OFFICE OF ‘THE ATTORNEY ,GBNERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Eononblr fa PaBerry 

UmbBr, m8te B44rl (d oontr.1 

h8tl.n; terrr 

B44r blrr 

8rttlea mlra at Bon4truotlon 
‘OcapMy, (Oar, App. 1Ml) 40 8.w. (Ic) 988 89 ?,J, p. 199; 

Motion 105. 

Wobrtor’m Hew Imtometloml Diotionary, 8nd Bdition 

oont8lnr the follarint, ln 40rinl thhr tr~*r*rorrror"r 

"A MW Or r88OL78 L)OWO8 Of ~pplf 0~ 

míppor tg l fnr h.l slait~oMl f 8ttiOk or 

&OX?8 4iltibl4 4t Med~ rmrthin(l in r.- 

88178 Or XUdy ii -8dd.... 

“Avall~ble.rUnr, 88 Of l OOI+rf Of 

: butineir; eomputablo wealth in money, property, ~probUOt#, l t0.f iEEObht8 and pO88ibl8 

Jouro88 .oT rrrBmi8. 

,-hat t0 ~hb~ gnO,h8 r8OOUT88 ?n @iiii8titf$ m-8 Of rO8Ort in Uig8llOr.. ..I 

'v8 thinktho ?On~ofnb,'quot8tioa,~xp~rr88 the orbiMrf4n6 poptlhr m8Xlill45 Of the Word =~88ourO,o~ and that 8UOh 

UUli& 18 the l 08@ in whloh it 18 U88d in 88ll@tO Bill NO, 9. 

Brlafly St8t8d, it 18 thBt rO8OTT8 8OUrOe.Of #Upply Or 8tOr8 

tither in %OneJ Or pl'o~.rty, whioh WY b8 2886rt8d to hl .a88 

Of nud rbat8T82 it8 derintfon My ha+@.boen rub eOt howl V8i to'th. 1htht10ll8 Of the AOt a8- h;n%lik& d. i 8OU88Od, 

%iU sixth nnd ‘88T8llth qU88tiOn8 iOqUr8t th8 m 

Of th&WOkd "i?IOOIU"~Md the,pMp8r OOh8tr\lOtiOn Or 'th8 phn80 

*the @OmQt88iOI1 ,#h8= t&8 intO ~aOOOUIIt'8~ mbn8y rqoiirrd by 

rift, dOti. Or &8804fit" a8 US,ed ih 8OM~O~~?i+Bill,iO. 9; fh.8. 

@l48tiOlt8 Will b8 diilOll88ti tOð8k. " " ' 

(r‘h8.t mfl .Of the i)Ot i’8fbrr8d ‘tt- r@4d8 8i fO11OW8: 

“a OrlOUl8t 

9 

iXlOolll8 Md'Se8OWOi8 bf 

the l pplioaat, the odrrriqn rhallt+k8 Sat0 

l ooo unt l 1X money reoeired by glftr,~ garire or 

assoent; . . ...* 

It i8 W&ted %#l Sl 0. 3. pi s96, tbatt 

**Inoiie*, 18 a broad,’ &omprahen&Ve, kleriblr, 

lnolu81+8, ~anil genwio’+erm, oapable ot dellnition.: Although lt h8r a ~011 defined Seanlng, not only il oomon rperoh,'but al80 under 
Eononble Tom DeBrrq, fun@ U, l@bV, ?a68 8 

jlldiOi8O4 1 M tXíUOtfWth@r@ l, l p p Ur 8 t0 k 

8-e dittiOU&J about it8 pFeOl8. and l Oi4 ntisio drflaitlon. Th4 aean~ ot the ka 

18 aot to k fPund la it8 ban l tymolwlo~l 

&rriration; it 18 mthr? to b8 gath8red 

tzO!E th8 irpliOit a8mptiOn8 Of it8 U8e in 

o mmo n r p eo o h a í + l .Vlowed from the amroe 

or it.8 Ierlr8tlon the word *inoome* may 

be defln8d to be (bat (ain or profit rhloh 

aOONO8, 18 &8?i+Od, $8 (ain8d, Or pXOOeOd8 

from budmrr. 08Dlkl. oomer08. lnfertrents of~88pital,-hboi &ndr 6ooupation8, 

prr~t8~0~8,. property 0) an7 rhd or th8 

*DO098 ilI it8 @MU’d 8Wl80 aeod not 

neorrnrll~ bo money Lowar8r, it murt be 

moner or th8tuhloh i 8 ooarertlble Into 

moMy." 

It h8 8t t-08 boa it+t8d tht oinOOi@w illOlUb8 

l r er y th tnOg, r l ll that aome8 in, but 4 11 l xamhution of the 

oaIe8 8it8d in #UQpQrt O? the l 88ertiOll d1802.Or.8 that .thO 

court bed in iind a lirtdnotion botwe8n %noOuw and *outgo* 

or that whloh 00~8 in a8 oontraate& with tbatwhioh 00~8 

in 1888 an outgoing; the refsrenoe sot b8hg dlreoted to tho 

•U~B of the wealth. 

BouT*lerc8 SAW Dlotlonary, 3rd Reri8ion defino8 the 

tea aet 

Vh8 ~galn whloh prooeedr frOa property lebor Or bUtlllle88.’ 

Iebrtar'r N~'Int8~atiOMl Dlotionary, &14 &litiOn, 

&4tiM8 “hOo11.” a8t 

Vhat yin or reourrent ben8fit (u8ua117 mummed la ronor) whloh proosedr from 

labor, bU8iUe88$ Or pl’Op8rt7; OO~erOial 

revenue8 or reoelpt8 ot anr .klad.” 

It ir l kt8d in Ptintio844~U, Toxni, 8tatr and Looal 

Tax Sonloe, Gea. Tax 910l.)B, .para~ph Vl,tb61 
. 

Hononlble Tom DeBerry, Juno It, 1999, Page 4 

18 U8lWIuy reoo&zed by rtatute 88 l tupt 

from lnoomo kr. Whether or not ao rroognlzed #&St8 may be deemed no> taxable a8 

not within the commonly 8ooepted definition 

of lnoome.* 

By 8p8oifIoally providing that &one rewired by 

gift, derire or tiroent rhould be Inolude a+ n 08lOdAting 

lnoane, the Legi818ture evidently r8oognIred~the oommon mean9 

of the telYII l I!not oontemplatingmoney or property reoe rod by aft, d8Ti8r Or dl)lOOllt, 8nd by 8p8OifiO8ily inoludlng “monof”, thereby l roluded th8 oonrideration of propirty. It ir but 8n 8ppllc6tlon of the well known 8mti, 

aXxpre8810 unlur l 8t exclu8lo l lterlur,* 

WS h&v8 r.o&luded th8i th8 t8l!m "inOOIIIew 88 u88d 

in Senate Bill No. 0 mean8 that gain'or reourront benefit, 

whether pa)ablo in money or'kind, whloh prooeede from labor, 

buelne88 property, .lnve8tment, or the like, and by the u8e 

of the oiauoo quoted In your roventh quertiou, Its meaning 

he8 been extended to lnolude money received by gift, devi8e 

or desoent~but ewludes property reaeived fran wch 8 8ouroe. 

It 18 our opinion that the relationship of the donor to the 

applicant I8 Imm8terl81. 

Your l lghth'que8tSon roqueet the meaning of the 

term Ve8ident home8tead" a8 that term I8 defined in the Conatitution 8nd 18~s of the States of Tex88, and a8 U8ed in 

Senate Bill lo. 9. 

T8188 Constlttitlon, Artlile XVI, Soctlon 51, proVid88: 

*The homeetead, not In a town or city, 

&all oonrlet ti not moro thah two hundred 

aore8 of land, which may be in one or mord 

paroe18, with the improvements thsreon;‘the 

honie8tead in a oitp,.town or Village, shell 

oonslet of lot, or lots not.to exoeed in 

value five thousand doliarr, at the time of 

their deelgnatlon 88 the homestead, without 

referenoe to the value or any improvement8 

thereon; provided, that the same 8halg bo 

U8ed for the purporea of 8 home, or a8 a 

pl8ae t0 eXerCiSe the Calling or bU8inO8m 

Of the head Of 8 family! provided al80, 
Hononblo Tim DeBem, Juno U, 19S9, ?age S 

that any trporaq nntln6 0s the hoaertead 

aall not ohaayi the obrraoter of the au*, 

when m0 Othrr bOre8tOad b8 boon l OqUiF8d." ' 

Art1010 SASS a. 0. 8. 19t5, oontiln8 8ubrtantiallf the 

BU6 h!L@U~e .48 ihO a&v8 l OtiM Of the o On8titUtiOn. 

‘~Itwould be lm@raotlaable to l ttrpt to prrrent in 

thi8 Opfnf'd;n (UI 8XhM8tftO di8’3ti88i@l @r d~8OtiptiOll Of Wh6t 18’ 

lnoluded la th8 tom *hOm88tudR a8 rmder8tood la Texar l8r and 

to l M1J!S8 'th8 8Ulr ritMtiOn8 whloh will. b8 pZe84llted t0 LOU 

for rpplioition Of Well-88tablirhed r uler l 8 drrelop8d by the 

OOUl’tl. TM8 opinion 8u8t neor88arlI.y be limltod to ntterr 

0s gutera 00ad8ntion.. 

All OX88iMtiOll Of the QOll8titUtiOn md 8ktUte8 di8- 

olorer that tha to m l rolident hemertead* 18 not rpeoifloally 

d8fined but it,m8rOrthel~88 h6a aoqulred a doflnlte,uan5.n& 

li holu8ktid not ill a~ .Oitp Or tOWLl my aOn8i8t Of a; 

rpoh a8 BOO aoro8 toB8ther with the improvement8 thereon and 18 

8OmOdly d68igMt8d a8 a *rural ho&e8toad.W By it8 rory MtUre 

it oontemplater the re8ldenae of a r48di~ and it8 ~88 an6 00ouPl.ilO;l l 88 bow., 

A haaurtead in a oitr, town or tlllagr la oommonl~ 

known 88 an l urban homerkad" l nd ma9 aoquire it8 oharaotor a8 

ruoh l lther from it8 98e ior.the pur 

f 

0808 0s a homo,or 88 a 

p h o e to l xer o i8the e oalling or bur ne8a of the hma6 of 8 

falrily or both,. Xt 18 with r8fer8noe to.the urban hcmert66d 

th8tth8 tern -fBrmd t0 in 8IOtiOn 4 8OqUir88 it8 6T88t88t 

dgnlfloanoe. A Well &8fhed di8tinOtiOn’eXi8t8 betw8on l 

'bU8ine88 hOmO8tud" whloh 4ri8e8 OUt Of the 8X8rOi8e Of l 

oalllng or bU8ille88 Chereon and a rorident homortead whioh be0011166 moh b8OaU88 of OOOup8no~ a,8 a home, although n8ith8r 

l rp 88p 6rcr t.and e dirthot but 6o’to make up one urban h-rrtud. 8ee ICI T. .J. pp. tbM380, pp 348~863. 

xIt’i8 OIT OQin$On that in USiw the feZa l r 4 ;id8It

homertead* th8 legl8l8ture lntendod to include ther8fn the 

rural hOmO8tMd and th8t part Of the urban hOm88tead U88d ?Or 

purport,8 0s a re8ldenoe, ~xolaQlng therrfrom a *bu8lne88 horr- 

'8t88d" a8 defin8d In law. Inlrtanors will l rl8e in whloh en 

individual plooe of property ray halro attaohed thereto all th8 

lnoldents of both a rO8ident and bU8ine88 hom88tud. &I iuoh 
.* 

Oaler tho B@re faot th8t it mQht a80 br l bIl8in.88 hOm8tud 

would not a0ru.t it8 ohnotw l 8 a r48laent hae8teaI 8nd it 

rhould bo 10 l OIi8ia er h 

u 8On8tu l II l o t l f the LO&8latUrO, t&X'4 18 

onjolnod upon thr 00-8 thm arty of look% 

th0 htOIIt Of th8 LOgi8m?i~e keOpi~~& in t "f 

Ullglmtly ?or 

OW l t 811 ttiO8 

the.old law tho l ril'mou&ht io bo oornoted an6 tho ruedy 

prorldod. ~Ib.'i~!~t~~0ti~ *iron m8t bo fair ration&l 

rU8OMbh ia4 .Oarib;l@, ooari6ering tho &n&&. aad 8&.Ot 

matter with l rlow to &ooor~pZi8hing the logirlatire lntrnt and 

pnrpdro whloh 18 it8olf the law. A8 l , Zt~~damoz~kl rule, a:~ 

#tatut. mtwt k a 0nBtXím.d l 8 l whole .&ad it QO88ibl0, appm'- 

Mt OOJJfl%OtS Or inOM8i8tMOie8 BU8t be t46OMi;l.d 80 48 t0 

at8 l ff@ Ot t0 tha Mth4 l 8t uad l ll it8 Q8rt8,' h8J7 ml=t 

8U8t b8 OOn8i68lUd wlth t4htiOlA tOU@w 0th.r &W-t ill Ord8r 

to pro6Uae l &aoaiotrr whole. Thor8 tie .oonriderationr l m 

l pplioabl8 to U8nd&Ol7 l Ot8 far thoy b8oae a part Of the 

hwwhioh thof amend ald thOJ dll b8 OOE8trUed 80 a8 to be 

k,hl’monJ dth the ?uiaial: prt8 of th4 ~Ori6bil aOt. 

flu fOn&Oi.Xk6 -08 iZe iPn&manhl but+, Oito b 

l thOr iti.8: Aitlole 10, Ro8. 1. X61; Ua 

Trurt Company 7. 

alla Potmleum 

em; ?opbAm 

660; Petlrolwm 

8. 1. (8) &5!i; 

Nig&u fe Ruoker, 47 Tex SW; Bendorron v. United Strtor 

fidblltr and @uorunty Cornpuny (Ca. App. l@tB), 19 8. W, 

8%; hmwioan Surety Cape 

(8) 

of New Yo* v. hxtell Oompmy, 

(Wm. App. lBB1); 86 8. W?flc) VU. 

i&i&h da thO80 a08 Of oOn8tntOtlOn, WO B0W 

pi8 to 8~6OM+d8X’4tiOn Of tho Old A&e A8Bf8tanoo Ao t l 8 a. 

wholo, 

Art1010 X, SeOtlOn 1 d8Olu-88 an LntOntl0a,to paf 

b8Mfit8 t0 thw U8dy 8&8d,.Wld 8ktU thht it ‘18 impractlwble 

$0 .a88i#t-othor thM thO88 who are it4 UO808itOU8 OiWMU8tUOe8. 

8eotion 1, of &tiole n noitO8 th6t “8ubjeot to the proririonr 

0s thin Aot needy poreon marlding in Tea8 over the age or 

6iXty-tire 165) rear8 whd l n in BWe88itOU8 OirOUBrtulOer 

,rhrll be ontltlrd fo flnanaial l 88i8t8llttor O8 the 6tato Ot 
9 prorldma tint I "the 

l a y mod prraon rho 

4 that *If ?roa all 4Jl. 

Comiaaloa ma 

*to.* aad it 1 

eat flnanolal old t.0 

a raitmtod in fmitloa 

faota and olrornatanora tha l p p llo a doe8 nt aot appear to ba 

in a aaody ooaditloa, l raiataaoo mhall ba donlod,~ Th? amar- 

&@llOy olauaa of the ulrndatory &ot of the 46th L.gialatura 

atataa that bmaure orrtaln thing8 hara bean oonoldrnd in 

dOtOrrinill6 nrad, mny away poreone ha** born a0priw of 

their rQht to rBooi.ra aid. Other l aotlona of the Aot rmqulre worn l pplloatloaa and l xanlnatioaa of the l pplloaat 

touohing upon h l.8 l ooaoalo l tatua and noada. FrorIalon ia 

rde for appeal to the Oo~~aalon from the looal l uthorltira 

by an applloant rho ia dIaaatiafio6 with the l llowanoe d.van, 

an4 thr OammIaaloa, attor a ocmplrta and full rma%natIon of 

the taoox- & sy l llw an laonaaa ins thr aaaIatanor or ild 

girra. Ir think that so other ooaoloalon oan br ‘roiched from 

aa wambatlon of the hot aa ‘8 rho10 but t@at 'waw4* haa beon 

an4 ramalar tha baa10 OrIterla~ for datatining l lIglbIllt~ 

and thaw axtaat of the aid or ,aaaIatanoe to be gkantrd under 

the Old &a Aaalatanoe Law. fin ooaatruing individual prorlalona of the Aot thir mumt br ooatlnually borne in mind. The 

lnraoapablr oonolualon ir that the Oonnnlaalon would bo &xomrding &ta authority in ginting aid to those rho are ‘not in 

nwd, or .ln arnunta in l x o aaa of their aaoba .aubjeot to the 

other pro+laIona of tho l ot 88 heralnafter diaouaaed. 

Your tenth quoation requeata the proper applloation 

and oonatruotlon to bo pleded upon Sootloa 11(a) of Artlole 

IX, Ohap.tor 495, Aota,‘1936, 44th Logialature, Srd Called Seaaion, when raid aeotion la oonaidored In oonneotion with Senatr 

Bill Ho. 9, Aota 46th Laglalatura, Regular Seadon+ 

Saotlon ii(a) road8 aa follows: 

*Thb amount of old age aa.latan& 6r 

al4 from State funds that my be paid to’ any 

applioaat, vho has quallfled undrr thi term8 

of thIa Aot ahall aovar arorod the aus of 

?%fteoa Doliara ($15) per month, aad in addition thorato l uoh funda as tho FOdFrBl gorornment may l pproprlato and l llooato to thr State 

of Toxaa from tIme to time ahall br ,diatrIbuted 

song reoeiplentr ?f asaIatanoa in lIko manner 

aa State fund8 are paid under the tear of thla' 

Aot; proridad, thnt LL no oaae ahall l uoh~ald 
Honorable Tom DMlarz7, Juna l& MS*, ha8 l 

-or l a a fa ta k noo fn u amount whfoh, vho a 

abUd to thr ti00mO O$ thB BQ$liOBat fm 

all other #ourwe, tioluding lnooar fro 

proprrtl aaa iron the 8tatr and ~rdoral 

15 

orrrammt ahall 0x0006 a total of Thlrtr 

ollara ~(60) @or months ~rovldmi that 

the l aala~anoo grant06 kanla ahall k 

granted fn ,moh amount8 aa will proride 

ruaonablo mxbaIataaoo not i8oo8patiblr 

.wlth go.od hulth and &qoeaofrw 

In no plaoo in tho‘liot harr wo bron able to Sad 

say prorlaioa~ uhioh woul6 frqufro thr 

month (or #l6.00 per month 6tato roaay r 

pent of #SO.00 pw 

rogardloaa of wad, 

or an amount, Ihioh,,whan 801~6 to hla inoomo rould,oqual 

~SO.00 par eath, n6ardlraa of noad. 

The firat mrt of Emotion U(a) and thr ilrat prorlao fa a limlktfoa upon the l uthorltjr of tho Oo ma ia do a l o 

that fn no avant my the l 8a ia ta n@rootad oo l xoood the amount 

8pr01f1.d. Tha amount whfoh fa dlnoted to’be paid ir found 

ln the lart protiao whfoh ia aauoh amounts aa will provldr : 

naaonablr rubilatenoo not inoompatlblr with good health and 

Iaorpoy.a ft ri6ht bo tire, dO&iMdiIig On the aowl aad fn00M 

of4ha l pplloant, but in ao avant aan it l xoood #lS.OO par 

month State mary or #SO.00 par month lnoluding the F&ml 

mt* Thfa emo tio n l eno a aa a apaolflo lfmftatlon upon thr 

amount of ioioy that o&a jam graatod just aa it aid prior to 

the l naotmoat of Sana$o Bill Ilo~. 9, 

Your tirat quoation nquoata tho oorrrot oonrtruotion to bo plaoa6 by tho~CommisJon in 8dAniaterIng the Old 

A60 Aariatanor Law, upon t&t portion of 8onatr Bill Ho. B 

whfoh nadr; 

Vroridod that the applloaat ahall 

not bo Uaalad aad8tanoe, who does not own 

x-681 aatata ln l xoaaa of a naldont homeatead, aa the t m *naldeat himaataad~lia 

brffned ia the 8 oaatltutloa l ad’~larcl of thr 

Stab of Tour; aad in oaloulatln( the r& 

l ouroaa of tho applIoanti ~14~ rialdant 

homoatrad ah11 not be ~ooxyidoroU.* 

In ooaatrul* thSa prod80 thd langrug* oontafna6 
. 

thorela l ansot bo laolate an& &onal4arrd aloaa but Burt be 

harronitad dth t.h# rar)lmd prWi&iOna @f th0 l Ot aa a amprohoadro unit. One poriao nfzra to imuraaoo, ucithor to 

monoy, atlll uiothor to raoml )roportr, and this protire 

mfora to ma1 l atata~ r t Irflnra tha real oatate vhloh mar 

er may not be oonaidared in 6 l krdaiy ~nood and oalonla~la6 

the reaouroea af an l ppliout. Ita purpomo la lot to 6uarastor 

~aalataaoo to wow poreon who &oca not own a nrldeat hama- 

‘mtoad or who doei 8ot own real l atato in l xooaa of a raal~ant 

homastud regardlaa~ of hia med Snoomo,’ or other raa0urooa~ 

2 p a o a l utih a ,nzatmotioa on &la rorlaloa roa$d rondrr 

II suoh oonfliot with othar apaolf P o provlaloaa of the 

.uandatory aot aad tho purporo M tha Old 40 ~rlmtaaor IrOt 

88 a who10 aa to maLo it ohtirely lr~oonaru?w 

Tho &ar@onor l lauao ia nfwring to th; rialdant 

haoataad mggoata tb, purporr of thta prorlaloa and the altaatlon to bo a-m@ILIed, It pvldarr 

rTha foot t?mt under the pnaont law, 

In Qatortinily tha arm6 of an l pplloant for 

~arlatanor; ooaaldoratloa la given to. 4 ; 

tha value of roal6ont homrtead prOpWtt,' 

therabf 6eprltlng ma4 MmQ Qorrona at 

tholr right to ,no*ite id*; or .*(I 

firat 

ë: 

quastlon it ia bmr aplnlon 

homatoad or iha yalua of rtroh 

homortrd oadaot bm taken lnto ooaaiQorati6a in doforminln& 

thr l ti(;tblllt~ af a n l pplloaat or In oaloulatlng hii haouro~a. 

4 Ho r@femaOe ia aad* ia the l ot to inooaa~fram the homaatwd 

and in the l baoaoo of ‘auoh limit 

fra tha how&toad ahould niooaaar % 

prorlaIoa wo think lnoama 

f ba odaddo,roQ &a l uoh 

and la @no of tha iaota and oiroumatahora 8urrotwlIng the appZlo$nt vhloh it ia rdo tho puty of tha Oammiadon to oonl ldarti I$ aa l ppliomt own8 r-1 oatato in'axoaaa of.8 roalbat homatead h@ la aot. aaoiauri 

#lblr but’jPoh axooaa raal oatate. 3 

*h&r&by rtiadend inallll be takon iatci ooaaldoratlon lq the ~1 unaw a# any. other rraouroa& 

Your thlra quoatlon aaka t.b oerroot ooaatmotlon to 

bo plaood upon that portion of sootion 4. of the Old Age Aaaiatea08 Aot, 88 urndod, vhioh rude! 

*It la further protlQod'~lut era&i: 

tanoe ahall not bo donloll applloa& if 
Bonerable Ton DaBerq, aun8 18, lSS9, ?a~ 10 

mrrlod, who ha rmonal 

t 

proputt not 

in 0x0888 ef 150 r , a nd if l ina lo8ot , 

in uooal o f iOOO.* 

.-Tiw~6a 0onai~orationr mutioa04 in Qf8ou8alag pur 

flrmt quoatioa kpplr dth equal foror to the abow prorldoa. 

It8 apparent purpoao, vho n l Oa a tr uvlt o & h tha l o t aa a vholo 

18 not to boatuw a panalon upon qrem parron over db rear8 0) 

ye without ooaddrrlng aqeod* or any of tho othu partlnant 

prorlaloda o f thr l o t. It l x a mp tto a 800&f poraona paraonal 

pr0pM-t 

for aaa 1 

of the value l t out aad if th4y otharvlro qualifT 

l tanoo, aid my mot bo danhd koauro of ovnarmhlp of 

l uoh property, Brioflr 8tata4, auoh praonal propart rry 

ao~abo,oonaldored aa a rraouro~.la do temla l inllglblllt~ & or 

If, howorrr,.~ruoh pa~aonel property l otually boar8 

nr&uo to thr l pplloant 8uoh reionuozuy proporlr bo oonaldond 88~ lnoc~e~ la datemlning'ur nerda,'or in pnprring 

Aa ir true vlth~nfonnor'to roe1 oat&to if an 

t",$%%%ia paraonal to arty in l xoaii of the rpo~IfloQ 

amount ho Ss @ot l utqmat I! 08 11 dlaquallflod.~ut ruoh @foal)8 

booomoa a reaouroa to )o roaaldrrrd. 

Thla irorirlon 8180 priaanta iaothar quertlon with 

nfonnoa,tb tha .aount .of poraonal property ~allovod a married 

applIoant.~ 

;A oaraful raadlq6 of the Aot a8 a vholi rhovm that' 

la dotemlnl~ the -iligibility or’auda of aa ippllcaat, e&oh' 

l pplloant la to bo ~onalQ~ro6 lndIrlduall~. Tho.poraonal prosorty, not to l xoooa in value $1600.00, ray bo *ither riparato 

property or that they mha ll b e l llovod poreonal proprrty, 

the ~oombined value of rbioh rhall not l xoeod #1600.60. On tho 

othorhand it proridra that tha ,applioant, if marrlad 8hall bo lllovai prr8omS~prodortf not to l xoeod ln value #iSOO.OO. 

To attimPpt to 61~0 it any othor runin& to do r~olenor to 

the plain upnrrloa of thm laglalaturo. 

Wo am of tha oplnlon'that.~eaoh mrrlod parnon muat 

bo alloveQ not In l xoom of (1500.00 poraonal proprrty vhloh 

property may.+a owned 48 hi8 arprato property, hi8 oauuunltf 
. 

, 

Rqnorablo TimDaBorry,Xune l6,1969,?a&r ll 

intohat la propartr, or boih.. 

Tour fifth quomtion nquoat i l ~iitruoiloi of that 

part of motion 4 vhioh read&: 

.". . . -Vidd thBt &a B~~liOUlt rr 

bo oaqi&QJ Ox hi. lif. h.WikOO iOt-b 

‘oxoaam at Oao Thousand ((1000.00~ Dollar8 

aad that any a plioant who ia oarrying Ufo 

laauraaoo not t) n l xo a a m of One Thotwand 

(#lOOO.OO) Dollar8 &hall rot be Ulaqu&lliid for l 8aIrtaaor and any l oouaulatrd i&ah 

or loan valur oa maid life laauranoe polloj 

or polloiea rhall not k tahn iato oo*- 

aldoratlon ,in.tiloulAting tha roaouraom of 

rid l ppllomt and al4 to raid l pplloant 

aball sot ba duriod or rhduood or hla a0ea 

~~806 ia My VBr an BOOOUUt Of dd 

lifO’b&8u~OO ROliOy Or pOiiOi@8ew 

Wo 16 mt' think it la mowaary to.rofor at length 

to tho prirmol&or dirouaaod in anawerlng ;loru~flrat and third 

quoatioam. ‘i suffi.0 it to 8aJ that thor BRRlJ vlth mqllal for88 

to the l boro quoted prorlalon. 

~, You #?q ~dria~d that fhr CoPrirm$oa ia. pehfbitod 

trar oqmidaring l&f* in8uraaoo on thr life of. an applioant, 

aot in~,u0088 ~f,)l~O~;OC~,cg * 

ralua oa #uoh'lii~~ie8uranos po Ii 

l ocium*~i(L '~ah,** loan 

0~ 0~ poliolra.~ g$fo lnsuranoe lq uooma of ~1600.00 doer not ~Urq~liij ail applloant aa a rtt+r of eoiure but muoh pollor or polIoLa and 

the l oouaulatod O&ah aad loan raluo thonon’)ooorua~a myaouroo to k .takon iP+o os4aideMtion. 

The fourth question raquratm the OomOt oon8truotion of that .mrt of Baotlon 4 vhlah naQrI 

l PrOvld#d that ‘an applioant who haa 

.$n 010088 of #hO.OO aaah on hand 8hal.l not 

bo l llgiblr for l a r ir ta MQOr nor thir AoLa. 

Am va l oaatruo thi8 proriaion it.$m an l baoluto llmltatlon upon the povor of thr Commlrdon to (rant a8alataaoa.~ 

Ita l firbt la -to dro&ra that ,any porroa who ~ha in qxooam of 
Honorable Ta DaBwry, Juno U, 1989, Pago 11L 

$360.00 marh on hand ir sot aeedr 88 a rttar af law and thenform not all lblo for a8ol8taaom. Tho l oavarao, howoror, 18 

.nonooomar t e y tr ue, 1. l ., a n l p p lio a who nt ha 1088 thaa 

#MO.OO oarh la 8ot naoa88arll~ wiitira to l aalatanoo aa a 

matter of right. Il\ioh lo not tha provimiw of tho.aot. Oaah 

on hand la a l m 1888 thma $860 would br on0 of thoao faotore vhlob: mumt br taken into oonaidoratlon with all the 

other faotr an4 oiroorrtanoo8 mrroundlag tho l pplioant boarln& upon hia l l.i&blllty or nood. It 18 l a o th aroaouroa~ r 

Tour rooond quortlon raquaata tho 00x-r;;; ;;~truotlon 

to be plaood br tho 0-$88IoIi in l dmla la tui 

Ago A8818taa00 Law, 88 rundad, upbn that port "f on of Elrotioa 

4 of the Aot vhloh roaQr: 

*Aud provldmd furthor, tho faot that 

the l pplloaat baa.8 ohild or 0hIldraa or 

other ralmtlrom, l xoopt huaband or vlfo, 

ablo to rrtrmort a;!~oap llaant, 

k. oonaIdand rs 

ahall not 

Ikin tha UDQliOUlt'. 

l llglbllit~ for 88818tan00, and 8otlnqul~ 

#hall bo u&r into the flnaaoial ability of 

maid ohild or ohlldron or other rolatlr~a, 

UOORt hUBbBEL6 Or Wit., t0 8UQQOrt .&id 

l pplloant.w 

Prior to the uoadmont of the Old A&o Aarlrtaaoo Aot 

by 8. B. lo. 9. Aota 46th Lomlalatnre. l3ootlon 8 prorldoQ la 

-ha Qo5im8loa may grqnt flnanolal 

aid to mny aootly pmrmon who la in naooml lto um olrortrataaoaa proriQod ruoh parion 

WL L + 

"(6) Ii unable to l upporhluolf t 

and haa no hUmban& or VlfO able t0 f urnlah 

,M.m or her with support, and haa no othor 

ma ne of l uDDort.* 

6rotion 4, prior to urn-at, inrtruotod the Oomladon to tmko into aooount all foot8 -6 olroumataaora lnoludiiq 

'hi. ORQOl'tUjl$tj t0 obtain 8UQROrt frOn other IOPTOOBi” 
. 

. 

4 

. Eonorablr Ta WE&, funr 16, 1169, Pago l6. 

‘Thorn 8eotiOaa a8 uoadod emit thm word8 *aemoaaitoum 

olrounmtaao*~w, 8X Of DBM&MDh (8) and. the 

of 8aotion 4 iaoludod i8 quoter ln tha 

rtloular prt 

prrood L w=lnPh. 

The ~10~80 of 8aproamtatlroa of tb 46th Lylalaturo, 

by HOU.0 SI~plo ~O.ObltiOll MO. l64, prior to the uandrant Of 

Sootionr 8 md 4 roquO8tod tho OpitiOa of thir 6opartmnt a8 

to vhothor Udar a ?Bir, jurt and ruaonablo intrrprotatloa of 

the Aot, the Qamiraion ooul& intrrti6.t. into and oonddu 

the rinanolal nktur aad l bllltr of rolatlrma to furnlrh au - 

poorin parlag won l ll#ibllit~. Said rorolutlon rooltea in 

uUE5KA6, The Ohildrmn of an l pplloant, 

mor'othor nlatiroa are logall liable for 

tha rupport of thr l gd noear pqoata or 

nlatiror; ua 

VEXl@A8, auah l oaatruotloa ha lad to 

uanoorrrr~ upaaao of laroatlption and 

h8 ~0~06 t0 ~dOpri+, ri4 8606 &hO’w Of 

this tltatr troa no dr ing just l onaldorrtloa of tholr l pplloationa; and 

1 )* l l 

Bad 

upon l lI&Ibllltf~ 

1 

r* c + 

VBBRRAS, Siioh iiite’~&*d%atXpki b$hiaElWtFY 

4$ omarganof and.an irPperatlrr~publlo~ nooomgt at thi. tirr to tha aup ‘that it may a$- 

l-i rrlief to IMPS l 6od. drmnamt. nooam- ,. 

$:;I Bjdqe QOl'.Oll. ia thir StBtr, ofhuma 011 lb a 0 mapport and aaai8taaor B 

88 08 

Xn l navar tb thla rmquort it ~48 rul.ad that a fair and 

raaaonabla ooartmotlon of tha Aot am a vhola, p$or to tho 
. 

- 

‘ 

Eonorablo Tar DmBarrt, Juno lS, 1959, Pa~o 14 

pr@aOnt uuadmnt, ro uirad the Cmnimmioa to -ooaridor the ate 

tua or flnanolal l bl J tr o f a n l pplleant~8 ohlld or ohlldna, 

and othmr rala*lvoa, la ~onnootloa dth the l ppllmatloa for aid. 

.The foregdlag, m think 8ePvea aa a raluablr aid in Aotomlning thi or11 to bm ruodlad and the lo&IrlrrtIre latant In 

l aaOtlng the prmialon of the amandatory l ot now andu ooa8l6oratlon. 

Tho aaraoaor olauao of Son&to Bill .Mo. 

in prt: 

nlcha feat that, uudrr the prrunt law, 

in (loteaiaiag tho mod of aa l ppliaaat for 

l 88i8taaoa, noaaIdentloa ta gitoa to the 

ability of ohlldran aad othor rmlatlxaa of 

fho l pplioant ta l upport~ rid l pplloant l ,* 

thereby a0pri+i4 vany 

their right to noedro m the Stato 

Of TOP., eta.” 

9 QrOTidO8 

We thlak it la olaar that tha L~lalature lntana~d 

to aarlmt poreone who vora othorviao l llgiblo for l aai8fanoo 

aad who wara in 8wQ bul might bo dmlmd aid bmoauma 80~. 

8hIld or othmr rolatlre had the finmaoIa1 ability to glvm 8upR-L Th& o-a an4 ordinary ming of *ability* 8igZdfiO8 

tha,quallty or atata of being l blr; 

flolmno~ of naouroa8~ oapabllIt~. 

tloaal Dlotlonary 'End Xdltion) lo doubt in moma inatanoma 

notvlthatandlng the feat that ohildrmn or &her rmlatIvo8 &t 

bo oapablo of glvlng l aalataaoe, tholr 8UQpOrt would not 81.V~. 

bo 

f 

Ivan aad the agad n~ody aIght thoraby l uffor for,vrat of 

888 atanom. ~.ldentl~ the Lmglmlaturm intodad to plaoo,ohildrm or other rolatiram in the maa0 oategofy am any other por- 

.&on with relation to the l pplloaat. 

Wo find ~0 RroTimion in the Bat vhloh would roquira 

tlmt l id OT 8UQQOrt 80tuaU~ furnlrhmd br .q~ anon-ratitirr, 

0hiid or other rdatlva 

aldora in dotannIn 

9 

to an Bged puroni ;Ihould not bo oonhi. bubgotary a0068 or l li&ibility for 

Sta te l aaiatanor’but f at any tlma, for any r o a a ol au, o h o ut8Ido l msl8tanoa 18 aot rooolved by the 8pplIoant the Commlarion ia l p mo ifio aprohibitrd ~~ b thm Aot fraa making inqoiry 

into the finaaolal rtatua or abll I ty of a mhild or other rmlatire to ooatrlbutm to tha applioant*m aupport. Thm mtmtua or 

neo~adtlor of o&oh indiTidor;l~appllof$nt 18 mmdm the 8010 
orItorIa *or ~~&atoxilabu him l li&IbIlItr ua aoo48 uowt., W0voib ‘08 )2OTidOd In tho l o t oonaldontlon ruy bo glvra to’ 

thy +a+al l tetus or rbdt, of a hurbma or rllr. 

~’ In ooamtrulaa -6 iat0rpntin.g Bwmtm BUl No. 6, 

Aoti.&th LogIalattio, Popular 8oaaIoa, with nlrtlon t6 its 

l ffaot upon the 'CBMa old A#* A.#i.tUW Law vm ~Jura att*ptal 

,\ 

‘~~o~88poaa of tha prinolpal problem pro&onto4 b 

IT ntorlal quoatIona In ooa8truotI0n v d 

,Joguque; 

In m&d biro bean orrrlookod vo ohall bo ala6 to #upply thr 

.\ 

doflolaao~ apon roquo8t. 

TOUM TOrJ truly 

ATTOXKSF OLzllquL OF ,THIS 

Ir 

Orok' Ou&ok 

ooarn iaal8tant 

AFmmr APPROY6D 

/a/ ooraid 0; mmn 

0p1nl08 0ouitt0r 

,BJ Q.O.B., Qhalman 

ATTORWRY UllXRAL OF TfIIS