OFFICIP,
OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Gentlc%Wn1 Atittwnttimi
?L If.R
atlon is r1naooed by
no travel %rp%nsa
for t t?m qmst:on OS this Da-
paxtmnt upon
8 %xa%ss mxlep ltl
ravel ojhiohis a
This'appro?riatlonis heeded *EIoordof EWners Dlvlolon
( da out 0s witi* ~FXX~)*, and followlnq the ap~mpria-
tE on them appears thw following:mragmph:
"?ubjoot to the linltatlozls set
forth in the provisl.ons appearing at
State Cepartmnt or lXucatlon, Q-qy 2
the er.dof this Act, nll balances zow
on hand a~ciall current Sees collect&
2. xz applicants Sor teacha-Is ccrtSf~-
oates aye hereby appmp5atod for the
purpose of puyirzf;all of the calories
ima expsiscs of this Division, ds its*
Izod, far I.316fiscal ynaro ~erJdinq
ku-
gust 31, 1940, nnd ktqlK& 31, l%zl.'?
In a~:swerto your sccor~Zcuestioz, r;ouare n&is-
cd that it is the op,fnlono-Pt?&s 3snsx-trttnent that the Litai-
tations of'?rqzects Cosrd hm 30 jurlodlotionover tho
mra of ?kmi9er3 sms. eich exceed me azoulitnecessary
to gap the itens specificaLlyap,nro?rlztteC tkemfrom by the
Yd?JgiSLdmx3.';!rticlo w79, tiEFrised ::ivil,z';tutes, provides
that applicants for teauhe+s cer+,lficSas still submit srlth
+:!,0if
a9plicstio.q to tEe :3at.o5x35 of ',2,rar,inors n See OS
"3x3Dol3.ers(32.00)) muI nrticlc X3316 povldes thnt n per-
sin hold&T a tczc%r'fl certificatemay have the sme re-
PVred upon t.kwpo,ymnt Od * the See of One 30110* IQl.OO),
wder certain o1ro?133taSoes, aoci Article 2099a aiso povid-
es ior Sees for special Ytldemr&&ncy oertl%lcates,but in
aon& of these ~WAcles of the statute do wa find any lan-
gusge indichtisg an intention on the p?-tiOS 0% Lea&a-
ture to dedfoete or devote the fees to the USC and bomfit
of the State Depurtnect OS E;Bucatlonor the Board of Xxm~-
inars Div~laionthorcos* for the ;)u~p3e OS CeSrn-Jluq ne-
Oessary e~3en,~e3 0f it3 i2a~mi3t~Otfb~. In b\ir.ODinLOn x0.
O-1437, ac%drcssedto the 3xoreblo C. I..Kuykendail,Chair-
mm of the 30x7: OS Exsainers, uudor C&e OS October 13,
1933, findmitten by Assi.stant AttoYncy GeneTo Cecil C.
Camack, this Dapa?taeM. held t&t the Cozqtrolleris not
nuthorizedor'rer,ulred to deposit tke fees coilectcd by the
3ocir(?
of Xcmimrs Division of tho lk,part.zeer;t f2 a sAy30ial
Suna,~butthat such Sees shonld be deposited in the Eerier-
al revenue luM. Aud 13 our Conference Opinion Ko. 3082,
coustxuiq the llxitation af pamento clause of Senate Bill
427, Regular Session, forty-oixth~iegislature,YEIheld as
sollow:
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State.Deprt33nt of $ducotfon, Page S
*‘AnsPsering your second qu0stfon 5ge-
cificallg, tk,ereime, ve
are of the opin-
Ton that the hut;hority or the Board relatea
only to theme surplusa exietlng in funds
dedianted OT devoted to the uses of a par-
tiouler depsrtmnt, where en appropriation
of such mr@?s in such dedioatcd funas to
the pnrt~culor'departn~nt .is not to be
found ~,iswi~e.~e than in'tte I&aLtotionof
Peyztentr; Clause.*
SInac the statutes $m-viding for t&e aoUvM.on
of rees by the 3oerd of Ex&zzilnlnors
Dlvfsfoz of the Stafie
Board of Eduwtion do.:~-notdkdfcnte or devote those fees
to the use and.ben&Yt of that departmerit of tke Stats
Govtxmmit, the Lhltation of ?ay.ments Board has no ,Wrio-.
diction OYCT azy ctipposedexcesa~or surplus~ existing there-
in.
APPROW OCT. 30, 1939 .'