OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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Dear h’.
01 bar,refueett *,o
a6on tiubtno par-
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Beased Ultil Btatutea
ate for the p3nmhaseOS mater-
, eqLLtpmontadl mlstenanoesor
tw aball Be upon~t~tW&
BS&+,.exoept as ,MwoSnaSterpz'
ale .toBe expded
aaitnnlt is,rfir axoBB0 or the
sumof +6,0OO,OotEepurcWee aballbeasde
upon eealwl oonpetitlvebiao rectelted
by the
Ilxulqger aster ten days eaY8rtLeement Till some
paper or papere of g.3nw~,M.rcmlotioPinthie
Btate. TEere~the tummnt.of tEe paroEw4eit3
lese than $6,000,0o~.tEa
maxeger&all, before
lettimgany oontreptfob swh parohDee,ask
the
for the msteriaJ5 sndinstallation sf asamiing plsntat
the BtateJarmindi8strle5. The 6y5t0m,~no tlouBt, aoted
%$ guru-oe of Aytisls 6lW1, abwe quoted, and the Board
rhaps dsolinsd to approve the sontraat Be-
oause of Ar r1015 680 of the statutes.
The langmge~ot A.IWole 0188m, *all toMroot* for
the purchase of ad4rlal5, sup &es, eqaipmmt 55d suste-
name for the4 Prison SystenQ p'e Braod enootgb to %~5&uae
the present; oontraot. mhel~ngaage ofdrtidee~4, %3.m
supplies to inoluda* * e ard all othsr.tEings re@md By
the iliffe~rent department5 or bmtitutions, sxsspt sb*iotly
pwishable goods,* is also broad snsugb to ower the present
eontraot.
fhwe Is, therefore, an olmious ooafliot, and 0110
OF t,hs other OS the statutes must fall. The rule in sued a
0888 IS that ths'last Ast 'rep3515 or supereecles the prior
Aot in respect to t&e OOafliOt.
.
Eonorable 460 ,,a. shfwgard - Ewe. 3
Article 6lflSn was enacted in IQzr. &tic18 634
was smenlefl %q 1989 by H. B. 149 (atiC. 8. 41st Leg..p.
aoj C@;l+ ,‘Lbere is no 5xprees repealSng clause in
H. Bi Ho. $4*. mere is alwsgs an inrpl+ation of repeal,
Jwweyer, where,,.as here, the prtieions of'the lzm statutes
relste".to~the asme subjeot-m&t&r, and sre,l;n such conflict
85 that both oalmot stsud at the ssme time. Furthermore,
the. emergemy olauee of H. B. No. 149 la '$uite.eignifioant.
~Thtat~clause ier
*The neoeseity for 0onformIng and extend-
ing the e1x5roiee of the rosponsibil+ties to
1.
be aee@ed by the Board Of Control to all in-
stitutions of the St&e gorermo3nt, creates
ane+frgemoy and an ikperatire ,plbliO.netes~
i
sk*y that ,the oonstitutional rule~requjr%ng
that.biil&be reed on three meteral dsye be
~usp51#%3d, an&the rule $5 hereby suep5n&&,
andth%e A& shall t5ke SffeOt 8ndb5~i3l
80:.&t, you are adylsed that the. oonf+raot in
question should have been let by th0 @o&d-of Contro2
rather than by the FrzLson System, Artiole 634 being the
llaast Aot, ,and you should not pass the aooouut for psy-
.
Very bLly y0urs
ATTORNEX
O&aR Assistant