### OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN

Ran. Yarrln Ball, Ccatisilssioner Board or xn8ureil4e comlssloa4re Ausitln,

T4xaa

Dear sir; Attention 

### of Sr. I. Blak

opinionno. o-ls96 Rat wlat 4onsti*tlt Mre xnstlreMof rim or lightningor tornado or wind storm or hall insurance ih thio Stat4 aooording to the repcirts

made to the Boar4 of In8UranaeCOIPmlssionsrs as required b3 lnw; and asid taxes when 8olleetsd shall be plaoed

### with tb4 

### Stat4 Treaaursrin a separate fun8 whioh shall be known as the ?lre Imuranae DMiaion FuM, rblah Fund shall be kept sepalWe 

### and apart from other run@8 anKmon4ye in his hands; and said sp4uial Fund or SO ruuh themof as may be neo488ary ehall bs helQ and Q-ended forth4 purpose of aarry%ng oat the protialonsof this Chapter; and 

## ehould there be an unexpendedMlanoe at the end of
uny 

### year, saldbalsno4 shell remainlaaaid 'Feed 

## anathe Board or IMuramoe 

## Cad8sionen
shall r4du44 the aesesamnttorthe 8uooesUng y4arsothst the -tprodue~6al4~~ into the State Treasa~~ togetherwith said an eQ bnlqx44 in saLd'FUn@l in the !!Masury,XFbs sufSiol4nt to pay +l 4xpeoses to? th4 durrent year, ~a~ not 4x448& the amount moe88wy to puy all ilaoessary axpenses of maj~. the Fbe siuJumn44 *Ttaion of 84iU Boara,: 

### thatno 

### ~deflait -8hdi ooour in 

### .Mld FtM, -4h ,tuudsshall be paid out upon r4qoisltfo!l Blade oat 

### and riledby 4 

### majority of the Coim~L~Ellon, when 

### ths CmiptroZler shall i88tre for, wurrante thare

### The taxee14714&and 4884884d by 

### thisS48- tion ohall be 

### inbepanQ4&oY and in eddftzon toall othert4m8nowSnposed, orwhiohoay hereaftsrbe lstpo84dbylaw, a&nst8nyaampany,mentioneil

herein.*

Artials 49W, BeTkSea Civil 8tazrt48, ren68 4.8 follows0 .,~

The prssidcrnt

or riarpr88ld4nt 

### and s44z4- tarp or each fir4 marln4 or l&and lneuran44 caapeay 401~ busfmess in this 

### SUit4,4nau4lly,
on the itret day or eaah ye8r, 

### or tithln six&y day8 

### themafter, shall pr4p4ra underoathaad depositnith the Oonmirrsfon8r 4 Nl, true and acmplete 8tatemext oi the oondition ai 8Ubh aoaqany on the last day or the month of Deoeaib4r pmeding.-P~irtigra h 4, page 34, of Senate bill NO. 4129, Act8 of the 46th Ll **Si4tUT8, P8468**  **48 rOmW8**  **t**



### "Frovldedthatthe roi-egol~approptitiOnS 

### forthe Firs **~ViSiOn Sh43.l**  be **paid Out**  **Of**

**revenues** obteined **iroe tax**  **on p84**  **praaiUm8** 

## 0r laaumaae **aomp44ia8 la**  **44oordenoe** 

### with **the** 

### exlsthg laws,exempt the foregoing approprlatlona 

### forfire esoape lnepeotorsand their **~898,** whlah shall be paid out Or the General Revenue Fund.

"For the 

### purposs

of m-printing the 

### Texas Gen4ral %nSlS Schedules Of rlre and **WincSt4~** lnaurenos rates es provided in Artlole 4B8JZ of the 

### RevisedClvllS~ty~S~ 

### and othermatter% lholdeat thereto, there is hereby 

### appropriated
rorthe tlsoalyearnendla&Au@& Sl, 1949 and **August** 

### 31,1941, 80 **mUoh Oi**  **the %8SSBMentS**  aolleoted under Artiale 4902, and any ba&nOOS remalalng in the IrireInsuranae DivlSiOnEhad **at the**  end. **of eny**  **iisa.~ ywar,**  **or SO**  **mwh there**  **Or 48**  **l!Iay b4**  **WO48. “** **~$ ‘** **, iOr**  **Oar~fXl& Out**  the **14~8~** of this ,@ate 

### withregard to these eohedules.*
Regarding llmltatleu Of pagment8, Senate Rlll 429, **SUpl?%,** Pags 149,~ provldeer


### Ttxaeptus othenisa providsd,wheaever, by virtue Or the p~liSiOXl8O? this A&, **lt4ms 8X-8**  **to** be paid out 

## or **fees, lY304i~t8,**  apeclel fuade 

### .or

out of other ZtIIIdS available
ror ose.by a dep4rt.rmnt' it **is** the intention or the k&slature to &It expeadltur48out 

## Oraaid 

### fees,X'%V34iptS, Sp@Oi41 fund8 4r other available funds to the purposes **and in**  **the** twmunta Itemized herein, and it is so pmvlded. If, however, the amount ot.the fee8, reoelpts, **sp4lal** or otbcii

available funds here111 referred to %re mOr8 then suffiafeat to pay the iteiS8 hereln 

### tbSigIUh4dto be paid theref'rcuu, th8 departnmnt to whloh the 8ald fW8, reoeipts, special funds or other araZl4ble funds 6cce appropriatedXQRy,ii ?leSe884~ to **EdmdaqU%t4ljr** pprtornt

the fuaetiona of Said 

### department,**u%8 %XIy**  **p&t&m Or**  **84id %Ur~lU8**  special funds or otherRon. 

### Y%rvlnHall, Page 4

however, that beforedoing so the heed of 6UahdeparfJmIt sh4& Under oath,u%kL) application, jointly,to **the** CovarpQr, the Attorney Ceneml and the Stat4 Tre48Urer setting forth in detail the aeaesslty 

### for Using 8Uah SUrp1U3f488, r404fpt8, SpbOidl flails

or other available fund8 

### andItmalSlng the pUTJBOSe8

r0r

### whloh themme 0 to be used. UdesS the appliaetion is 4ppr0Wd by at least two or the thraa permna afaramentioned, the surplus fees, reoeipts, spacl%1 fuude or otber 4rallsble f'U%dSshall not be expended. Any itex Set out in the 4pplicatlou 04% be deleted 

### by 

## d4Oi.SiOn o? 4 majority 

## or **the threa**  pemons aforemeatlonetl. All applicationswhich %re approved or denied must be signed by those rotlug.to 4ppr0va or deny 84Ula. Said ~pliC4tiOllS artet approval 0~ rejaatlan, shrll be &led with and retained by the State Auditor for 4 **period** of Sixmonths after the 4x@ration 

### of thebien&m endingAuguet 51;1941, an6 Shtil rermluopen to public 

### inspoatlonduring 6%1dperiod. -All 8urplue fees, raaelpts, SpeOial .funds, or other atallable 

### fundson. hand at the'snd oi each ye4r of the bleuuim Shall revert to the thnorel~Tenu8 Fund of this gtata udle88 othenrim prohibitedby &B, or u&e58 otherwiseprovided herein.
ao salary paid additionalemployees shall exaeed the amount here14 appxaprlated tar sMlaw poaitlons. l&l disbUrSemtut8 Shall be made 011

warrants issuedby the Comptroller
oa the St&e Tmaeury."

r0iw73 : Article I.+$, Revised Civil **Statutas,** reatle 48

The fiscal year or the State shall terminate 04 the thirty-firstdcy of Augmt 0r em91 year and appropriatIonaOS the State governuent shall aonform thereto. All 

### off;- uerswho ere required 

### by ler to report amumlly
or bienniallyto the &&elature 0r Governor shall close their aeeounta oa that date, aad60 soon therrarter %s rr'catloabla 8h411 pmpare and corplla their respaatlve rapartS.*
By virtue of the above quoted statuta, 4ll approyrl4tlonof the State Cavenmntntmuat amform to tha flsoal ya%r therein desl((pat%d and not to thu budget year Of any State departumt,.

Artlola 4908, aupra, ~paalfl~lly pravldas that:

"....aald SpOCfa1FuAd ar SO nu9h thaxw 48 xtnyha aeoesaary ahdll ba hald **arid** axpsnd 2 **rorthe** purpcme of oarrylngout tha 

### prwbfons of thir Cheptar;sad should th4ra ba 44 UA~X

### pend44.

balance 4t the end or 44 yerr, **aaid balaaoe**  6ha11 rwain In 

### ealdRurdand 

### the Boer4 of **Insurance** Comml~slonersshall reduce the a8sca6ment tour

the suaaeedlngyear so th4t the muiotiat

pmCuaod and paid into the St4te -aSUrf, togetherwith salti unexpenfied

b4l4~o4 la eaid Fwnd in the Traasury,

### willb4 8tUflolent to pay 832 sxpezmaa for the aunant ye%r, end not exseed the nmaunt neoess4ry

### to pay all waes84ry expanse8 of maintaining th8 Flra 1AsWtrAO4 Mvfslon of MM Board, so th%t no 

### aeriaft8hal.l 

### oeausin 86ldFund,which funds ah411 be g4.id 

### out uponraqulsitloa madeout and tiled by 4 rpejorlty

of the Ccmmloceio~, when **the** ccnptroller shell fsauenrrant therMor....*

The f4glslature

### wso&zrr the c?l8blnotlonktweedthe yearfor oollaotlngfunds by tha tarLou stata departments whhlah1% usually tha aalondar ye%r and the year 

### ror expanbltureof svh 

## runa which la the 

## ri84ta
**year.** ~uvplus XuAde.althiAths meaning of that tarn a5 used 

### in th% U.nzltatlans of 

### Payeaenta

clauseof Seunte 

### Bill So. 487, **Aota uf**  **the** 46th **Iagielature, only**  **rerir to**  am pluses **with** reapeat to Itans a~propriatad for 4Xp4ndltur4 by ths dqxtxtsant for the flrwaf. **yunr.** Theretom, you are'reqmctlklly 4Uvlee4 that It Is the opinion of this &apartReat **that it**  **Is** only la 

### the evant th%t there my be in tte spsnlsl **tund** en amunt of