OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable J. C. Blair, Pre&larit 

State Board of E&motlon 

Kerenn, Toma 

Dear sir: 

19, lW9, proaenting 

8 a mmb4r of the 

the Gomraor, 

In you. ask th 

mrplw" in t 

the purp4s4e of tbla 

tlra whether th4 '4!Btimntrd 

fs or that eharaoter with 

smr irrpu* ry 

ng th4 *44tiaat4d 4\upr1u*‘ 

ch whhioh the board ta auto deal, ktar #ho beard laufalt such aurplas, or any pottiosi 

of it, to be used to dotray t?aY*llng; 

erpeaa46'0" 

w's direct your attwtlon to that portion or th8 

gsaercl riA4r to th4 Oln4ral &pproptbtlo4b B111 rhidh m&B 

as rollcnrat 
Al

445 

Zionorable J. C. Blair, iage 2 

"Trarsling EXp4D848. (a) It 18 provided that no expendlturs shall b4 smds for 

traveling expens44 by auy dspfmaent of thi8 

state In exoesa of the a&oant or mne~ itembe4 herein for atlid purFo8e. This provleion shall be applioable whhether the Item 

Sor txnrell~ 4xperm44 Is to be paid out of 

th4 approprlatlon fro'oatlm C4114ral Fund, from 

r488, reoeipte or 8p4olal ma8 oolleoted by 

virtue or oextald laws or this state, or mm 

oth4r id8 (axclurrivs of F4doral mnae) 

available for use by a departu,ent.w 

Ae your appropriation eppeare atter the veto of 

the Oovernor, no amount of money 14 Itsei44d and amllabl4 

therein for atraoellng 4xp4n4en. By the plain languag4 of 

ths provisiona of the rider above quoted, whars n0 amOurIt 

iO prorlded ior trareling 4xpOzme, no noney may be axpsnded 

for that purpo44. And thi8 prohibition 4xtsnda to the lmard 

a8 well as to the dspartment headrr. It roti ba a rut114 

#mtum for the board to.authorlu4 the u~4 oi moneys Sor 8 

purpose for whloh th4 legislature ha8 pmvid4d no eon4pa 

ahall be emnt, maor the terms 0r th4 dder, the board is 

tot at Ub4rty to authorize exp4ndlture or a mrplur for 

*travelfug 4xp4nse: *, but in denIs& that power by nooewaxy 

lmplloation rxom th4 language guotad. 

Your applloation 8t4t48, and you ooxlt4nd, that 

four board onnaot funotlon 4tflOiently without trarallug 

4xp4ns4a. That ia a matter whioh necessarily must bar4 bean 

betermine advsrsely to your oontention by th4 Oommuor 

when he vetocrd the Itea% provided by the L4gl8latur4 tar 

trat41ing 4xp4ns.8. The hardship, ii any, thus irnpoa4d on 

your department, ariords no ‘bath for the aaatuaptlon by this 

depm%uent or ths legislatLv4 or ewoutire pr4rogatlv8, nor 

does It afford any basle for the oonatruotlon of th4 approprlation bill oontraxy to Its plain lntsnt and wranlug. 

It oay be true, aa you point out, that the lsglalature nmut to appropriets the $6,000 per axmum ror q4r 

tile= 81~6 traveling 4xp0n848~, and that the OalOsioa of th4 

words *and tra+ellug exp4ns4aa rae inaavert4nt, (though 

this theory is weaken4d by the iaOt that the lOgialatW4 

had prooi646 a sp40iriO Item or $mo.Co p4r annua for 

ntrarellng ex;4nseP which WZIS vetoed by the Gfat4rnor). 

.,.. 
Hmorable J. C. Blair, Page S 

Howver, mnl.i4station of legialatire intent by non-aotlon is 

not Oamoiont to satiory the r4quirement or our OOAPtltUtiOA 

that the intent or our leglslatura b4 eriQeno4d by overt 

aation, th;.t money be slthdrawn Srom the Treasury only in 

pureunn44 of,apeolS~o appropriatloaa aad by law. 

Tours very truly 

ATTOANBT Wk%RAL OF TEXAS 

fm?:FL 

Riohard 0. Wlrohlld 

AllaistnBt 

AppROVXi.Ds~ 5, '1939 

. 

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TMAS 

APPROVED 

OPINION 0 COMMCITEE 

BYW. oI*WUA*