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October 22, 1948
Hon. E. Ii. Poteet 3..Act,lng President
Texas Colleges of Arts & Industries
Kingsville, Texas
Attention: Hon. James H. Calvin
Opinion No. V-705.
Re: The authority of the Hoard of
Directors of Texas College ‘of
Arts and Industries to permit
an employee to take a State..
automobile Into Mexico on of-
ficial business.
Dear Sir:
Your request for an opinion reads as follows:
*m thh ~O&%tk& Directors of the
Texas Colleg& of Arts and Industries auth-
orize.~~.;;erhpToyee”..~f :the College to take
a state-owned automobile Into Mexico on
off iclal business?”
,Nelther the current appropr$atlon bill making
appropriations to the Texas College of Arts and Indus-
tries and other educational Institutions for the current
biennium (H.B. 246, Acts 50th Leg. ch. 339, p. 6491, nor
any general law which we have been able to find, prohib-
its the use of a state-owned automobile by an officer
or employee of an educational Institution when traveling
without the State on institutional business.
Subsectl;n 6 of House Bill 246, among other
things provides: No travel shall be performed
outside of the Stati,‘e;cept upon the written consent of
the schoo&‘s board of regents or directors.tl
Therefore, it is the oplnion,of this office
that there is no legal objection to an employee of the
College using a state&owned automobile on a trip to Mex-
ico on official business for the College, provided he
obtains in advance the written consent of the Board of
Directors of the College.
Hon. E. H. Poteet, Page 2 (V-705)
SUMMARY
An employee of Texas College of Arts
& Industries may use a State-owned automo-
bile on a trip to Mexico on official busi-
ness for the College, provided he obtains
in advance the written consent of its
Board of Directors. Subsection 6 of H. B.
246, Acts 1947, 50th Legislature, at page
649.
Yours very truly
ATTORNEY
GENERALOF TEXAS
BYBruce W. .Bryant
WB:wb Assistant