OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
XmoraBla tIeor6s Ii. ZiJmp~ard
Coa&%rollu d PuBlio ~iooounts t.:
'
A4l#cin,T8xar
l8t in their oxpens*
MieMe&, &a., m&at k
. This srt1el.e pro-
mlpplying ln-
~rovi~ioa ot thir
ais0md, lwr shall
oMan~cra0elI to any parson
he Xureau of Labor Ztat-
au or OaplO~~ or rtioh
ng any ptoririoa of t&Is
I Be tbed not fo lxoaed five
hundrod’bolf.rs, or Be l~prfsoned la jail
no tto lxoaad aimty bays.*
It is apparent that thl8 atflcle applies oalg te re-
yortr nlattog to labor gtatiaties and doe6 not extend the Ea.?-
Sidoatlal nature of reports to 0tImr *otIvit5,as of the BuFaeu
of Labor Btatistior, suoh as bolbr iarpautlone.
we bollwr , t huvf ora, that while tkm traveliag
lp enw lroouta 0r ooplo~wm 0r the Burrru or hb0r statis-
ttOa 8&0aU mt sot a2 the names of puoons interviewed
nor rerwl lnfomation obtained in ronnection with the per-
ioraanoo of 4utl.a preuoribod by Title l.8 or f-he Taxas ?enal
Codes but PO to
other dutla0 dalagatod to tfrs Bureau of Labor
btatistloa, sach a8 boiler improtlon, tbo traru:iag ezpwme
acoogntr OS t& lagloywr of said Bureau rhoold oontala all
inrorwthn foqairod or 02her state D0purt:mnbo.
Thr general rider to the Dopartmntal A?propriutioa
Bill (8. 8. 4H, irots, 44th Ia&) oontainr, aaaag others, rhe
fOil6Wbg jWoviaioM ro~athg t0 travdiag 8XpMa AOOOIUtS:
-(t) Tlu ioilorln~ rulu shall ba ob-
rutod by all 8tato lsployou in ronduin6
their oxpansr aoooants Before eny expenw
aball Be paid iron
lo a o unt appropricitloaa
ho r a~
ln
4 e for ttm?olh lx p wa uf
;
4 u lg na Wd
po82 6f brty and all other tow58
visited a&4 tho objort OS l~oh rlrit and of
the lp o 01 f1
lx0p ur suin8ur r .d.
.( W Tba MM of hotel, restaurant,
%tt/b..dl&W X?J?&?&&
bMA S’kVk%Q.h.-0vLla
a nd io d& .Z~l r. pr00UYWb Ohall bo ~1VOll in
#j
*wry oa80 rhmro a~ luoelpt is ropulrsd wider
thir A&.
-1 T&m ama of tha tranoportatioa
agoner i&806 and the OMt of the tfoket pUr-
ohud, 2o6etBu with a 61 aab rmoaipt ror
tlu aam.” (K?rph&olaour8 7
By 8*otlon ll of lsrti0l.a4344, ~i*vlurb Civil 9tatut.8,
tbr Comptroilerie r*pulrod to:
*ru4lt tha olaiaa of all parsone agalnot
tha 6tat.e la oueea wbrre provialon for 2h8
pvprnt t&mreoP has boon made Br law, unlsea
2& ark&it or say 8uoh claim ia othenrlu
ap00irm i~0rida4 ror.-
13W
Boaorablo 000rg0 8. ShopprrQ, PaSo 3
To au41tw hao bow dorim in the opinion of tho
Dollas Cow2 o? ClvlA @Halo in IUlllmo v. Towpkfno, 42
3. 9. (M) LO6 at p. 110 wotlag from city Of 8yhrCUO6 v.
110s000, 66 UlOO. lirp. ~14, 183 N. Y. 6. 403, 408, a0 roi-
low81
“Tho manIn& of tbo ghraoa *to audit,*
&a apyllod to olalmo agaloot tow, cltiso,
,orBountloo, tmaM to bar, to examine an bo-
count, ati, in Ua broador lemo lnoludos its
adJmtrPrnt or allwanoo, dloallowmco or red-
jrotioa aad tho rorb ‘audit,’ as aa usad,
ma&a s 4 to aOmlaO, to ad oat, and oloar-
4 4lioo tho lxoroloo of @A 3olal discretion.”
Ia or6or pro;)erIy20 aublt a traveling oxpsnrr socount,
?ollW Pit be 8iTm ouffloloatly 8p~01r18 1afOrMtlOn
dotloa perrorad by th olaployo@ 20 mnblr hlm to do-
termlB~ what&r th. purpo8os r0r uhlah the 0xpO00.0 w0re lnoarr-
ld may properly bo ohargd to .tha particular appro?rlatlon.
It lr our opinionthat tIu iaayrequas2 ed-
Comptroller
dltloool lnformotlon ao to &a bualxmao transaotodby a 3tate
eaplom OB l trip,
partiolllar when he ha8 reoooa 20 doubt tint
for a logltlnato State purpooo wlth-
out of nhlch
o fth el~p r o p r la tlen
P&oUo not propared 20 say, homover,
that u a matter or law, *wry trarollng sxptnao aocoun2 must
nt out in minokot detail ovary aot puPor.wb by the eaploy8o.
Juot how oorplote mu02 Br the lnforaatlon ~0 to duties perrorxd
lo no2 a matter whlob wo arm lay down 8 set of rules which
about
wlri govom all otro.0. The problsa la one wtich cnn Be solved
only By steal oaoperatlon ktwsa rb Co;nptrol:sr and other
State Dqmrtmonto, whamby P prd0KiOO my bs a~olve& that will
aaaure th rulfi1lmont or his ltatutory duty of oupervlolon
over all 8ta to
lxpendlturoo, and at the sha t imo no2 enousbu
of traveling
tho ofSrotlton*os aploysO0 by roqulring the.3 to
make roporto, dotailod and volurntoou~ to in extent far bsjoti
aBy uwrul yurpooo .
IhOtbr tbr four rr~sn00 aowuxtto, whloh you attached
to 70~ roqteot,are ma&o out ln Ouitlolent detail ta enable
pu to smka propor audit of tha aooowta le a quoetlon r&ich
.oannot by amwore& ,*O Q aOtter of law by this dopi?rtmnt, but
oPBt be dotormined by you in the naeonablc exsroise 3f your
.
addnl8tratira dlsoretion along the llnce of the auggeetlona
herelubovo made. 'iho Cour expsnae accounts are mturmd to
you harewith.
Yours very truly
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion