OI=F~CE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTlN 

Dr. oeorp r. cox 

jtata Zedth Qf?i~ 

Aastln, Tuas 

Dear slrr 

obtalned izm eollrotlonr 

l br Seo tloOa R prowldee in p a r t suo h 

;%uds to be dlmbursed by ordu ot the State 

Wth Otriou an4 the Tr8atmru or ttils Stata. 

208s this mka tw a a00ormta boron b&u3 

~arentsd to tb Coqtrolbr aball be approtbb 

%y the State Esalth Offiou an4 the Trea8uru 

%r this stata?’ 
Dia. Oeorge W. Cox, Faae.% 

You first aak if the $10,030 appropriatfon'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 

‘.CY:p1, &* Them la hereby app$oprlated 

lsrawdlately out 0r~the GeneraL run4 or the 

State Troaaury not other&m apprbprlated a 

sum ot Ten Thousand ($10,000) Dollar8 to 

oarrf out the purpoaea and provlslona of 

this Aot ror the rmelmlu 0r the ri8d 

fear endlnil Aoguat Sl, 1939, auoh fund8 to 

bq dlaburaod by order or the State Bealth 

Oirlaer and the Treaaurer of this State.' 

The above aeotion dlaoloaea the l&ention 02 the 

Legislature that there a&all bo l vsllable to your departrent 

$10,000 for the purposes OS setting up md osrrylng out the 

provisions ot this AOt for ths remairulsr O? tha ii8Qal year 

i 938-59. The emrgenop olausa of the Aot aupports that conalus 105. It was the latontlon or the Legislature that the 

organization a& up be oonpletad as aocn aa posalble and 

that the Act be put into toras aa soon as proper ate 8 oould 

be taken to adminlater the Aot. In our oplnlsn the ~lO,OOO 

approprfatlon mentlonsd 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 whether ths ~10,000 abcre 

mentioned auat be expended prior to August 31, 1939, if not, 

mey it be expended at a late% date. ssotion 8s quctsd above 

rays thet the $10,000 apprpprlatod la to carry out the purposes and grovlalcns al 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 spent by 

ttet time revert to the Osneral ?und. 7fe believe th t the 

Le&slature intended that auoh recne~~ aa reoelced in tbla 

$l",:;O; :,"i on kugwt 31, 1839, should revsrt to the State 

In our opinion you oan apond aa lnuah or all 

of the $lO,O~O appropriated aa la oaorawrp in oarryirg out 

the provisions of Senate Bill Pi00 rior to Septeimbsr 1, 1939, 

but all money8 unspent out OS the P 10,000 on that qate ahall 

revert to the State Seaera Fund. 

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

aavoral sums approprlat%d in Seation 8b of Senate,Blll No. 200 

8~3 Iado endrnt ap?ropriatlOn8 OifOOtlYo Au&U& &knd it they 

err oont 3 ngent only upon oonrys obtained from odtieotionr under 

Seotlon 80 of this Bill. 

After- reading the ratlro Aot, Ssneta Bill 30. 200, 

passed by t ha last Legislature, wo havr ~ot%rain%d that It raa 

unquestlonebly the lntentlon of the Laglalaturo that thls ditiaion of .your department, set up ?or the admlnlstratlon of thla 

Act should be self aup?ortlng snd that fund8 for the admlnlstratloa or the Aot after.Augtmt 31, 1959, ahotild 00~4 lroo the 

raoebta ooIl%ot%d in tha l dmlni8tratlon of the Aot. Sootion 

80 of- the Aot reads as hollows: 

“SEC, 80. The expenditure of any. manl yr under this Act aball nevdl r toeed tha 

amount of money obtained mm the oolleotioa or money required by sny rob, permit, 

lioenae or registration required b: the 

prarision~~ OS this Aot.” 

Tha above seotion olearly sfiors that the ,&gielature ._ - . .-_ _ - _ - - Intendad that your aeparment 8na~ 8pena oruy nuon rums as 

ar% oolleoted under 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 aolloot that 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 amount that 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 question aumbrr four you ask what emount or maney you nmy s-rid rior to August 31, 1940. The Ihgialatun 

has appropriated 5 10,000 Sor,the immediats usa 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 ~10,000 prior to August 31, 1939. The Lagialatw knew that no money was available to start the dspartssnt, osr In this work and th%y appropriated $10,000 out of the 

3enaral Alnd for that purp084. They did not have In mind the 
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rpeoial appropriation rhan in Ssotion 80 they ,said, “ihall 

never exoeed the amount of monay oolleated" for q6~xmnsy wag 

or would be avaflablo untl1, an organization waa.,$lsp%, up to 

oolleat the fees under the aot. Ik’a do 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%.” Am to 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 aparopriotion for the fisaal gears beginning September 

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, Is 
Dr. &&ge V. Cox, Pags 5 

prorldad for ae are all departmental apgrogriatia&bti 

Very tru+y fours 

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