OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Hon. Homer Garrison, Jr., loge E
it ii you would edvlsc me Ghethor or not thlr
Department wculd be authorized to puroheeo
suitable lend from the appropriationof tin
Wpartnent to ereot a radio etetlon.*
The rtuthorityof the De~rtrnent or Publio Safety
is r0uDd in Artialee 4413 (l), 4413 (e), 441$ (0, 4413 (X5),
&tlfo~), Revised Civil ztatutea of Texas, whlah read a8
:
"Al%. 44.3 (1). There Is hereby oreetrd a
Departnront of l~blic Safety of the jtate of
I
Texas, hereismfterdeaiguatad a~ *tie Depart-
msat,~ in whloh lo vseted the enforoement0r
the liatipoteoting the publio safety und pro-
viding for the preventionan4 dotootion OS
The Deprtmmt shall have ite prinoi-
%?%iioe end headquarterain the City of
itwtln, where all cf its resorbs ehall be kept.*
*Art; 4413 (e). The aontrol of the Depart-
-t ia ha8by ~atcrd in th iubllo 3aftty
Cd~ion, ImrelneZterdesignatedas 'the
C0mbeiOA,’ Whbh #3.~%&MiOn eha&l OOASis% of
thho oltiseM of this fste+te
. . . .*
"he. 441s (4). The conuPieeionshell form-
ulek plays and palioies for the enforoement
of the arhlnel laws and of the tmftla emI
oafofy lawe ot the State, the prevention of
or&e, the detectionaa a;prehewion of vlo-
latorm of the lana, and for the eduoetion of
the eiticens of the Siate in the :xcmotion of
puhlla safety end law obrervenoe.*
“Art. 4413 (13). There is hereby seated,
as an l~togrel part at the Department, a Head-
suertero nlrision, ccnsieting of the Bureaue
of Identitioationan4 Record8, Communicationa,
Intelllgenaeand b;duoation.Mtb the advlae
and oonaent or"the Commis~lo?.,the.Jireatcr
ehall employ suoh ahisfs, experts, operators,
instruators6114assia*tanta "6 nay be necessary
for the operhtlon of this Division and the
several 3ureaua therein.*
"Art. 4413 (15). I.. It aball be the duty or
the pireotor dth the advice wd consent of the
,C
HOA. HoRmr GuriSOA, fi., PE@e S
to mime the ohid of the Bureau
GC8E0iiUiOA
Oi O-iOdfOA8.
"8. Thl8 Bureeumay,whonfundo are pro"
vidod, hstall and operate a poll08 radio
broadoastlngeystem for the broed~stlng
informatIon,oonkwdng the aotlvltlw of
violator8 of the law, and for tlm dlreotlng
or thm eotivltloaand runotionaof the law
iwaroimnt al~noie8 or the State; tha OOAA-
tlw end the qnloipelltler. It 6hall.ao-
operate with .oountyand munlolpal pollao .
euthorltlor.aad with poll08 radl0 StatlOlu,
In this State and.ln othorStato8.
"4. Thie Bureau shaLl povldo for tha
rapid oxohan~ of infornation,ooaoa?niry @a8
ooml*8lon of orlmor and the d~teotion .otvlo-
latorr ot the law, b&wean the lew la fo r o e-
meat ~0nolef1 of thlr State, it8#+uatlm ax&
P
m$,p~ltloa end other stalmsM t&e mtioneX
.*
The .~tetutor,abovoquoto48u$ihorlw tin la8t+llkt&on
~ ~'~-'~~'M~'~Qo~~A~OA
Of 8polloa radio breadeUt&n&.w~'?QoL~th~:ptp-
am of preventin&arch., dotoot- wedwe$aadin(: 1~ rio-
ittom, and for t& dlxwotingof thb aotlvltla8mnd funataoruo$
the lawenforommteganolem aftha Stato,tho oountlo8andtbo
snlll101pl1t1.P. Thur, the I)~~tlMAt of Fuhli.0Safety aopld pur-
.ohaw altable land on *hIoh to In&all and Operat;y~g~rtio
rrtation es a part of said authorlzodbroadoartl
mo~oys appropriatedror the Z+uhallatlon (md 8q3 pmentof uoh
a syntca; ilmt, if approprlatlonaof tb dopa?%aant are broad
emu@ to ewer suoh a puroham; end aooond, it mmh a xna~huo
ooula be a0sigd0a a AOO~SS~p ala lAola~tal expoA*o iA oary-
ing outthipowar @ant.& to tha 4OwwAt t0 i.AStU auoha
8YBtCSl.
think suah a purohaae 16 authorlnedby tb
'Ipa
Qenorel AppropriationBill for tb# %W-yWU pIIZ?lOd
0~6Iag
August 91, 194S, knmn aa 3onata Bill No. 483, p. lZS1. 47th
LM., 194.l,wherein It ~rorldes for an annual aj;prop?htlOnfor
the Department of f'ubllo3afat.y.
&kiA DiriaiOA, dMl@U-d a8
Item 106, es roilowe:
"106. Fosta@, suppli~a, arma, wlra 0o.muut2ication,
HOZl*Eomer Garrison, Jr., Page 4
r a dio
lqialpmat,r a dio
8u’p p ll88,lntitlg
and oontingmt expn8e8; ho8pltalE atioa aa
8UTiO.8 ldla iajW.d in liA0 Of
IlAOdiOdl
duty, run-u erp8n888uhon dmth r88ult8
rrom in&rie8 rao8lved in line or duty; 8ursty
bond8,book8, all neom~saayexmss8 or oper-
atlng a polio8training 8ohoolat cwa~ Yabry
We have undarsoorad the weds “eny other nso~ury
d6qartmntal 8xpn888.~ under the enurg8noy alroumatmou
quoted In your letter the purohaseor 8ultnblslend lppssreto
be nd~88ax’yand lnoldantalto the errtab hmeat or en effiaisnt
broadcastingsystems 8ultablo lmd in th188rs8psats&ht pee8-
Ably b8 rogardod aa p+rt.or the nsomaary radio rqul iot, and
iOr Obtaining ssw may properly b8 rsger r od a8 one
the 0xpb1180
of theso neoo88sry departmentalexpense8 proYlded for in tha
above r,uotodltam 1Od.
.. In the 6888 or mrring Y, Houston watbn8l n-
ahs.ngeB8nk,~QS.W~ 1OSl nh8r~intherown8 apuraha88 bytho
Texao Pri8on 0wml88ion, without th8 approril 0r th 8latur8,
of a ml11 and 8it8, part of tb, oon8id8r8tlonboln# 3.8
whleh thoniillwas 8ltuatin¶,It was held end apprond by tie
Texas Suprum hurt that tbsrr was no violationof Y.A.C.S.
aupp. 1988, Art. 6181, rorbiddlngthe puroheeo or -land*ror
the prieon 8ystua of Texa8, dthout the Legislature'8Qqiroral,
tbr puroha88 of tha 1-d bolng only inoidontalto the &nwpo80
or oatabllehlnga mlll and raotoryror thm ssld sy stem le au-
thorixedby Law.
Intho quotedHerrlng ea8e,the Su ama Court&
TM & IOIn lta tutowhr o h forbad0tb
, th e r a o so r a n e x l8ting
purohas8 or land by the Texar Prison Go~8&88ion,wle88 app-
roval or the Leglelaturrwae rirat 8eoured,looked upon the
rorb/dda ;uroha8a or land a8 inoiaentalto th8 authority
granted to the Commieslonto eatabliah a mill and laotory and
upheM the aot or th8 cmnaisslon. There exists no oimllar
statute which would limit the land purohasing power c%fth8
i3fipartmm or mblio safety. ft a;peare, thererora, that the
proposed purohaae of suitable land for the areotion of an
authorized radio atatlon by the Department of Publlg Satety
under said oiroumtanoa8 my withygreater o8rtainty be
deternined aa neosseery and incidentalto the power given it
;
Hon. Homu Oarrlson, Jr. s mg0 5
it t0 inStti1 ad Op er a te SUSh l Station.
IXItb OUS OrTUrJU& T.S~SW, 104TOX. 191,
19s 8.911.
SUI, th0 SIA~NW GOWt Of T8Xa8 ,&IdiSoaUi45 19
orrioiuv au*ori~ Maor ailappropriation
Mu, ~3pmtedinm
suthorland (Dn3tatutory GOllStl’UothXk, as rollonr
nWhOlX8VU a pOrrU i8 giTU by StetUtO SW&
tw n00088~ t0 SW&8 it 8mUh.u Or N&IiSita
to ,sttdn the end 18 iSpl$ed. ft i8, a W811-OSt4Lb-
liehed prinOiQl0 t&t 8tatit.S OCJlltdIliI@ &Mtit8
Or pOrU 828 t0 bo SOM$rilOd SO Se, t0 iIlOlUd8 th0
, autboritj to do all thlngr miou8ar7 to aeooaplish
the objeot or.the grant. Tbi ma&or an w9rou
power 0amle8 with It by nsoe88~y IEPlIoiitfon
Furthersme, it I8 a -11 known raqt, thtbroad~.
aastiug stations a&snot bm loo&ted onzzzi O$ ,z~~ke~~;in&
fremyour lotte*t Tar eff$olwt tr
radio, it i8 nuu8uy that the SOFlu mb m
U8Ot.d On OUtain typ88 Of 8oil. . . . * It 18
dl. t0 iQUt0 that th. LO~iSl~tWO N SUffl~iWtlj iniOkSlSd
in th88a PnattOrSwh8Alit OrUtd th8 pOrrr fn th8 ~&WtEUrt
or pub110 m&y to IMtd.l ma oprats a radio StitlOn, and
provided a99roplIntlotuto Install end qmrate 8amo. In riew
Or the rWt that the LOjJiShtWS did llOtlttOIB9tto 89.0~
V&W th8 SktiW ShOtid w loOat& Md did Ret 00niilu it
to MypU'ti8ular grotlnd,tb DSpartWIltoi Rrbl3.8SliOtjrN
authorizedne0~88urily to U0Utd.n for lt88li SulWbl. 1Uid
fOrl~~h~~“08 8Xid to &‘y fOr SUY dth IrF~O&Wi*tiOM
.
Under the wrgsnoy oIrow8tauor of the duo and
In the 11&t Or tke 8ktUt.S authorlrlngthe OStabliStit
or a polio. radio broaausting S~StUB, it 18 our opInIcu&~-
that the puroh888 of suitable lpnd on uhiah to SrOSt a radio
statlon ror the Departmentof pub110 safety la n~oossaw ana
inoiaatu to the pWpOSSS~-Orprorenting orlm8, aetsating
,and aFprOhOIIdinglaw riolutor8,and ror proper snroroanent
mm. xcmsr 0uvlson, Jr., Page 6
or th8 -8 or gur doputmat; that*8 8ama ir lltb r 1 mDd,
and the uonw appvoprlatsd in nom106 or
the D8putm8nt of
Pub110sa?8tyap prlatlon(8enatsBill 4&S U31, .4lth
LOa., lf?ti) w r0 U88d iOr tb8 ~ObaSS Of 8'J.
d 8uitabl8
land.
YOU till WdUStMd, of O(IUr88, that ws have not
oonsldersd Ud that it 18 not Within OUP ‘jSOd~100 t0 Oan-
SIdSr th8 adtI8ibility 0r Thai pUrOh888irO5IIIfiIUInOiU
standpOInt,but have OnlJ oonelaoredmd 3XM88d upon th9
is u right or the wpsrtaorhlt or ml10 sarrtyto purohbs
SU ftable land in ri8W Qf the Oil'Ouinst~OSS i8t Out in yOUE
l8tteru&d the law as it ItOw8rist8.
i-
AFPRoYm SBP. 8,194l APPxwlm
(8) C%OTSP SO11OI'S OpinionGomitt
PirOt ASSiS~t AttorneyG8nOrti By B. '5.3. chalrm8r1