HE.Li-!I-l-ORNEY GENERAL 

OFTEXA~ 

Honorable Raymond W. Vowel1 

Acting Executive Director 

Texas State Hospitals and 

Special Schools 

Austin, Texas 

Opinion No. WW-331 

Re: Can the Hog Farm Revolving 

Fund be reimbursed to the 

Dear Mr. Vowell: 

extent of the value of any 

pork furnished to other 

Institutions under the 

supervision of the Board 

for Texas State Hospitals 

and Special Schools? 

You have requested our opinion on whether or not the 

Hog Farm Revolving Fund may be credited with receipts from 

other Institutions under the supervision of the Board for Texas 

State Hospitals and Special Schools to the extent of the value 

of the meat furnished the various Institutions. 

The Hog Farm Revolving Fund was provided for in House 

Bill 133, Acts 55th Legislature, Regular Session, 1957, Chapter 

385, page 906, which reads as follows: 

"For the Years Ending 

August 31, 

1958 

August 31, 

1959 

"HOG FARM: 

"Out of Central Supply 

Revolving Fund: 

"There is hereby approprlated from any balance 

remaining in the Central 

Supply Service Revolving 

Fur&as of August 31; 

1957, for the establlshment of a Hog Famn'Revolving 

Fund to be used In the 
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"For the Years Ending 

August 31, 

1958 

August 31, 

1959 

operation of a Hog Farm 

at Leander, Texas, the 

sum of, or so much 

. thereof as may be 

available . . . . . . . . $20,000 U.B. 

"This Farm shall be 

operated on a relmbursable basis to serve 

Institutions under 

such rules and regulations as may be established by the Hospital 

Board. This fund,~ 

together with all 

receipts deposited to 

Its credit, may be used 

to pay salaries, purchase supplies and 

equipment, and to pay 

such other expenses as 

may be necessary for 

the efficient operation 

of the Hog Farm." 

In the above section of the appropriation bill, the 

Legislature clearly expressed its Intent to establish a Hog 

Farm Revolving Fund, which fund was to be continually replenished 

by receipts from the several institutions under supervision of 

the Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools to the 

extent of any meat used by said schools and hospitals. 

In Attorney General's Opinion No. WW-320, It was 

stated that the Hog Farm was part of the Texas State HospltaIs 

and Special Schools and any sum of money appropriated to the Hog 

Farm was appropriated to the central office of the Board for 

Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools, and the money so 

appropriated was to be expended by that branch for the purpose 

Indicated In the appropriation bill. 

The Hog Farm Revolving Fund which was set up by the 

55th Legislature, clearly provided that the Hog Farm was to be 

operated on a reimbursable basis to provide meat for institutions 

under such rules and regulations as may be established by the 

Hospital Board. The funds in the Hog Farm Revolving Fund could 

be expended only for the purpose of operating the Hog Farm by 

the Hospital Board for the benefit of various Institutions In 
Honorable Raymond W. Vowell, Page 3 (WW-331) 

administering the Revolving Fund. 

It Is our opinion that the provisions of House Bill 

133, set out above, clearly express the intent of the Leglslature that the Hog Farm Is to be supported out of a Revolving 

Fund, which fund Is to be reimbursed by the several Institutions 

to the extent of any meat used by said lnstltutlons. Further, 

the above provision of House Bill 133 specifically provides for 

this accounting procedure. 

It is further our opinion that the supplying of meat 

to these institutions does not Involve a purchase or sale, but 

instead, Is merely a self-supporting supply procedure for which 

each Institution under the State Board for Hospitals and 

Special Schools Is to pay its proportionate share of the expense 

Involved In maintaining the perpetual supply of fresh meat. 

SUMMARY 

The Hog Farm Revolving Fund Is 

to be administered by the State 

Board for Texas State Hospitals 

and Special Schools for the 

benefit of the various lnstltutlons under said Board. Therefore, 

the intent of the Legislature, as 

expressed In the appropriation bill 

which provided for reimbursement to 

the Revolving Fund by the using 

Institution and the accounting 

procedure therefor, does not 

involve such a transfer or sale as 

was prohibited under any existing 

statute. Further, the Revolving 

Fund may be credited with receipts 

from other Institutions to the 
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extent of any meat furnished said 

Institution. 

Yours very truly, 

WILL WILSON 

Attorney General of Texas 

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Llnward Shivers 

Assistant 

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Galloway 7 alhoun, Jr. 

Assistant 

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APPROVED: 

OPINION COMMITTEE 

Geo. P. Blackburn, Chairman 

J. C. Davis, Jr. 

John Reeves 

W. V. Geppert 

Leonard Passmore 

REVIEWED FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 

BY: James N. Ludlum