Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN honorable George 8. Shrpperd comptrollrr oi Publla Aooount8 Auatln, Tao8 Dear Sir: oplnlon Ho. O-7313 of rroent date re- n t& above 8tsted l Regular Sesdon ng appropriation roramentr of the tr of Texem there For the Yeara Ending laundry and hous- ing ior aelf and family ---------- $1,200,00 #l,200.00 2. Two yardmen at $75 per month-------- Total Salaries--- Honorable Ooorgr H. Sheppard - Pagr 2 Impro~annta, R*palra and Building8 I. Ooaanl npalra and improramaata ------------(l5,oOo.OO #15,000.00 Total lmprorrmrnta, rapalra and buildln(a --------------#15,060.00 )15,000.00 Grand Tetal, balroatoa SUt8 Payohopathlo Hoapltal-------#lg,OOO.OO #18,000.00 “The aamo Leglalaturr by Hour. Bill No. 740 tranaforrod thr aontrol or tba Ualtoaton State Payohopathla Hoapltal from thr State Roard o? Control to #a Board o? Ragrata o? the Unitoralty of Toxmr *The quratloa haa now ariaon aa to whather the aherr mantlonad approprlatlon tollcwa the traaater o? thr oontrol o? the Oalrraton Papohopathlr Hoapltal to the Board o? Rogonta o? the ia t.ho abort uaa o? the Board o? Regonta o? thr Oalraaton Stat* Papohopathlo HOW. RI11 No. 740,Aots of the 49th Lagialeturo, 1945, prorldev: “Ba it enaoted by tha Iaglalatura o? the Stata o? Tsraa: . RSaatloa 1. That Srom and after the riirotlre deta of this Aot, the oontrol and nana ameato?, and all ri ta, prlrilsgrr, power8 end dutira lno P dent thereto, tha OaP- reaton State Payohopathlo Hoepltal looatad at Oaltaaton, Taxaa, whioh wera formerly toatod hi and rxerolaod bf tha State Board o? Control, ah811 br tranai~rrd to reatad In, and rxeroiaad by the Board ot Rogenta o? ?JM Waitersit, o? Texas, and herratter, the rtoroaald Hoapltal &tall no lo or k a part of the llaamoaynar~ eervlor o? thr Stat0 o?%xea. “960. 2. Thr Galrrston State Payohopatbio’ Hospital ahall oontlnua to be used 31) a Hospital tar tha treatmat or narvou~ and mntal dlaaaaaa, both lo tha Hoapital and atirnt ollnlo and ahall bo arallablo aa a E- e la o h h g ?aollitlaa in manta1 madloiaa for t ii t’ZoEo1 or YIadlolna o? The VnitaraltJ o? Toxaa, looatad at Oaltraton, Taxaa. . Honorable Oaorge 8. Sheppard - Page 3 44s *Boo. 3. All lara and part8 of lrra lag oon?liOt horarith are harabr ropralad to thr rxtrnt or thr oon?liot onlr. Woo, l+. Thr foot that than la a o wlltuatod at Oalraaton, Tena, the Galoaaton State Payoho- pathio Hoapltal, oonalating of a oae hundred (100) . bad manta1 hoapltal of lubatantlal brlok oonatruo- rrroted at grrat lpnaa to the Stat0 being tioa, ot Texaa, rhloh la not now operated by the. Board of Control for thr benrfit o? the paoplr o? Toxaa, and the iaot that the o aratlon of @aid Hoapltal would alao bo of groat !I enrfit to thr ltudenta o? the Sohool of Medioina of The Unlraraity of Taxer aa it woe prior to tha tlmo it wee ahut down br tie Board of Control and the toot that the Hoapltal lhould ba oontroiled and mana ld by the Board o? Ragante of The University of 4 axa8 in oonnootion with thr Sohool of Madloina of The Unireralt~ of Toxaa, oraatr an rmarganoy and an lmperatirr pub110 naoasalt~ that tha Conatltutlonal Rulr requiring billa to br road on thrar aavaral da a In oaoh Houaa be suapandad, and this Aot aha I 1 take lffeot and ba in foroa from end after its peaaga, and It la lo mo o ted. Tossed by the HOUS, April 19 1945: Yeaa ll9 ya 0; pasesd NED! by the Sonata, May l&, 1945: Yeas 28, Nag8 0. *Approved May 24, 1945. nE??aotlra May 24, 1945.” A8 lndloatad in the amorganoy olauar of He B. 740 and Tvidenoed by the approprl+lon ltoma oontained . . . . In H. B. 206 . .. (quotrd in your lottarl, It la apparent tnat tna approprlat~ona eat forth in H. B. 206 for thr Oalraaton State Psyohopathlo Hospital oontemplatad the support and malntrnanor of said lnatl- tution on a Roara-takarR baa18 rather than on a beala of aotlra oparatlon aa a papohopathio hoapltal. Wr note further that on tha data v&an the Leglalatura paesad H. B. 206, May 21, 1945, tha 446 Honorable Oaorga H. Sheppard - Pag8 4 the Owrraor had not approved H. B. 740 and that H. B. 740 wee not lftaotlta until May 24, 19U. Purthormorr, tha prorla1on.a o? 8. B. 206 wara not o lratlta until thr baglosing of the new Moanlum, 8rptrmkr ls P945. Wador the prorialona of H. B. 740, on May 24, 1965, “the ooatrol and managrmaat o?, and all rfghta, pr~rllogaa, power@, and dutlra lnoldant thrroto, the Oaltratoa &at8 f8yOhopbthlO Boapital, ----~&lob were formerly rratrd in and rxarolaod by tha State Board of Ooatrol*, wara wtraaa?arrad to, reatrd la, and rxaralaod by t&a Board of Regent8 of the Val~rral ty of Texas ,” and aald hospital no longer retained ita &atua aa a State ElOamOBJmarY hatltution. On the bee18 of t&o above prori~lon~, thla department hald in Opinion No. O-7209 that tha Oalvestoo Stat. Payohopathio Eoapital (after May 24, 1945) waa aubjaot to lawa regulating thr UnIraralty of %x:88. Tha opinion furthar polnted out that lo view of the prorlsioaa o? 8. B. 173; whioh named the Payohopathlo Hospital a8 a part of the University of Taxer, and whloh ra-appropriated oartala balaaoar on hand in oartain lnsti- tutioaal fund@, a balaaoa in thr looal fund of the Galveston State Psgohopathlo Hospital ahould be tranrfarrad to the University of Taxaa Wo nota, however, that In tha in&ant situation, the appropriation listed in H. B. 206 for thr Qelvaaton Payohopathlo Hoepltal for th8 biennium, Septambar 1, 1945, to August 31, 1947, could not hsoa been arallabla for any purpose prior to Saptambar 1, 1945, and, aa of May 24, 1945, suoh a propriatloa was not avallabla to or under tha omtrol of the Board of oatrol.E It is therefore cur oplnlon that auoh amount eat forth in raid appropriation ?or a future biennium oould not ba re- gardad .eP a balaaoa or iuad of thr Clalraeton State Payohopathio Hoa- pita1 which~would be aubjeot to +aae?er whan tha Galreaton Steto Payohopathio Hoepital waa transferred to tha Unioaraity of Texan on Mar 24, 1945. Wa point out further that on May 26, 1945, eubaaquaat totha parse a o? H. B. 206, aa wall aa aubaaquaat to tha lffaotlvo data of H. 8. 740; the Laglulaturo parsed H. B. 173 whlah relater to ap ropriatioda for Steto Eduoational laatltutiona muI laoludaa tb, ?o P lowlngr *The University of Texas Madlosl Banoh “Payohopathlo Xospl to1 V3alarloa *202. Payohiatriat and/or Phyaloiana. . . . . . . . . . P,800.00 "203. BQOkkebQbr. . . . . . . . . . 2,100.00 "204. Puroharing Clerk. . . . . . . l.gOO.00 447 Hon. Goorgo II. Sheppard, page 5 205. Dantlat (part-time) 206. 207. 208. Nurar Chief . . . . . . . . . . I ,.,.. .*.., %: Orad& Nuraoa (Poyohlatrio)...l~gf%~~ l~‘$~~‘~ 211. Graduate Nuraoa (Gonorel but,). 9:OOO:OO 9:oGO:GO 212. Oooupatlonal and Rooroational Su~artiaor................... 2,100.00 2,100.00 213. Soolal Sorvloe Worker.......... 2,400.00 2,400.OO 214. Tolophono Opiratora(3)........3,240.00 3,240.OO 215. W..tohssn . . . . . . . .: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lJ20.00 l,jZO.OO Asaistaata and Taohnioianr..... 5,000.OO 5,ooo.oo :g . General Hoapltal~Poroonnol,..,. 8,800.00 8,800.00 Total Salariaa ,.........,..... Malataaanoo and ~lsoollanooua 218. Support and Malntaneaoo...... $75,000.00 $75,OOO.W 219. Tual, water, light, power, heat and ooctlngonolos....,., lO,O;~.~~ lO,OOO.OO 220. Traveling expanse8 of Staff,. 5 . 500.00 Total Xointeneace and Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . $85,500.00 $85,500.00 Improvemoats, Repairs, and Building3 221. Genepe~rmprovomontaand ,,...,...,......... $ 5,ooo.oo d 5,ooo.oo 222. Roooaditlonlng and repair o f lterm damago, @to......, 10,000.000 Total improvementa, repairs, and btiildinga.............. #15,000.00 $ 5,OOLOO Ro-equipping Hoapital 223. Equipment enl Replaoomont (during biennium)......... $i+0.000.00 Total Payohopathio Hoepital $200,460.00 $150,460.00n Tram en lxemlaatloa d the foregoing ltome it ia apparent that aaid appropriation fully lo 1 o r a all of &o ooatom- plated lxpandlturaa with ro?oroaoo to the oporetioa of the Honorable Goo. 8. Sheppard, Pago 6 Payohopathlo Hoapltal aa a p8r.t of the Unlror’alty of Taxer for the 1945-47 bionnlum. In view of’thia trot it ia manlfaat that the Loglalatura did not oontampla~o the ox- lndltur aof both lp roprletiona with ra?aranoo to the %ayohopathlo Hoapita P ;. that la, one appropriation (H.B. 206) for lald lnatltutlon on a oar@-taker beala, and not in iotira o oration (aa IadIoatad ln the amargoao olauro ,o? B. B. 74 B and appropriation ltoma In II. B. 206 f and atiZ1 another approprlatloa (H.B. 173 rood aubsaquant to OH.’B. 206 and pursuant to H. B. m r oovorlng the aotiva opiratioa of maid hoapltal aa e pert of the Unlraraitp of Taxaa, all within the same biennium. It haa beon hold that whore two aota paaaod at the 8amo aoaaion of the Logialaturo oannot be raooaollad by any known rule of oonatruotloa, the latter of the two eota will operate to repeal the formr. (Sea: Sutherland, Statutory Coaetruotloa 3rd Ed., Horak Vol. 1, Soo. 2020, p. 485; 39 Tex. Jur., &atuto~w, 980. $8, 9,.147.) In view of the above end foregoing, it la our opinion that the only otfootivo appropriation for the aupport and melnteaanoa of the above montionod Payohopathio Hospital for the biennium, Soptombor 1, 1945 to Auguet 31, 1947, la that @et forth above la H. B. 173, and that the appropriation for the Galvortoa State Payohopathio Hospital sot forth la H. B. 206 1~ not evellablo for expenditure by the Board of Rogoato of the Uaivoralty of Texaa. Youra very truly ATTORNEY GENERALOF TEXAS JAErrt Approved: August 9, 1946 /a/ Carloa 0. Aahlor Firat Aaalataat Attorney General Approved8 lnioa ~ommlttaa ? a/ BWB, Chairmen