OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Ronorebls C&o. 8. 60x 

State Health orri0sr 

Taxm state Boar&.or Health 

Auqtln (a) Terse 

munloation and quote 

property mentioned by you 144 

a0ntr01 r0r di8pasal and13r the 

666, v. A. a. 9. 

rty belonging to ths atate, f4- 

ere it i8 loeeted, under the aontrol of eny departsent, 001&a4ion, board, or 

other 4tete eganoy, with the emeptlon of rtate 

eleemoaynary institutions, ooUage4, end inPtitutions of higher learning, when It 4hall 

beoome unrft- r0r um, or oh411 b4 no longer 

needed, shall be pleoedIunder the juriedfotion 

or the Board or Control, and the Board or control shall 8~11 suoh pro erty artor advertleing 

ft not less than r0km (9 P day43 fn 4 newspaper 

in ths oounty whers$n:tho: propemty 14 siturted. 
Honorable GM. 71. COx, 9. B 

Wovldsd, however, that ii no newspaper la 

published in ths ooanty whersin the property la 

altueted, notlas of aeld sale setting out the 

time end plaoe or sale and the property to b4 

sold shall be poatsd ,ln thrae (3) pub114 

915045, one beia$ in the oourt bmae In the 

oouoty wpersin the property. is aitusted. provided, howaier, tbet ii the value or such peranal property la 1088 than one snared (#loO.Oo) 

Dollars and not aufrloient 80 justtry the ooat 

or edvsrt%afunent in a4wapapera as 4utlin0a above, 

the Boata 0r aontrol may sell auoh prop6Ay in any 

manner that It deems ror the boat’lntarea~ or the 

state. The money fmi the 54le of SUah property, 

1685 the sxpenae~or edvertlaln~ the sale, shall 

~b4 deposited in the StateTreasury to the ore&it 

or the General Revenue Rand. And provided further, 

. that any property plaoed ia the he&la or the Board 

0r aontrol, 44 ~utllned her&in, may tm tranarrerred 

by the Bqard or Control to any aepar+mt, oontalsaiOu~ 

~%~a* or 'state a&onoy ln need 0r saw, and the 

debit end oraalt shall be made cn the basis that 

auoh property oan be purohaaed in the mrkat at the 

Mni4 or the transfer, if a aarkat eriata, and If not, 

et its aotual or lntrlnslo value 45 set by the 

Board 0r aontrol. The Bosrd or Control shall 

. make a written report to the OolqptrOUsr after 

eaoh aele. The report shall lnolude tbr rorlow* ltesnar 

-1. H-e or the .newapapsr and the d4ti's Of 

ehvertlae~4nt 0r not104 0r aaleg or it poatod, 

the d4te ma pleas 0r postlug. 

-8. mob artiole reoelved. 

"3. The prioe for whloh aaoh artlole was sold* 

Rd. The uaw and address or the person to who= 

eaoh artiole was sold. 

"'This rsport shall be signed by the Board Of 

Control and 4 member of the department, a~iaa~~~ 

board Or state aeenoy having oontrol Oi the Property 

berora 8414.** 
Honorable Ceo. w. 00x, p. 8 

YOU requ45t our opinion 48 to whether or not It Ia 

legally possible ior the Texas State Hsslth Department to 

urohaae and a for used automotive l qulp8lsnt turned ~IJ by 

-42 St~‘~Wtv&ent. The statute quoted above provi&u for two methods ~by whleh the Board ot Control 144~ dfspa50 Or aueh proputy. ,I8 oella one method a aaale* and tha 

other, a atr4nareP. It fr our 09iPlon tham the tranaier or 

l uob progerty, aa prorldbd in aala Artlole, am4unta to a sale, 

in that the reoelving Stat* degartiaent aoquirea the title to 

and the poaaeaalon of the property, and the velue thereor aa 

set by,'t,&e Board of aontrol la~dobltca agaInat the aspartwnt*a currrnt approprlatlon. The ~ansral Fan& wald reoelve 

or4dif in aeid amount, in that the partloular approprlartion 

agalnat the Qsaeral Fund aould be reduoed aocordingly. 

*A transfer ln en aot or trenaaotlon by wh$oh 

property oi one person 15 by him vested In anothar. 

This, without the use or some quallryiag word, fe 

the 1 eggs1 mean- of the term. Peawe v.. Hawkins, 

62 T4x. 434, 439, oitln& Abb. Dlot.8 Bour. Mot.) 

sebat. DioLw 

?iorda ,and Phra8ea. Vol. 42, pa@ 892. 

The Leglalstur~, in providing toi a *transit@ ors uoh 

property from one State department to another, end providing rar 

the oredlte and debits, evidently did ao for the purpose of 

elImlnatlng 4 double tranaaotlon and the added erpenae and tlae 

involved in~411 thoa4 aaaea thet might arim wh4re one State department plsoea In'the Board of Control oertein property that 

It no longer nwda and another State department rsqueata the 

Bosrd or Control to purotuma ror it, property of the afune kind and 

ohareotsr. Is th4 ao-oalled *transfer* a45 not proviasa r0r, 

the Board In auoh oaaoa, would have to edvertlse the property for 

aale, hold the aale, plao4 tha title In the purabaaer, r4oelve the 

purohaso prloe, report the sale to the Colsptroller, end have the 

purohaae prloe less the expanse oi sdvertialng the sale dsposlted 

In the Stste Treasury to the oredit of the Cenerel Vund. The 

Soar& Or Control would then have to So up~a the open 3parket and 

puroham the aan@ or like propBty for the Stat4 dep4ft94nt d4- 

airing same. This would amount to a ~541464 exp%ndlture Of both 

tine and money. 

.you are therefore advised that In the event the prop’ 

erty t0 be transferred la suoh propsrep 45 4an b4 lee41lY Puro&se& by the State Board of Health under the A99roprl~tlQn AOt* 

and the State Nerd of Eecllth has an unexpended bslanoe in the 
Xmorablo Oeo;. W, 00x, p. 4 

qmoiflo 8pproprlstb@ whloh a\rthorlmr the purohase of auoh' 

property, equal to or greater than the value of suoh property 

a8 8et brthe Btste Board of Control, .that the Texas State 

Board o? Health-may esqnlre from the Board of Control the 

aotomotl%e equipment by hr*in& the Board of Control trmmhr 

euoh property to,it air provided ~by raid Artiole~~dBdr T&e 

rrpeoifia appropriatloa authoriising the purohaee of suah property would then be debited with the value thereof, as uet by 

the Board OS Control, and the Camera]. Tund would then sutomatloallp reoelve credit in 8 llke amount,. 

Trusting that the above fully anmers your inquiry, 

we are 

Very truly yours 

Assistant