I
PRICIi DAXIEL ,.
ATTORNEY GESEHAL ..
Gerald C. Farm
////////(///
Honorable L. A. Moods
State.Suptli5ntendentbf,Public
Instruction,
Austin, Texas
izinion No. -0-2239
: General Appropriation Act
1939 - State Decartn;ent
of Education --,Contingent
Expenties-- Printing -d
Buarterly'~allocationoft
annual appropyiation,.
You ,statethe'following case for an opinion:
:
*Thd statutes make it mandatory ',
upon the Departnent of Education that :
certain forms,'bulletins atid,reports
such as teacher's daily .reeisters,
teach.er'smonthly reports, voucher
forms, etc., bo filade~,available
,to
the schools of the State.by Septen-
her lst, the beginning of the sc!:olas-
tic year.. In order to have these
form, bulletins and reports avail-
&blc:for scholastic yoer'1;~13940,
the Departrmn$ as in the past was
compelled to issue requisitions ut
least three to .faur e:or;ths
prior tc
,Scptel,:ber
1, 1937, to alloirmple
tims fop nrir:tirl:;
zl:dr!clivi?r:!.
;Zlcn
the accounts for ,suchwere prc!&ented
to the State Cor~:!)tro$lcr
for payment
they wero~rcfu&cd $.)rth.e'reason that
they bol;ercquiiition dates prior to
Sc;.t;:iril.u,r
1, 193:1,"
U,bO$ l;bc:;.b,f;iCtS gi0U .pT.,poll;ld- thes following
quesi.ion:
RdnorableL. A. Foods - Page 2
Whether or not it ismaterial when the requisi-
tion is.made for printing, provided the printingwhen
done, is to be paid out of the appropriation,for the.cur-
rent fiscal year for which the printing,is dote.
,
The 'answerto yburinqu%ry is ruled.by the
opinion of this,,de$artnentof date November 17,.1915,
(Opinions of the Attorney General 1914-19~6, p. 695)‘,, . -~
holding it to be regular and lawful for a Board of
Regents to contract for the erection of a dormitory.
and dining room:to be paid for out of the appropriation
available thereafter,.to-urit,on Se>teltiber1, 1916. It
is declared in that opinion: .'
"The,fact that this &12~,OQO,OQ :
appaoprfated for the erecti,onof a _'
'dormitory..anddining rooLr,isnot
: available until the lst..'dayof Sep-,
~tenber,,l916, does snot postpone the
. .taking ~effectof this Act of the
Legislature until that dato. This
Act is as much the lat\rnow as it
will be subsequent to.Septembcr~l,
Y' '.,1916,,and the Board of Regents would
.be warranted in letting the'contract'
.for the erection of said building at
the present time or at any ti:.leaft.er
the enactment of'such law aridprior
to August 31, 1017, 'the expiration
.of the fiscal '-eriodfor hriliCh
.appropriation is made.
“of d0uk32, as this %25,000.00
is bji:express r;rovisionof the Act
not availabls until Ee:ztemborl,,1'36,
no warrant-scoul.dbe drawn or naj,ments
mado out of same .until that date."
The oj~,Anicn
furthcr states:
.JrableL. A. Woods -.'Page3.
appropriation, nor do,we mean by
this opinion to make a holding of
that character."
'As we understand your inquiry, it discloses
that the supplies are'to be received by your depart-.
mentbut will notbe consumed pri.orto the time ,when
the anpro,iriationIbocomes.available, thus coming with-
.inthe hoMing of that opinion.
Trusting,that thi.swill be a satisfactory
answer 'toyour inquiry,
'. we are
.Very truly yours
. ' ATTORHEY GEi:ERALGF.TEXRS
BY
: Ocie Speer
Assistant
.OS*KR:bb .
/e/ Gerald C.. Kann '~.
;.
ATl'CRIJhY
GIUERAL OF TEXAS
‘.