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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

Honorable George H. Sheppard Comptroller of Public Amounts Austin, Texaa Dear Sir;

cent letter readpoaitlon of License Fees Colember 1, 1943, the Comlaaionth the State Treaaurer **aa** moneys received by him Prom the proviaiona of thla Act, **separate** fund knownaa the oy fund’ and to be used for expenaer inaumed in inspeating, regulating and printing blank forma to be furnished such employment agenoiea by the Coomiasioner and the aame, together vlth balanae on handin ruch fund on the effective date of this Act, is hereby appropriated for said purpo~e,~and all suoh expenditures #hall be verified by the peraon to vhomruoh paymentaare madeand on the epproval or such expenditures by the Comiasioner it

)Itr~oy”~,“,r.r.n” .I -- --r-..---..-Bonorable Oeorge If, Sheppard, page 2

shall be the duty of ths Comptroller of the State to drav his varrant on the Treasurer of the State for the amountor suoh sxpenditures in favor of the person olaimlng the aame,to be paid out of the gesIployaent agency fund.' OnSeptember 1, 1943, all moneya remaining in ruah 

### l peolal fund and all moneTathereafter reoeived by the Cow mudonor frao llosnse few underthis Aot shall be paid into andbeoome a part of the Oeneral Revenue Fund. *

‘For 8o180

years the Bsplo~nt Agenoy Peer oolleoted under the lav repealed **by the**  above aot ha?8 been deposited ia the General Revenus Fund and plaoed to the aredlt of a rpeolal aaoount oarrled in the Oomptroller*s Appropriation Ledgers as ~Employment Agenor Ice Acoouut.~

‘The ?orty-fifth Iaglslature appropriated these feea by plaolng lo the general appropriation bill the r0ii0ving8

**“ ‘** **All** employmentagenor licenre fees, together with any unexpendedbalanoe oi suoh feea remainingon hand at the end of any ilsoal year are herebyappropriated for the purport or rupervising ,employmentagenoies and the dlstrlbutlon of farm labor, lnoludfng salaries aud other neoeaaary expenses for eaoh of the ilsoal years endlng August 31, 1938 aud **Auguat** 31, 1939, and that no 8u emisor or other smployse shall be i aid m than 135 per month **out Of**  l uoh feel. AlP nonha oollected for employmentagenoy lloense fear shall be deposited in the State Treasury in a speolal fund knovn aa *ThePrivate Employment &my Fund.“’ 'The For+rlxth Iaglalature plaoed in its general appropriation blll the follovlngt "8 For the Years ZauUng August 31 (Out of HmploymentFund) 1940 A”;&31
1 Supervisor .*
.. .. ....*
. .. ..$2,100.00 ~2,100.00 2 **Asslatsnt Qupervlsor......**  1,500.OO 1,500.oO

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honorable Oeorge II. Sheppard, page 3 

# z Stenographer ,...r.. ...i..*$l.3!i!i.,~ Trmeling expettae8.~.~~~~~ . 5 Stationery, printing, postage, 0rri0e **supplle8,** telephone, telegraph and expre8a~.w~R~~..~.......~.~ 200.00 200.00 Total from lkploysmixt **Fund** $5,65O.OO 45AO.00 ’ %ubjeot to the llRitationr wt forth in the provlaions appearing at the end of this Aot, all enplomnt 

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ganoieq, liOer& fees, togsthsr Vitk any tutexpandedbalauoe of su0h fees remaining on hand at the end oft& flsoal year, are hereby appropriatedfar the **purpose** of **supervising** saplopsent agenctos and the distribution of fma labor, f OF eaoh of the time1 gew8 ending August 3i, 1940, attd AU&urt 31, 1941. *TheForty-seventh LegiabtuP’e plaoed in ita general appropriation bill the follovlngt **For tke**  Yearspzd

**August** 1, ? 1943 August 31, **(Out oi**  Erployissnt &mar **Fe:zi2** Sdu-1~ and JUlntenanaet 18. **Superviaor,.............$2,100.00** lg. AsLboista&8UpsrVlsOF..
. . 1,500.OO **20.** Steno rapher

!f ......*..*.. 1,3p~ 21. Wars Ing erpensea..~... . **22.** StaWmsry, printing, pastage, c2ftt38 suppltea, telephone, telegraph and expreaa..4........b..8~ 500.00 500.00
~5,9500.00 ’ Total from mlownt Ageucry Fe.8 $5,950.00

‘There vas no rldor on this bill. 

### l u the 0108s of the fiaoal year en**ay Aue**  ust 31 1939, there va8 an unused balance o &29.2b rhlah va8 carriedforvard on the Goaptroller’s books to the next yew 

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Honorable ffeorge H. tlheppard, pago 4

'At the alose of the fisoal year ending Aug**ust 31,**  1940, there vas an Uwred balance of 43,981.X. Thlr balance vaa **not carried**  SorVard although it oould hare been flprobably uould have been if the need had arL8eo.

“At the close **of** the fiso81 yeu ending **Aug ust**  **31,** 1941, there vas an unusedbalams of 

## 41.898.27or that year rscelpta. This balanor vaa not onrrisdforward be@aure the nev bioae9al appreiation bill failedto appropriate ‘any unexpendedbaluroe' **a8** the previous bill had done. .At the dose 0s **the** flaoal year ending August **31,** 1942, them vaa an Unusedbalanoe of **41,464.5Ji of**  **that** year receipts. 'ihia, balanas uas not aarrled Sorvard for the reason rtated xiextYi50ve1

‘At the effeatlve date of House Bill NO. 264 **there** vaa au Unexpendedunenoumberedbtianoe of approximately $1,500.00 in the aurrent fiaaal year aaaount

. The fess nov being aolleatsd under the nev aat are **being** depo8lted ia a 8peOlal fund in the **Treasury** vhloh, in keeping vlth the aat, is titled Qmploysumt &enoy Fund.’ **It** Is reparate and apart from Oeneral Revenue Fund.
‘Xtt orderthat the LaborGoIa8is8ioner and the Coagtroller night kKiOV just Vhat mOMy8are nov available **for** expenditure in thla oomeotlon your **anavers** to the following queatlona **are** re8- peatfully repueatedr '1. Doea **House** Bill lo. 264 appropriate and nov makeavailable for expenditure all or elthsr Of the baleno remaining UQU8ed in the EmployatentAgenoy Fee Aoaount at the close of the flaaal yeara ending in 1940, 1941, or 19&2? “2. Doea Bouoe Bill Ho. 264 appropriate the Ra loysmnt Agemy **Fees** aolleoted ainae Au&rut **31,** 19&2, **and**vhiah nov remain unexpendedandaonorable Oeorge R. Sheppard, page 5 

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unenaumbered in the apealal aooount in General R lvenue Fund? “3. IS you SnSVePqueatlon No. 2 in the negative, then Pro the fees at111 available under ths general appropzlation bill for tie payment of the itsme set out in that bill? “4. If yo3 **anever** either question 1 or 2 In the afflrmatlve, then would the Oomptroller .beauthorised to transfer auy OSauahbalance or balaaoss front the Oensral Revenue Fund into the lRmploymentAgenayFund ’ referred to as a rpeoial rum m I

. . . . Your attention ir dlreoted to the partloulu vording and phraseology of the above quoted seotlont

I The ComUesionsr ahall deporlt vlth the 3&t; l!reaIurer all moneysreaeived by him.
. . to be held’& ieplrate **fund knovn**  aa the tenmloment agen ’

. . . and the 8R.M together with balane d In auoh fund on t&e effestlve date **of** this Aot, la hereby approprlat8d,

. . , @to. , , .s (amghaSi8 0~28) In enacting the above qxoted provirion into lav, the Legielature mayhave arsumedthat there erlrted a balance on hand in s fund~:designated aa the *employmentagenty fun&.” If euch were the caac it Wasa mistaken assumption.

It Is true, as pointed out In your letter, that the 45th Legislature emoted into lav the follovlng provlrionst

I **All** moneys oolleoted **for** employment ageney’lktae tee6 shall be deposited in the State Treasury in a 

### l psolal fund knovn en ‘The Private Baploxmsnt Agenay Fund.lv (IWpheal%‘- oura) In sn **effort** to render 8ffSetlVe the obviously lntended appropriation in Section 4 of Rouse Bill Ro. 264, aupfa, ve might assumethat the Leglalature Intended to appropriate vhat may have been asrunsd to have bean an uousad

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Xonoreble Goorgo B. Shepprsd, peg. 6

balmwe in ‘The Private 3Wployment&genayFund.” Uponfurther examlnatlon, however, ve find a8 emphasisad in your letter, that the 46th Legislature simply appropriated ‘the unexpended belanoe of 8uch fee8 for the purpore of rupervlslng employment 8gencier

. . . ior eroh o? the rimsal **yrerr** ending Augurt 31, 1940, and Augu8t 31, 1942.’ Shoe the 46th bgirlature did not rpeoify thet the fee8 oolleoted in 1940 and 1941 nor the ‘unexpended balanoeg in the **“ Privete**  Employment Agenoy Fund” should be plaoed in a rpeola; fund, the ef ’ieot vaatt;s!e the unexpendedbalinae lrom The Private Baplo into uhet’ls together uIth the fQer oolleoted In 1940and 19 4’ a, oom8only reierred to e8 the germ%1 lund, thereby depleting the rpeoiel **f+und**oreeted by the 45th kgirleture, There then remained no belanoe on hued ia “The Private Baploynent Agenoy Fund.” PO money 

## tothe The 47th Legislature apgroprieted
‘i’dVAt. fhploylobnt &8nOy Fund nor 1)88 8ny unexpended**be&me** appropriated. The unexpendedbelanae on hand on the erreotive date or HauteBill No. 264 uar not in mayrpeoiel fund nor in any other ‘ruoh fund” a8 OoAteapleted in the bat.Ye aennot aonrtrue the langtLag*u8ed a8 evinaing a legirlatlve intent to eppropriate vhat you term the balance in the eooouut oarried on your books a8 the “mPployme&~ op Fee Aoaount.’ fhi8 bel8noe io not a balanoe in a rpeaial rund, but 8imply repre8XGTie Ufferenoe between the amount or certain fee8 depoalted to the credit or the general fund and the vZthdrawal8 **from** the general fund iOr **oertaln** author**lted** pUXpO808. Thh ooiue8 about by Virtue Orthe legirletive, praotloe. from time to time In the .biennlel **89** bi118, **to** 5ewure the Labor CoPrPPis8ionQJr’8 oprlation autI? ority to drev egain8t oerteln appropr~atlons from the general fund by the yardrtlak 0r the amount0r ire8 thet he depo8lted **to** the credit of the general fund. 6 “rpeal81 fund.” This 18 entirely different from The lenguege ured by the bglrlature in thi8 Aat evldenoe8 the puTpore to appropriete a belame In a Qp00m 

## mid,@ end In our oplnlon, the root that the 8pOGhl fund doe8 not exist doe8 not authorize u8to eonrtrue the bill to appropriate any sun 0r money rma the generel **fund.**

Your riX8t three quertion8 8re thererore en8Yered in the negative which render8 W maPeP to quertfon Ho. 4 unneoe8mry.
Your8 **very** truly