OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

mnorable T. J. CroveI Secretwy 

~&xn8 state Eaard of c?aicai Rxalsin6rs 

glU-X3-30 T6Xat) 9 :ak B&ldlag 

C~llas, Texas 

Denr Slrr OpLnloa No. Q-6638 

Ret LimLtatfioas o 

State tid o 

captioned nat ter has been re 

quote~frcm your letter as fo 

r 

I 
Eworable T. J. Cmve, 

“I ‘wrote the 

the fuads dcrlved 

draft of the RsEiStPntiOn Act, 

fron which are p~cvldsd b3 the 

- __ re&;istered pb3sicmna of’ ‘i’exao for the purpxe of 

eriforcenent of it; end althsqh the provisions of 

the Act pPwlde the b3tard c&g Spur! up to the last 

penny in the fund SQP the purpmes mentianed th&ein, but no E&x sfir.11 ever bc mposcd on t&e funds 

of the atate ~Troasuror- collected for other purposes. 

“The Etaneg was dognsitnd Mth the atate Treasurer, vouchers to be psmsed through the conptrollere office 0s a Ratter of safet3, to prevent it 

being used for; other than tho puz*r?ose of enfarcemoat of the lnw, the dl.anesinut5.an of infornsetim 

Inter&d to educate the public kc, and fDr this 

service the atato is paid between $300. to $509. 

a year. 

‘k?lr?t::~I nou de,alm to have 3our opinion on 

ts what EPB tho Llmitatfons of the bwerd*s use of 

this fune, nov around $?O,CLQ., IS not for the 

aCtU8l 3~1~3 WxB%x! in COnQectisn With the ~roaecution of fla@ant vlnlatlons of the Act? Ths Act 

itnolf defLuea the linit ‘as the last cent la the 

fund, but ma warraats 8llBll be &sua on other funds 

oi the stats to coapensate for a daffcioncg of ths 

reglstrsCFon fund. 

“3&x I have soxtm troublesons cases mw on 

hand, 1’31 thank 3ou for an early and a definite 

opltion on thta matter.” 

&tlcle &&YEla, Vtwnoa’a Annotated Civil Statutes, 

rc~ds 1.n purt IAS fwllwirra: 
Board oi” %edical, ExamInex3, on OF bnfo~e tb.e let 

clay ofl Januatiy, A. L’. 1433, and tharmftm to reg.. 

ister In like mailpeP tmnuzllg, on or hsfore the 1st 

d&y of Jmuary of each succeedfug ~enr. Each pclrson 60 re.giateri~- with the Tczas State Board 3f 

Hecxcal Sxqxinars ahell pay, in ccmlectiorl with 

each annual rcgistratton mad for the iwceipt heroInafter provided for, R fee of Two (,c3,ooj I?ollara, 

whltch fee &all accompany the epplm3eion of ovorp 

suoh pcraon fm such reg2stration. Swh paymat 

shall be tmde to the Texas State Board of He&m%1 

Examiners. Every person 86 ret;istering ohall ffle 

with tht~ Texas State Bard of EedlcaL Exan;inera a 

written application for annl;al rngistration, setting forth his full nfine, tP0 a&p, his FOst Office 

etidress, his place of residence, tb* courity or 

counties in which hle certificate eutltll&q hln 

to prectice medicine has been m&stared, and the 

place or pieces where he is aafjetpxl inthe practice 

of ae&icice, 811 ~611 8s the 6ch~b01 of aedioine to 

which he professes to belong RUd the nmber and 

de0 of hi5 lic5nas certiricate. 

a 

. . l l 

4 3,3QQ*QO 

1,500.CO b 

~,?OO.OQ 

?,200.?3 

~,2PO..W 

fioo.00 
gonclrrabla 2. J. Crow, wge 6 

%ur attaatS.oa Is directad to t&i feet that 

the Conm.tutl5n of the State of Texas prohibits 

rncrnsy bsia;; withdrawn mm the Tmrau~g of the 

Bate except pursuant to appropriatioa artBe by 

the Leglalature, and further p~2v1des that no ap 

propriQtLon E&all be t&k3 for & lotl@?r par-lad tbwl 

tw3 years. Corlstftutioa, AlMcle TTIISF, Soctfotl 6. 

Wdm these ~GPiSiOtiS, it foll.~W~ that Wl-em the 

Lep;fslature haa failed QI' refused to ay>propH.ate 

mm8gs for c?xpendfture for psrrticular purgosei, 

the accounting offiaes of this State have no authority to lasoa WQrrQats upoe the !Freasurf In 

papaeat of expendituxvxt oade for such gnrposes~" ~;y 

depertmeat 

Ia viow of the fOF8sOiap;,~ it la the 0pLaioa of thfs 

that the Texas State I3oard of Eedical Examtners 

can only r;rake such expeudltwes out of the %edical i?ei?istrfittloa Fund' aa provided for by tbc &bove metrtioned amropristion bill. the ~.~glrlnture did not &%ks an QmPOPrietlO~ for 

the papsat of tha 0xp8naitwea tmatiotmd in your recweat, 

and therefore tit is our opinion that the Texss State Board 

of Pealc~l ~?,xnniwrs 5.3 riot eutbocieed to py for $%otootctLc 

~opioa of doauaetxtnr-$ evfdcncet witntps3 fees, Olld 0tbe.P 8XPensea of a eQ?dilQr tmNre*