OFFICEOFTHEATTORNEY GENERALOFTRXAS 

AUSTIN 

Eonomblr K. Lee O'Dud.1 

Ooramor of Teur 

XU+l, T.xAB 

Wo ere plemmd to 

bar 91 lQ39 nhtlag to 

quot. fa aalit. 

t is erttitod that #~9,%!46,000.00 

Z&I I* 

ar will be roqulzud to maintain the 

on progrim oa the 1~38~59 brrir for 

the bimuthm boginning sopteaber 1, 19W, 

of whleh Qndlnli, or np.mMm6t~l~ 

#9,693,300.00, represent* the ap2roxlmate 

& mo unt roqulred l aoh of tha para o? the 

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Honarsbls K. Lao O'X3uii.1, m 5 

blannium rro8 6kt0 iunds. B8tiratd Me- 

~me r0r tb8 biamiu boginning Soptuber 1, 

lOSO, r o unta to l pprorlmata1.J $l.l,575,000.00 

for l ach par or $23,180,000.00 for .the biennl\lr. 

l Houaa Bill No. 179 paaao6 by tha Regular 

L*aaioa of the Forty-sixth Lwgfalatum mllooat*d l pprorlmataly ~.z,%iO,oOo .Oo rnrr the 

old ago l aalatanoo fun68 (luring tha l pprmlrat.8 parlodoftha fl8aal ST ending hu@lat 

51, 1940, for the llquid8t f on of warrants i8- / sued @or to Beptubir 1, 19S9. Tha alloo&,/ 

tioa OopzlT~a tha fun4 of mvanlla far Old a&a 

l 8818tanae 4urlag tba first part of the aurnnt period, the mount ot which 18 maoaair~ 

to ulxltnia tha progrr llnl*aB the revoaue ior 

tha oatin bionnlum aan 80 l quallrod over tba 

l atlro two puB of the l pproprlatlm. 

-1 dll l pproalate Jr#u opinion oa tha 

tollowiry quea tiona t 

*(l) It la aontuplatod that l atimatea 

of monaa uader prosant laws wlth aeoosrary 

@orlodioal nrlaloaa will hara to ba mde for 

the aamnt pariod, whiah is the bfanaLu8 

kglnalng Soptamber 1, lOSO, and after Ioduation oi the amount aeaessary to llqtidata old 

warrant8 ($B,SS0,6?16.30) tha balanae should be 

l pproxbaately equally d.laoat*d br month8 to 

maintain tha progr~ for the eurront bloaalum, 

Is uah a prooeduro lagal, and i.f so, what' 

agency of the Tuna govenuaent. is raqulrad to 

J 

make suoh l atlmntas of ro~onuo? 

"(2) Aaaudng that iavutara 88~ be round 

who will agree to hold ma-iatenst-baaring 

old ago l aai8taneo warrants, without Uaaount, 

Imud under proper authority to old l ge a#- 

slataa~. naiplenta, by authorltr or thm 6tata 

Dapartmant of ZWblla lFel.fan, UT wah warrant.8 

be issued at mf tka durlag the aurnat twoyear parlod, as nqulrod, to aury out the program on the praaent bar18 poridod 8uah war- J 

rants issued to not l xoaab the l rallablm epproprlatd rovonua Sor l aaiataaao purposes for the 

durnnt blennluw 
Honorable 9. Km OIDsnlal, Paga 5 

a'(s) Aaauming that thara 'btluld b 8n 

seoumnlatkn of +alIUp:T iaauod outstandlly 

wursnta l tTobnury 1,194l,notoxaoe4l~ 

ttbs uaoolloata6 l ppmprlated ravenus r0r tlr 

final oaven mouths or tha blenxlum, would 

#ah warmats, tier l xlatlq lawa, be l 

eharge w.alsat ap.gmprlatad old age osalntanao revonuea Xo be l olleoted &ring t)w 

r 

rlod Fsbnrarr 1, 1M.l. to A&gust 51, 15U? 

Bevoaue ta h a l o lla o ted udu present la ws 

tar tha paled tm tebruarf 1, MU, to 

Aaipwt 51, 1941, Is l atimstad to k l pprsrirtelr ~6,UZ5,000.@0). 

'(4) &atlas 44 oit3enate aill lo. 55 

h8own ox tbe State Deputmat of Publie Web 

iore Aatnau ss iallaus: 

Wea. U. ‘xr at 0-7 the f&at. &ads 

ue rd nailable to pay sll grants or seo lx tenale a full es l uth o r lxed la this Act 

und In Raise Bill lo. 8, Asts Forty-,-iauth 

tl;lslatuo, Third kllsd 6oasIoa, said. 

grants shsll bo prorated ln 8etmrdan8e with 

raquiraeats of ths Fsdaral Soaisl keuritJ 

Board, Ianofu as those grants ar0 aonaum6 

ior iU pwmant otuhlah Ispsrt Fadarir Fuab 

us ellaeated br said Soolal &wrIty Board. 

-The l Sh o t o f th lo notion o f th8 Act 

4 q a er ea mutlr st be eonslderacl ia tha latarpretatloa ai the rall4lty ot warrents Issued, 

8elnat 8ppraprlated revaauas to tha ssaistan00 tuad. Thla saatlon saamstomsnthst 

suah prorations sad lbitatlona a8 are applied 

by tLs statute sra aontlngant upon the Foduel 

8oolal &rurlty Bard~rlrst sppl 

s 

s@ suah prorations and llaitstlons, snb us 1 -plied by 

tha I8 mstah.lna state fus&a, la not ta 5s 

epplld by the mato Dmpartmnt of Publle folfue In their odminlstntfon. 

l Xn this ~zuwatloa I uonld llh to ssk 

If then Is cay law 00 our 8tatutea roqulr~ 

tha proratlm6 or paymut.8 to rralpl~ts 0r ou 

a@ l oistxaae other t&~ the abam nation, 

snd8hatl8 the peoper laterpretstlas orths 

l bao natlost 
. Honorable W. ke O*Dsn%s~,'Psgs 4

-0 to sa l xIntlaondltlak a 6 ia*lah 

tlm is tb l aeeaaa of the sltuatloa, I 

WI&~ l pprealate mu? s??ort to furnish Y 

tsar oplnlon ou tL questlou abmltted as 

early sa posaIble.* 

‘Ehe deternInatlon oi the 8wera.l quaationa l akad 

in fopr letter aee*saltatas s sare?ul aonalderatlon of tb 

aoaatltutisnal prmlalon snd statutes sppllaabla t&ruts. 

Old &a A8slstaaoe la5lslatlon wa s l utlmrlsed br 

aonstltutIomal -m&meat m4optod at an l leatlon held August 

/ 

84, 1955, whlah asu appaus as &at&a 5lb, Artlale 5, or 

the Tsxas Coastltutlon, ual meds, in part, as followar 

?Tho &gIUature shallhavetheqprrr 

~~[&l~~ ,"*~X~&~~~*- 

tlonr as may be de-d by tlu Logidlatam 

l rpedleat, r0r aI& l ga l sslataaaa ~4 rot 

the pymatotuenot to l raaeQFlftsaa 

Oollara.($lS) per month sad to l otual bona 

tide dtluns of Texas who ue over the 

qga or 8irtprin (65) years . . .a 

It IS to k roted that this soastltutlosal madmnt Is on its raae neither Madstory aor l elf-euoutIag. It 

wrslr areatea as l &dltlonal l soeptlon to tb prohlbltlon eoaWaed la Beation 51 Art&ale 5, sgelast the granting o? 

publla moseys to lnditlduals, eta ., and to that extent, exJ 

ppda tha authority of ths Lsgfslature. 

The ?lrat l naatmant under this aoaatltutlonal smandmat wae passed In 1955 by the Ssaond Called 5e~lon o? the 

d4th Laglslature, being ENBe Bill Ho. 86, Chapter 473, p. 

18S4, o? the laws or said Session or ths Legislature, whlah 

bill uaa entitled the *Old &s Asslstanae AaI.* This Act 

areated the Old Age Aaaistanae Cmuiaalom, set up the Standards sad rrthoda SOT Its speratloa and araated thm wTusa 

Old Age Aaalstanae Tund" 88 8 apea bl tuad in the Treaaurr 

out o? ublah all expanses o? l dmlnlatratloa and bssarlt 

payawnta to t&a nalpleats ot Old Age Aaalstxnce warn to ba 

paid. The pnaml plan and outline for tha l dmlnlatratlom 

sad payment of Old Age Aaalstanae whlah mna oat up br said 

House Bill to. tl) is still saintshed although the Aot has 

boon twice amended. 
Boaarable W. Las OfDaniel, PSg8 5 

Is Oatsber, 16S6, the 4 4 th Leglaleture l t Its Third 

Called ksaloa smnded the Old A5a AaaIataaae Aat bl EOUH 

Bill No. 8, Chapter 495, p. 1cO40, or the Oenoral aad Speolal 

Lake of aald saaaloa by daal~atlog #a State Board of Control sstb Old Aga Aaslataaee Camlrsloa mshlng-a few 

minor ohan@s Is the aUmiulstntfre detaIia o? the lot and 

proriding ohlbus tu msasurea, the grooeeda et which wsrs 

mada payable tstha Old A&s AaaIstaaoe ?und. 

The Old Age Aaalotanoe Aat w&a amended a third 

tlm br Sanate Bill PO. bd, l naate4 by the Begular ~aslon 

o? the 46th laglslature la 1959. This Act plaoea the aauInlatratloa or 014 Age AsaIst6use under the apervI*loa 

OS the neulpereated KWpartunt o? Pub110 Waltara. 5hat 

uaa daalguakd as the aOld * Aaalatanae Funda Iu Eouae 

Bill Ho. 5 Is rde 8 dltlsIon s? the Vsxaa Pablla Waltan 

Only minor ahngea howwro l ra made In the genZ*aIaa a? sdmIalsterIag*Old A6e iaalstanae saka tb rimd 

out o s whIah Oad Age Asalstanoe pymnts am &de. 6814 

Smuts Bill lo. 56 la tha latest l nsotmsnt of the Lsglalature oa the question of Old A68 Asslatanae snd Its prsrlaloss sre therefore eontrolllag, but a study and aapariaon 

of the thrae Acts above reterred to l.adlaatss that the ame 

gsneral plas and purpoaa was sought to b e l aoanpllahed. br 

each OS the three A&a. This bely true, ua bsllere that 

it dll be helpful to l xsmlne snd aoaaldar those prsvlslons 

in each o? the three rota ublah relate to the Sundammtal 

question aorrtalneb i-a yourlettar, i.e., mkathar warranta 

ray be Iasued against mtloIpatad rsvenuea to ammo into tha 

Old &a Aasistanae Tuml uhen thara are no moneys presently 

l rellable ia Said Fund iOr the pa)lrant o? such rrrenta. 

House Blll Ho. t6, 8hapter 4TS, Acts 1955 44th 

Lsglalature, Fieoond Called f%aalon, in S&ion 9 .(bj there0s provides. 1s part< 

And ra the p 

therew~a*~nb 

fund the sum 0 

f l ppropr~~.t% la ta ::h 

mreatpfivo Mllllas Dallars (#2b,ooo,ooo) or so moh tih8=0r es 

maybe meessa~, for the blemiluaendlng 

Septuboril, 1957. aori6ea that if the 

iana la i.nmrrIoi8nt to pay all grants in. 

full, the urpb shall be paid pro rata baesd 

on tJm maouut granted to eaoh nolplent.* 

House Bill Xo. 5, ohapter 495, Act 1936, 44th Leti*- 

lature, Third Called ~eaalon, la Artlale 1, Seotlon 1, tbfl0t 
Honorable E. Lee O*Danlel, Page 6 

prwldeo, la part:; 

" . In order that the needy a-4 

b; iand for, it la aeaeaaary that tha 

Stats ha*0 funds aa had tomeet the aaarulng oblk~tioas th02-eh. 

and in seotlan 11 (bl theroot, provides: 

ther eî~a l *he by r 

. aad for tb pur 

appropriate go 

ass set cmt 

out of such 

tuna the sum 0s 8eran MIllion Dollars 

%'~h~%s%~~%ra&$& 

p~ria84 tht ii the 

tuna la lawrfialent to pay sll grants 

in till, the mum mhall be paid. pro rate 

baaed on tha amount granted to each reelploat .- 

Senate Bill lo. 36, Acts 1939, 46th Lqlslaturs 

Regular Seaaioa, provides ln Seation 44 thereof: 

gr l ta ny tlState m funds l ri not 

srallable to pay sll yants of l aalstaasa 

in full as l uthorlaod in this bat and la 

House Bill Ho. 8, Aotr 44th Lagialatum, 

TiArd Called Saaalon, said grants shall 

!stef; 

orate4 in aoaordano~ with raqulnmonts 

8 Federal 6oalil Eaourlty Board, lnsoiar as those grants are aonoerned for 

tha papumt of which ln part Federal Fund8 

era sllooated br said Social Eieaurlty Board.' 

It la to be noted that the above quoted prorlalon 

?raa House Bill ITo. 26 and the one quoted trcaa Eousa Bill 

Iso. 8 aro ldontloal. Vihlle the wording or be0tlon 44 0s 

Ssnate Bill Ho. 36 la somewhat ditrenat wa beliers t&t 

lts intent and siteat la tha same as that of tba prorlaioss 

0r the 

t 

rlor two Acts. 

aatalla 

?&at is the mmnlng or the wra 

1s' in the phrase 'I? at any tW Stata ?nndS are 

not available to pay all grants of l aaIatanoo la ?ull?" 

;A&lablew Is de?laed in Webster’s Haw Intarnatlonal Dlo1' 

&coad Edltlon as *st afspoaal~ aoceaalble sr attalaab 8s es tiaLDta arallable thst day.- 
Bonorablo W. Lam O*Danlel, Page T 

A6 aptly 8takd b Mr. Jiaatloo BraQl of ths Au&tin 

Court of Clrll Appalr in & .oamo of Lawon v. B+r, t20 

6. vi. eso: 

*&tata~a will k lntorprotod mooordlng to the popular m8nlag amplo@, oxoapt dben uwd, In l to a h nlo a l nnaa. In 

other word6 tho~.effaot -1l.l be dotorulaa4 

~~~~l:~4aad ordi~xy nmnlng ottha 

. " 

Thor0 oan be a0 quoatlon but that tb plain and 

Ordinary YUling Of t& rol'd *~raflable" rOfeS6 to 6WQthing mhloh la proaontly 6t h6nd and uauablo. 0 are unabio 

to l a c a po th o l oa6lnalon that ln the p36ln 6 m? orbinary 

soanfng ol the 16nguaga mod, maya whioh may bo l xpaotod 

to l QI into 6 fund l lghteen month6 later 6n not l allablo 

fundl s ooordlng to tha popular u6nlng of the rqrd w6vallable“, 

Uo 6ka porauadea that the Legislature intonQe4a in 

S6ctiOn 44 Or Sen6t.0 Blll 190. 56, aa well am in the oorroa~ 

pondlng provldona of the prior Aota, l bore quoted, to ln616t 

that tho 016 Ag6 Aaalatanoe Fu6d be l d6Ulaterod on a wpay’aav 

yau go* baila. 

5onato Bill S6 ftaslf 6ppropriat6a no mon.7. It 

misly naffln~ the Uloeetlon OS oertain taxes to the 016 

a g o laafatanoe fund, aa labioatd by the following prorl8ioa6 oi S. B. g6. 

Soo. lib". ..Mlmonieatbnthavo 

hontdoro, or amy be, allocated, Sor the 

pus@060 0Z oarrylng out the provialoon6 o? 

Bouao Blll Ho. 8, Ch6ptor 498, Aota OS 

the Third Cslled Seaalon of the Fartyfourth Leglalaturo, to the'Tox66 Old 

A66ht6noo Fund ah&Ill, rraa the l ssoo 3? vo 

6ate of thla Act, be 6llw6tod to 6n6 

plaoed In the Stat0 Bopartmmnt of Pub110 

wolfam hka to b0 a1666 for the purp0606 

for rhioh they wera onatod or ~proprlatod.g 

ka. Wa. "Than la haroby oreatod 

in the Trauury OS the Etato OS 'IWua 6 

rpolal fund to bo known a6 tho 'St6te 

Dopartmeat of fPblla Violtam md', to 

be kept separate and apart Srca 611 other 
Honorable W. Lao OIIknlol, Page 0 

sunam by the Stat0 TrO88U.rOr. It 16 pro- 

+I604 that tho Loglalaturo, aut of any 

mozklea allacat to aald yund, uy opproprlate mma of ronmy m?flolant to pay the 

al4 an4 l aalatanoo to nady l ltlr*na of 

T;xaa and rem the rradarlng of othar Ierdoea am provl4o4 Sor in this Aot. It is 

Surthor provl406 tha, out 0r aald Fand, 

tho Laglalaturo may l pproprlata ronl~a to 

p tiy AttrF th8 purpoaoa or l dmlnlator5.ag . 

a aooordanoo rith the l boro allocation or lnoome, 

tho Leglalattrrr in bnato Bill ilo. 427, Ad6 &OSO, Regular 

Saaalon of tho 46th &glalaturo knan 86 tho Dapartmontal 

Approprlatla Bill, awrogprlatd this lnocw o? the 014 

Aga Aaalatanoo Fund ko tha Gtato Daputrnt of Public phiSan la tho Sollouingllanguagor 

*All inow'to the Toxa8 Old Ago A8- 

alatanoo me4, a6 tranaromd to tL0 Stata 

Doportmnt o? publla Woliue Tun4 by gonate 

Bill go. S6, Aota, 46th Laglalaturo, Rogulu &aalon, togother with any baloataoa 

.on hand at the on4 0S a prior flabal ymu, 

la horoby l pproprlatod Sor l aoh of 2iao.d 

years onding Aaguat Sl, 1910, l nd Aaguat 

Sl, 1941, to the Stato Dqmrtment oi Pub110 

Wolfare ror 014 ago l aalatanoe and ?or 

aal-arlea, l qulpmant, aup~llaa,tratal, 

mlntananco, and oontlngent l xpena*a noe*aaary in the l rtonal6k of iald 014 l ga mal la ta nco a nd in l 4adnlatulng all tb 4utlaa 

raqulred of maid Doparamnt by the 014 Age 

Aaalatamo Laws, . . .*' 

It ia,to be noted that tho Logfalatuxw bore ma&o 

two wparato an4 dlatlnot appropriationa "for l aoh o? ilaoal 

years andlag August Sl, 1940 8n4 Au&tat Sl, 194l.* By tbla 

language th Loglalaturo ma nhoatly lntan486 that only tbo 

lnoome o? the fund l aoruing durlngtho flaoal year onding 

August Sl, 1940, ahould ba l peat in that year. Ignoring, 

r0r the moment, tho *pay 86 you go* Cirrotlon or 6eotion 

44, Swat0 Bill 56, they very tom6 oi this l pproprlatlon 

iorbS tho l xpondltura hrlag this Slaoal par of 10x-a thaa~ 

tho lnoaru o? Wa mar. wo do not lilah to imply that the 
Hononble pi. Ue O*Danlel, Page 9 

Legislature right not hare the pawer, under the Conatlt~tlon, 

to authorlxe the expenditure at any time of the antfoipatod 

lnooam oi tha fund 4urlng the ourront blond&m. Thla war 

oxpreasly authoriaed by the Iagialaturo in Bouae Bill 199, 

Acts 1999 46th Leglaleturo, Peguler Seaaloa, end aa we atated 

in our o&ion to yuu umler data of Pobruary 14, 1959, oplnlon 

Ho. O-315, this Aat ematlt~te4 a tall4 l xer o lm of legislative authority uador the 4oolalona thersln rite&. Charles 

fiorlbner~a 6ona 1. &errs, tat 6. 8. 7228 Ilagealr. City of 

Waco, 89 Tax. 85, 8S 6. E. S22~ City 0s Corpus Chrlatl v. 

~oeaaner, 5e ~Tex. 46Z~ City of Wrrell t. Boaaatnt, 91 2.x. 

970, 9 6. WC, 59s. We l ro hero, harover, mot oonoeme4 with 

the oonatltutlonal lltitatlona upon the power~of tho Leglalatwo to provldo maus for tho papent of 014 mge l aalataaao. Our 

problu 16 to dotemlno what means the legislature hes provided, 

and what lhltatlona it &a lmpoaad upon tho State I)rmrtaont 

of,~Publlo.Xolfara ti its dninlatratlon of the 014 Age Aaaiatanoa 

Fund. The ‘u3awara to theme ueatlona muat.be found in the 90 

plloablo Loglalatlre Aota. %I o above quoted prorlalona from 

Eouao Bill Ao. t6, Eouao Bill Xo. 8 end particularly Section 

44 of Senate Blll Eo. 86 oleuly inbiaato, wa bellere, a oonl latent intentla on tho part of t&o Legislature that 014 

ago l aalatanao ahell be l 4mlnlatere4 on a 'pay a6 you.goO” 

basis. Thla oonolualon la ooaflrmed by the.raot that the Leglalature Us 4oomed it neoaaaary on two oo~aalona to pass 

emergenay moaaurea ln the nature of oxpreaa l xooptlona to that 

r 

neral polley. lie refer to 3ouao Bl&l 87, Cheptor 496, Acts 

936, 44th Leglalature, Third Calle4 Session end Eouae Bill 

179, Acts 1939, 46th Imglalatun, Eiegular Boasion. 

Eouae Bill No. 57 l nthorlted the'Texaa 014 Age 

Cammlaalon to issue 'interest-bearing utiranta ln tin total 

uwunt of $3,000,000.00 *when the oaah balanao of the moneys 

4epo8ftid to the oredl$ of add fun4 by tho St&o of Tax86 

la l.n6ufflOlont to pay in aaah tb Stato*a part of the pension requi.romenta.a 

7 

uee Bill Ilo. 179 l uthorlsod the laauanoe of Q 

l dditlon~~l 9CO,COO.O0 worth of interest-bearing wwarranta 

laaue4 agalnat the Texas Old Age Aaalatanoo Fund for the 

pament of 014 a g o laslatanoo bonefits when the oaah balanoe 

of the roneyo to the credit Or'ael4 fund by $ke Stat0 of 

Texas la lamfflolent to pq the Statda part of the enalon 

requirement.* This Aot prtw1446 for the payrmnt 0s t E 060 

warrants and other outatendlng warrants nhioh had been authorlxed by House Bill 80. 87, and appropriates money therefOr 
Honorable W. L+e O*Denlel, Paga 10 

out or the 014 Age Aaaiatanoe Lund uppm a l ohedulo of payments am met out in the Aot mhleh oxtended to September 10, 

1940, 1. 0.. into the flaoal year ondlag August Sl, MU. 

This schedule of peymnta is rooegnlred in the LMpartmental 

Appropriation Bill of 19939 (s. B. So. UT, A&S 46th Iaglabture) end the money thornfor la a g a in l xpreaaly mapproprlated therein. In the l baenue of the oxpreaa authority 

granted it by tha'Legialatun by Eouae Bill 179, tho 014 Ago 

Aaafatanoo Camfaaion would not havo~oen upouered to iasue thla $900,000.00 worth of warrants when there was not 

l urrlolont ronoy in the fu~4 to pay the8 (under Soatiao llb 

of House Bill Yo. 8, quoted above) nor could lt.hare praride4 that a put of mudh warrants should be paid oat of rev.- 

aura to l ooruo 4urlng the flacal yoear ending August Sl, lVU, 

thorn being no appropriation thentar. The stat0 Deputmnt of Pub110 Nolfare is a onature OS the Iaglalaturo; It 

may oxoroiao only ouoh ponra a6 the Legf*aturo ham dologto4 to it, an4 It may upend only 8uoh moneys 86 tho Leglalature ham appropriatad to it. PIaL; v. ~Flaloy, .91 Tax. 

4t4,44t.1.480, 

Thi moaay appraprlated to the 8tato Dmputment of 

Public wolfan far old l gm ~aalatanoo la not a l o r ta ln am 

but oonalata of all the rovontm l ooru$ng ?rca oertaln doalgnated taxoar In tbla roapoot the l pproprbtld .I6 ririlar 

to~thrt of t&e Highway Dopartmnt. In aonatralag tho autSorlty 0s the Elghway Dopartmont to Fxpond the money approprlatod to it, the Austin Court of Civil Appeals uid ia 

Atklna v. State El&way Dopartmnt, 201 6. V. g26: 

%uo 1 8 l pp 

o o udng fr aa o er ta 

lotted and dopoal 

uru to the ore4t 

nated am the %ta 

roneylntlm 8tat 

for the ourmaea 

que atloi -gt$q 

poalted In ma 

pu~oaea.w (Unda 

Bearing lm mind t 14 atatutoa md gonoml prlnalplea 

heroinbefore 4laouaae4 wa a mll proaood to.8 oonalderatlon Of 

tho ooforal 8pooiria .qpoatl ma aako4 la your lotter. 

mprlatod.all 0s the funds 

a oouraea, whloh, am ool- 

,oU with tho State Troaai 

; 0s a apeolel fun4 doalg14 Hi@may lNnd.* Ii0 othu 

I treasury oan bo touohed 

Mtod In tho acts here in 

later'umun then that doma aan b0 wea far maid 

:aoorlng ours) 

"(11 It la oontomplatod that l atlamtea 

of mvenue under proa8nt laws with naomasary 

perlodloal rorlalona dll ham to be aado Sor 

tho ourrent period, whioh la the bloaairr 
Honorable W. Lmo O*miel, Page 11 

kglnnlng 6optamber 1, 1989, aad after QoQuatlan of tro mount mooaaary to 14uldat0 0ia warrantl (#t,tSO,tSt.SO) tha balan00 8houlQ be l pproxSmte1 

loud.4 by montha to ulat ala 

equally alfbrtho oprraat blonnium. Ia gbyg 

ooduro lo@l,aablf so, what agonoy of tie 

Tuaagaonraamat Is nquIreQtomab ruoh 

l tlma tooa f r o to nuo ?a 

Ro hto boon mnablo to find any #tat&o whloh Urecta that l otlrmtoa of rowauoa mUoh may l ooruo to tlu 

014 Age A#alaturoo lrppd 8hall Lo mado. &.the oroat that 

the 6tato Boar4 of Ppbllo Wolfam or the gxooutlro Dirootor 

of the Btato Dopartmat of Publio Wolhro.mhaUr4 &em-it 

l xpodlont to make l uah l atlmatoa, olther purauaut to tha nqulr8menta or the ?oQoralSoalal &amr.ttyBoar4,artor*ay 

athor praper roaman,. wa would wppoar that ofther the Bal-/ 

iarobwdor the moutiva Dlredor ohldproplelymk~ 

moh oathatom dth the aid of the Carptroller, Etato Au4Itor 

or my other qu8lified Hat0 offloer. 

It km boon Ieolared that tlw El&may Commlaalon 

8aymake l a tfma toOS a r o vo nuo a to l oaruo to tha hi&way fgnQ. 

lohuaom v. For~aoa, 85 8. W. (t) 1115, (Austin Wart of Clrll 

Appoala? at paga 1SSr 

*lie standard or nIterlon iar.oatlntIag thoa la pro8orlbe4 by laws nor la them 

any oxproaa Qoalgaatlfm oi the atfl~lal, 

board or l genoy to mko mc4i l atlmato. St 

tharrforo follow8 aeooaaarlly that tho highway odaalon la reat4Q with auoh authority 

ln the general dlaohargo of its Important 

Qutioa and that in tho l oralao ot moh 

autho A ty it .A.+eatoQ with the Qlaorotlon 

of .~Qoptlng ruoh teaaonablo methods, at@- 

8x46, an4 orIterla 86 In Its *a-at l r a 

o o ua d a nd appropriato." 

AEauulag that tho 8tato Bard of Pub110 Wlfara or 

the lbxeoutlro Dlroator ham made 8uoh ratlade of rutura roveau46 of the 014 Ag8 Aaaiatanoo Pun&, w uo unablr to a&roe 

with ~olv otatemant that the l atlmatad rovonuoa lo? tha bll nniua -oftor Qe4uotlon o f the mount aoooaaary to li~iaato 

014 warrants (#2,t3O,tS6.50) the balanoo should-bo approxlmakly equally l llooatod by montha toma+klu tholpragru 
Honorable W. Loo O*Dmiol, Pigo lS 

for the ourrent b10nmlcn.~ &ohapooodura roul4,r bollero, bo oontruy to the l ryroaaeQ Intention of Uo I#glalaturela tano~mtIodar8: 

,(a) fr Iho manthly quota, oa 4etoalm4, l harld 

a to ny tlm bo g r o a to r th a ~l tro4Itbalanoe h r ti tb 014 

Ago ~al~oo~,tbntho~lra~~rd~y~ authorlu the la a ua a eo o f wa rro nta fa r mob ma th 1 ~ l x o o a s 

of auoh l ndlt balaaoe dtharrt violating the exproaa Qlroatloa of Sootion 44 of 8onato Bill 190. bb to prorato the 

grants in o uo h l aao. Seotloa 4Q doer not ry that.vata 

ahall be prorated IS mfflolont Sands m not antlolpate4 

during the blonnlu. St mya, ‘If at 

a ro a a t l vaIlablo . . . uid grants 

2ny the etato ruada 

prar*t04.* The 

~lm$t;~~&~~ z~c bo~~~a~d -la l ooordFe40ra1'6oo181 Boourlty Bard’ 

oanonlym0utbatla~4o tlngt& l y a tw orrthod of pmratlag, the Stata loud da 11 be gul4eQ by the roqulronnta 

of tha Todoral Baud, %aaofu am those &rents uo ooacunod 

for tk paynntofwhiohinpart Sederal B'umlare allocated 

by uld Soolal Soonrlty Bcmrd.a 

must, therofure, or mooaalty oontemplate that the total 

monthly grants whloh may bo rado oannot remain constant frm 

September 1, 1959, to August Sl, lVU, Therefore, tohla-7 

trlbuto the l atimatod Ineaae of tho ?und l 

twenty-four monthly payments would hot be & 

ually among 

keeping with the 

pu oaoa amnlfoatr4 by l onal4erlng Soabo Bill So. 86 86 a 

who Tp l . 
Honorable W. &o O'Danl.1, ?a@ lS 

-'(ICI Auud8g that irrutorr Bay k 

fow4whomlllagru toholdn~-imtoro8tb o a r & og ld l @ w8l~twoc umrruito, rlthout U8oaumt, loro4 under pappor authority 

to old age ual~tuco roolplonta, by authcrltf etho 6tBto DoputwlIt or Fubllo 

Iklfara, uy auoh warrants k lomod et any 

tlw 4urlagthe l rromttwo-parporiod, 

w rcqulrd to aury mt thm program on th. 

prawnt booi., poorldod such warrant8 108uod 

do sot oxmod the available approprlotod rovemw for uolataauo purpoaoo for tie ourrent 

bl.nrirt' 

In l o~or(luco with the gonoral dlmussioa lm the 

flrot 

No. (1 ?- 

of thlo oplaloa prd atr wnor to 

, I u@wr thir (1lo8tlon lathe nogat r 

quaotlon J 

vo. 

"(8) Aosrmin6 that th@n would ba an 

l oodtlon of talldlr lsmd amtstaab~ 

nrrmto at Fobruary 1, MU, not l xoo.dln( 

tho unoollootod appropriated rovonuo for the 

flwl mown months ottho blominm, wculd 

uoh morronto, undor l x l8tllawo, ug k l 

o huge 8galnot 8pproprl*t6& old mge aoolataucc m~onuo8 to bo oolleotod eurl.n6 the 

P 

rio4 hbrwrr 1, 194l,to August 81, MU? 

Fioronuo to b8 oollootod twlcr poent law8 

for the pub4 fro Fobruuy 1, 194l, to Augwt 81, 194l, lo l atiaatod to bo opproximatol~ 

~4,w!5,ooo.601.' 

Validly luwd.out~tan4lng warrant8 at Fobruw 1, 

lOU, l o uld Lo a ohugo against appropriated old ago l odmtan00 rcvonuoo ror tha rwalndor of t&o ri00aL par. For 

l oemploto dloomo8lan oi thl8 quootlon wo nfer to our oplnion Xo. O-590 l ddrcoooto d Hoaorablo~E. A. Llttla, datol 

April 1, 19339, copy of,rZloh oplmlon w l nolow henslth. 

Co bolioro, howdu, Sortho rWoon8 &roi.aabom l tato4, that 

in order that mob a @ltuatlon right oome into l riotonco, 

it would~nqulm an sot of tho L8glolatPro to l uthorlso the 

io ma lioo Of warrant0 & II lx c u0o s r o nop l otuallJ in tibo 

fbnd at 4ato of luuanoe. 

"(4) Sootion 44 of .&mto Bill No. 86 

k no w l tho 8hto Bmpartwnt of Ehbl'lo Melrue *ot read8 l 8 r0u0w 
Xonoroble 1. Xao 0~~101, ~Yo 14 

a r e no t l r a lla b to lo #a~ all gnats of 880 

8lotaao8 la full a0 l uthorlmd t thlo Aot 

8d h ~0~80 JJ~U NO. 8, A0t0 mtpr00m 

Il&olmturo, Third Called f+oIon, rid 

:-at8 mhall be momted IB l ooorAnnoo rlth 

awc&remnto of tba Fg4ua.l Soala1 8ouurIt~ 

Boar&, Imufar 80 tbon mnto uo anouud 

rae tb Q8ymllt or dloh la p8rt F.&oral. 

z; ua l lloeatmd by aala 6oolal SoourItT 

. 

~?Thl O rs00~ of this wotloa Bi %A. A8t 

l ppuuntlymut bo qoa8ldorod in the I&orprot8tlon of tbo ralldlty of ruraata 18maOd, 

~,.wtJProprIato~ roTojulao to tb eoolotThlo rotIoR napl.to man that 

auoh ~n&ian. ud lkiktlaaa 80 8x-u l ppliod 

bJ She 8tatute wm ooatlagwat upon tlm Fohral 

Sodal 6ooorlty Beard ilr8t 8ppl~l8g aaoh 

It 

roratloq and llmlt8tlon8, and until l ppl1.d 

T then lm lutohhtng 8tato fuabo, lo not to b 

8ppllod by tho Btato Bqtartmqt of Fubllo Vol. 

S8ro Ia tholr 8dmlalotr8tlo8. 

ìIa th la lonn00t10n I vogld iIk0 to aok 

if thorslo8ayl8woaour 8t8tutaonqulr 

thmF~promtlon of p8ymoato to rooIpIonto of i"f 0 a 

86 ~osIok8oo other than tho abovo wottoa, 

~6 what is tho popor intorprstatloa of the 

aboro notlon?~ 

We aumot agroo dth forr ototomont that &aotlort 44 

of &a&e Bill 190. 86 goe~o to moon that l uoh prorotlau and 

lImIt8tion8 8s uo 8ppU.d bytlm statute 8rm wntlngent upoa 

the Fo4oral lSooIa1 Sooarlty Board first 8,p~lyl.q l uoh prorrtlon8 8adllalt8tlom . .." It lo our un4orotanUag that 

the Fodoral 'Board loao aot prorato bomaflt p8yaeato - itmea-01~ matahoo dollar for dollar, t&o boaetlt payments gsotldod by the .a ororl totoo. a l & the l T8Et 8 Stat., beomuo 

of lnmfiloleno~ of funds, 1s unable to per la ttill its WOW 

uourlty program, then tbr Fabral Board prooorlbeo aortain 

ml08 Sa distributing the 8T8llablo stata momy 8mow the 

l ll&lblr noolplonto, aad tlW8tato 18 roqulre6 to fol.Ia 

mob ml08 80 8 pronquloIto to obt8lw roda8al 8I4. A8 

horolabeforo *tated, it 18 mr oplnlon that Sootier 44 IO 19 

l rprmo dlrrotlon to the St&to &partmmt of Fubllo lFolfuo 
Hoaonblo f. LH O'D8nkl, P8go I.5 

t0 p r Or & UUtO t8 Of 88& wa -if l t 08~ tb 8tEk nîQí 

8X-O nOt l TBi~blO t0 pOy 8n QrntO Or 80OiOt4~i00 in rUU 

and in the munor oi applm tha proration, tba 8kto Do& 

8hall bo guided by tho rulaa of tbr Fodoml Bar4 in mmh 

OaOOB~ r8bOU Of M 18W Oa Gv OtBtUtoO l’WQUi.dl@ tho 

l’&ia(c Of ,B~OlBtB t0 TeOf~iO~tB Of Old 8&8 8OOi.O~8OO 

proOther J thUi &Otia u Of4bOtO Bin x00. S6, l I3Op t t& O 8O~OOp o Ltdin& &WOr181~ oWltab¶od ia m80 pill t6 and Botuo Bill 6 

uhioh are quotad tntb ?irotpartoftUo oplaloa. 

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