OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEYGENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 
Xonorabli: Geo. A. IS&&, page 2 

of said rsspective oouutias md defined road dtitrfots, 

for the mmosoe 856 uses mors msairioallr set rorth 

i;z this A&; includiq tiif2 payme& of ~r~inkpal, interest 

and sinkir.~ fuhd requirements of all eligible obUgations 

maturing an ar;S Proip Se&ember 1, 1949, to tind jni$ludi.ng 

August 31, 1941, an6 eaoh year thereafter until all euah 

eli *a1 bl e oblizatlons sre fully mid: and the monevs 

co&g into t%e oredit of Lix,e-c&mt~~ and road M.&&at 

hi&way fuuL with the State Treasurer and all mneys 

rtaalnlng the:.eiu from the prepious year shall be reaeived 

and h%ld by him as ex-OffiOiO'!bV3~Urer Of the oOuati%8 

a02 defined road Uistriots and shall first be eubjeot to 

tie appropriation for the payment of interest, prluaipal 

unit sinkirig Amd maturing rmi time to tims on gaitI 

eligible obligations end then for'the other uses spaolfied 

anii permitteE in this Act.' (Cnosrssoriug ours) 

Clearly t&is seotiotl of c:?g Rot oan be oo~M~~ed as 

an'apDroQrlatlon or the funds allocated to the Eoard of County 

and District 2oad IqIebtednsas. It is equally as plain that 

suehap2ropriation is for the bienaiuin begiming September 1, 

1939, and ondin:; A:qust 31, 1941, fmd t%t the Zuads 60 appropriated are rFrst 'co be used for the purpose of paying 9rihoL 

pal, iuterest end siaking Wud rsq+.lre~nte of .eJ.l &lJ.gible 

obligations mutwtia on and fran 3e~ptmntvsr 3.. lW9, to and 

in~ludlng August211, LQ4l i- .P it i 

%hat suoh ob&igations a@ &it%?$&qnt 

iIll 

L”y&$% Si” 1941, 

can rsaelte no further aasletanaa frown th& Aatb until &he 

Legialatum has spea$fiaa$ly appropriated funds therefor. 

Otherwise, .tha appropriation wOuld be for a psriod of time 

longer than tno ~~sre in tlolationof Section 6 of Artisle VIII 

of t21e Constitution of Texas,~which reads as followed. 

Wo money sW2 be drawn from the Treamxybut ia 

pursuauoe of apeai~ie appxo&aLions madeby 1%; nor 

shall any appropriation of money be mQie for a longer 

ter;i: than two years exoept by the first leglslaturo to 

aasomble under this Constitution whiah xay nrake the 

necessary appropriations to aarry on t&3 L;cqermont 

until the aasenblage of' tixe Sixteenth Legislatureta 

&Ulifeotly, then, sukM&mtion j of 3eotiou'zJ oftbs bill, 

beiq an ap,propriation m+asur%, canaot last loa~@Z thm t?w 

irp 3113, tbrefore, expires by its own term on .August 31, 

. 
2x purpose of 11. il. 688 a:i& its predecessors is 

clesxly deolardt in Soation 1. It iS f3X~re08ly d8clhl-8Ct tG 

be t!ke ?olioy of the state to take over, acquire, purchase 

and retain the interest and ewiti::s of the various czountios 

ad defined road districts in and to the higlmays not previous&y taken over, aaqvired and purchased, consti.txting 

a part of the system of deafgnated State iZi$hwl&ys, and it 

is determined that tha further provision of tlr, hct should 

constitute fair, just and quitable ooqensa@en, repayment 

and reimbursement to said couhtles and Qefined mad &i,stri.ots 

iGr their.ai8 aud assistance to t&/State in the Oonstruotion 

of State Highways, and thit suoh provisions would fully &ischarge l3ae legally iraplied obligation of the State to 80 oompensate, repay aila reimburse the agencies oft&3 Sta$e r0r 

ezpenses inourred at the itistanoe and solicitation of the 

State, as well.aa for expjnaes inourrcd for the benefit of 

the State. !i'he auooeeding ;?rovieions sat up the machixierg 

for carrying out that aealared polio,-. 

He are of the opinion tha? the purgose Of House 

5i.11 688 was lrerely to fix the metho& of attalui.lc the 

objeotlves declareir in Motion 1, and that Seotion 0, subse&ion j thereof, oonstituted the as>rogriation of funds 

necessary to effectuate its lxoviaions for the biennium 

beginnin=, September~l, 1959, and endins hugust 31, 1943.. 

It eannot be said that the purposes of the Aot 

nay not yet be aarried out thou& we mist hoid that no 

appropriation of funds has bean aabe for such purposes 

for the hext biennium. 

A statute oannot be repealed by non4& unless 

acooqauied by tlta eatablishmnt of an opl;oslte~legislative 

policy ox by the.anactmnt of irreconcilablastatutea or 

by elimination of the object of the statutes,-’ Sale 5E Cd,, 

page 920. House 3111 6SO beaosles inqerative by reason of 

the failum of fun&s with whioh to aarry out && purpose. 

It 'is our opinion that the law has not srpired and that vthen 

such funds as are nerresaary to oarrg on are jg-ovidei4 by the 

Legislature the law znay reawna operation. The lauguage use& 

by the Court in the Interstate Forwarding Coqmny v. Vimyard, 

3 s;.‘;.* (20) 947, 5eemt persunsive of the vioW here token, 

*the law remins in full force anb effeot althou& so to speak, 

in a stete of hibernation beaause of non-anforoement." 

Therefore, in reply to your quaetion number one, 

we mat anmer in the negative. 
Conoroble Geoi A. Eight, pa& 4 

'ri'ith raferenoe to yoUr seoond c;uestio-? and t&e 

suzzeste8 amendment to sub-seation j, Seotion 6 of Eouse 

Bill GE8, we t-&n!: that the l.ast phrase, "for the purgosea 

m(: uses more specifiaally set forth in this Act, eta.- 

shoulil be zade to ra:xl "for the purposes and GSBS mre 

spaclfionlly set forth in Eotiee 35.11 686 of the Fortysixth Legisldxre, Regular Gession'~. %'ith tlds phrase 

properly substituted la your proposed qmendrnent we are of 

t&e oninion t?t$It liouae 9111 08e will agaLa become operative 

if a&d aze%dzmnt be lnoluded in n Fe-en~ctmmt of Section 6 

in its estiraty published at length. 

Yruatlngthat the foregolag ikllg answem your 

inquiry, we me 

Youys vsry truly