Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN

Honorably C. L. KwkonQall, Chafrman
so&P6 or tiuriaoP8
Dqmrtamat oi Bduuatloa
&latla, Tee8
Dgm sir:
Honorable C. I..bykendall, Pago 8

The following statutory prorlolont~
relate to the
colleationof the fees to which you rotor:
wriftlole 2879:.- Any poroon desiring
to be examined for a teaeher*o certlfloata
o&l1 make applfoationto the County Super-
intendoat,-'* *. bite lnveotigatlon,tha
County Superlnteadont shall give the appllonnt
a written recollmrendatlon to the Countf Board
of Exudners, requiring thea to axaalnm tIm
appllaant ror a oertlfioate* ' *; but no
person shall reoelr~ ouch rsooatoendation wlth-
out flxut dopooltlng with the County superin-
tendent tbe isunof 94.00 as an axamlnatlon
Se., and the reoosmn&utlon siren by the Coun-
ty superintendent&all. show the receipt OS
said fwr. The Countf Board of Exalaer~
shall not porn&t anf pamon to ,ent6rtb at-
iU5kLUtiOn UhO dOa0 not first pt#OMt th0
written reoommndatlon ot the Countf Superin-
tendent. l l * l .+ The county Superintendent
shall rorrard prosptlf to the state super-
lntendult,all papers OS appliaants apply-
ing for State Cortlfloat*a,them to k
oubmltkd to the State Board of lSxumlnor8
* * * with a See of #g.OO fsom tha fee pa&i
to him by uah of the applltants applying
for state Certiilcats8.
"Art1010 ml:-- The State Board d
Zxunthers shall, et thslr next umetlng after
reosipt of said papers and repartn , together
with tim recta, exam%ne the papan and ahall
.mke a report to the State Superintendent
I. . *,

"Mtlole a:-- ' = * Tha State Board
of $zadnore la the 3tats iLmpartment of Ed-
ucation she21 on applloatlonof lnotltutlono
in TOXCS, ta be rsctognlowla8 junior aollegeo,
’ ’ * * iseks lnveoti~tlon * l * * and ohaX
ma k e r eo o inmendo tlo no l **l. Any a a h o o pl-
plying for approval under this aat shall pay
u row or $ecs.OO.Kash appllcnnt~tor teaohers’
oertirloatebeeed,o$ :ollagn orsdentialofrom
Junior Colleges, , shall pay a r6te or
al.00 to oover the expenaee of laapeotlonand
Xonorable C. L. Euykendall, Page 3

otandardl&tion of agprored collegee end
of recordiilg
end looulng the.aertlflaote.
".~rtlaleBQlor-- Any person holding
a tenahero' oertlrloate* * l l oholl hove
the right to hure ouch certlflaetereilved
and oontiaued in force for a period of ooe
yenr by taklug thrae oouraeo or subjects
and passing In oom * * l *. Upon suoo~oo-
fully pooolng ouch three o~uroeo or sub o:to,
* * + * ouch tbuahLr'o certlriaetel * 1
upon payment of $1.00 by the holder, shell
.berenewed and dontlnuedfor one yeer * r(l.*
mlola m39u also provides for r660 r0r opealol
and eex4rgencyoertltiaates.
In conferenceopinion Ho. 3012, dated February 3,
1938, addressed to the RonornbleTon C. King, 5tate Auditor,
appeexing in Attorney Ceneml*s Reports 1936-1938, page 137,
this Departmoti ruled that the fees to which you refer are
Rotate funds* or *pubUa mneyo " uxkda-6 required to be de-
pbilted in the State Treasury to be withdrawn upon warrants
pFoperly drnwn by the Cormptroller.It was also held ln that
opinion, ln nnswer to the dlreat queotion, that ouoh fee should
be depoolted to the aceouot of the Gemrul Revenw Fund, and
not in eny apeolal fund. IO mouering the queatlwo propounded
the Departemnt aonolderedthe provlolonoof the Departnnmtol
,ap3ropriatlon 8111 43th Leglolature,General end 8peolal Iawo
of Texas, 1937, Reguler Seo#alon,page 1418, whioh mad. a. tol-
LOWS:
"Board 0s Eoominers Dlrlsloo.
"It 1s hereby provided that omunto
for the sd.esrlee 0s an personf3engegd in
thb exemlnutlonand oertlfiiontlon 0s ap-
pllcenta for teaolrro* ~0rtifiwmi3 and for
other expenses lntldent thereto shell never
exoeed the umtxmt of the prior yew*8 bol-
anoeo or feea colZeotedfrom npplloentorot
cartirlaatespluu ourront fees oolleotod; and
that uot exceedlog the followlag oaouoto par
year for anlades shall be paid ta the fol-
lowlag members and employees or said Soexd:
~3,000.00 to the Chalrwn-xember; $2,730.00
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Honorable C. L. ~ykendall, Page 4

to the College Kxemlner-ifember*
$1,600,00
to the Seoretary-Alember;
$l.,aO&.OOto the
CertlfloateClerk; Md all other help at
the rate not exceeding$lULSO psr apnth;
also ~3,OOO.OOeach yoar for mulntenunao,
equipment,travel and aontingent expense;
and uald balanaes and fess are hereby up-
proprlutedfor the purpoooo~&Wpayiag
ouid lalarleo and expenses for each of tlm
two ~leoal years endlq Augiit 31, 1938,
and hugat 31, 1939.”
The current departmentalappropriationfor the Board
or Examlner~ D1vloion, Departant of &duoatlon,&mate Bill
No. 437, 40th bglalature, contains un ltenizedapproprlatloo
for sularlee and other item of expense vlth the prorloloo
that ouoh items shall be Vald out of i3mardVaPeeam. The Bill
then contains the following rider:

"SabJeat to the ll=ltations set forth
in the.provloionseppearlng at the end 61:
this act, all balaoceo now oo hand and all
current fees oolloated from applleentofor
teuohero* aertlfloateo arc hereby lppropriut-
ad for the purpo6e Of paying all of the lul-
arias and expenoer
of thlu dlvlaloo ao ltem-
iced for the fiscal yoaro eadlne mgwt 31,
1940, and kuguat 31, 1041.w
'66find rioprovlslon in the general law whloh would
authorizeor require the Comptroller to oreate a o eolal fund
for the feeo colleoted by the Board of P;ramlnersDsvialon,
nor do we think that the fact that ouch feeo are appropriatd
to the dlrlslon would authorize or requlretbe oreotlon of u
opeolal fund. Insofar ao 1s mterlal here ttm approprlatloo
for she Board of Xxamlners Dltlolon by the 45th Leglolaturo
whloh ma oonolderedin our former oonferenoeoplolon, 18 sub-
stantiallythe 8ume se that made by the 46th Legiolature.
It 1s our oplnlon thut the Co3lptroller1s oat uuthor-
lzed or required tr,aepeolt the feso oolleoi;edby tlm Board of
&xamlnere Division of the Department of Zduaatlon in a simaafal
fund, but ouch Sea@ should be depoolted ln the general revenue
fund, and wlthdrawo upon proper warraot issued by tlm Camp-
troller.
 Yours very truly

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