Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN . Geo. L SbeppaL-6, Ltarch20, 1939, paRe 2 At Pace 14%. we rind thkirollorJne: The State Coa;ptro,lcr shslinot pay, and no State oflioer or ezpioyee of any of the depsrtzcntsor other agencies of the Corenment shell lnolude in his traveling expduoe ecoouuts any amounts for med.a end/or lodging inoarred w:th?n the oity of tom where such oifioer or such employee is stationed. Such amplgyees es are stationed away fro& their ~cainolfil~eor headquarters, who are not allowed travelingerpenaeawhere 80 eta- tb.m&d, ahnli be edlowed aaob axaaaaaa uben-oalled to adn ofYiaa.- -2~ oura) .. Artl01~ 68Z3, Refiasd Civil Statutaa, aa amsmta6, rea6a - mrt a0 rollowar '%!hetraiYelfU6and other neeeaaary expense8 in-' ourred by the varl~ otiioors, raaiatant6, dmpatfla, alerka an6 other unployeaa in the ~~50~8 4apartm4mt0, ln*tltotfom, boarua, ooml801ana or other auha7f01ona OS tha State Gorennaent, in the edtlve diaoha~e oi ShaLr duties shall be sooh aa am l paalflaslly Sire6 and approprietsd by the Leglalatura in tha &mral a@propriatlon bills providing tar the axpeaaea of tha ' state Govsrnment from year to year. . .- Then om be no doubt of the 6uthorfty of the Baud to ;ion.-Jir. Patterson et Fort North or elmwhere la the State. Ho anempl.oyaeoSthe Board,arulua llkMloebellevethattba rr Snpeniaor had the authority to nqulrs hla preacrrio8 in tin. Such powere wouid have to bo laplid to enable the Bmrd its org4uilaetionta fun&ion. Artlals 6SSS provl6a.athat the maeo inaurred by suoh amployeea ‘#hall bo suoh aa are l peoiilaal- rixsd an6 elpQ&priatsd,' and it la noteU that *auoh om@@yaoa aa ltatloned away tromth~lrmalnotfiae aahe8dquartera,whoara allowe6trsyel~expenseawhere ao .aktionad, ahallbedlowa6 a expenses when called to their -in oftioe.* ,& the proSOUt WIOQ, the main office la in Austin an& 2he employee wao oslled thnt 0sr1a0. We have no doubt ea to the nead of ape~ial.tr&fng. Ua quite sum that regardless of thd preparation a msn may ham I throw outside souraeo, he woold til3.lneed 8uoh apolal tmetlon in the ayates an8 method8 e@ployd by thls,partiM.ar ar+aent . In ismlliarizlag himself with auoh mattera, it .85 : Eon. Goa. 2. ::bs~yr.rd, Larch 20, 19379,Fere 3 view thct ha we.3 In Lhr “nctlvc dirctxn-ce or his dutice” as pro- vided in Article 6023. 'n'ehave iounC no case direotly bser:ng on the point. In Jefferson C.. V. Zefferson County Fiscal Court, 108 E. S. (2) 811, Iw. APPS.. the irpiicetiocis pleln that where a donre~ae has a direct and proxlmte oonnoctLonkltb the.dutisa of an orfloe neo-. eoaery expeoses may be eliomd. Ko think the instant case is alatlnguiabhbleiron those cakes euoh as Sloith7. Eoloticbiner, L.R.A. 1.919E, p. 331, Scab ., and othera oited ln note on p. 332, Qenyln(;rei&burseL;cnt, when We instructionaouebt to be gained la oi onLy a (5enereleducationalnnture. We think St should be pre- lumeQ tht'the inatru~tiouhere im of,a apaoiel nature oaa~ntlel to the putiaul4w system in w*. It la our opinionthat Yri Pattereon la enfltladto bai- raimburaed ror the above sxpenaea.. T&a Yary truly ATl!O~‘apIgau OY TElAs Glean FL l&aria Aaaletant e. . i