OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

Bon. J.B. idaDonald,

### Codseioner Department

ofA~laxilture Austin, Texas

opinion Ilo.042ll

Be: Does the Departaien have authority of 

### th6 ftelnsde 5ent of sa&r166

lauq and these,

oeEQal.6onMn6 6eneral R6v6xtuO.
tcom **Charter** Filing P608 Civil Statutes, 1985, 8.4 as per item 55-B of theHon. J.E. 36cDonald,

### hnuaissioner, pa@ 2 

### F

the Baboouk Butterfat Lau, and the amaunt of this ccmtingent is #1,500.00. The next 

### repreeents tees derived through the aduinistratlcm ,a$Qhapter~304, 3eguLar Sseaion 

### 0rtfie Party-rirmLagicilatum, the fame being foes oolleated 

### r0rgerniaatlon teats and t&e amount is sarried uiad(p: itera58-I. 

### Oetieral Appropriation Sills the anmuzitis $2,500&O. "The asxt Xs,funds remsirad through the leas**ing of**  **Jaolcs** and Stallions tu,Caretaksra aOOotding.to the prorlsiorrroi XI& l.2,Pirst Callsd Session of the Horty-fifth'Iagislatum and api pears as Item 64-a la the General Appropriation Bill, and the 8mount ti $1@cL00.
*Please advlse'if the Departr;.ent nil1 havs the aathority to use auy 

### portiona of the ab6V8 items 

### andamountsrotor ths papnrentot salsr1e6 

### rorposition8 not otherwise -provided for in the dpproprletion Billi"

"Rent, heat, light, postage, telephone,~te;legraph, printing, supplies and @ontinaes'it, (un&~arsoor~ oura)
Item 

### X5-b read8 as follows: *Rent, heat* light, t@qhone, telegraph, 

### printing **6suuplles oaring**  **our6)** Itqn 64-a iuoludes the follw~tHon. J.E. WDcmald, Cormaissioner,page 9

*'PostcaSe,

printing, freight, graph ant Contingent." telephone, tele- 

### (Underscoring

ours) Thus YO 

### findsix itom under (lifferentspecial 

### rwncainwhrcptheuordaYin&Contingent9 are **u#d.** 

### In oii~p~thre#0r them 

### is the list 

### 0rpw*~er preoedin(t the words .ru:dContingent" 1tZsntloal. be oall attention 

### to this fact In view or the stete5ent in 

### the letter of request that 'Uere is lteniizedfour aaounto under the heaCIng, *Rent, heat, Ifghts, postage, 

### talephone, telegraph, 

### printing su?;,liesand Contin&eat, eta.**
It 

### iS to be nctcd that in eaoh of the above instances the appropriation is frorl: swcial fundz areated under oertain laws referred to in the itezioed appropr~- ation. 

### Under the heading %U.ntenance and iGaellnneolura there is en appropriation out of the G8naralReven~ue mid 

### 0s the state ior: Wirniture, 

### rixturez3, postage, 

### printing,express, telephone, selegraph and Contingent ofpllSeS.*~ pieespecially want tc 

### callattention tothe:raat that there 

### isno speoia3, inhibition 

### kntheDepartmnt of Qrictilture **Appropriation agaloet~the**  

### sn&opnsatoi additional salaried 

### emplo~rees other than those prorided for specirleally. The General U&r to Senrto Bill 427 

### oon&&&s~the tolloning Lndtrect authorization ior the **emplomrit oi**  aGtitiona1 

### employees out 

### 0r co~tlngent appropriations: R~PI:~ITI~~AL,ELCPLO~'S'C~~SATIO~~. *ha any a&dZtlonal ea. whuhish.spc~iti~sa loyeea, other than those Sor LY appropriations have 

### here& In been me&e, are fnqloyed and are to be **paid** out 

### 0r oontlngent a?propriatlons, such enployeas sbfillnotbt3 i-maid alargeramountthanthat provlcfjd in the regular approprlatted zaZarie8 S0r gimilar positionz in aueh department or ac;enoy,zaqdin she event there are no airmiler positions withln.suoh depertment, then ouah **ad-**Hon. J.X. EoDo:mld, Oomz&mioner, page 4

ditioaal employee shall not be paid a larger **anount** than that provided for sia5vlarpositions in other 

### departments or agenolea. In the 

### event laborera, akilled laborers, and me&aulcs ORBnot be obtained at the ubove mentioned salary male, then 

### thehead oi eriahdepartment may pay tot temporary srzploymantonly not exaeed5.q the prevailing wage wale paid in the looallty whem the **teraporary** eervlce is to be rendewd~w The worda woorAlagent approprlatlon8* would-iu

### cluCe contingent money8 out oi special fund8 an well aa **moneys out**  0r the Gemeral Rerenue Fund. Opinion HO. O-X532, or t&Is Department, by the Hon. Riahard Vl.Fairohlld, **to** George 

### EL Shepherd,Caap troller 

### of Publio hooounte 

### OS the state 

### OSTcwu ia 

### dlrectly 

### in point.
In thfs 

### opir.ion

it ieheld that:
* * * * unless the particular departnent 28 speelally prohibited hem engaging any salaried employees ia addition to those provided spwi

### flcel4 by the apptopti8tion for that dopartmerit,a de~tmnt head my use his 

### *aontJngcst* ap mprlation for the smplayment of **odUitianal** r&r 

### ied help. 'Ehedepartaent head ia not mqulred to obtain the approval of the tlmltation **or mq-mentr**  Board 

### ber0- **makIng** onoh employlru3nt, r0rth.a **Boardhas** jurlsdiationonl~~er thr glcyendittweof ~surplueee* In asrtain spedial tua&s, and not over the expenditure of roontingent expense* appzopriaticms. Tb, departimnt head, -ever, will **be required**  to **mmber** swh **salaried** poaitiour areated.and paid out of this oontingent fund, as provided in the paragraph ca 'salary payments* in the general rider to the general appropriation bllLw ThereasQnin **ortihc** abore opinion istbattae Legislature **used** tii e **term** *aontingent e~patme*~in the mams of general Items of esptmse got proride& .&a?ep oifically, rather )hm inaidetital or unfi?remas lte?M*

## 55

Eon. J.lS.MoDonald, 

### Cosurdssioner, page 5


### Vie wishtopointoutcertain

### limitations contained

in the generaZ 8nd speafal rider8 of the General DepartnrentalAppropriation BlU, Senate Bill.487 of the Fortysixth Legislature upoa the expenditure of oontisgent fLulus.
In the general ride8 there is a IImitation apon the amouat of the lu8p #um appropriation for aostingsnt expenses rbiah smy be **expended**during say **three** month8 period, 8ald provision reading as follme:



### ~‘?t ia further provided that, durlhg say three 8ohth8 period, no dspartment oan exp8nd 

### more th88 one-fourth of the appropriation 8s.doherein for: 1.. (b) OOAtingQlt expe88e8, ... protldsd 

### that any 

### unexpended

balanoes frO8aprerlour qua&an m8y be 

### expended during subsequent :~arter8.~
In additlos,your attention 

### Isoalledtotheprohibition against the use OS such oontfagent **fund** to 8uppl8ment the moheya pro&I&d 

### rot “traveling exsensem*, as r0md8r *It is pamriciedthat 00 mpenditurer 8haU be aade for traveling expenaea by a8y dap8rtPent of this State in exoeas 

### of the ammnt of smmay itemized herein SOT said purpoee~~"
I.nthe third plaae in the speQiaL rider to the Bepartnrsntof Agriculture Appropriatloh in Senate Bill 4B7, the expenditure of swneys ,$nCepeolalnind8 is l.%m **ited** expressly to the oarrylng loutof protisionr,of 

### the aot8 nhioh areated the speaialrimd8 theu8?8lv6& X8 other words, the sio8eyaa6aruiu to a rpsaial fond 

### under a oertain law oaoonly be 

### usedtor oartying out th8 pso

### vi~l~nsor that 

### partioular law a8d eanhot be 

### l6geil4 **used** for aaomplishihg the purposes of,any other la%
It 18 our opinion that ki the abS88Qe Of any prohibition against the hiring or additional aapZoyee8 to those speoifiaally prorlded ~QS in the hepert888t of Agriculture Appropriation u8dar Senate Bill 427, the &ep%rt&nt oi Agricblture ha6 the authoritjtsU8e its rarlous eontinged agpgoprlaticm out of apaalal fuada'Hon. J.E, ScDonald, Cozmlssioner, page 6,



### oreated

under the various aats, such as those 

### oontlngent qproprlatlons set forth 

### at theout 

### oetotttrie o~lnlon, for the ezploymnt **of** additlozal salaried help, but 

### ~thatcoztlngeatifund under one aot nay not 

### beused for

### thehiring of additional salaried help to aarry out the ;>rovisionsof asother 

### eat. Trusting that the abDva 

### ruirp mswers your lnquirp, we -8
Yours very truly

**iStob** Encl. (Opinion O-1332) **BY** 

### &rsiatant

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