OFFICE‘OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

### AUSTINHon. L'xevin Hell., #2

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rapublisbinC existing schedules slbctly ES they era now written or does it imply the right of the Depertment to csuse said schedules to be revised wher, necessary ba provided in tirtiole 4882 of the Revleed Civil Stctutee, whioh Article is referred to in the rider under conaideratlon."

Article 4902, a8 amended, Vernon’8 Annotated Civil Statutes, oreetes in the Stete Treasury the Fire InaurenceDivision Pund, from
a tax or as~esement of one 9nd one-fourth per cent of the grose inauranoe premiums collected by all acmpanies doing the business oi

bd. other

### matter8indent tbr&e,~ Shore -~i:,heriby appropriated **for** ~theri8oml pars amUng Au&u&-~81, 1940 and **&@l8t 8l**  1941, 

### 80mueh~6$.the 6x8bWS68ilt800l**leeted under**  Aztiofe **‘ 4902**  . end any balenoesr~emaining in the 'ElseInmrenaa D&la0 niad

# at the end ai WQ 

# fi8ealyear,or 80muah

### thereof as.nw be moe8Mry ior 08rr7inl;OUtthe 1areofthisS~te withneprdto~he8e 8ahedllle8."

Dy Departmental Opinion #2@32; **dimoted to**  korarmor $1.Lee Ci'DUniel;.thi8

Depamnt @onBtnrbd the Qtimiktion of Pfqnmntrw .gewral rider to the DopertmentalAppropti8tion

### Bill**ior** 

### theourrent biennium, to mean thst the authority Of the Roard eon6%ltwted tlyreby,~ related only to fzurplwaee in -8 dadiOatid or devoted to a da? partment*e utie

and beneSit, but not appropristed to that 4epadiretmt elsewhere than in the eLimltationof Papmentse alause. We think t&eEon. hmvin Ifell,#3

ep6cIsl rider next 6bGVe quoted eff6CtE en eppropristion Iron, the Fire lnsurtnce Division Fund of en amount auff;cIent to cover the. turpceea end expensee designated and hereinafterdi'souseed, ThereiOI-6, under the opinion cited, thI8 Board nould have no authority nbatt306Ver

oVer this cpproprietlon 80 a6 to r6quir6 applIoatIonby **the** ~pertm%nt Heed 8nd 6ppOY61 by th6 Bcmrd In the 

### etatutory mod6 6nd mEmner, bsfore the tuuds approprlat6daI,ght be used for the purpoma Indicated In the apeolal 

### rider, We 

### antswer your first questlon affirmatively.

Ycm 8eaond 

### and third quutlom may be logleally ooaal&r~ 

### to&otherF88

they**both** lntoln. 

### the. 

### t0vew.o llhltatlon oftho Wpl'Opti8t%Oon

?lllbr OOll8id8l'&i~ Bp8aif10

### reIerenoo’to the -.the neoad queaition hariog

-OF m&thkth$rd que8t c4r8onad *ioh mi@tt b+ -10 F d theren~ri~@&OotiiOrrferenoe mt6rfal ihioh right be **pa%d** f@wWnhrr. otho

pur88uae of the provi8iowoi t@ip &u dull he:at ell tiw8 z'ea8onab&q: 8nd ,tb 8dhedqle8 thWeOt oadi and pieml&awl by MlQ 0aipI8#1Ca

## ai8ll.be la 

## mwhr-a8 will la the **jnaorplnt** o~~~thb ComnI881an, Bp* olurly and ia d6talldiealws6 thcretq eb iirb$ an4 d6temtiMd.by 66ld 0aaf8dOn to b6 abargad end **oolleoted** ror~pollola6ot fire lMurana0. Seid&&6lI8d~~~yO8l&6y 6d WO.My faots oDtalmibl6 fmm md 00&6emIng Mn~izu3tmuw.oornp8nior traneaotin$ barineer ia thi8 #ht8, 

### ahowiag.tholr oxpenn an6 qO16rgoe fbr iire in8urinae praniuma for 

### any period or perlode 

### saiil &1mUI8&Oll ItUp&Mm adYisabl6, uhlch In their oplnlon till enabLe them to bevia 6nd tix an6 determinemaaonable rat66 of plWxIu.m 

### for fire 

### iwuranoe. The said Cbmmieai~n in Btaking end plibliahing raheduleaof the rates fIx6d end detecaained by It &ll ehow sll 

### ahorge$, e~dfts, terms, privileges end aondftIon6which in my m&e eiieat mloh rates, and 

### aopiesOSHon. t~8rvin B&l, $4

all suoh echsdules

_- shsll 

### be furnlsb.ad by said Commission to Gny :nb ell cou;yenleS ESfected by this iew syplying therefor, end the s..zmshell be furn:shed to any oitlzens of t;is State spy:lylng therefor, upon the pqment of tha sctual cost **therecf.** No r8ts or rateE fixed or determined by the CoIIULissi?fI 8h811 t8k6 eff'wt until it &cl1 bev0 entered 8u Order or Order8 fix.%% and determining BPme, end shell give notioe thereof to all fire insuranoe eomp8nie6 8ffeOted by this law, authorized to trariseatbusinem in the stete. The' State Iauur~e Ooapirdon, uul say laapeatoror other *out or ~ap&oyw thareo~,who a 

### inspeat my riaJc

fort~hm purpom .4&elubUau~~tM ~dhmimion ' %a fixoaaeataaiw *hqreannalm xatr,.toaa ,aY%ergoe ':~ %herwn, aball furnish to the cm+ar~tima de ~.a% tb 

### Bateof 

### rwh~l.wpeistion, a oopy~~af::tha

inupoot~a~port, .~ ahowln& all~dOfOOt8 **,*hfIt** **may operate:** **‘ a8**  **eh~,qaiy%o iairrian**  the inmxwnes 

### rate,? .'

Ther&ore,rre 8aythrtwhentluLe irrlstb@,bytim qeolal rider unaer **oonui&entlon, nde**  

### an approprl8 **& ion**  **from** the **Fire Inmr** 
anoe Division Fwd for She apsoiflo purpose of Veprinting the Texas General mhnia maulea 

### of fire ena rlndetenu ln8unnoe retee

. . . and other nktters inoidsnt thereto," ft was the mnifest intention to appropriate so muoh of suoh Fund ea would be neoessary to gay all @XptHI8b8

8118eO8t8 Of 18bor,8n(l m8teti81 beme& m88oMbly nbOe88aq, in the aieorehion EAIKI judgment Of the CO5mb810n, to do the 

### job 

### l ffisctively.

Any ~prp01 and restrioted oon8truotion **of** thie appmpriatlon rider, ll.aItingseme to the ah8rges of the sprinter forreprintink cnly the; old e?Lstirx ;,cnerei bcsis schedules, in their ori,.ixl rc.rL:,

is ni:tjustified ir required by aitiier the letter or the E;:irit

cf thi8 HpprqriLtion, &nti,in feet, WOuid &feat the Very 1;‘Lir&CSf.

CL * tLc 122~c@ation. :;urelx the emplcyment end psymerjt of sufficientpersonnel to collate the facts >nd fi@res furnished by the inspectors,prepare ttc fcr: of schedule fcr the printer, edit same, end reed proof on these schedules when they'erereturned from the printer, is oom2rehendedwithin the expressedpurpose of tiiis spproprietion fcr "re:zintin&the Texea G8mr8l !3asisSohadules

. . . end other matter? incident thereto."

Ap **-rare8 '**  **CpLloa Codfiei**  **'~** By. B.W.B.,.Chairm~n

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