OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

: State Department of Eublia Velrare 

Austin, 48xus 

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:' ~~ Dear #i&r IkraMeon: 

rouchop q’ warrants drquk w the State ComptrolWI ihe paper 6csoMts of a mstate DeparG 

ent'af Fublib;..Oalfare Fund" for the purpoee of 

&muitting the Sfste Comptro i ler to properly draw 

an;L imsuo mmh rawhers or warrants, the State Depadcmit of,pub$io Welfare shall furnish the Co-- 

trollbr kth wiist of or roll of there entitleid 

to oeskstanas'fron tine to tine, together with the 

amount to-which eaoh recipient ie entitled. When 

such vouohers or warrants have been drawn they 

shall be defirered to the Executire Mreotoc of 

the State Department of Eublio VoWare, who in 

turn shall supervise tho delirery of same to the 

parsom emtitlod theroto. 
idonorable J. s. Eurddson - page 2 

3 SEC, 27. (1) For the p-pose of anrrying out 

tho provisions oi' this Act, *&o Old Age Assistance 

Furd, thb UUti &ssistanco BsILlil, and the C%ildreri 

Assistance Fund 08 pmvidc& for in IL. B. 2, Acts 

of the Forty-setenth Leglslatura, Regular Ssssbm, 

arehereby msde oeparatePooounts of the *StateDe- 

~Dartmeutof PubUc YelfareIRmls as oreateaby 

this hoc. Provided, tbatallwnies inthesaparate 

aooountr OS the State Depautmsnt 'of Public Welfare 

Fund shall be oxpedal unly for the purposes of 

carrying out the rorisions oithis Aot,rud for the 

purposes for ah% CE said separate accounts were created 

or appropriated. 

"'(2) The state Treaswor is heroby design&al as 

the Gustodian of any and all money which may be t-eceivoci by the Ytste of To%.% (which the State Dcprtment of IUbUc IWlfare is authorised to adndnister), 

from anj appropr%ations kade by the Congrces Of the 

Unitod States, for the purpose of oooperating with 

the ewersl pr~~Iaions of the Fed- l 200ial Bs~urity Act,* and all noncy roooivod fron any other source; 

and the State Treasurer is hereby authoriaed to receive 

such money, pay it into the proper fund or the propsr 

scccunt of the Gonmal e3uv.l of the State Treasury, provide for the proper custodJ thereof, sud to mabe disbursements thorefroaz upon the order of the State Departmmt aud upon uarraut of the State Comptroller of 

Publio Aocouuts.* 

sitouse ~111 S, Acts of the lofty-swanth Lep;islature, regulsr session, as ammdti, provided in Art. XX, Sectlo% 2, Snbsection 4, the mount of aate fund uhich shall be allocated 

ai.2 tiunsCtm=ed to the old age assistanoe fund. In Senate 

Dill 425, Acts of the Forty-seventh Legislature, Regular 

Session, a su~is appropriated out or the old age as&ataxme +,. 

fmd For the use cf the State tieasurer, aud there is alse a 

sum approgriated out of the old age asdstance Lund Por the 

use of the Stat0 ConDtroXlor. 

pges 1130, l222 arxL xX83). 

(see Scneral aud Speoial Lass, 

*The agpro+aticns as Drorided in Seuste Bill 422 ham beeu 

used by the state Colcptrollcr and tho state Trousurer in payinr; tile OXpCnsds OP !lnntlliIlg thr? old cqe xmistzcc3 cLarAa. 

,i su;J-co;iPittee cl the Senate Cipil Jurlqrudc~co COIm&ttce 

is stuayinq the Pinanoial yorisions roletinq to the old we 

assiotanoo ~roqrar~, and this Senate Sub-cormXt.tee ilns instructcd us to submit for your consideration the eollowiw quostionr’ 
Ronorable J. 8. hnrcbieon - pegs 3 

Upon. tlrts statement you propound the following 

question( 

"1s them Lagislatire authorization for appropriating 

funds Plwm the Old age oeaistanee flux3 to pay espenaos 

incurred by the State Coqtroller or Stats Treasurer 

in conneoti~ rith the handling of old age aesistame 

cheoba orrraintainingaooount%ngreoords?~ 

Prorieion for old age assistance is clearly mlthin the legfslatirs pmrogatZ*e, aal Is a proper ereroise 

of the polio6 paer of the State for the aeueral Welfare. 

Such legislat%on neoessarily coutomplates the lnoideuoe of 

cxpeusee for the administration of such Aat. 

Section 4s of Artiale III of the Constitution, 

limiting the power of t&o Le@slature in the matter cf 

the right to 1~ taxes or wee burdens upon the people, 

expre~ely except8 from the prohibition or IimItation the 

rigis axxl povor *to raise rcvemue sufficient for tha economla01 PdrrSPistration ot the gwemment, in wbioh may be inoluded the fo llo ting p urpo ses; 0 I) l 0 rhn payant of all of-iicers, agents and mployees of the State gwernment, and all 

incidental e.spensee oonuected therevltb. The authority to 

taxand collect neceesarily includes the parer to appropriate 

-- that iPB t0 apply tie k?UISd twit6 Frop3-r ptqoS6. 

8. Be 423, Acts of the 47th Legislature, lbgulnr 

Session, as stated by you, appropriated out of the Old Age 

iiss&tance ihand certain anuounts for the use of the State 

Gonptroller and t&o State 2reasursr in connection with the 

adadnistration of the dot. (See Cenersl and Special Laus, 

47th LoSisloture, pp. ilm, EZS2 and lSS3). These ituce 

wore in pawent of ~oSiY.cas, agents und en~loVMe of the 

State gwernnenP*Sor serv%ces actually rendered in the edministration of clae Act, and as such they are constitntional1y vaua.