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 'inArt10188 

### 44lS[l ? he Department o? &blio &fetp 

### 44X5(E) end 

### 44X5(4),Re

### vised Civil Statute8 of 

### Tad, whloh read in part a8 ?ol1cmSI
'"Art. czls(lI. There la 

### hereby

c reatedl 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. .TheDepartlarnt 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 lduoatlon 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+ntenanJ I? 

### the appropriation 

### 18 broad enough 

### to **Ooter** 

### awh 4 purohaae, We thlnl'euah e 

### purohesei8 l utho riaed

by the tinera 

### Ap-. pmpriatlon Bill for the tw6-yelr p8tiod 

### l nd$ng August 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**Laediealservioea 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 an1 other neoeaeery **de** partmental operat ng ~nBOB,*inOlUd14 Initial iwltment......#50,000.00a
We have 

### undersoorsdthe 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 l ppllanoe8 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 **fb** 

### prsme Oourt ot.M~88ourl 8elC:

ìxi l bargebeocw8 tmoe8eery in navigating 

### a boat, **end** on8 

### in hind 

### for that 

### purpose,there 

### Is no reason whr it should not be 

### eonridereden 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 luth6riclng the p\o?ohaae

o? rqulpnt by the State 

### Highway **Commlar** Lon. Ths above-olted oeses'olearly rhow that l boat would be oonsldered en ~qulp~ent. The epproprletlon euthor

### lees 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 et**  tain 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..- .

.

Wr. Euner 

### krrlaon, June 8, 1989, Pega 5.

**Where** 

### the lew oomaendaanything 

### to be 

### done lt l

utho rl8e8

the 

### pariomenee of whatevermay be 

### neoeseery tar en**OUtilt&** 

### it8 O-da. ‘- It 

### 18 our opinion that 

### the D8partment of 

### Publla Sefety 

### ha8 the 

### authorityto buy 

### a boat, ii 8uoh Is **neoea** 

### l ary Inp rwanting

o rlme, Qoteotlnq

encl l ppre~endlng

law violators, end 

### l

duoatlng oitleena n pub110 safety and IAW obaenanee; u.16the 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 oat. 

### Very truly pun

ATTO!?REk

CmumiL OF TEuls
BY Ceell C. Rotroh



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