OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honoreble Bsyall R. 'A'atkins
amber, state Boar4 or E4uoatlon
1201 Main Street
Dallas, Texas
Dear Sir:
ua we held In UaL4
the~desire6r the
rep eddibional em-
ting and ptarohasing
etura poasesqea.thspomtr
at of suoh persoau and~to
es rrom the Stste'TextlPook
eses or suoh smplo$nient;andwe
~thele&slstura he4 ererolsed
'Aot there under oonslderatlon.n
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Hon. Royal1 R, Watkins, Page 2
Opinion No, 0-561 (C+Uerenoe Opinion No. 3Q91)
was summarlze4merely ror the purpose 0r~demonstratlngthst
we had p~vlously hold that none of th& oonstltutionel an4 -
stetutorg provIsion relating to textbook8 operetea to vest
free an4 unoontrolledauthority over the State Textbook Fund
in the State Board or Eduoetlon. The oonolusionor this
Opinion was lnoluded solely for the purpose or iJlustratlng
that auoh c~nolusionneoeesarllyhad to be base4 upon some
prlnoiple other than thet the State Boar4 oi Education pos-
eessea euoh free an4 uncontrolledauthority. By lnoluding
this summary we 414 not intend to alter our holding In Opin-
Ion No. &561; neither did we intend to overrule or alter
any or our subsequentopinions Beeling with the power or the
Boer4 0r Eduoation to hire a44ltlonalemployees,
However,.it has been suggested that the aboie qoo-
tetlon is in errteot a ruJ.lngthat under no oiroumstenoesoan
the Board of EduoationQre,,ePiployeer other than those apeoitl-
oally Itemized in the appropriationaot, em4 that suuh ral$ng
.estenda.thesoope Ottour Qpleioti~Xo, .O-561an4 efther.ov&ul~a
or limits our Opinlone O&837, O-1987 and O-2213. Lest o&G
ru8t0n xesalt rr0dit the ~oonptsnoe or 8uoh suggestion)ie.sti
maklng thla eIpienatSonoi the quote4 portion of our .ginion
No. o-5631, an4 you ire ,peipeottilly adris64 that nei#mr~~thlo
.,
,....~.i~ nor 4way,.~~e~..~po~~os~.,~r~~~~sai~~~~gi~on~
..i.:..~~I'~Ln:l~o~~~~~nd~Qg; h&l
etienUng or orerrulingok opiaions4h'e'
ePfd&t+s~$l
bPai%tcri- ,'
(@nte~ne~s @ni,on Fo. 3091). 91837. O-1967 an4 0-2213.::
TrMting that~the fomgoiag la a aatlcriaot6ry ‘es-
&miat$on or any ambiguous pqrtlonr Oi’otir orlglnal Qpl.nitknn,
we are
Yours very tmlp ;
APPROVED NOT, 5, 19&3 ; Ml’ORIiBY OBNERAL OF TJt%AS
/e/ Gerald C. Mann
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A- cS%XRALOFTExlLs /a/ R. Deen~s;;~n~
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APPROVED OPINION CObWTTEE BY B?IY.B.CHAIRMAN