OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Hon. 0. J. s. ,Elllng8on,
page e.
State employes to any typa of Oonventlon within
the State or wlthout the State.*
"(j) Sxoept a5 otherwlae sprolfioally
sxmpted, the prWls~on~ cf this Act shall apply
also to department hoods and nemboro of ~ompia-
slons."
There 10 XI0 43XWIiPtiOZI
fXOrrCthe prOVsSsOD8 Of the
rider of mambers of the Texas Mson Board.
The rider further provides:
"It la hereby furtherdeclared unlawful ror
any psroon authorized to uaa a State-ormad auto-
mobile In Oonnsation with euly buslnesrc 0r the
State, to use euoh autOmobIle In oolineotlon with
any otaupnign In which suoh department Ia dlreot-
ly lntereeted, or In behalf or the oampelgnror
meleotlon of the head of any departmat, and/or
in any other m5nnar, tliae or plaoe than when
suoh autcmobile la being wed in the interest
OS and for the purpose of oarrylng out depart-
mental State buaIne66. Any person yiolatlng
thlo Sootion shall upon final 6onrlotlon be cab-
Jeot to a line of not la55 thtul $50.00, nor
more than #SOO.OO. In the event auah U5Q or
~oh automobile is belag zrndo wlth the kaowledge
or the head of the departPlent, having oharge aS
muh automobile, then suob 68partmeat head shall
d50 be liable to puxhhmmnt Ia l iin5 0r n0t
Inor@ than ~200.00. Any oourt or competent &lrl*-
dlation ln the axxmiy Wh8l-O this Law la tlolat-
ed shall have JurIsdIotIon to try 8uch oau60.*
In our opinion, theso provfsloas of the fIdoT,
00n5trued togather, rdieot the logl5latIvs lateknt, not
only that State orrlolals and mr~ployeer shall not reaelve
reiaburmn&ntfaPsuoh item of traveling expense a8 satis,
lodging, eto., lnourred in trar6llng to a f8onventlon Of
any kind, wlthla or without the State, but also that 5uOb
State offlola or State employees 5hsll not be I?snultted
to us5 State-owned automobil ror the purpoes 0r oonver-
ing thenselvec to such conventlone, thou&b they say WY
Hon. 0. J. c. ELlln.g5on, Pago 6.
other erpenlree lnourred on trip personally. The U84 Of
an autauobilo purohaaed by the Stats involves en OXpendi-
turo af State funds, In that svorjr u5e of suoh Stato-
omsd eutcdnoblle of nooosalty ro5ults in a depreolatloo
0r the value of 5uob oar.
You are, th5rerore. adrleod that the Prison
BMXd mriy not pennlt lta mwbors or oftlolals of the Prl-
eon to use a State-owned eutomobllo to oonvoy these men
to the Amarfoan Wl6~n Congrssa In New York City, though
thelr oxponooa, aeldo from the uao of tho oar, erq not '
to be pald from any Stoto funde.
Ioura very truly
ATTOWBY CZXSFtAL OF T!XAS
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BY
R. W. Falrohild
A85i&Wlt
j(LpPROVEDOCT 6. 1939
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion