OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

0cIAI.D 0. MANPI 

A”“.” .,.- 

Hoa. Namer Oarrl~on, Jr., DLrrotor 

Departwnt of Pllblio Z.afetf 

camp unabxy 

Austin, Texaas \\ 

our letter of 3sptanSon of thlr deportimnt 

00, 46th Ls3elrlaturo. 

Appropriatloa Bill 

bgi28t 31, 1939, 

nGc& balance of t&s cperatokr* 

lioencr fun4 a6 of tDc. ales* of 

ot Sl, 1939. revert to the Qeaaxml 

Dose ttc faot t!at -3nrte Bill 129, 

Rqpler Uaslon 46th L@alature, aam baiw tha 

Dspartmantal Approprlatloa Sill for tke fl3oal ~’ 

yeara ondine Au@st 31, 1841, sontalar a riQ@r 

l ttmohd to that portion of the 8111 l mroprlatlrq osrtain funds to the rrlvePt Lloenss Dltl- 

~clon, Departzwtt OS FubliO saietp, n3i0h rider 

l ppropr!.ates all fuac oolleoted ‘cy virtue of 

Chaptar CM, Aots ot tbr !;eoond Called ?eseion 

.- .-.--..- I --I--.. - - .._- . . . . ...“. 
Ron. Nomsr Owrlron, Jr., P8ee 2. 

of the 44th Legislator8 or any 8mendmeat6 

thorrto, an4 depoaltod ia thr state Treraury 

totho oredit OS the Optmtora~ and Chaurreura* 

LiO@ll88 !'Ulld, t0 th8 3ti118r'C LiC8Il88 DiVitiOfl 

iOr th8 pr?oS8 of paybIg it8mbOd l g?I%prlatlont lktbd tt.8rrin, ooaatltutr S r8-8pproprlrtloa or the un8rp8nded bslan88 OII band at the 

oloae of bueIae88 Aupuat 31, 1939, ana ~dc88 

mlb rldar take 8ifeot kmodlatrly up03 the 

dgruture of Seaata Bill O&7 by tb8 Ooteraor, 

In86muoh aa Seatlon 5 of 26nrtc Bill 4P7 I6 tb8 

qau61 rm6re6nOy dlauae. 

"S. If th8 Uli8I&WldOd brtallOe.Cd th, 

Op8ratorr* and Chauftruro* Llcimse Fund, a8 

Oi the 01088 Of bUdn888 ‘Au(;urt 31, 1939, dC18a 

not T8V’srt to the Gan6r61 Fund, a5 or that date, 

i8 Mid balaaoe Nlbj88t to 8Xp8nditUrO by tt8 

DermrWent oi Fublio Safety upon approval of 

r8Qu8at ior 8uOk erp8nditurs to th6 Vhitation 

of BymPsnta Board,* oreatbd In Ssotion 2, S8net8 

Bill 4Z7, Regular S8aaIoa 46th Leglalatum. 

‘4. If l uo h lUl8Xp8Jld@d bak.iO8 r8Vertr 

toth8 Oenrnl fund a8 OS th8 ~lore of buaineaa 

Au((Uet 51, 1939, is SUOh bslane8 MmtiLed far 

thr a88 Of th8 r)rpartmloeat ad F’ublio kf8ty UB68r 

th8 &t~W18iOna Or th8 l bor8 qU0t.d rider in 

s8ll6t8 Bill 188, R8&6r L888iOn 45th LOgiSl8tUr8, 

uhloh l tat8a that as&h balaape *rball 18*ieft to 

the Qermral FunA and stallbr l p,-1186 tomrd the 

p6ynSat cb ralarier u3d other 6rponseS N th8 

IMpaTtta8nt ai %blIO m8tY. 

*s. Ii YOUI 8B8W8T t0 qU84tiOD 4 18 in th0 

l fflrzatite, under what prooaas and how may the 

D8~aTtDl8tlt Of Fublfo CXdrty 8Xp8lid sU& belanor. 

'6. Th8 rId8r attached to tb8 Drlrer'r 

Liosnr8 Diliaioa, E8;Mrtmasnt of fib110 C’afsty, 

appropriation in P8nat8 Bill 427, Regular S866iOn 

46th Leglsl6tur8, also atetea thrst *rll 6IOIlI86 

renal&@ la s6Id fund (operators* and OhaUffaurs' 

llotiae tund) at the 8nd of the flroal year addIng August 31, 1041, Shall revert to ths Cenrral 
uon. Baur 08rrl8on, Jr., Pago S. 

?UIl& Wld 6bOl1, BUbjOOt t0 th. lildtatiOKl8 8Qt 

forth in thQ $rOTiriOnO appearing l t tha end 

Of thh AOt, b0 a9plhd tOWfl?d tbQ pamlit ti 

8ela r i88 l rd other l 1 ~ntOa d the DepOrtzent 

Of hbli0 %fQtf.’ ’ 

"Doe8 thlr neon that uoh bQlanoQ a8 may 

appear la tho 3paratora* and chOUrrOUr8' Ltc~neo 

FUlld trODi tbfA@ to’ tiMQ before tho 0108~ Of thQ 

bIQMIUm Qlldiw AUeU8t 31, 1941, 18 rubJo& to 

Qxpenditure by the Dopartmnt of Pub110 Safety 

upon rapuoet to and approval ef the LlmItation 

Or byWIt %3rd?" :_ 

EIlratQ Bill 158, Aotr of tha 45th Legirlature, 

RQ&UlOr zO8dOLI, ProVidQ8 In prt 81 fOllOU8$ 

%i f8e8 OOiiQOtOd br VirtUQ Or ChaptQr 

466, AOt8 Of thQ 8QOOnd,OallQd 8QS81011 Of the 

44th L8&i8htul'al and dOpO8itQd iti the Ftato 

Trwaury to the oradit of tha opQrator8* an8 

QhrUffQUr8’ 110~~~ rutid, are herrb., l >proprlatQd to the driter8 11CWl80 diririon rOr t&Q 

pUrpofi0 Of payi- thr l bOVs it~ixd l pproprirtiOn8 iOr oath of the Jeer8 Wkd%ng AWUst 31, 

10% and hlQl8t al, 1959, PrOddQd, ha8tar, 

that rll ronryr rmalnin& In raid IUnd at the 

and or the ii8401 par l tullng Auguct 51, lBSP, 

#tall rrrert to the Gan~rol Fund, and 8hall bQ 

applied towerd tha Paymat or tha 8alarlQa and 

other oX~Zl8.8 of thQ Dopartzcrnt Of Pub110 

EdQtY; rnla" 

3enato 8111 4t9, AOt8 Of thr 46th L&8bt’=8, 

Racular Seaalon, OOntOfn8 a prorlrlon 08 fO11mS: 

Wubjeot to tho llmltetlona 8Ot forth 

in the prOYi8iOl38 OppnWiQt at th0 On6 Of thi8 

hot, all iaar oollsotad by vlrtuo Oi ChePtOr 

466, ht8 of thQ 8sOOnd OQllQd 8Q8eiOP Of th. 

44th LQ&rlaturr, or any ~5Qd5QIltO thereto, 

and d8pO8ltQd lo the Stats TrQO8url to the orcdlt of the opQratore* and ahaufirural llconea 

fund, ora heraby appropriated to tha drfrQrQ 
BOIL Rotmr OIrrlU)n, Jr., Fagr 4. 

liOQZl8Q diVi8iOlt fW the pUrpO8Q Of pSyin( the 

ltamltrb l poroprlatlon8 llrted tbQrQun6Qr tor 

Qaoh 0r thQ yeorb' aadlag AuU8t 31, 1940 and 

AU&Ult 31, 1941; protid.6, however, thst al1 

monafr reaalning In sold fund at the 4t4a of 

thr ilaoal year ending Augurt al, 1941 8ha11 

rOVQrt t0 the 08Der81 ?Wld and 8ha11, QIlbjQQt 

t0 thQ linitOtiOB8 8Qt fOrtb ill thC jIrOVi8iOll8 

appearing at the end Or thir Aat, be app1iad 

toward the payaQL!t 0r 8alarla6 and other expen808 of tb8 Dapartxent of ?ubllo safaty; proridrd. hummer‘, that all paymQnt8 to tax oollaotors 

or th8 taiersl 00UntIa8, ln l ooordanoa with 

the prorlslon~ OS Smote 3111 15, Chaptrr 45, 

PEEI 1983, 003OrOl hW8, 88OOad O&led 8Q8aiOn 

Of th8 44th LQ,f$thtUrQ, ma l 3QQded by BOUCQ 

Bill 16, regular session of the 45th Leglslature, ~rtloular rarerenas being made to saotlon 

7 of eald bill, shall be cads out Of sold fund 

boforo may l xoae~ rerrrta to oala Oeneral Fund.* 

The provlrlonr quoted frm Tar;rts Bill 427 oontaln no languq8 Q+idQIlOlI&? a ~Q~ialatlTa intent that the 

unaxpandrb balan:Q of the Op8ratora* and Chauttour8* 

LloanrQ Iund 08 of tho Qlo8e or ttz:e t18aa1 yaar or AU@l8t 

31, 193~, rhal1 not revert to the 6QnQral I'und la thQ 

msnnar prQsorlbeC by %nata Bill 138, of the 45th Laglslatura. In the l b ssno e or laneurn&* raquIrlnF, a oontrary 

oon8truotlon, it must bs prasu6Qd that the Leglslaturc 

had in mind that Eenata Bill 4Z7 should hat8 only a 

prorpsotlre opuration, rathar than a rQtroQotivQ one, and, 

therQrorQ, that it Wa8 not lntandrd that Eennte Bill 427 

l houl4 hare the QffQOt or rapealIng thet portion 0r 

Senate Bill 13@ of the 45th Legislature .requlrln& the 

unsxandrd balanoe of the OpWOtOr8 and ChaUffQUr8’ 

LiOOU80 mDd aC Of tt;Q 0103-e Or th0 fI8Od JrQr, hU&U8t 

31, 1939, to revert to the Oanrral ?und. It folloua .tha) 

your rlr-t gueatlon 18 aasworod la tha l srlrmatlrs,-ah? - 

your rdooad pucetion 1s ancm3rQd in ths n8~atlra. 

The a!!ffwar to your firat and 8QQOnd qUQ8tiOn8 

renders lt unneoer?ary to amwer your third questiOn. 

Yost of thQ approprlatlona for tho Sa3artaant 

of ?ubllo Cafety, to pa7 it8 8alarisa and other 8xpan808, 
Bon. mnor Garrlroa, Jr., Fa6~ 5. 

are .zad~ out of ths 3eceral Fdn4. In our oplalon, the 

proriaions of Yenate Dill 13Q and Smato Bill 4tY, l b q a 

quoted, a*ICencethc le~l8latlra lnteat that thr rroaaea8 

in tha Oprr8tors* and cbaUffWIr8’ Lloaac~ Tuti, rarerr*d 

to in ruoh prmlrlons, ahall be pal4 Into tbo General 

?ud iCS the purpo8a d rOlnBw818g that fund in part 

icu tba it-8 of rslarlas ant? other l x7e~co8 0s the Daputrant ot 3ublla %fetl appropriated out of th General 

Fund ror th r1800~ blmnlua ading AUcU8t sl l*%, 

and the ii8001 blenolum onding kuplat 31, lori. It soilow0 that your fourth question la l nswe:Od in the aecatlva, ani tht your fifth qur,tloa, by t:rtur or tho 

l acw@r to queatioa 4, ia 8ot to br anever& 

In l a~wQr to your drth quoation, you l ro l driaad 

that the brlanoe wkioh maI appear in tha~Otcrator~c an6 

cbwrrour** Liomra Tun4, undar the prorI8Ion8 0r fanat 

Bill 487, is oat rubjeot to l xpeadltura by the Department 

or Tub118 caiot7 upon ropuost to and l pprwal of tba 

L.fmltatlon of Rymaata Bard, for the raaeon ttmt suoh 

oxeea8 ('8 not the obarsatu 0r r~oial ruad atallabla 

rot the USQ ix? tts DagartpVnt of ‘lublle Safety wvmilly, 

by and with the approval of thy Llmltatlon 0r Rymonta 

Beard, but the rltlor quoted aWr irolc. Cenate Bill 4ZV 

roqulmr that auoh aaec8 ba darotad to a ~rtloular u8e 

by tha Couptrollar, that is, tlw l xoot8 at the ond.of 

the iirwl blannlum In thlo rpselal tund 1s to ba ~a14 

into the Genual ?uud for tho gnupore ol rOb!fUrBi~ that 

fund ior the It-8 of l alarfQ8 a nd o ther l x p o n8r s approprimto to tha Daimrtttent d Fubllo i;aratT out at tlta 

OanWal Fund far the ri8a bIaanIua enndiag Aagurt Sl, 

1941. 

& 

8. w. hirOhlld haelistant 

/APPROVED\