OFFICE OF **THE** AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN



### Ronorebls C&o. 8. 60x State Health 

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**property** mentioned by you 144 a0ntr01 r0rdi8pasal 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 It4hall beoome 

### unrft- r0r um, or oh411 b4 no longer needed, shall **be** pleoedIunder the juriedfotion 

### orthe Board or Control, and the Board or control shall 8~11 suoh pro erty artor advertleing ftnot less than r0km (9P day43fn 4 newspaper in ths oounty whers$n:tho:propemty 14 siturted.Honorable GM. 71.COx, 9. B

Wovldsd, 

### however, that ii nonewspaper la published in ths ooanty whersin the property la altueted, notlas of aeld sale setting 

## outthe time end plaoe or sale and **the** property 

### tob4 sold shall be poatsd ,lnthrae (3)pub114 915045, one beia$ in the oourt bmae In the oouoty wpersin the property.isaitusted. pro

### vided,howaier, tbet ii the value or such peranal property la 1088 than one snared (#loO.Oo) Dollars and not aufrloient 80

## justtrythe ooat or edvsrt%afunentina4wapapera as 4utlin0a above, the Boata 0r aontrol may 

### sellauohprop6Ay inany manner that 

### Itdeemsror the 

### boat’lntarea~ orthe state. The money fmi the 54le of SUah property, 1685 the sxpenae~or edvertlaln~ the sale, shall ~b4deposited in the StateTreasury to the ore&it
or the General Revenue **Rand.** And provided further,

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

### theBoard 0r aontrol, **44** ~utllned her&in, maytm tranarrerred by the Bqard or Control to any

## aepar+mt, oontalsaiOu~ **~%~a*** or 'statea&onoy lnneed 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 Ifnot, et its aotual or lntrlnslo value **45** set by the Board 

## 0raontrol. The Bosrd or Control shall

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### makea 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 0rpostlug.

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

YOU requ45t our opinion 48 towhether or not It Ia legally possible ior the Texas State Hsslth Department to urohaae and a for used automotive 

## l qulp8lsntturned ~IJby -42 St~‘~Wtv&ent. The statute quoted above provi&u 

## fortwomethods **~by**whleh the Board ot Control 144~dfs

### pa50Or aueh proputy. ,I8oella 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

### aoquireathe 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 15by him vested Inanothar. This, without the use or some quallryiag word, fe the 1eggs1

mean- of the term. Peawe v..Hawkins, 62T4x. 434, 439, oitln& Abb. Dlot.8 Bour. Mot.) sebat. 

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?iorda,andPhra8ea. 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 

### anddebits, evidently 

### did

### aofor the purpose of elImlnatlng 4 double tranaaotlon and the added erpenae and tlae involved in~411 thoa4 

### aaaeathet might arim wh4re one State department plsoea In'the 

### Boardof Control oertein property that Itno longer 

### nwda and another State department rsqueata the Bosrd or Control to purotuma 

### ror it,property of the afunekind and ohareotsr. Is th4 ao-oalled *transfer* a45 not proviasa r0r, the Board In auoh oaaoa, would have to **edvertlse** theproperty 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 

### lessthe 

### expanseoi 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 3parketand puroham the aan@ or like propBty for the Stat4 dep4ft94nt d4- airing same. This would amount to a ~541464 exp%ndlture Ofboth tine and money.

.you are therefore advised that In the event the prop’ erty t0 be transferred la suoh propsrep 45 4anb4 lee41lY Puro&se& by the State Board of Health under the A99roprl~tlQn AOt* and the State Nerd of Eecllthhas an unexpended bslanoe in theXmorablo Oeo;.W, 00x, p. 4

qmoiflo 8pproprlstb@ 

### whloha\rthorlmr the purohase of auoh' **property,** equal to or greater than thevalue of suoh property a8 8et brthe Btste Board of Control, .thatthe Texas State 

### Board o? Health-may esqnlre from the 

### Boardof Control the aotomotl%e equipment by hr*in& the **Board** of Control trmmhr euoh property **to,it** airprovided **~by**raid Artiole~~dBdr T&e rrpeoifiaappropriatloa authoriisingthepurohaee of suah property would then **be** debited with the value thereof, as 

### uet by the Board OS Control, and the Camera].Tund **would** then **suto** matloallp 

### reoelve credit in 8 llke amount,.

Trusting that the above fully anmers your 

### inquiry,
we are 

### Very truly yours

**Assistant**