OFFICIP, OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

Gentlc%Wn1 AUSTIN

Atittwnttimi

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for t paxtmnt upon atlon is r1naooed by no travel %rp%nsa t?m qmst:on OS this Da8 %xa%ssmxlep ltl ravel ojhioh

is a

This'appro?riatlon is heeded *EIoord

of EWners Dlvlolon (E da out 0s witi* ~FXX~)*, and followlnqthe ap~mpriat on them appears thw following: mragmph: "?ubjoot to the linltatlozls set forth in the provisl.ons appearingatState Cepartmnt or lXucatlon,Q-qy 2

the er.d

of this Act, nll balances zow on hand a~ci

all current Sees collect& 2.xz applicantsSor teacha-IsccrtSf~- oates aye hereby appmp5atod for the purposeof puyirzf;

all of the calories ima expsiscsof this Division,ds its* Izod, far I.316

fiscal ynaro ~erJdinqkugust 31, 1940, nnd ktqlK& 31, l%zl.'?

In a~:swer

to your sccor~Z

cuestioz,r;ou

are n&iscd that it is the op,fnlon o-Pt?&s 3snsx-trttnent that the Litaitations of'

?rqzects Cosrd hm 30 jurlodlotion over tho

mra of ?kmi9er3 sms. eich exceed me azoulit necessary to gap the itens specificaLly ap,nro?rlztteC

tkemfrom by the Yd?JgiSLdmx3.

';!rticlo

w79, tiEFrised

::ivil,z';tutes,

provides that applicantsfor teauhe+s cer+,lficSasstill submit srlth +:!,0if a9plicstio.q

to tEe "3x3 Dol3.ers(32.00)) :3at.o 5x35 of ',2,rar,inors n See OS muI nrticlc X3316 povldes thnt n persin hold&T a tczc%r'flcertificatemay have the sme rePVred upon t.kw

po,ymntOd

* the See of One 30110* IQl.OO), wder certain o1ro?133taSoes, aoci Article 2099a aiso povides ior Sees for specialYtld emr&&ncy oertl%lcates, but in aon& of these ~WAcles of the statute do wa find any langusge indichtisgan intentionon the p?-ti OS 0% Lea&ature to dedfoete or devote the fees to the USC and bomfit of the State DepurtnectOS E;Bucatlon or the Board of Xxm~- inars Div~laion

thorcos

* for the ;)u~p3e OS CeSrn-JluqneOessary e~3en,~e3 0f it3 i2a~mi3t~Otfb~. In b\ir.ODinLOn x0. O-1437, ac%drcssed

to the 3xoreblo C. I.. Kuykendail,Chairmm of the 30x7: OS Exsainers,uudor C&e OS October 13, 1933, find

mitten by Assi.stant AttoYncy GeneTo Cecil C. Camack, this Dapa?taeM.held t&t the Cozqtrolleris not nuthorizedor'rer,ulred to deposit tke fees coilectcdby the 3ocir(? of Xcmimrs Division of tho lk,part.zeer;t f2 a sAy30ial Suna,~butthat such Sees shonld be deposited in the Eerieral revenue luM. Aud 13 our ConferenceOpinionKo. 3082, coustxuiq the llxitationaf pamento clause of Senate Bill 427, Regular Session,forty-oixth~iegislature, YEI held as sollow:. .
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State.Deprt33nt of $ducotfon, Page S

*‘AnsPsering your second qu0stfon 5gecificallg, tk,ereime, ve are of the opinTon that the hut;hority or the Board relatea only to theme surplusa exietlng in funds dediantedOT devoted to the uses of a partioulerdepsrtmnt, where en appropriation of such mr@?s in such dedioatcd funas to the pnrt~culor'departn~nt .is not to be found ~,iswi~e.~e

than in'tte I&aLtotionof Peyztentr;

Clause.* SInac the statutes $m-vidingfor t&e aoUvM.on of rees by the 3oerd of Ex&zzilnlnors Dlvfsfoz of the Stafie Board of Eduwtion do. :~-not dkdfcnte or devote those fees to the use and.

ben&Yt of that departmerit of tke Stats Govtxmmit, the Lhltation of ?ay.ments Board has no ,Wrio-. dictionOYCT azy ctipposed excesa~orsurplus~ existingtherein.

APPROW OCT. 30, 1939 .'