OFFICE OF THL ATTORNEY OENERAL OF TEXAg 

AUSTIN 

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Tour Liquor Control Boar4 

Austin) Tour 

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tor rutborltr Ran 

Liquor ‘pox PuntI,* 

Or r Or 6ti 6Udit Of 

tbr l ooo unt8 Control Bowl. 

6V6118th by ViTtIlr Of 

ntrol Borrd, ruoh fund 

1 rror uhirh fuaa thorn 

ry to pmr the royhr rpproprimaintraanoa 0r th6 Tclur Liquor 

8 nil aa the other l llooati s 

AGO Aorirtaaoo mad, *he Add, and the Qanrral Retonuo Fu~&.~ 

on 46 OS thr Tox6r Liquor Control Aot proVideos 66 iOllOWS1 

woelptr fro5 the de 0r liquor fitamps 

shell bo Qoporltrd in the State Troarwy 86 tollow~l l/4 to thm orodlt of the Xnilable :-dmol 
Tons LlCuor Control Board, P8ga t 

tid, 6lld S/4 totk or4di.t Of t& Toxar Old 

ALgO AsalrtaAoa m&Ad. All mvanuea dorived 

from th8 aala or pexmlta provldod ror uadar 

Arti 1 8h611 ba dapoaitod to the oradit Of 

tha Texas Old dga A64i#t6llO4 hrnd.’ 

Tha dapartmantal appropriation bill paarad by the 

4gth tiglclatura, E.. B. 4gT, rt p. 87 of the ~+meta Journal, 

provldaa a8 follow8 b 

br ltoriution, 60~ II 

l paol6l rider, altar appropriating, 

732 690.00 per fiaoal uumm to the 

Taxaa Liquor Control Boarir 

VubJaot to tha llaltaticma set forth in the 

pro visil oppasrlng n at tha and oi this Aot all 

appro rlationa .har8lA made Sor the Texae Liquor 

Canto P Board shall ba paid out of proceeda darlvad ?rom tha 61314 of aloohollo bavaraga stampa 

beron mob prooaada are allocated to reapaotlva 

Fonda mqzlrad bl law, and said mount is heraby 

appropriated th;rraWxa for aaoh of tha fiscal years 

ending fn Aomut 31, 194C and kug~st 31, 1941.- 

The Jurlrdlotlon Of tba LImitStIm of Payment6 

Board; set up in the dapertmental approprlatlon bill pans-. 

ad bJ tha 46th Legislature, is llalted to the altuatlon where 

the amamt of tha tees, raoaiptr, apeoiel or other funcs 

6veilablo Sor usa by 6 department, are more then sufrlolent 

to pay tha itama daalgniated in the dapartAenta1 appropriation 

bill to be peld therrf'rcln, in whloh avant the dapartment to 

whloh tha faoa, reoalpts, 6peolal or other s~rlleble SUAVE 

ara 6pproprletad m6~, "It neoa866ry to edaqu8telp partoni 

the funotloA4 of seid dapart~ant, uea any portion of said 

starplus faea, raoaipta, cpaolal fundB, or other cveilablo 

iurlda; . . .” 

Thai8 could 8xlet a l 6urplu6* in tha apeoial fUAd, 

eubject to the JurI8cilatlon of the Lialtatlon ot Yaymant6 

Board, only fn the rituation where the s~olel fund is dadloatad to tha UPS and beAdit Of th6 TSXa8 Liquor COAtrOl 

Board for the l dalnlatratloA of the affairs ot that dapartmant, 

and whera the LaglaletUre hpproprlated only 6 portion of said 

fund l xpnaal~ br vlrtua or tha p~'o~itiona of tha dep6rbnSntal 

appropriation bill, leaving the rurplus in tha apeoisl fund, 

over end l bova the amamt of the Items l paolfloell~ approprlatad br the Leglalatura tharafrom, to be dl6trlbutad by tha 

LLnit8tloA of PaJmanta Board under the authority theraia oon- 
Texas Liquor Control Board, P6go S 

ierred. 

the hua 

Thara la no dadloatlon oi the liquor trr fund to 

Liquor Control Bo6rd ios the l rpnsea involved in 

l dminlstarl~ the l ff8lra of tb& body. On the ooatrarr, 

the only amounts out of seld Fund 8vallabla to that Board 

IA any want for l rpeAditura in OparetUg the dapertmant 

em those l xpraaal 

ln tha departmenta 1 

l vpro vr lato tait d bf the Uglrletura 

rpprOprlrtlon bill. The bal6noa ot the 

fund la dadloetad end alloO6tad to the Avell4bla School Fund 

and the Texas Old Ago A6ai8tsnoa Fund, by virtue oi tha law 

which oraetaa the fund. The bel6Aoa or '8uTplU6" in auoh 

fund is not '6V6116blS" ior the u6a of the Texas Liquor Control Board, 6nd IA 6uOh 6 l itu6tloA then OAII l xi6t no *8urploaw in thrt fund 6ubJSOt to the Jurlsdlotlon Of the Llmlt&ion of Paymante Bosrd. 

The 6pplloatlon preeantad by you I8 defactlva in 

64VOml par tiOUhr6, end for such 108LOA 16 AOt suffloient 

in any event to invoke the jurisdiction of the Limitstion 

Of FameAt Eo6rd. However, 6iACO me have determined that 

the Eoerd would not have Jurlsdlctloa to grbnt your requeet 

ii your UppliCtitiOA mm-e properly pnperad, we rSfr6iA frm 

pointing out to you at thi8 time the particul~ra in xhloh 

the opplloetlon IE defective. 

Very truly yours 

ATTORNXY CX,Xi%Ri.L OF TiXhS 

BY @t@&u 

R. F. I‘elrohlld 

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