OFFICEOFTHEA-mORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS
AUSTIN.
Eonoq6bla R. L. Arastro~
County Auditor
Tom Qraan county
San Angrlo, T$xar
Dr4r Sir: O~lnion No. 0
of Tom Gram
eaatlon of a
ertment of Publla
eat tha County
olrrloal alla
ith the State
o iurnlah illao,
ppllor, Jenltor88rvlo1,
lorraary to thr oprratlc,n
rtmrflt Or wOw4n ofri04.
ruary, 19c0, you rraaerd tblr
of?lae an opinion, Ho. o-1972, holding that
the County we8 not authorized to sap10
ol~rloal halp for the T4xar on4 Ifedora I a&en-
oirr , nor ~888 It ruthorleaa to rurnlrh offlor
suppllsa for such drpart.3xantr. It appaare
that the prorislons of the propowtl wmtmot
with the DeTartsent cf Publia Wolfam would
Honorable R. I.. Armstrong, page 2
be In dlraot contratantlon with this opin-
ion a8 wall aa asvaral other oplnlons ran-
dared by your dapartment, euoh a8 Opinion8
Roe. O-120, O-281, o-638, 0.1919, and O-3075.
“Tha quaatlon of the authority of tha
County to axaouta the abova mentionad oon-
traot was ralaad with Mr. Jamaa Taylor, County
Coordinator, Dapartmant of Public Welfare,
who prasantad tha oontract to the Court. Mr.
Taylor propound84 the quaatlgn to . T. It.
Daroy, Supanlaor, Corrartpondazga $ nd Con-
plaints, or tha Dapartmant of Pub110 Walfalu.,
I enoloaa a copy of Mr. Daroy*a”oplnlon to
Mr. Taylor on tha quaatlon, which vary fully
axplain the lltutatlon and ln4lcatad that
aubaaquant laglalatlon has authorlzad tha
ootitlaa to pay olarloal halp and furnish
offlca auppllae to be usad in tha looal Da-
partmant of Walfara office.
-1 have atudlad tha acts rafarrad to
by Mr. Daroy In hi8 opinion, and hare dia-
ouaaad thorn with our County Attorney, but
wa find no provlalona dlraotly althorlelng
tha Coun!y to pay for tha ltama ln quaatlon,
“1 4lallkr burdening your dapartmant
with quaatlona which yxx hata pravloualy
. anawarad, but dua to ths faot that tha Da-
partmant p-i Pub110 Walfara was craatad aub-
aaquant to your opinion to ma February, 1940,.
am4 lnaemuoh a8 the sot Orrating tha dapart-
mant doas maka oartaln infarancaa conoamln&
the County*8 raaponslblllty, I wish to oartify
the r0ii0wing quaationa:
“1. Baa the County authority to pay
clarloal or atanographlo paraona that work
with and aaslst the County oaaa workers who
ara pal4 by the Stata undar tha naw Intaka
and Cdrtlfloatlon Dlrlelon, 44 sat out in
the Ganaral Dapartmantal Appropriation Blll?~
“2. Eaa the County authority to furnish
0rri04 auppllaa auoh 44 rilia, atamps,, janitor
c
ffonor~~ble R. 1.. Armstronfc, pas8 3
aervlce., etc;, naoassary to tha operation
cf the looal Depcrtnentof rf:alrare 0fri0fc
“1 ancloea a copy rt the pr0Posad ocn-
tract subreittad by the Dapart:ant of rubllc
Yalfara and In connactlon tharawIth,oall
your attention spaoIfIcally to Artlolaa 3
and 5 of such contr’act, Marain the obllga-
tions of the County ma sat forth. n
Our opinion No. O-1972, referred to in your letter,
has been overruled by our oplnl-no No) O-2217 (confaronoa
opinion ??o. 3099) and No. O-2174. %a lncloaa copies of
these o?IoIcas for your Informbtlon.
Siotlon 1 0s Artlcle.23724-2 provl4as:
.
WSaFtlon 1. ~,Tha County CommIssionare
Courts atid t ha City CommIsslon of any lnoor-
porated tcvn or olty of this State are hereby
authorlead to laeaa, rent,; cr provida offloe
.’apace for the gurpoas of ei4Lng and cooparet-
lng with the a~anolaa of tha3tate and Fad-
eref Oovarnments~~dngage4 in the edminlatre-
tlon~ of relief to the unemployed or nor&y
psopleor the State oflbxea, and to peg the.
ragnlar monthly utility bills for such orrloaa,
such as lights, ges, end watar; and ‘when In
the oplnlnn of a '&iJorIty of a Coma.leaioners
Court of a oounty such office apace Is aaaen-
tlal to the proper a4m.tnfatratIon of such
aRanclee of either the Stats or Federal Oov-
arnments,~ said Court Is hdraby speclfloally
authorizad to pay for seme end for tha regu-
lar monthly utility Ills for such offices
out of the County's. %anaral find by warrents
es In the rey:r,ent of such other obll&atIons
of the Bounty. n
Sauat6 13111 423 Aota of the 47th taglalat~a
19&l, R,@ler Sesakon, which la the gamral epproprIetI&
bill, under the subdivision of *Division of I&eke aa
CsrtIficatIonw, pr~vlda,s ea r0u0we:
“Provided that theama hereby appro-
PrIate4 er0 to supplement the funda being used
by the counties and cities of Taxas for the
Hanorebla R. L. Armstro~, ~?@a I,
purpose
of making arrtfflaates and ra-
barrels to ths Kork4 Frojrat Admlniatra-
tion, the National Youth Admlniatration,
ths Civil Conservation Corps an2 the Fad-
oral Surplus Conuaod1t.v programs. Provided,
that In the event the sum8 hereby appro-
priated ara lnsufficlrnt for the St&to De-
partment to adrquatrly parform the lntakr
and arrtlrlaatlon funqtlons,of thasr pro-
graeo eaaording to the stand&rds and M&I-
lntlons or the State Department or Publio
Kalfam, tnen In that avant tha Stat6 Da-
partmat of Public Kalfara isharsby am-
patired and aothorlzad to withdraw fta
rundr end mnlcw~ tor thaar:programs rrom
ansp County or City .not conttiibutlng month-
ly to the Intake and aortltloation tuna-
tlons of these programs in that Countr
or City in an amount aqua1 to the aaount
usrd~ for the m .functiona and 4 x~pandtrd
by such County or Clty during tb month
or January, 191.1: the aaaunt.~.rxpsndsd dur-
ing January 19&l, lnaludm ,,el~l amounts
Used on a oaeh, kfnd, Mut41,, l#am, aon-
traetual or 14nd bsrls,, : ,~
“Provided that ‘tha stat4 DrprrtPirnt 'or
Fublla Walrars shall e.pplp :to, th4 Works
Projrat AdmInl8tratIon ror continuing thr
necessary pmjaqts for the aolaaodlty dis-
tribution and supervision ~or...aJmm@dlty ,aIs-
trlbutlon. Ana proP1d.a ‘that .in the. .av4nt
the V:,orks Projeats Admlnletrat~on aontinueo
to provide rundo for tharra’ 04rvic4.4 as it
has dona sin04 Septrmbor 1, .1939, than in
that went, the State .Ds~rtamt of Fublle
w4lr4m is prohibitsa rrtmusing th4 .iuna6
provided in Items 89 to 126; lnolurlva, and
Itam 128 or the above appropriations ror
thee4 44&3Mrr . Provid4a,iurthar, that in
that avent, the Stat.4 Dapartmont nor Publlo.
Welrere may us4 ~‘ths muds provided in Itrma
89 66 126, lnc’lu,alve, and &tern 128, or the
above appropriat&imr ,fOr ~tratieportation or
surplus and conmoditl4a ror~ thr ih3+4 hot
sohool lunch program and othilnd,rr to thr
extent nraeseary ror thr ltflairnt and 4000
Ronorabla R. L. Armetrong, pogr 5
nomlcal dl4ttlbutlon of aurplua oom~odltl44
mea4 available to the Stat4 D4prrtment of
Publla w41fare.w
Hous Bill No. 611, Acts of the 47th L4glslatun,
R4guhr S4aai~Yn, 1941, which la commonly r4rrrr4d to snd
ait4a as the vubllo w4lrar4 AOt W ohargrs the Stat4 Board
of publla Vialfdra with th4 adminlstratlon of thr waliarv
4ctivltl4s of th4 Stat4 as mentioned In said Act. S4 otlon
&o or thla Act ap4aiflo4lly providra that Vh4 oomaiaaion4ra*
court of any aounty may appropriate runda from Its grnrral
funds, or any oth4r available fund, for thr 4dmlnIatrstlon
0r such county child vi4lran Eoarda and proviara ror a4nio48
to and support of ahlldrrn in n44d of protratlon and/or aarm.’
Thl4 la th4 only provlalon tf tha Aot rhloh dlraotly and
rxpr4aaly authorlera the oommlaalon4ra~ oourt to make 4ppro-
prlatlon of its run44 l'or any OS th4 purpoa4s aWti:nrd~ln th4
Aot.
Subs4otion 5 or Section 4 of the 6blio v!elrars
Aot authorIz4a th4 Stat4 D4partmentor ,PublIa Wdran to
aaalat oth4r d4partmonts. a(;aaoirsatid institutiona or th4
looal Stat4 end~Vrd4ral @otrmmrnt, rbrn so nqueatra and
oooporsta with auah 4g4nal4s whrn expsdlrnt In p4rforning
lr r r lc ~a in conformity with th4 parpos48 or th4.aot.
Subarotlon 7 of Smtion 4, supr4, authoriz44 th4
Stat4 D4partm4nt of fibllo K4lfar4 to 4atabllsh and provide
auuh arthods or loos1 admlnlstretlon as Is d44m4d advleablr,
and prorldr auoh p4raonn41 as may be found n4araaary for
44mylng out In an raonomloal way the admlnlstratlou of the
Act.
ssction C, or said Aat sp4driaany providrs
in part:
Ths Stat4 D4partmmect lahsrrby authorlard
and alraotra to ooop4ratr withth4 propor arpart-
manta of theF4dsral. Gov4rnmrnt and with all othrr
d4parti4nts or th4 Stata and loaal Oov4rnm4nt In
th4 4nroroam4nt and admlnlatnt%oa of auoh pro-
visions cf th4 Federal *Soala S4aurlty Aot* and
any amendeunts tharato and tha ruaea and rogula-
tlona Iasuad thereunder, endln aomplla@aa *k&4-
with, In th4 manner prrsorlb4d In this Act or as
othrrcrfse protld4d by law.'
Eonorablo R. L. Axaetron& pagr 6
S4atlon 7 ot the ~Aat provld4s In part:
.*‘&a Stab4 D4partinent la hrrabf d4algnatsd as thr
Statr'a aganoy to 4dmlnlet4r or eup4rvlae r4f4rrals
and c4rtltIoatlons to the Wmka Proj4ate Admlnlstra-
tlon, the National Youth AdmInIstration and th4
CivIlian Cona4rvbtlon Corps. ‘Th4 Stat4 D4partm4nt
msy ooop4ratr with any City orCouhhyIn 4ny manmr
aasmaa nro4aaar~ ror th4 prop4r op4retlon or l&s4
progr4ma."
* s. s4ction 35 of fh4 Aot prorid
Fl!b4 purpor. o? this Aot, la to Inauguratea
program or aoo1al arcurlty *IYI to provlda nrorrrary
and prompt 4aalat4nO4 to th4,olt1a4na ot this
Stat4 who are 4ntltlid to avail th4ma41v4a or its
protIalona. This Act ohs11 b4 lib4rally construed
in ,-orarr that its purpoar&aiay br 4ooompllah4d
as rqultablg', roonomloall~, %nd 4~p4dltloualf as
poaaIb14."
S4otlon 39 or the Act pmvia48:
Vo provisionofthla Act la intclnhril to re-.
14aa4 th4 oountl4a and lupio1pUltI4e in this State
from the sp4olflo rraponalbllltywhloh 1s ourr4ntly
born4 by thoar oountlaa and'munlalpslltl4e In sup-
port or pub116 w4lrar4', chila~w4lr4r4, and r4ii4r
srrvlara. Suoh run&a whlah msy! h4r4aftrr bo appro-
prfatrd by the eountlcra andmunlo1p4llt4a ror
thoa4 a4rvlo4a nosy be~adminlat,4rrd~Qhrough thr oounty
or diatrlct offlors ofth4 Stat4 D4partmsnt and ii
so admlnlat4r4d, ahall b4 a4v0t4a 4~Oluaiv4iy to th4
" a4nlc4a In th4 county or.munlaIpallty m4klng suoh
approprlatlon.w ,, <'
It la w011 4etablIeh4d in this Statr, by authorltl4a
too nunuroua tD rantlon, th4t oommiaaIon4ra~ courts ar4 oourta
Or llmIt4d j.urIsdlatlon and poasrea only, auoh pow4r and author-
ity, as la granted by thr Conatltutlon aad atatut’aa of this
Stat4, 4lthrr 4xpreasly br by Impli;oatIbzi.~
Dors any provlalon or thi P,blIa w4lrare Aot, ebov4
mclntlon4d, sxpr4salp authorle4, rrpriro, or oharg4 .a- oounty
Oommlaaioners* court to oooperata w%Mth4,StqtO Drpartm4nt oi
Honorabl4 R. L. Arm8trong. pag4 7
Fublla W4lfere or appropriate Its funds for any of th4 purpo848
auntlonsd th4rsln, oth4r than S4ctIon .$O, aupra? W4 think not.
Is such authority aonr4md by impllaatlon by any of said provI-
slona? It is our opinion that auah authority Is not so con-
rrrrsd. Ii this la true, th4n, ~4 must look to other statutes
ror such authority.
.-... Consldrrlng the subdIvl8Ion or ~Dldalon or Intak4
and C4rtlf'%oatlon,w S4natr Bill 423, au@ra, w4 rail to rind .
any authority rlthar rnpraesed or by implloatlon, author1x.i~
nquiring or gharging a Oommtaaiomral oourt to oooprrata with
the State D4partm4ntof Pub110 w4ltarr or ap roprlatlng Its.
funds ior any purpoa4 m4ntlon4d In the Pub1 Ipo W4lfarr Act or
smst4 Bill 423, supra. Howavar, It la true that thr Stat4
D4partm4nt or Publla W'rltarr is rmpowrred and authorlz4a to
withdraw its funds and ssrvlaes for thr programs mantlon4d
undrr~ths subdlvlalon or wDlvlslon of ,-take andC4rtlrloatlon~
rrom any county or city not oontrlbutlng monthly to the-ln-
take end c4rtIfIoatlon ~notlona of th4 programs in th4 oouatv
or city in an amount 4qual tu th4 amount ua8d for the aaeu
iunotlona and axp4nd4d by said ooun%y or elty during th4
month or Jenuarg,.19&
W4 ialL to find any authority smpow4rlng or au-
thoricing 4 oouuty oomm.%aalon4ra * aourt to approprlatr and
lxpoha tha a+mtyd'uunda for any of th4 purpose mrntlomd in
4lth4r of yourqu4atlona.aa abovr atat4d. Unl488, rrlatlrr
to your rirst~~qu4qtlon, aUi&4Xp4%llbUr48 ar4 8t4ai vor tin
purpoa4 oi' aiding and. coop4ratlng w&W the a&snolrs'or the
Stat4 and Federal Cvvarnmente 4ngag4d in the adminiatratl~n
or r4114t or th4 un4mploy4d end n44d p4opleor th4 Stat4
or T4xas.' (Cur opinion No. o-3099.7
In answ4r to your 84cond qurstlon you will not4
that 6h4 authority extsnd4d by Arti& 2372e-2, enipra, is
limited to the provisions or oiila4 opaoe end the r4 ular
aonthty utitlity bills ror 8u@ oftlogs such at a4ntfon4d
ther4 n, ror the purpose of a lng an aooprra Ing with thr
agenoise of ths Stat4 Fnd Fea~ml Corwnmnta sngag4d In
th4 aa~iotrstlon or r4lisr 0r ths unmploysd and. n44ay
prop14 or the State or Tqxas and dose not authorlxr th4
furnishing or saoh supplies se ?nstitIon4d in your seoond
quastlon.
Bonorablo R. L. Armtrong, pagr 8
Trusting that the roraeolng fully amwra your
inquiry, we (Pm
Yours vary truly
A'll!ORNXYGEtiEiUL OFTEXkR
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