OFFICIP, OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

Gentlc%Wn1 

AUSTIN 

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for t 

paxtmnt upon 

atlon is r1naooed by 

no travel %rp%nsa 

t?m qmst:on OS this Da8 %xa%ss mxlep ltl 

ravel ojhioh is a 

This'appro?riatlon is heeded *EIoord of EWners Dlvlolon 

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da out 0s witi* ~FXX~)*, and followlnq the ap~mpriat on them appears thw following: mragmph: 

"?ubjoot to the linltatlozls set 

forth in the provisl.ons appearing at 
State 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 applicants Sor teacha-Is ccrtSf~- 

oates aye hereby appmp5atod for the 

purpose of puyirzf; all of the calories 

ima expsiscs of this Division, ds its* 

Izod, far I.316 fiscal ynaro ~erJdinq kugust 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-P t?&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 applicants for teauhe+s cer+,lficSas still 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'fl certificate may have the sme rePVred upon t.kw po,ymnt Od *the See of One 30110* IQl.OO), 

wder certain o1ro?133taSoes, aoci Article 2099a aiso povides ior Sees for special Ytld emr&&ncy oertl%lcates, but in 

aon& of these ~WAcles of the statute do wa find any langusge indichtisg an intention on the p?-ti OS 0% Lea&ature to dedfoete or devote the fees to the USC and bomfit 

of the State Depurtnect OS E;Bucatlon or the Board of Xxm~- 

inars Div~laion thorcos * for the ;)u~p3e OS CeSrn-Jluq neOessary 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 Cozqtroller is not 

nuthorized or'rer,ulred to deposit tke fees coilectcd by the 

3ocir(? of Xcmimrs Division of tho lk,part.zeer;t f2 asAy30ial 

Suna,~but that such Sees shonld be deposited in the Eerieral revenue luM. Aud 13 our Conference Opinion Ko. 3082, 

coustxuiq the llxitation af 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 

dedianted OT devoted to the uses of a partiouler depsrtmnt, 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&aLtotion of 

Peyztentr; Clause.* 

SInac the statutes $m-viding for 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-. 

diction OYCT azy ctipposed excesa~or surplus~ existing therein. 

APPROW OCT. 30, 1939 .'