OFFICE: OF THE AITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Hcwr8ble FL A. class,Dlreator
Textbook Dirirlon
Department of gduaatloa
+lMtia, Ferns
Dear Sir: oplnlon x0. 04066
R.1 Nultlplelist entlsotlcnla .
for
: first ala68 hi& aohooll.
nab ss ml
of aa 8dtip bf 0
e&ml $ prorld-
do not emu4
the allowablanumbarequlralantto one textbook?or
and used in any hi& eohool aa the textbook or la
auoh 83branoh in that hl& lohOO1,but when suoh book
or booka is or are so ohosanby looal authorities
intn the multiplel&t adoptedsuoh book or booka
ahall bo aontinwd in that high aohoolfor the on-
tir@ ?iTO (5) psar8 Or the 4aOptiW pfdO8. . . .*
(ximphaolarupplled)
HOti50 Bill 312 haa an MUBrgenOp olaow~ but appanntb
the aot bid not paaa with the raoorhd rote requiredto put lt j,n-
to lmnedlat.e??eot. Thsrs?ore,the aot &IQ not besonsl??sotiro
untill90 llafs after th4 a(ljourxu43nt~ar th4 Legl8laturo or on or
about ootober8, 19u. Art1010 XII, BeotionSQ, Ooastltutlanor
!lbnm*
Unt¶erthe protlnlonsof Artiolee2.843, and @MS, a moot=
ing Of the Board.oi Eduaatl~ was oallad?or tba artondl&on&y
kr oatoberror the ealeeUon of tutbookia, and the pr~alamatian
oalllngtar bids was laausdtwo month6 in adranoe et th@ m&lag.
6am&u oontainingthe prloo iniormatlon ,waratllod by tha pub-
llmhhg ampan not 1068 thaa SO daya boforothe meting u&or
tha ruquimmnt8oihrtlola B644.
Tbrafore, the proalasstl= wa8 iaowd and the aample
wore.depesltad‘wrqra the effeotlr6 dafe of EOUW Bill slei HOW-
@VW, tha motlng o? the Board is to be held an Oatobezld, loU,
whloh in after the effostlrsdate of said bill.
YOU want to know whetherthe.Baartl o? Eduaatlonmhoul&
. iastruet&hatariltlplell8t 8el~atiane ba made arrdsr Artlelo 884S
a m o r lg lna llycnaotea o r a$ a memd~& by x o uw
Bill Sl& Wa lr a o f
the opinionthat the aeleotlanof bookCin the mUtQf6 lirrtla
to b0 &oVOnmrrd
by the eplended
4tiiOi4.
It ir the gq4ral rule that *a atatutrr,
speakaa8 OS the
t lma at whlah it takea iffeat." SO Tex. Turr 61. The -*t-Y
not MOUIU operative oa Ootober e, 1941; tbrsfore, e-r that
am ndltipb listlleatlonrrsmut be govsmellby It. I3 ?slfRnm
thrrteaoh ?lratolaoa high aohoolmay ohoose“aW On* Or a~eal
0r tha textrbookr” o? tha aalltiptiMet*
w ham heratoforarntlonti tbnt XoWo Biit ZUZJaa-
tal&d an omergouoy olauae. mlla the aot dld not pa.8 with the
.Honombl6B. A. elan, pa& 5
rotonra lred to put It into lzaoo4lakorrOot, th0 emrgenoy
olaom Ifi at leant lnbloatlteof the le&8latlra Intentthat
the bill 18 to tab e??eota6 8oon 44 poa8lble. Wo quota?rom
the oplalonor the Supram Ooart in th8 044~ 0r Pophamv.
Patterson,rel 'Pat 625, 51 S. W. (ad) 680, 48 rollm.8;
*.(!*. 3-ntletermtilngthe leglalatlva ldtaati
the oourt 8houl4notlookalona ta any one phrar,
alaalb,or 8ontonoao? the not, but to the 6ntiFo
not3 and thlr ino1u4esthe oaptlon,the body 0r ths
lot~,and the.mmrgenayolauae. fn thla aonndottion,
ri hold that, 8-n wlmn-the ~omrgonay~lauae oannot
ba glvsn l?feat as aaah, a till It4 protl6lon8nr
b8 looJp4 to ii they aid the oourt in 6866rtalnlng
the
l.sgi6latlnIntent.
. .Xa d Uholotpmedlb~ thi reoord$d+ote
requlrad ta put it
=. l
,intoWudla te offeat, lll.pm8oa8
lntorrtbU would ham had lamedi+ nstiw that :uoaaty
rupaint6ad6atr ~oleaud ln Piormbq, 19ZWi ta tati of-
iior'fmmry 1, US1 woul4 hold a femur-part6?& A8
the abt'al4 not get Oh* requir64reaor4a4rota to put
it iato lmmal~~k lfr eo thi8
t, not160 did not beoam
operatlvo until the not boaam a law, whioh we6 90
dayuafter the a4Joroaunt o?tkm Legl6lafrrro. . . l*
m ~10~ 0r the r0r0gag, it 3.8th0 0pinisn0r th$e
4opartmnt that the 8tate B&r4 of Pbwation la lt8 molutiam
to the arrlolal6or rlr8t 01088 sigh 8ahoolsor tha statoshould
ln8truot%$a$ mltlple li8t 8aleotlon8 be mmlo MAa: the provl-
6lOna 0rArtialo'zs45 48 UmandQa by the %U6. Bill SU, Aok
47th Leglalature, R. 8.3
The dl8t&n@8hlw featur.8of tk rtiltipti'lliat
SOleO-
tlon umlarthe arl@selaatan4u84orlt8 maendnzitare ntotlt
la your letter 48 r0uwr:
/~
9x1 the originrl Aztlots a848 it ma8 rUqUind
that ax~8oh0018 Mm a 8lng3.0 lelwtla nrrOm the ml-
tip16Slct ti eat mare than fire books for *rob sub-
ja6t,~wheraaa tho~.~euWl Artlolo8848 UllW8 ~IW high
aaho@l-
Q? first ala.8,6
ta m&6 it8 maltiplo list ~16o-,
tlonafrom ay oembtnatlonof the flea bo6k8 antb,
. Honorable Fi.A. Glass, paga 4
X&tip10 list IlOt.tO btabbd a total number 0r bo0k8
greater than the enrallmantror the SubjbOt or the
grade.*
_ not beJleva
IYe do_. _. that the publl6hlugoompaalea wU.l
IloIn any ray l~ljurbd by the arrrndafo~not. Both the originaleat
and ita aubndmentrbqulrb the Boerd of Bluoetlon to adopt a mlti-
plo list 4inot leas than tbrbb nor mro than five textbooks. Un-
dar AHlola 2242 the textbook 00ntreot80aJmot0all for a SpbOiiiO
nrmbbr o? textbooks,but only for awh namber of books ar the State
may abed. Under Artlole2046 the notion glvbn by the Board or lrd-
uoatlon lr requlre~ to rtatb the mbbjootaon whloh tbstbook8 plsy
k aaoptoa, and thb aampleoopleoiii04 by the publleihef
are ra-
quired to hare 8t~ba or.printbd thereinthe atlnlmumqUUntitib8
ln whloh the book wlll be.sold at the rpeolfle~, tim alnlmq
WhOlbUUle prloe of ths beok, eta. Therafore,es the list I#
d&araizmd and the~bldamade bafore the books enumbratedin ths
ll8t are rblbotbd, than can it be aaid that the publl8hbrrara
injane bboaaaa thm first 01400 hlgh aohoolsmay 8elaotone or
8bvont book8 on the limt fnrt-a 0r only onao ~0 think not.
Undar the amenda& artlole, even thoagkplorb then one book playb8
6Q,%bUtkd from the moltiplblint, the total number t3blaatba by all the i
ritrt 01486 highaohoole 0r -the State, oonsiaerd aa a whele,
right ba#$ly approrlmatethat numberselaotaaby the ditferbnt
hit rbh~ols, also oo*illbrea 88 a.whola,aaUy3r tha erlglna~
Wb’. tYX8t that t&b ?03XUgOhg a180~86~01i 64tl8faOtOti~
aa,awbra the &eatlons ln;~hlohyoa are interested.
V6ry truly yours
ATTdEIlFPQiWlEiAL
OFTEX4S
By (6) &306&b ‘iI-. s;)Srka
A8elmtant
tBWSl4b
APPROVED 00%'.11, 194l APFROVED
(8) ~bIUl R. &WtS oplnlon Colwdttbb
Aoting AttorneyQembral By B.W.B. Chairman
0r ~b2i38
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion