Honorable Wesley Roberts, Chairman 

Committee on Saving Taxes 

House of Representatives 

Austin, Texas 

Opinion No. WW-811 

Re: whether the members 

of the Commlttee on 

Saving Taxes, authorized by,House Simple 

Resolution No. 152, 

56th Legislature, 

Regular Session, 1959, 

are subject to provlsions of House Bill 

No. 14, 56th Legislature, 

Third Called Session, 

1959, and related quesDear Mr. Roberts: tions. 

You have requested an opinion on the following 

questions: 

"1. Inasmuch as this money has 

been set aside,prior to the enactment 

of House Bill No. 14, Fifty-sixth Legislature, Third Called Session, are the 

members of the Committee on Saving Taxes 

subject to the provisions of House,Bill 

14? _' 

"2. Are the members of the Committee 

on Saving Taxes subject to the provisions 

of your Opinion No. ~~-776? 

"3. what is the in-state mileage 

reimbursement for necessary and official 

travel performed by members of the Committee on Saving Taxes? 
Honorable Wesley Roberts, page 2 (~~-811) 

“4. Are members of the Committee 

on Saving Taxes, as authorized by H. S. R. 

No. 152, limited to $8.00 per day within 

the boundaries of the State? 

“5. What is the in-state travel 

reimbursement, if traveling by public conveyance, such as air lines, bus lines or 

railroads?" 

House Simple Resolution No. 152, referred to in 

your request, creates a committee of five Members of the 

House of Representatives to be known as the Committee on 

Saving Taxes, and provides that such committee shall continue until the convening of the 57th Legislature and, 

therefore, constitutes an interim committee of the 56th 

Legislature within the meaning of House Bill 14, Acts of 

the 56th Legislature, Third Called Session, 1959, Chapter 

16, page 395. 

In Attorney General's Opinion WW-667 (1959) construing the provisions of House Simple Resolution No. 152, 

it was held that its provisions constituted sufficient 

authorit for the Comptroller to set aside ina separate 

account $ 5,000 of the monies appropriated in House Bill 

No. 1, Acts of the 56th Legislature, Regular Session, 1959, 

Chapter 1, page 1, to be used only for the purposes set out 

in House Simple Resolution No. 152. 

House Bill 14, Acts of the 56th Legislature, Third 

Called Session, 1959, Chapter 16, page 395, provides that 

the per diem of the Members of the 56th Legislature serving 

on interim committees of the 56th Legislature shall be limited to $8 per day within the boundaries of the State, and 

the rate of mileage is limited to 89! per mile. 

General's Opinion w-776 (1960). 

Attorney 

Therefore, in answer to your questions, you are advised that since the provisions of House Bill 14, Acts of 

the 56th Legislature, Third Called Session, 1959, constitutes the latest enactment of the Legislature, the traveling 

expenses of Members of the Committee on' Saving Taxes are 

governed by its provisions. 
Honorable Wesley Roberts, page 3 (~-811). 

Answering your questions categorically, (1) the 

Members of the Committee on Saving Taxes are subject to 

the provisions of House Bill 14; (2) Members of the Committee on Saving Taxes are subject to the provisions of 

House Bill 14 as construed by Attorney General's Opinion 

w-776 (1960); (3) the in-state mileage reimbursement for 

necessary and official travel performed by Members of the 

Committee on Saving Taxes is 84 per mile; (4) Members of 

the Committee on Saving Taxes are limited to a per diem 

of $8 per day within the boundaries of the State; and (5) 

in-state travel reimbursement is 84 per mile, whether 

traveling by public conveyance such as air lines, bus lines 

or railroads, or traveling by private conveyance, 

SUMMARY 

The traveling expenses of Members 

of the Committee on Saving Taxes of 

the 56th Legislature, are limited to 

the per diem of $8 per day and the 

rate of 84 per mile by the provisions 

of House Bill 14, Acts of the 56th 

Legislature, Third Called Session, 

1959, Chapter 16, page 395. 

Yours very truly, 

WILL WILSON 

Attorney General of Texas 

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APPROVED: 

OPINION COMMITTEE 

W. V. Geppert, Chairman 

Phocion S. Park, III 

Wallace Finfrock 

Mary Kate Wall 

John Reeves 

Assistant 

REVIWED FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 

BY: Leonard Passmore