Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS lu rrorlrod ~Ollr 18 quartlag our oplnlon on B to Art. 6Q60, R.0.8. OS 1 MO. wr Aat0 baa x4 hrre four letter data if TO hold that the 1 in Lmdidi $hrt th four quertlm8 OS &ril22ad m.noo w kllrto tbe t1ulo 6060, rlllgrB, amw6i0n t0 uordlng or thr tlelrtltr Of se8 Coaatitutloa? 1931 mmdaent rttrwpt la 6060 bt nfrcjncre? &al Art1010 6o60 cu- QU a ndlfta uW , R.C.8. of 1925, rcradr ea fellows~ 155 g&uutie t. 2. rbfree, Ohrlrw~, Peg0 2 WM(U if a 60 ny or wr Qt6tIOq or by the o wmr o r o n8 o fT h o c ii la f a 6Ir Ida r l or a o - putau8hIp, r r h o ul~th e g r o u rooriptr o f r uQ atllItf for tha quertu arrt prrording or la rwh portlou Oz a r idq uutr r i ~uia d l rath utIlLty *at mo Reti oonduet i I& ray bWIa4I6, ~4 at &ah tinr rhll puy lrto tbo Ftato Tr666ury at Aortln 8 8umrgurlto one-fourth or on0 per eat or the grorr Inoone reeolved irot 611 burlnrsr &me by it rlthla th16 stcltr Curlag 661@ quertu.* Saetion 10 OS H.B. Ro. 547, Aotr 4264 Lo R.8. (1931), P. 111 her6ln6ftrrrer6rroe to 66 the 193P 'iat, prOr1d66 66 fOfiOW61 weu. IO. Tbst Artlrls 6060 oi the t?6V166d IXrIl %6tUte6 o? 192J, rxorpt l66ofrr 68 it la- p6.8 l l106666 i.0 02' t6X Of an.-fourthOf OW per ornt rueinst per604a oualag, opemtlw, or mn8dw pip0 11~6, 66 pro~ia~d in a4ti06 2 or Artloh 6050 ir h6r6by nprr10d 6~3 6814 fund 6h.11 b6 U6.8 for 6ntorolas the protlrlonr or rTt1tier6050 to 6a66, lmlorlv~. Sertlon 36 or rrt~olo ) of the COflUfitUt.fLOfI prorid "NO lrr 6b611 br r6vll6d or umnbed b rrf6rrnor to lt8 tit&t but In ruoh oaao the ret rw It6d. or the rootloo or sroticoo wronded, 6h611 be n-rnrotod Uad publlohrdrt 1*@h.” Ia 616owrla~ ttr lhov* ooncrtltutionsl provlslca Chler Zurtlre Qllwr, 6 rrlri~ for tie Fuprraa Court 10 thr 666b or 8nydu *a. ccaq0 w, 87 nub 3M, Id61 whloh ~66 th6 pur 066 oi th6 It U66 tfi rt or mrm& tltlr ana by pro- viai thbt It rhould ba air&ado& by ad&~ to or 6tTik % 6 OUt lTt6i6 Word6 Or by Odttia( 04Pt6h awl lnsrrtln6 la ilro thenof oertsln othrr ftm66 not lntsndsd to prohibit tbs pssse@ $oonorobloZ. t. Wlafroe, Ohoirnmrr,Poga f Of 6 low utli0hdeolo~e6 follr it6 ~Ori#iOZlU rltb- out dlroot coforeoao to mr other uot, although Ite r ife&lhould bo to ln.lar* or rortrlot the l~Ol-& OfiOIl 6OlW Otbor UtOtP848.~ TbS OI6e Of ~OLdOrUOtIVS. city Or uOlW6t~ 102 Tar6 16 , 1.14P.1, 108 l.n*olved61) Art b &a to 6iOtUm +hIoh 84id o natoaoe (6 a Hot Ica of en sat pnr f’ oualy oarotod br the I.6&fU&tUr6. t6 hOldln( th6t 6Uoh on Mondmoat woe tin- veltd M~UP the t6r66 ot Artl6la 3, %otlon 36 or tha conutitu tlon, yr. Jortioe *iiii6&!6, rpeaking for .tiho f3~prw mwi 80ia: !!Butno lutt.a?ltyalto4 and mm6 thet ua know ot hoe hoYA blwt a wotlcm of l atotuto as)- bo r#mloU by adding uwde AS It, *Ifbout ro- 4mOti~ the Ulltir, U@OtiOll08 IUWti#d, uld 6Uoh l h o l.dln( l ba 6oa4omn.d by the plain word6 rould or tie Cdolfrtltutloo. .ft my. k tr# that tbl8 @et wo6 m4 I8 l F- rureeptible of 61 erey en urdorrtonaIn~ in aormeo- tiO8 d8b that Of 18hi& it i6 (In O~dndtrOPt~ by a0 t.##idattIlW10 lt6 po666#.8 bf tb6 6OWt6 lBd by tb r publie OS Ii tha orblnel lotloa, with the nw prorirloa Itwluded, he& k*n rr-•nootrd end ublloho4 et l8rp3. h6 rueh perhop ai#$It be raid ,.& i ! R rotor of aany ototutoo rhiah 40 not oonfonn to the bo66tlWtIoa. It se) own be doubted ii the pod rremplirhe4 bf the oonotltutiortal protlrlan ooa~aooter for the ia4ome*lo~oe It oousoe. But It Burt bo roaomborol not only that the prOriOlOa 16 iotaadd to $&oVont tho ai8OhiOf8 O&eiMt whiob It le 6lr6ot6~, but that It leeke to 6ooonpll8h t&la by l l Orpr~hOaUl+a a u4 U~kndLng rule Utr:i.~g aorolUl rtetute8YhtQh a0 not 6cUlfOTrp to it. that rule the Oonot~tutlou makes no oso6?tlou6, and aof8&u the Legisloturo nor tha OOtIl%U have the right 80 mke tham. T’h o no r .lolu)oaa~a whlrh hold that tbr lq.lalat~n mr rep.81 l 4rfialta arotfa or put th of et la Act r;t&out ~-emoting tk pert anrrpale&. Sea ChrTo ra T. Rtrte, 21; Tou0 307. An lxrlalnotfoa of the 19)l Aot rrtrrla that it da0 fiat in aptoffii* lan ato9 rrport 00 19 al a4 lp*rfN* or drrhto part of Art f”010 686 0, B.C.& lb ¶lw rpprrbnt ur- poor oi thr 19fl hot wuld a.rr,to be thr aubatltutl8a ot iii. p&ma0 lp ua o wornlnB, oprrrtlng or mnagln(t pipe llf100, 00 prorib& il RIOtim 2 @f hti%Oh &SO* SOT the Sint tan ~rdo of 1Crtl.l. 6060, Wdt--“Emry &as utility aabjrot to tha pro- r la io aOSo this lub 6llldo n”. It fm olrar to aa thrt the rfieot or the 1931 Lot ia to o&t oortrln rordr of Artlole &.& l ya, en4 to aubutftutr in 110~ tberrof autria othu t iro8 thla that the 1931 Pot ir ulwoastltut r0iiow lOM1 braauk the 1931 Aot did not re-8MOt and publlrh at lbntth A,rtfale 6060, WP~Y* x0 0811 par htontl0n t0 that i00t put 0r th 1911 Aet rbloh rtaaa *aa4 0014 ruld ahall bo use4 ror lnforolag the to~laionb Ot ktiOl.0 6050 to 6066 iDCltlEitO*. %'hiO prov Q sloo ornnut be 0014 to repem any&in& oontalne4 in Art1 ale 6060, aupra. St alearly a44a lo wth la tta Ar t1 01 0 a, nhloh rar mt thoretoioro roat8~ned in it. 3~10 1931 Aot trlla olrarly within the rule ri~ounae4 Bonduaoa to. Olty of balraaton, aupm, an6 i0 thordo- uAfwnst1t utf oml. Fo rfah to point out furthor tht the 1 31 hot la not an lndepen4.d Aot aolp letr dthln ItoolS. In o J lT to un4elc ltd it ta dto a 0tm- Pa s8it0 8minln4 ~ lrr00t, rtrtranor 8n6 8Uat k msar to Artfole 6060, lupra'r (0ootfon 10 at 36 of the hr~a Conrtltutd 8n4 la thtretorr mid. 8laee la our opinion the 1931 Aat la unooartl tutiozml , it oanmt rtpwl or hrtr say etirot oa ~rtlolr'6o60, R.C.E. of 1925. Tblr for tbo rawon that a void Aet lonuot reswd r4 law behi it. Ooantt Pchool Truatrra or Or040 oountr lt al va6 Cl8trlOt Traat000 of Pr0lrle View Ooloon Bohoo1 DlatrlOt, 153 8.t (24) 41k (Supnor Owrt ai Terns}. II* trust that 80 that* aatlaiootoril~ taautrr6 your lkQUl.W. c--J APPROVED OPINION COMMlt-rKL BY&- I”.--...