**OI=F~CE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS**
**AUSTlN**

**Dr. oeorp**  **r. cox**  **jtata** Zedth Qf?i~ Aastln,

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**Dear** 

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ORprowldee in part suoh **;%uds to**  **be** dlmbursed by ordu ot the State Wth Otriou an4 the 

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208s this mka tw a a00ormta **boron b&u3**  **~arentsd to**  tb Coqtrolbr aball be approtbb %y the State EsalthOffiou an4 the Trea8uru %r this stata?’Dia. Oeorge W. Cox, Faae.%

You first aak if the $10,030appropriatfon'mentloned in Sootl2n 84 or the bill la l vallabla**ior use**  

### n03pfor**oarrp** ing out the provlaloca or thla act, re qme se&ion Se or the bill wCioh ma48 aa tollowar

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### Them la herebyapp$oprlated lsrawdlately

out 0r~the 

### GeneraL run4 or the State Troaaury not other&m apprbprlated a sum ot Ten Thousand ($10,000) Dollar8to oarrf out the purpoaeaand provlslona of this 

### Aot ror the rmelmlu 

### 0r the ri8d **fear** endlnil

**Aoguat** Sl, 1939, auoh

### fund8 to bq dlaburaod by 

### order or the StateBealth Oirlaer and the Treaaurerof this State.'
The above aeotion dlaoloaea the l&ention 02 the Legislaturethat there a&all bo l vsllableto your departrent $10,000 for the purposesOS settingup md 

### osrrylng out the provisionsot this AOt for ths **remairulsr O?**  tha ii8Qal year i938-59. The emrgenop olausa of the 

### Aot aupportsthat conalus 105. It was the latontlonor the Legislature that the organizationa& up be oonpletadas aocn aa posalbleand that the Act be put into toras aa soon as proper 

### ate 8 oould be taken to adminlaterthe Aot. In our oplnlsnthe ~lO,OOO approprfatlonmentlonsd in **Seation** Sa, above, is available
**iOr YOU**  **iOr QIWQO888**  **8pOOifiad 15**  **YtBnate Bill**  **blo. i?M)**  **and** oan be used l~~edletaly.

Your seoond queatlon 1s whetherths ~10,000abcre mentionedauat be expendedprior to August 31, 1939, if not, mey it 

### be expended at a late% date. ssotion8s quctsdabove rays thet the $10,000 apprpprlatodla to carryout the 

### purposes and grovlalcnsal thla Aat for the renalrider of the risoal **year ending**  Augu.it 31, 1939. August 31, 1939, is the en6 or the proaent rlaoal year and all mone;ya not spentby ttet time revert to the Osneral ?und. 7fe believeth t the Le&slature intended that auoh recne~~ aa reoelcedin tbla $l",:;O;

:,"i on **kugwt** 31, 1839, shouldrevsrt to the State In our opinionyou oan apondaa lnuah or all of the $lO,O~O appropriatedaa la oaorawrp in oarryirg out the provisionsof Senate Bill Pi00 rior to Septeimbsr 1, 1939, but all money8 unspent out OS the P10,000on that qate ahall revert to the State Seaera Fund.

In question **numbar** tbroe rou **daalr. to**  **know** ii thaDr. 04orgo ?i. Cox, Page 3

aavoral sums approprlat%din Seation 8b of Senate,BlllNo. 200 8~3 Iado endrnt ap?ropriatlOn8 OifOOtlYoAu&U& &knd it they err oont

3 ngent only upon oonrys obtained from odtieotionrunder Seotlon 80 of this Bill.

After- reading the ratlroAot, Ssneta Bill 30. 200, passed by tha last Legislature, wo havr ~ot%rain%dthat It raa unquestlonebly

the lntentlon of the Laglalaturothat thls ditiaion of .your

department,

set up ?or the admlnlstratlon of thla Act shouldbe self aup?ortlng snd that fund8 for the admlnlstratloaor the Aot after.Augtmt 31, 1959, ahotild

00~4 lroo the raoebta ooIl%ot%din tha l dmlni8tratlonof the Aot. Sootion 80 of- the Aot readsas hollows:

“SEC, 80. The expenditure of any.manl yr under this **Act** aball nevdr l toeed tha amount of money obtainedmm the oolleotioa 

### or money requiredby sny rob, permit, lioenaeor registration required b: the prarision~~

OS thisAot.”
Tha above seotionolearly sfiors that the ,&gielature

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_ - _ - - Intendadthat your aeparment 8na~ 8pena oruy nuon rums as ar% oolleotedunder the term8 of Senate, Bill 150.

200 In the admlnlatratloa of that Aot after August’ 31, 1939. You ~111 bo llaited to auoh moneys

### aa are oollaoted under the terau of the **Aot** and if you aolleat

### more than the @4,400 during the year of August 31, 1940,you mw spend only #S4,4OO'but In the arsnt you do not aollootthat muoh moner, you oan spend only suoh wney as Is oolleoted. For the year August 31, 1940, to August 31, 1941, the ‘appropriation oallm for $28,350. That Ir the maximum amountthat yoti ma;t spend dzrlring

that riO0.4 ~y4ara Ton are Malted to suoh moneys as is oollsoted by your department with the ataxiatum

fixed by ths Legislature.

In questionaumbrrfour you ask what emount or maney you nmy s-rid rior to August 31, 1940. The Ihgialatun has appropriated

510,000Sor,the immediatsusa of your departmmt in the admlnlttr8tion 0r thl8 aot and if that amount 0r money is **aeomsary** for tha adolnistratlon oi the aot, rou may apead all or the ~10,000prior to August 31, 1939. The Lagialatw knew that no moneywas available to start the dspartssnt, osr In this work and th%y appropriated$10,000 out of the 3enaralAlnd for that purp084. They did not have In mind the

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rpeoial appropriation rhan in Ssotion 80 they 

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never exoeed the amount of monay oolleated"**for** q6~xmnsywag or would be avaflablo untl1, an organization waa.,$lsp%,

up to oolleatthe fees under the aot. Ik’ado not belieyi, that the Le~lalatur% intended th& th% 910,000 approprlqt‘ed ior hmediete uaa must be repaid out of the reoslptr of the admlnlatratlon of this Aot. A statuts mu-t ba oonatrued by glrlng &feat to al1 its parts, 39 Tax. Jurla. p, 808, and by hamnizing th% varIou8 provIsIon of the sot. 39 Tex. Jurla. 9. 20~. In ao doing we bellsvr the intent was to start this depart-t or? wltb $10,000 and from than on'it must sarn its way. -#a’ do dot think that the Legfulatura iat~bed for your deppartarent to wait until money was oollwsted to s%t up your organlr%tIon. In order to bagin the adrfnistratlon Of ths Aot, that amount of mossy was oooalgsred nooaaaarp and they, therefore,

### appropriatad it for the.uae of your department. Our opinion Is thnt you may spend au,Oh portion of the W3,OOC aa 

### Is neoaaaary prior to August 71, lOJO, and that fou.&y spend $S4,4oo **duriag** the riaoaf year 19SV-1940, if that amount or money ba oollaoted and be neoosaary for the admlniatratloa of the Aot.
Xh question number tire **you** ask **ii** al1 **aooounta mast**  bo pr%a%ntsd to the State Health Offloar and the Treasurer or this **State** prior to going to ths Co!aptrollsi~s offloe for dlsburaement., SsatIon 8a of thla bill ap?roprIatad $10,000
ror lmmadlatr uaa that the Aot apaoItloally rsqulrea, that such runda *to be dlsburasd by order ot the Stats Health Otfloor and Trsaaurar of thla Stat%.” Amto the $10,000 appropriation, it la our opinion that suoh mcnsya as are apont by your dsfiartmant out of the #lO,OOO appropriation must be paid upon order of the Stats Xoalth Oifloor and Treasurer of thla state. Xo do not **beliers** that that roquiraawnt is ap$icable to the aparopriotionfor the fisaal gears beginningSeptember 1, 1939, and Septambsr 1, 1940. Seotlon @a la your apeolal approprlatlon and the Leglslaturs wanted a ohaok 05 the expandltur% of those funda and for that reason apeoltied that It **be disbursed**  **by** order **ot** the State Health Cifioer and Tr%aaurer of Texas. The aparopr‘latlon for th% next bianciel **Is** Itemized**as** are moat approprlatlona and they did not spacity that they be paid out ae **are** the funds under 3sotlon Ba, The biennial appropriation beginning September 1, 1939, IsDr. &&ge V. Cox, 

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prorldad for ae are all departmental apgrogriatia&bti Very tru+y fours
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