OFFlCE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Mr. Homer oarriaon 

Diraotor, Tk4partment 

or mbll.0 safety 

hatin, Teral 

Dear 8lrl 

ur nquert ?or an opinion, 

*duoate the publio on safety matter&v with 

referenoe to.thr tmr of natem in the mentloned &krSi but &VS found that thin work 

neoersltatea 

ioT0, 

the u#e a? a b&at. We, Ohoremques 4 an op,inlon traa mur Department a6 to whether any fund8 appropriated 
Hr. Rcmer Qerrla&, Oune 8, lQS9, Peg E 

tothim Deparhurd o-be 8ponttortha 

purpore o? pumhasiry a aotor boat to 

,bn ucmd tortha purpose8 8et out, end 

if thl8 18 enawered in the affirmative, 

whloh 6f the ureral funds appropriated 

aan logally be rpent lnthl8 manner." 

The authority of 

18 found 'in Art10188 44lS[l ? 

he Department o? &blio &fetp 

44X5(E) end 44X5(4), Revised Civil Statute8 of Tad, whloh read in part a8 ?ol1cmSI 

'"Art. czls(lI. There la hereby 

c r ea ted l Department af fiblio tkfety 

ob the Stats o? Texan, henlnafter 

do8ignated a8 *the Dmpartmnt,* in 

whloh 1s re8tod the onforoemont of 

the lawa proteotlng the, public re?oty 

and prwidlng for the prevention end 

datectian qf orime. .The Departlarnt 

8hall hnvr; it8 prlnolpal ottioe and 

~heedquartePs in the City & Austin, 

uhere all of it8 raoords rhall bo 

44th WC.. p. 444, 

"Art. UlS(8,). The oontrol of 

ths Department Lb hereby mated in' 

the Publio Safety knmis8ion, Blminafter deslgnatad ma-.<the Cmmis810n,~ 

whloh Comm.l88lon shall~oonsi8t*qf , 

three oltiton8 of thlr 8tete. 

"Art. 44l3(4). The Oomml88lon 

8hal.l fomulato plan8 and pollaier 

for the enforoement of the arlmlnel 

law8 and oi tba trafflo end safety 

lawn of the &ate the prwentlon~ o? 

orlme, the detenthl and apprahsnrlon 

of violator8 a? the law8, and for the 

l duoatlon of the oitlzens of the Stat0 

in the promotion of publlo sa?ety and 

law obmrvanoo.* 

&a above-quoted artloles olearly authorlto the 

use of a boat if suoh i8 nefmssery in preventing Ori!W, 

deteotlng and apprehending law rfolator8, and oduoatiry 

$ltlzens in~publlo 8aPety and.lew ob88nnnoe; end the a- 
Rr. Ecaqer OU@riBOn, June 8, 19S9, Page 5 

#e.rtment of2ubllo &?ety eould.purOhaBO a boat wl hthe 

money appropriated ?or it8 BUpport end ma+ntenan J I? the 

appropriation 18 broad enough to Ooter awh 4 purohaae, 

We thlnl'euah e purohese i8 l uth o r iaby ed the tinera Ap-. 

pmpriatlon Bill for the tw6-yelr p8tiod l nd$ August ng 81, 

1939, lrnwn en Benate Bill Ilo. 1513, oh. 504, p. X?N, 45th 

WI., 1927, whenin It providea'm annul epproprletlon for 

the Department o? Pub& 5a?ety, bitt ~irision, deslaated 

48 item 89, 48 ?011f.M81 

"Postage 0frio.e ~ppllea, end 

l qulpmant, dier 8uppliea +nd 0 u - 

ment, arm, wire eiuumuniaatlon, * s - 

XEiery, prlntlng,malnteneneeead 

eOntlngent expensea, hoapltallxatldn 

lend Laedieal servioea when Injured in 

linq of duty 

when killed i 

and iynerel expense8 

n eotlon~~ surety bonds, 

bookr, all nroeaaary expanaea of 

operating a polio@ training 8ohool 

at Camp hbry tar tralnlng peeae offloe+8 generally mxu~memberr of thin 

Department end an 

1 

other neoeaeery departmental operat ng ~nBOB,*inOlUd14 Initial iwltment......#50,000.00a 

We have undersoorsd the word maqulpment~, whloh 

appear8 twioe In tha above-qLIot8d l ppropfietlon~ end we 

think wequipmentW lnoludes a beet I? suah Is neoeaaery to 

oem out the duties o? the department. In fact the 148t 

words of the above-quoted part a? the appropriation are: 

*....other neoesaa 

oludlng Initial ea 

dirtmettal operating expensea, inLet us oonsldsr what the word aequlpmentW meana: 

fn Bourler*s Law Motlonary (Rowle's 5d Revision) It Is 

defined en iollowst 

,rFumlshlngs for the required 

pUrpO8e.~ 

In the oaae of Oliver 7. atate, ll0 Ter. Crhn. R. PAS;8 

8. W. (Ed) 154, the Court O? Criminal ~4pedlB O? Texan, 

quoting partly rr0m 4 WaBhington 5upreme3Court oaee, Bald: 

W....%aterlals)l lnolude such 

ertlolbs as enter into end r0rm a part 

of the flniahed produoti while 'equlp- 
Mr. Hoher Gerrl Bon, June 8, 1959, mgr 4 

tint.* imports ‘the outfit aeoe8~ry’to 

enable the oontraotor to periorm the 

agreed 8enloe, the toOl8, ~plement8, 

end lppllanoe8 whioh might lmrr been 

P 

revloualy ured right be 8ubeequ8nty wed by the oontreetor in marrying 

on other work of like ehareoter. *.. ." 

In the ttaae of ~lelm v. Bteemboat Belmont, ll lib. llZ, it 

was held that l river barge wan part o? the l qul~ent of 

a steamboat wlthln the meaning of the statuta oonoerning 

BUitB for l quipWnt furnirhed t0 Bte8mboat8, end the fbprsme Oourt ot.M~88ourl 8elC: 

ìxi l b a r ge beocw8 tmo e8eer y in 

navigating a boat, end on8 in hind 

for that purpose, there Is no reason 

whr it should not be eonridered en e 

ute~lal ?nmlahed for her equipment. 

. ..* 

In the oese o? Dbraatt v. State, 144 Okla. 53, a89 Pao. 

t98, the Supreme Oourt of Oklahoma held that an l utaaoblle 

ran ~equlpnmnt" within the~meanlng of the rtatute l uth6riclng the p\o?ohaae o? rqulpnt by the State Highway CommlarLon. 

Ths above-olted oeses'olearly rhow that l boat 

would be oonsldered en ~qulp~ent. The epproprletlon euthorlees the buying of the neoeesary equipment. In the oaae 

o$ Terrell v. Elperkn, 104 Tax. 191, 135 6. W. 519, the 6uprsme 

Court of Texas, while dleousslng an o??lolal*8 authority 

under an appropriation bill, quoted from Sutherland On 

Statutory Construotion, es ?ollow8r 

a 

. . . . *Whenever 4 paver in givei 

by etatute, everything neoeesclrg to 

L!iak8 it e??eotual or nqtidte to ettain the end Is lmpfied. It Is e welleetabllshed prlnoiple that atatutea 

oontalning grant8 of power are to be 

eonstrued 80 en to inolude the euthorlty to do all. things neoeeaary to eoocnnpll8h the objeot n? phe @%nt. !Phi 

grant of an eIpress pcwer oarrled with 

It by neoessary lmplloatlon every other 

power neoessary and proper to the execution of the power expreeely granted. 
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Wr. Euner krrlaon, June 8, 1989, Pega 5. 

Where the lew oomaenda anything to be 

done lt l uth o r l8the e8 pariomenee 

of whatever may be neoeseery tar enOUtilt& it8 O-da. ‘- 

It 18 our opinion that the D8partment of Publla 

Sefety ha8 the authority to buy a boat, ii 8uoh Is neoeal a r y In p r wa ntino rg lme, Qo teo tlnenq cl l ppr e~endllna g w 

violators, end l duoatlng oitleena n pub110 safety and 

IAW obaenanee; u.16 the money appropriated In Item go of 

the Department of Pub110 08?9tr appropriation (Senate Bill 

Wo.158, 45th Leg. 1957) w be uaod for the purpose of 

puI'#heSlIl+588id b o a t. 

Very truly pun 

ATTO!?REk CmumiL OF TEuls 

BY 

Ceell C. Rotroh 

hI8iBtNt 

ABPROVXD 

Opinion 

Cfanrdtee 

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