OFFICE ~OF THE ATTORNEY GRNERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Hon. Ooorga H. Shepyrd 

Com#mller of Fubllo Aooounts 

Austin, Texa8 

Dear Sir: 

blJ.1 for th 

This ir to aaknowlad 

August 30th for our oplnlod 

the General Appropri 

Buatd of Insurano4 C 

Your lottar raa 

your opini 08 

tuted and a 

ishod a oopy 0r 

tlon or th4 atae insureno de16 welter c. wooaoat the purpom 

lnt4rpreted thereour wasidoratioa of 

t8 sot out belw. 

itI& at ths botton or 

0. O-1176 rtateer 

view of oar anwor to tho 

8 gltsn, pro do not think 

otate we note no prohiblhe rarioua ltma m8ntiOn4d 

E.4nte' sAom44 nivieion may 

paId from th4 at&a a g;Onaral 

en thowh the A&wits' Liosaeo 

is44 appropriated ,in, ths ridet to tha 

ganeral appropriation bill do not rufrsoo to 

in the t r d:r%%Loting the dlri 

There is a0 lan u-6 

J OZI 

solel;l t6 the me of tb4 t444 thmo 

monti onea. * 
Hon. CJoorge n. Sheppard, Peg4 2 

*Is It not reaaonablo to oonsider this portion or your opinion to be In conrllot dth the 

following rlderr appended to the appropriation8 

r0r the Board 0r I~ur4noo Commiselonere in senats Bill 427, Aote or the Forty-sixth Legimlaturer 

w*SubJeo~t to the limitations set 

forth in the provisions appearlhg at 

the end or this Aot, all Ag4utB' Liconso fess colleoted by tlrtuc of the 

lloonse lens, aball be deposited in 

the State hoasury, end ate hereby appropriated and may be expanded, durlag 

the fisoal years glding August 91, 1940 

and August 31, 1941, In acoordanoe with 

th4 lawa of this stat4 r0r pafment 0r 

the ltsps listed above... 

**Prwlded that the rore(rolng appropriatlona rortho LKe Dlvieion (et 

oept the approprlatioua tortha Exaznlning Division and the Liosncr@g Dfrlaion 

which lnvs~herslnaboro boon provided' 

i'or) shall be gald out OS the Csnoral 

heratls Tund. * 

*on p-4 14 or opinion o-n76 ~00. point: wt 

that the sa la r iel s pproprlatsd in Senate Bill 427 

fOr three Mutual A86OaSWnt SUpemieora and 0114 

Mutual Aaseaasmnt aeoretary are payable rmnY[atual 

AesmmAcnt iass approprlatod to.thri inm-mano4 

department in Ssaats Bill 158. 

-he above salary appropriations am listed 

in Senate Bill 427 under the Life lfivl4ion of 

ths lnaurancs deapartment and that dlrlsions* appropriatlonc ar4 expressly payable frost the genoral rav4uu4 fund (see rider quoted soaendly 

above). 

-should this Department rollow the abort 

paragraph of Opinion O-1176 and set up the aQproprlation6 for three Mutual Asseesment Superrlwra and one ssqreta17~-to be paid iroa the 

Special Mutual Assersmsnt Fund aa oreated by Ssnate Bill 1387 If w, what mill be the 4tatua 

of these salary appropriations after Xay 12, 1941, 

the normal expiration date of the appropriation 

of wtual Asseswwt r444 made in Sonets Bill 

1351" 
Ron. C4orge R. Sheppard, Rag4 2 

Se&ion s or Sonate Bill HO. 427 on pago 150 or 

th4 sonata Journal roads as iollws: 

'SOO. 3. It is further provided that in 

the av4nt the statutes cb ths State or Tex4a provide that any amount, revs or tunds horoln ap 

proprlatod to be paid out or lwal or special 

roes or funds, that the same be so paid out or 

said local or speolal foes or funds lnetead or 

being paid out or the Uenoral Revenue pund.* 

Seotion 38 of Sonate Bill Ho. 135 as passad by 

the 46tb Lagislature roads aa follws: 

*All ress Raid to the Board of Insuranas 

Conznlesiomrs by all associations regulated; by 

this Ackshell bs and the 44m4 are hero and nw 

appropriated for the balanoe cU the fiscal. year 

ending Augxst 31at, 1939, to the pile and benorft 

of tha Life Insurano4 Dlrlslon of the Bonrd 0i 

Ineurance CQPmiasioners, to be ~446 by the Llrs 

Insuranoo Commlsaloner ror the purpoa.0 or enforolng and carrying out the provisions 0r this Aot 

and other lawn rolatlng to the regulation and 

supervision of suoh aswoaiation; prorldsd, howoror, that thersarter anoh fees shall bo 4XpCnded under suoh limitations as the Legislature may 

dealgnats In tho general deRartm4ntal approprlation Ml11 slOh.f446 to bo abp06it4d in the Stat4 

Treasury as a special fund to be ueed as and for 

the purposes aforeeald and are b4r4 and nou approprlatod for suoh purposes and all laws or parts 

or laws to the aontrary are biro and nw expressly ropeale& to the extant of such oor.Uliot only." 

no 4freot of the s4401nl portion or &mate Bill 

427 above quoted Is to prorido that the appropriaticna for 

the Lire Division shall be paid out of the Gemoral Rermue 

Fund, and the a~propristlons for the 2lnIng Dl~lsion 

and ths Licene&ng Division shall be paid aa thorellubove 

provided. S4nat.o Bill 136, as passed by ths 46th LegIslattLC4, providas rorths 3234 or r448 paid to the Board or 

Insurance COmdEdOnOrO by all assoolations regillated by 

the Aot by tha'x,tr4 Inmranoe Division ror th4 purpose or 

anforaing and oarrging out ths provisions of such Act and 

other laws relating to the regulation and 4aprvlslon of 

such eseooiation4. 
Hon. Goorge H. Sheppard, hge 4 

Vie understand that the three Xutual Aseeeemsnt 

Supervisors and one Mutual Assaswont Seorotsry, appropriations for whloh am provided for the Liie Mvlaion in Sanato 

3111 427, are a4ploy4ee whose duty it is to anfor and 

carry out the provisiona or. SQate Bill 138 end other laws 

relating to the regulation and aupsrrielon of aswolatlolla 

covered by aucrh Act. 

It r0110w8 that by virtue or th4 provision8 of 

Saotion 3 of.the general rldsr sppended to S4nat.a Bill 427, 

above quota&, ths Sacs prwldod by Senata Bill 156 should 

be applied to*rerd the paynmnt of the 8alaries of the thrso 

Mutual Assessment Supsrvlwrs and one Mutual Asaosamont 

Secretary to the extent that they are available, bsfore 

roaort may be had to the General Revenue Pund. Se4 Oplnlon 

No. 04.360, attaahsd hereto ror your inrormation. Although 

Ray 12, 194l, would be ths normal expiratfon data or the 

appropriation or fees made In and by &mats Bill 135, aupra, 

Section 3 of Seuate Bill 427, a8 above quoted, eifeotlvoly 

praaorfb4a the ue4 which may bs made of suoh foes and lo 

auffloient In and of Itoolf me an appropriation, oonsldered 

In oonneotlon with ths dedloation of euoh teas found in 

Senate Bill X.5, to require the application or suohre48 

toward the purposes and expanses for whiohthoy ore available, during the current flsoal blennIum. 

You are, thereio+ respectfully advised that it 

is the opinion oi t ,hle department that you should apply 

the fees oolleoted by ths Board or Insurance Cammisslonera 

ixun asaooiationa regulated bp Senate Bill l3S tward the 

payomnt or the appropriations made for tha three Yutual 

Asseosmont Superviwra awl 0x1~ Mutual Aeeessmaut Sooretary, 

before reaortiog to ths Gslleral Rer4nu4 Aud rortha payment or auoh approprlationa, and that the General Revenue 

Fund may not be rssortad to tar payment of auoh approprlatlonlr unless woh lee5 am inaufflolont to pay euoh appropriations ruily, ,in whioh event ths aibri0i42i4y may be ma4 

up from the Csnaral R4venua Fund. 

You am further advised that In view of the rldcr 

appandod to the approprlatlon rorthe Board or Inauranoe 

Conm&slonera in Senate Bill 427, above quoted, It is the 

opinion of this dopartnmnt that the various itema mentioned in the Agents* Lfcsnae Division oannot bo paid from 

the State*4 Sonaral ~Revenus Fund, and our Opinion No, O-1176, 

heretofore rendered, la amandad and modified to thl4 extent. 
son. George B. Shapgard, Fs&e 5. 

R'ncI:pbp