OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
SELLERS
GROVER
ATWRN~GwsR.,.
Hooorablo Robert A. ?daAra, Zxooutlre Oifloer
State Board for Yooatlonal Bhwatlon
P. 0. Dramr 8. R., Capitol Station
Xustln, Texas
Your rsquest
18 as r0umt32
"Senate Bill,
an appropriation bill
talne the s011ow1ng
ated thr sum
Stat0 Board
msatloned raots, 3 imld like
atlon and oplnlm the fsllow-
8 It the irrtentof the Lof+lature to
(I teaa'Eieoutlre Ofiioer' oould be
an ~xeoutlre wtiarr uia/o* wato
ational Education?
“2. rjlnoethe liwaof 32300.09 is lnoludad lo
the appmprlatlon aot, with no mention mado as to
whether thla aurala for *aoh roar 0f the blennfum
'orfor the entire biennium pin.9it the lnt8zt of
the Lsglslaturs to nxak6$2!iOO,OGavailable
i
RaAorable gobart 8. "anire, pa&a 2
for the ontire blonni~um or a minio? $1250.00
.
for aaoh year of tho blo~xum.
“3. 5lnoe 3aoato 3111 320 la ah approprla-
tlan act by titla and subatsnoe ahd rlaoa.tJile
bill appaari!ta ocmteln mora than 4114subjaot,
nealjr, t&at or appr%prLtlon of tundr and orwt-
lng Or rooognln~ the POSitiOA 0r sxooutlre or-
floor, could that portion at tho bill amating
the .igautIva ckmoar*~ posftion tfe in agraofw~t
with thatpart of tha Constltutlan that ra:;ulras
no blll shall oonta.lnaora than one subjaatTv
‘"aahaIl answer your nu&exad quaatkms ln their ln-
Vor86 Orh6r, that being the b&O%1 Way to raply, %a thlhk:
3ootion 35 0r Art1010 III.,ofthe &JAstitUthA da
.i. olarasr
To. bill (except ~onaral approprlatlonbllla,
whloh my enbraos the various eubjaata and sooounts
fOX 6fAd OA AOOOUAt Of Fk.iOhIliOAOJ%al% =ApjXOrOpdSt&f
shall Oor.tair;nor4 than ona subjeat, slrlohshall be
axproseed LI its title. Rut IS any eubjaot shall
be ambnaoad in EE sot, rhloh shall hot ba axpxossod
in the tltla, suoh aot ,shallbe told 0~1.yas t6 so
mob thereof aa sh811 not be so axprassed.'
Sonata 3111 To. 120 In lts antlraty la as follcmaz
spproprlatiagthe 6~3 o.?One ::llUoh Two Rundred r'lfty-nlna
Thoiisahd~ifty=fiYa a.adOQ/l3'J(;1,259,055.00)?OlbrS
par year or so mob thereof a.s~8::be naeesaary, SOS the
next blarnfua baglm& Se?taziber1 1445, and end:&y hgust~
31, 1447, rrm the .?aheral3ovanua #uh4 for the purpose of
proawtlng pub110 eohool lntarasts and assisting &7boaIdls-
trlots lc the toaohing of voaat1oha.laqrlotitura, i&ma ooo-
naaios, trades and induatrlee, dlstrlbutlve aduoatian and
rooatloml mtmIdEltati~n of ;Ilsabladparsons auaordl~ t0
tha i'adaral1s~~ govarnl~ roaatisnal aduoatlon, all whlah 6hSi.I
. :
.
.
=s*o. & me scete B44rd for Poa8tiouaz sduoa-
tion. throughlk8 .Xxeautlto OitioaT, lr hereby au-
th&ed to reoelre and Uoburs* ln 8oaarddaPoe ~84th
Sta teo r .To zeo
fo rr lueb purpoaer 46 trelnlng per-
8omnolIbr natlonal defsnae lndurtrl4rand for
8wh 0tb.w catirith3a aa ooiaa unAor de authority
Of t& scLt0 !iCJCrd iOr vO~t~OiI&d s'dUWitiMe
“boo. 5. There la ,honbf ollocetod and oot
asid the r0uwing amounta r0r th0 purposce lndl~
cato4 balow:
~OClC!tiIXL4Z. HOnU %XtOlliO6:
Three' H‘.ularaB Twauty-one
Thousand Sevti ffundrod
Plfty-sir Dclloro*..*‘*.**.*I
....’ +
......t 321,756.OO
Vxad40 and Indu8t.rios~
Oue~ Eurdreaartpfi+e
Thousaad Dollaw8...........~.~.r......$ lS9,OOO.
cm
‘Diatri.butio~ Yiducation:
FiSty-flTo abauupd
4 55,orx).oo
Dollan..............................~~
“VooetlonalRohablUtationr
Cno Ifiuidred IrWty-four
Thc~uaand‘IYn’sa Hun&ad SoronUy-
roux Pollars..... .....................8 154r374.00
“Rohabllltationqr crip:,t0a
children to be oxpond& by the
Zopertaant of Bealth; Oar IfEm-
drasdsixty-Uwo ThoiloandPlro
.1x%............$ 162,500.oO
Eundrgd 9oUoro.. ....i.
“‘Prorldedunexpwded balar,oosroanin In the
fund8 ho-h aggroprSq.tef ior +cw%stl3nal serv2 oefa play
be ro+llocated with the oonseat of’eaoh of th4 Piraat-
0m ~6 with the agpro9cllOSthe 3mwir0 omeer.
“rhe p~ogor ortioor or o.~lwrs of any 9taOe
do:partamt, krruua, ~0~dlrlrloru of State ,agimole8
we her%& ruthoz-ired to rake lpplloatlon ior aad
aroopt ml giSta, grants, or llloba~~~tstram the
thdt@6 Stat- 6OnrParot 80 b. U8.d M sbate 000
lr R tlr a0ndta th rOedo
? r a ljooti entlp r o g r R%
M
” of mblie bull.dlngm,
l’e%aa, iaolw%ng oomtruot p on
~Jd6’8RIldi~I~lWO8Wtl. wet @Uob~deml~ fund6
a8 my 84 deposited .bi thr State Treaswy we hora-
bYyappWJprlatod to the apOlii0 purpoee 4ut!toriz4d
v tJ.uF&doral Omwamaut, and wb oat to the Walt-
atlen plaood in tbir Aot* l!b ia Poreby a pro-
priatod tho au&tof Two Thouocmd"r!ito Hundred Iicl-
an ($2,500.00)3tat4*il prs 0r m a4h hrtw80r
as la neo4m3az-yior the stats Board ror Yoaet:onel
Bauoation to cuaployakoxoautire officorfiand th+re
tihero appropriawd the *em 4f One Thousal Foiar
Huadrod3 ltty Dollazs ($&WM30) St&P8 part tar
the stat0 Beardfor Voa8tiallal 34uoabicm,to gay
dixootor, !?lirtributlre ?Qluoathn.
* l ?Sea. 7. Tim ra06 that nmyeohmlo ia th3.a
88ete a re
Uet3lr oouih m h g th elanies4 er *ooa-
tloml towherr smatloned in thb Aot, and,the fur-
ther faot Wet ii the sohoolrrroooiw suoh sonioea
it la absolutely nooo8sai-y t!Iat tais apgroprlatioa
be pamod, onato an emorgonoy and ari imporatlv~
publlio aooeasity that~tha Conetitutioa..l IWO re-
qulr$ng billa to be road ELI three 887eml 6aOg in
laah Houeo bo aunpanded, an0 the 86~~ io hereby
WSp~a$a, ar.dthis AOt 8htii ta k l 0mQt Windbr
$a~;f,f+rom end efter its passego, aaE it $4 W
approprlati-mbill, within the neanlng; 02 the 0on~tltulilon
~~Tc~~-uouHi&, and this subject la uloarly stated la the tit16
ft only reaming to bo dobom.i.noa vtho8hu or not
any other &ib,bjeotla oo&t=Amd La thd title, or la
. do&t rPitii
in the bedy or the bill.
Wo hare oeretully lranined the title, WIG the body of
thr bill sogtioe by motion, and find nothing hhwoin o=t&M#
that %a not g~rarano, ox fairly and raasoaebly S..coidmW~ to
Bonorablo Robwt A. Lbanlro, mo 6
aaoh an lpproprlatloa Ull, anloaa pomlblg it la found in Sea-
Clod s 48 polo& your queatfon 1, u&ma ‘MOahhall e30piri001ly
aamer ktor ho rzi . L.
88 Ghat your quoatlon Ho. 3 la -rod to the offo.ot
that Ssaato Bill #o.l$O la sot abject &e the vloo of rutooasti- ;
tuti~tmallty,aa oondomnbd la Sertion35 of Artfole IX1 of the Oon-
atltutIaa*
a0tim 6 or miai0 mr 0r th0 c05atitilti~ do-
?tM money ahall bo drawn fmm the troaewy
bat in pur$u$nte of apooI?Io approprlat;icma mrdo
bylaw; * . .
Th+ 8300if1oao0a roqulrod noooasar:ly oon*o&etos tho purtiso
aa amouat,~ or 6t %oart inow kh0~0dema~. The aonraitu-
tlxi door not
l6uroeanhntorer for a givenporlod wouldbe a&l& tly dafl-
nit0 as to a&w&, and llkeuiaefor a.~ lppm rlatioa ot a 1un.g
aua to a dmaruaent or ihatltutlanfbr tho .ra rp ou# DUWOS~Bof the
d*partaant or inailtutl& wouldbo htffloiantly a~&iiio aa to
PurPOIO*
TJkolaug~gr oi Beo$lon 5, Vhoro la horob appmpriat-
ld th emm ef ho Thourand PiVi Hunhod Do- ($25OO.*f State’8
g i4 ror
.t880uoh tarr80r am 18 ~ooiaauwyror the stawB0ard ror
Vsoatfonal
M+catIc+ to usploy a+ oxooutive
.__ ottioor”, mta-ev?ry
rOqUlXWWnt of the i;onstltu6lan tar 8Qoolrlanoes olc ag~opriatlor,
bOth aa to amount end purpocro, but ah. language Likwlu aarrloa
th0 10@Ialativc lfaltabl~na gpoa both the MDunt and the 3~~3080.
The Aot o-n8aIna nethiag further from whit& a rO00&eiblO tsplioac
tlonoould be dodoo ld that the WA lppxvpriatoa was lntmdsd to
bo fer eaah of the Gwoyeatr of Gheappmaohfng biumlunk It may
be that the Leglalatw iatondod to appmpriato ~2500.00 fdr aaoh
roageoblre 1:of the bianniu& but it haa not dono 60,’pad more
l~taatlon ‘Ir”
thetot zuoh actual appropriationin apt worda annnot
dieate law. Thlr amward)your le~ond question.
?;e hol.d in our Opinion Bo. O-6&58, addry&& to h'onor-
able J. C. Minkor@, County AttsrrrpBnzoa Qo~ty, Bryan, %=a,
that tho steoutlro offloer mentioned in 600tIan 5 Of ofu A0C,
ror whoa an appropriation ~44 aado, wns w&or t&o very t~ama gi
wo mw rurthet &~ld in thla aonneatlon that zkaate
Ml180 120 614 no); br 106lrlatiivoii&*pate the ~~altlga,
of mush oxoautlre affloqr 4B aa anployve.
Uador 3dotloa Artlole III 0r the Coaatltutlon,
W, ef
a0 ~pproprlatloa of ownoya 8ho tnaaury may be mde by
okat Of
the Lo g f 8la l tu r sin pursua~oe of al4ability oroated by
xoopt
or under a preAx.lrt* l8w.~ Thl8 itmu a lau f&at w6t in ox-
letanoq at tbo very tiffithe apprqprlatloa wa8 -de. The pre-
lIriatine law aeorseary to rumor* an appropriation, howerer
say it&elf exlat by reasOa of aeaeisary lmpllo~tlon. -chstis
neewWrfly laplied f.n a aoonrtltutlon or rtatute 1s as auoh a
Q@:@; the 1~ aa if ths aanm h"d baen sxprma4 oontdacrd
l
The pro-w@Itiag law authorleina:the appropriation
udder O~J~~~O~~IOYJ 1~ the law areatiag th0 sitate ~oarcl.r0r
Vo0Etl0Ml Sdueatioa. 'Ph. atdo Bolm¶ r0r Vooatlonal Tduoa-
tloa ir a gaverammtal lastruumntUlty, an arltI.flolalperson,
whloh oen fuaotlon only through the proporand nooossary em-
ployws. Zuoiilnstrumentalltyoould not pirtorm its govern-
IQOIIw r UWJsiWJ iiith t liIL&IiOp06a That Lt should have thrrp
ba lmplla+t ln the orratlrs prorlalotis ef thmlm. T&ii6 rule
or eon8tru6tion 1~ 0x0mpxiriisd in ai th0 appropriations r0r
all the dopartnontr,14mtituti;ms, orriaoo and sgsnaloa 0r
the Government, wharfAn from the earllert tiaus, in unbroken
roquemoo, approprlatlms bare been mde ror the priyamnt of
aaployoor, reprlrm, aalakaanoe, an6 tb6 llko inoldental pur-
One doe6 not seek to find and exprom rtatute author
g$the appropriationor m6noy by thr Leglnlaturo ~CJpay
ah0 0wtian 0r rooh .itm am 8hs ooplpensatlsn r0k am-
pl0y0~~, the oost of repairs, litiprQV~0ents and QElnt0mrIO0,
and auoh other mew thlnflsneoesarf
the gormzumntal funatlon or any de-
partmnt, iastlt;utlon, oocmissZon, board, offloo, or WWI-
orized aotftity 0r the Stat*.
The QO8itiOn Of .XeOUtiVe OtilcW, thtWtf'Ol+a,
JJOt
being an otfioe but a mere nppoi.~t~~~@.Of W WQbY- XXQQ*-
sery ~IIthe admlnlstratlonor the aSrain oi the Aat% Bcmd
ror v00ati0m idduoation, the ltun 0r approprlatlon thararOr
Honkable Robert A. Imilmg ~6%. 0
i8 authoriRe& br pro-•lirtlae law.
6p6ki6% 6pealrleaUj Lbe LyCi6latua-e had no in-
- litbrrlx p r ia 8,o
~tbatloa r
lm,pld r to d&In. (ho duthe
or 8u.h appointee. A dlotlngulehlag 8oatur-e bettee* oa 'Of-
iloer" aad an "eqloye." 18 that the law deflaoe the Qutloa
or a6 O~OU, U~WUUth6
rorlbe6 the dotle# oi ant
oern 16 hro3.ya meansor
a6 lpproprlatlon la atado.
the L.&latun oallr rpoh positionoelthes 06s~ it makesay
dltferenoo how the .qloying b66rd kdn.t.4 lt.~ It lr
the ldaatltyof thr po8ltlan Chat1s arterial. Th6Board
iteo lr d4ra.6 th ra utler esit6luoutitr o r r lo erwhen he
1s o ne. ea p 1 o yOre 4oouzme,
. 6uah dutleb mst pertcla to
the etatutey arrairs 0r 8h4 b6ard 0r whlah he 1s an 4aploy4..
Tbls umwcrs pow rirrt wo6tlon.
ATTORKXY
Gl!SERA.L
OF !l';JcAs