OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN.
GROVERSELLERS
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Honorable D. W. Stake8
Oenerel ManAger \' :i
Texnur Prima 3ystrm
Huutavl2 lo, Texan
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Dear Slrc opinion no. o-6196-+.,
He: Authox'lty of the %xae P&eon
System fa.purohase from tti&
Faotorg anb.Shop aateriaks '>.
and,8up~es-,.appropri8tlollr
steel co be ppoocssod and used
8a &lls In door8 and vlndovs
of .prlro,a doraltory.
Your recent; oommunloation to this department
read8 88 follov8l j I.,,
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"0n~.rsqu&~n No. 94&l, dated Au&
11/h@ the Texas PrlronJyrtm requacted the
State,Bonrd of Control to purohese a quantity
of2001-and HOat-Realsting Steel to be uaed for
the aanufaa~ure of grilli to be placed in a
. ~dormltary at one elf t$a units OS Lhe Tbxaa Prl-
./. aall 3ysten.
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1%. "The purchase of thla material Yes
&&Wire4 by the Prlaon Board beoa88a of the
taot that the steel nov I.n use is of an lnferlor
quality en& can be easily out by the inmates
and quite a number have effeoted tholr s%CaPe
in this manner.
"Included in OUT apProprlatIon bill
for the current bieunium is an item derignated
AS Factory and Shop Nailaterlals end fiupplies in
the mount of $100,000.00.
lion.D. W. Stakes - Page 2
"1% the Texas Prison System euthorlrbd
to purchase from the above design&ted appropriation
the Tool-end Beet-Realatlag Stebl to bb processed
end used es grills la the doors awl vlndova of onb
of the prison dormltorleat”
Senate Bill 332, Chap. 400, Aota of the 48th
Leglaleture, la the current approprlotlon bill coveringthe
executive and ldmluiatratlve
dopertmanta. The epproprlrtlon
for the Texas Prison Systea begins an page 978 of said hots.
On page 981 appears, es Item 117, an epproprletion of
$100,000.00 for esoh fiscal year of the bienniumIor %mtory
and Shop J&tbrlela and Suppllba.* The very next item of
epproprletlonla tor '~bpelra-- Building end non-structural
Sm rovementa inoludlng rpsterlela nud Contreota,” Thlr la
Thnr end carries en ep$ro rletlon of $5,000;00 for each
or said years, (6mphaaia ours
The tool-end heat-rbalatingstool la to be
prooeaaed and used es grills In the doors and vlndova of one
of the prison dormltorlea. Xt la oleer, tharbiorb, that it
la material to be used in building lmprovementa and not for
“Shop materiels and supplies”.
The appropriations under Item 117 are for
materiels and suppllea necessary to operate the print shop,
garment Seotory, textile pclll,suger mill, camlng plant,
l )loenae PlAtb plaut, brlak plant, tumery and auy other
industry of the grlaon system not provided for by apeclflc
ltema of lpproprlatlon. Item 104 is an eppro~rletlon of
$45,000.00 for each gear of the biennium for shoe shop
mawriels and supplies’. Thus, shoe shop materials and
m~;ll;; oanuot be paid for out Of thb approprletloaaunder
They must be paid for out of the speolflo eppro-
prlatlon’ thbrsf or.
Under the “General Provlaionan of SEnatb Bill
332, Chap. 400, eforeasid, ve find subsection (15)b of
Section 2, which reeda as follovar
“The appropriations herein provzded are
to be construed aa the maximum sua~s to be appro-
priated to and for the several Purpoaea named
herein, and the amounts are intmded to cover,
and shall oover the enclre coat Of the respecrlve
items md the same shall not be supplemented
from any other sources; and, except aa oihervise
provided, no oL.her expenditures shall be made, nor
shall any other obllgei;ions ba lammed by any
Hon. D. Y. Stakes - Page 3
dbpRrtI6bnt Of this SfXtb, provldbd, hOVbVbP, thaC
nothing herein #hell Prevent eny departmbnt heed
from paying 188% than thb mrxl%m% mount eat forth
hee:n ?or my aeleribd poaltlsn%. (Buphaalr
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The fOrbgOing provlalon la plain bnd uneabl-
guoua. It olberly prohibits the lupplansntetloaof TAM
epproprletloa%under item 118 from those under eny othbr
itbIll, srd Vi08 Vb~SR. It also hanmnlrea vlth the oonatl-
tutlonel provlalon that “lo money abelf be dr8Vn from the
For the ebovb mnmma, the question aub-
Pitted is awverbd in ~the IIegaLiVb.
Very truly yours
ATTORBEYGESERALOF TZXAS
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