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OFFICE OF THE ATI’ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
ltb ma o nto
a b 8l.l
b mmlaltto4 at m y sp o o la l
8o#mloA0r th oLa g l4 k tun
uzdat 4 uo ho th e r
tmo aa mr be luoeoury to aham probeblo
obsgU*
" ~~uulrrttuJuruy.1,lW6 uvo in
the oau 0r omqpao7 aA4 bpmtl*. publio
WG~O~* ~bd wih a r0ut4eih8 ~0k 0r th0
to w wr a ip o r +h ts0~80, ~0lp p r o p r ?h-
t1 o$A.A
UOOOO OSth e ea o& hAd uat101patod
r o YeAw0 r rt0d8 fKI8iliohwJhapplv-
the
prlatiw latobolud, ehd.l b. *ad. IQ-cm
and aftorJanuary1, lD4brno billoontaluinil
a rpproprlatloa ohdl ba oonaldend aa pwcl-
od or bo aen* to @ia@00mrno~ tar oonaidere-
ti0n tdiJ3 md W&OO th8 aolptdhr 0r mu0
A4OOWtO lA~OPOOO~~O OOFtifiO8t4 %hOrOOIJ 8hOW-
lagtht tbo moqat8pproprlbtad imritbinthe
m40wt 80tbaiod to be evasub in the *mot-
OdfWdO.
l ‘mlu a th e C~tr o llU ilAd u l a p p r o p r la tlo A
bill akooodn the l8tkut.d ~vuma he aball
oAdoro*oAahrlAdlAgtherooAwdNtwAto~
th b AOO.8~ ltOp BB tUllkttito b r iA(
lmh
$
to UHh iA a 8 r o vo Aw~llth ub y
approprlaticm
ldditloml eevenue ov roduo4 thoap-
BOA.
” ‘For tho$urpooo
of fxA&iolAg
theoutrtaAdiag
0blllptionr 0rth0 OII~~~~AWO~O ~tn~ 0r th0
weadaent 18 to plroothe
0r ta BOO-
i.su a8 u8uruuo or b0a.d~ *r0r th0 p~p08e 0r
nmaolng the OUt&8ud&g obligetlom0r the
;y~;omfo mad or th atat0 and pmiq
t woouAto OA a uah bui8.'
%o a mlAgua o h
b a o loto
~ mo a n
th a l
to tua Ga
l oh
&ml1 be lvaileble~ w .tLu wltbln the luaooedkg
bioanbu to pay ltoaoaf oxpoaooror e&h ataqp-
propPlatlon h88 beul mwlo, wlla you ptuoe ravlro
thlo o dttu uhehor or mt tb provloioA# of
haok bi 8ootioA 190 mmadaoe roqullw tllo sta t0
toopomto~aQaahbuio~iraruidoStw~Jummy
l# 194s?
tothprm-
ooo
of-to%uuokwboequwtto heldbbJt.bam.
thorn0
n, h OUWU’, - St& O %a ~WUQUh’Odt0 g0 OA l ‘Oorh
ba8la@.itoaend a&or Jumpy 1, 194S the qubrtLoa
arloooa8 to thkrkaturq'8tatmo or outotoadlAg ua-
lmld-to a8 .oarpmd rltkthat or WwaAto lo-
ouodafterthat data. M 01100r th8 mt
646
rbore quoted rmquired the Owptroller in adVmce
0r~0h s~kur 0r tb0 ~gi~i8t~0 to 08thit0
fwd.8t3mt~dl.l
k lailahle for rppruyriatioti
dur- lwh Sorrinn-prrd
for the suooemding bi-
umlum. Ourquortioll~ will the Coaptrollerbs
F& t&&O iAt OOAA%blWt%OA th0 total OUt-
wmmto in dekrmbhg the net
omunt of uoh that mill bo rv8Uabl.a Sor appro-
priation r 0r a 0
lAo u o edlAg
blomlumt IA0tb .r
wr68, dll thenota8imlnt~vallablo r00wpOph
rtloxa bo the grooo ratl.dQmtodrovonuefor the
OUOOdiAg bkrrnirrr bO8 th0 t0a.a UWUXIt Oi VW-
r&At8 out8tadlng and unpaid thet rera i8ouod
prioz to tha aate or luoh lotlMtm?
WAld be av~le, to-at: (10,000,000.00,
or
oouldhadl8regu-dallpxw~o~l8nud*uranto
rad oertlfy #86,000 000&O u l&a net amount avail-
ab&o SQF rpproprdonta
wplywgt0 the queotion8 8ubPrZttrd In th0 rorOt;oing
lottw w 8haalwuer thw in tholrorder. It lo our @AiOA
thA
ar t
tlo
8,s
la
utio
ln doe* nudrtorll~ require tbo state
I
i
toopuate we 'ouhbulo rlwagd artorJukuary1,104b.
Ph. people, b uloptkrg tb. WWdMAt, .+idOAtlJ had that JSIW-
thuwlu the oMa&ont wul6 Urw A0 purpoom
be
sllblt&~thaana6mwtbD
ia adopttng it would do a wolooo thlqe !Phat the laturo
inouhalttlAgL Muaoat (Badthe poop10h voung Y Of it)
lAtud@dtbattb l wo to p luetb ,llt8to o nr ea a h
b a o ii
lo M n& r o o t,tb0~~0rthfi~0rbawO~
tale6 lA the n001utiorr(X.J.$iMO&) OuMsttlAg tha e
mt, 8hhh f0rr 0i haa0t rOs th000 in ~WW 0s otu lptiorr
Ofth# WWdM At F U6Ou fOu OWOt
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or tha afrta 0r Nobruh that
“m bOAdo, o* other ovidonoee
or lndebtedneo~, oo luu*d, ohall bo valid unl808 the 8a~8
&sll hue endorord timwon a oortifloato olgaadby tho Sac-
r o t8r Ja nd Alldlto r o r at&o, Oh o r lAg tb o lSM 18 i8sued pur-
ouont to law,".-8 not oolf-omting, but required 106ia-
latlotlto 0 ltintolieot, ti It uu olaimod that them
bein& AO ouoh ""I e@alatiorr, the pxwlrlo~ remained IA abeymoe.
!i?heGuprwamUourt of Nobmoka in lto opinion,saidg "This
rule aom to bo fairly deduoibk irgl~ the authorltiosr that
ii Use oowtltutlonalpcov?oloa, llthor dlroctly-or by lmpll-
uatlon, Smpooos 8 duty A~AA 8~ ofSlo*ror oftloers, no legis-
latlon lo ~aeesary to requfkw tho porioImaMo of that duty.'
In reply to your ioootu3quutlon vm #Ink tho carp-
trollor will aeoormr14g- hvo to ti Into ooA8lderatioa the
tOkl O+Otrroding Wl%AtO, iA dOtOWiAiA&J th8 Mb -t Or
orah th8t rillba avri&able for S&QriS~%lLtiOA$~ oth.~%80, It
woAld ba imjworlblota'pl8oo th8 6tate 011 8 'umh baslo. If
. the antlolpatodro~enueafix the blmnlum beginning Juuaary 1,
.1046, should b8 lotlwatrd at (36,000,000 ond the m(;lslatwo
should appropriate #66,Q00,000 the out8tuxUwuarrMt.r would
heooa8arlly hew %o bo przd.Ln the ardor or their.roLl8tratlon
8~d at the end or tho blwnlum them would Lo gutatmdl~ OS-
pt?oaa+ely the 1)omo:luu0uAt of runat am in the boginni~,
and tho State mnald not.be 0A.a orih.brsl8. Tho fl~a~olal
oltuatloti would not be #magod.
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Vary truly yours
AT'LOWX QiwmAL OF TEXM
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion