AIhd e&UC@-
tioaal training purposfm 5,OfJO.OO 5,000.00"
In our opinion No. O-4059, addressed to ~1s~ Hazel
H. Seokhsm, then Ereoutlve ~Zeoretary-Director af the State
Ccnusisslon for the Blind, we held that the term Wequlpmsatn
81~used In Item 31, quoted above, lo sufficlent~ly broad to
inolude stocks of merchandise to be ,a014 through vending
stands established GM malatalaed by the Conmisslon ae an
aid to tba flnanolal rehabilitation of blind persons. ii9
urderetsnd that these stocks of neroliandfse lnol~de cigars,
psokaged ohewing hum, packaged OAIA~~bare, bottled soft
drinks,and other such thlngn ordinarily sold through vend-
ing stands oonducted In the lobby8 of office buildings.
You now desire to purahass these stscks fr05 the revolving
fund provldsd In Iten 30, in order to releaee the funds pro-
vided ins Item 31 tar other pressing nesds.
Ths answer to your question ~depsnds on whether the
Phrase “raw materials” Iooludes such thlnga as cigars, paok-
sged ohewing gun, packaged oandy bars, and bottled soft drinks,
and upon whether the phrase show industries* includes vend-
lng .stande operated i~. the lobbys of offloe bulldings. :?e
have found no judicial definltlons of these phrases, whloh
ars epplloable to the question here presented. Yebster de-.
fines tho adjective vraw* aa meaning *‘in, or nsarly 19, ths
;;;;F aGate J Ll ttle ohanged by art 1 umrought; ~8 raw ma-
.unprspared r0r use or enjoyment; orude; as, raw
produaL , ,fl, and %aterlal* as “the substanoe or eubetanoae,
or parts, g00as, stock, or the like, ,of which anything la’ oom-
posed or may be made; Aa, raw meterlaleaV. Inaemuoh ae the
stook in trade or a vsndiag stand such ae tho8e Operated un-
der the supertlsion of the Commlselon cmeleta 0r thlags ia
whioh the pmueee of manufacture is Cmplete, and *hioh are
prepared for final ooneumptlon, we do not believe that these
things come within tha meaning of the phass “raw materlalsv,
as used In Item 30, above, by the Legislature. BuFthermore,
WB believe that the phase “home lndustrles*, ae used In said
Iten 30, r&era to arts, oooupatioas, And businesses pursued
in or about a &nelllng or dwelllnge.
It Is therefore our opinion that none of the funds
appropriated In said Itetv 30 may lawfully bs used by the
Honorable Len Alsup, Page 3
state Com@iealon for the l3llad for the purohase of mroma-
alee rhloh la to be sold by vendins atandq Op#rAted under
ite supsrvlalon.
Sines we hare anewred~your first question in the
mgativo, we do aot onaider your seoond qaeotion.
Yours nry truly
AT!l’ORIDYC.~~~LO? Ti;MAs
BY - E. R. Allon
Aaeletant