OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
!ir. ceorge Ii. aheppard
Comptrollerof Publio Aocounts
Auotiq, Texts
Dear ~Sir:’ 0plnioaNo. 0
WI out of
of a 3
of :;‘ub
Se rooeived your
questin our oginlon on a
r80tftt -
Publio Safety pay the traveling
priated to that departzmat,of
0en sent to Illlnola to roturn this
non’s AnnolxtodCivil Statutes,
hereby oreeted a De?artmnt OS Publio
Safsty of the Utate of Taxas, hereinaSterdesignated
08 ‘the Depart;aent,~in whioh is vested the enforoemnt
of the laws pcoteotin3the public!safety and providing
for the preventionand deteotionof orlas. . . .”
Er. George H. ShopQard,page B
Artfole 4413 (4) of aafd statute8reada a6 followe;
- “(1) mo Co.3Aasion shall rornulate plane and
~01IoIes for tha eniorOa!zent of the orlminallaws and
of the trnffio ahd safety laws OS the State, tha Dre-
ventioz oi or5.m, the detedtloa n?lBap:>rehenslon or
violatorsof the laws, and for tke eduoationOS the
oltle?nsof the State In the Dromtloa or publlo
safety and law obaervanoe.
". . .
Smite Bill Ho. 427, 40th Legislature,Regular
SewIon, page 197, BEZIMbeiry the departnantalappropriation
bill, reveala that the La&slatura -de an appropriationto
the Departientof Rub110 Safety ior traveland tramportation
Said Senate Rlll, at pages 220-229,ln efl'sot
~%%?i‘tIlat ne~bore OS the various state depart&ants,&a
enumroted therein,may travel out of the State on State
buekess ?urQosoea.tishall reoeivethelr.travelIng axpenaes
therein lnourrod. In OpinionNo. X-640, the Attorney oBneral*a
Departmentadvisedthe Dsprt&ent of Publio Safety and the
Comptrollerof Publio Aocounts that the trip in question
wan ior State buainclss purpoBe8.
It Is olsarlythe duty OS the Departmentor ?uIjllo.
%fetp to enforoethe oriainallawn ?.ndto deteotand oppre-
Send violatorsof the law. The Legislaturehas provided that
departmentwith an apprcprlatloanlth Wzloh to pny travelin;J
expenses incurred in conmotion with We ~orformnOe of these
duties.
\Teoonclude, thereiore,that the Departmentof Pub110
Sarety 1s authorizedto expend,ltsfunds to pay the traveling
expenses3f.a Texas Ranger lnourredIn tha aforamentlonodtrip.
Yours very trUl7