OI=F~CE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTlN
Dr. oeorp r. cox
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Dear slrr
obtalnedizm eollrotlonr
lb r Seo tloO
aR prowldee in p a r t
suo h
;%uds to be dlmbursedby ordu ot the State
Wth Otriou an4 the Tr8atmru or ttils Stata.
208s this mka tw a a00ormta boron b&u3
~arentsd to tb Coqtrolbr aball be approtbb
%y the State EsalthOffiou an4 the Trea8uru
%r this stata?’
Dia. Oeorge W. Cox, Faae.%
You first aak if the $10,030 appropriatfon'mentloned
in Sootl2n 84 or the bill la lvallabla ior use n03pfor oarrp
ing out the provlaloca or thla act, re qme se&ion Se or
the bill wCioh ma48 aa tollowar
‘.CY:p1,
&* Them la hereby app$oprlated
lsrawdlatelyout 0r~the GeneraL run4 or the
State Troaaury not other&m apprbprlateda
sum ot Ten Thousand ($10,000)Dollar8 to
oarrf out the purpoaea and provlslonaof
this Aot ror the rmelmlu 0r the ri8d
fear endlnilAoguat Sl, 1939, auoh fund8 to
bq dlaburaod by order or the State Bealth
Oirlaer and the Treaaurer of this State.'
The above aeotion dlaoloaea the l&ention 02 the
Legislature that there a&all bo lvsllable to your departrent
$10,000 for the purposes OS setting up md osrrylng out the
provisions ot this AOt for ths remairulsr O? tha ii8Qal year
i938-59. The emrgenop olausa of the Aot aupportsthat con-
alus105. It was the latontlon or the Legislaturethat the
organization a& up be oonpletad as aocn aa posalbleand
that the Act be put into toras aa soon as proper ate 8 oould
be taken to adminlater the Aot. In our oplnlsn the ~lO,OOO
approprfatlonmentlonsd in Seation Sa, above, is available
iOr YOU iOr QIWQO888 8pOOifiad 15 YtBnate Bill blo. i?M) and
oan be used l~~edletaly.
Your seoond queatlon 1s whether ths ~10,000 abcre
mentioned auat be expended prior to August 31, 1939, if not,
mey it be expended at a late% date. ssotion8s quctsd above
rays thet the $10,000 apprpprlatodla to carry out the pur-
poses and grovlalcns al thla Aat for the renalrider of the
risoal year ending Augu.it31, 1939. August 31, 1939, is the
en6 or the proaent rlaoal year and all mone;yanot spent by
ttet time revert to the Osneral ?und. 7febelieve th t the
Le&slature intended that auoh recne~~ aa reoelcedin tbla
$l",:;O;:,"i on kugwt 31, 1839, should revsrt to the State
In our opinion you oan apond aa lnuahor all
of the $lO,O~O appropriatedaa la oaorawrp in oarryirgout
the provisions of Senate Bill Pi00 rior to Septeimbsr 1, 1939,
but all money8 unspent out OS the P10,000 on that qate ahall
revert to the State Seaera Fund.
In question numbar tbroe rou daalr. to know ii tha
Dr. 04orgo ?i.Cox, Page 3
aavoral sums approprlat%din Seation 8b of Senate,Blll No. 200
8~3 Iado endrnt ap?ropriatlOn8OifOOtlYo Au&U& &knd it they
err oont3ngent only upon oonrys obtained from odtieotionr under
Seotlon 80 of this Bill.
After-reading the ratlro Aot, Ssneta Bill 30. 200,
passed by t ha last Legislature,wo havr ~ot%rain%d that It raa
unquestloneblythe lntentlon of the Laglalaturo that thls diti-
aion of .yourdepartment,set up ?or the admlnlstratlonof thla
Act should be self aup?ortlngsnd that fund8 for the admlnls-
tratloa or the Aot after.Augtmt31, 1959, ahotild00~4 lroo the
raoebta ooIl%ot%d in tha ldmlni8tratlonof the Aot. Sootion
80 of-the Aot reads as hollows:
“SEC, 80. The expenditure of any.man-
lyr under this Act aball nevdr ltoeed tha
amount of money obtained mm the oolleo-
tioa or money required by sny rob, permit,
lioenae or registrationrequired b: the
prarision~~OS this Aot.”
Tha above-seotion
._ . olearly
.-_ sfiors _ that
- the_,&gielature
- -
Intendadthat your aeparment 8na~ 8pena oruy nuon rums as
ar% oolleotedunder the term8 of Senate,Bill 150.200 In the
admlnlatratloaof that Aot after August’ 31, 1939. You ~111
bo llaited to auoh moneys aa are oollaoted under the terau
of the Aot and if you aolleatmore than the @4,400 during
the year of August 31, 1940, you mw spend only #S4,4OO'but
In the arsnt you do not aolloot that muoh moner, you oan spend
only suoh wney as Is oolleoted. For the year August 31,
1940, to August 31, 1941, the ‘appropriation oallm for $28,350.
That Ir the maximum amount that yotima;tspend dzrlring that
riO0.4 ~y4ara Ton are Malted to suoh moneys as is oollsoted
by your departmentwith the ataxiatum fixed by ths Legislature.
In question aumbrr four you ask what emount or man-
ey you nmy s-rid rior to August 31, 1940. The Ihgialatun
has appropriated510,000 Sor,the immediats usa of your depart-
mmt in the admlnlttr8tion0r thl8 aot and if that amount 0r
money is aeomsary for tha adolnistratlonoi the aot, rou may
apead all or the ~10,000 prior to August 31, 1939. The Lagia-
latw knew that no money was available to start the dspart-
ssnt,osr In this work and th%y appropriated $10,000 out of the
3enaral Alnd for that purp084. They did not have In mind the
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Dri.Oaorge X. co;, Page 4
rpeoial appropriationrhan in Ssotion 80 they ,said, “ihall
never exoeed the amount of monay oolleated" for q6~xmnsy wag
or would be avaflablo untl1, an organizationwaa.,$lsp%,up to
oolleat the fees under the aot. Ik’ado not belieyi, that the
Le~lalatur% intended th& th% 910,000 approprlqt‘ed ior h-
mediete uaa must be repaid out of the reoslptr of the admlnla-
tratlon of this Aot. A statuts mu-t ba oonatrued by glrlng
&feat to al1 its parts, 39 Tax. Jurla. p, 808, and by hamniz-
ing th% varIou8 provIsIon of the sot. 39 Tex. Jurla. 9. 20~.
In ao doing we bellsvr the intent was to start this depart-t
or? wltb $10,000 and from than on'it must sarn its way. -#a’
do dot think that the Legfulatura iat~bed for your deppartarent
to wait until money was oollwsted to s%t up your organlr%tIon.
In order to bagin the adrfnistratlonOf ths Aot, that amount
of mossy was oooalgsred nooaaaarp and they, therefore, appro-
priatad it for the.uae of your department. Our opinion Is
thnt you may spend au,Ohportion of the W3,OOC aa Is neoaa-
aary prior to August 71, lOJO, and that fou.&y spend $S4,4oo
duriag the riaoaf year 19SV-1940, if that amount or money ba
oollaoted and be neoosaaryfor the admlniatratloa of the Aot.
Xh question number tire you ask ii al1 aooounta
mast bo pr%a%ntsd to the State Health Offloar and the Treasurer
or this State prior to going to ths Co!aptrollsi~s offloe for
dlsburaement., SsatIon 8a of thla bill ap?roprIatad $10,000
ror lmmadlatr uaa that the Aot apaoItloallyrsqulrea, that
such runda *to be dlsburasd by order ot the Stats Health Ot-
floor and Trsaaurar of thla Stat%.” Am to the $10,000 appro-
priation, it la our opinion that suoh mcnsya as are apont by
your dsfiartmant out of the #lO,OOO appropriation must be paid
upon order of the Stats Xoalth Oifloor and Treasurer of thla
state. Xo do not beliers that that roquiraawnt is ap$icable
to the aparopriotion for the fisaal gears beginning September
1, 1939, and Septambsr 1, 1940. Seotlon @a la your apeolal
approprlatlon and the Leglslaturs wanted a ohaok 05 the ex-
pandltur% of those funda and for that reason apeoltied that
It be disbursed by order ot the State Health Cifioer and
Tr%aaurer of Texas. The aparopr‘latlon for th% next bianciel
Is Itemized as are moat approprlatlonaand they did not spaci-
ty that they be paid out ae are the funds under 3sotlon Ba,
The biennial appropriation beginning September 1, 1939, Is
Dr. &&ge V. Cox, Pags 5
prorldad for ae are all departmental apgrogriatia&bti
Very tru+y fours
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