Honorable James A. Turman Opinion No. WW-310 

Acting Executfve Director 

Texas Youth Council Re: Are the receipts of reimburse213 West 14th Street ments for materials and supAustin, Texas plies used in providing barber 

and cosmetology service to employees under the provisfons of 

Section 9a of Article II, House 

Bill 133, Acts 55th Legislature, 

Regular Session, 1957, Chapter 

385, page 92‘7 sreappropriated, 

and are these receipts to be 

deposited to the appropriation 

account from which such materDear Dr. Turman: fals and supplies are purchased? 

You have requested an opinion of this office in which 

you pose the followfng questions relative to the provisions of 

Section 9a of Article II of House Bill 133 of the 55th Legislature : 

To Are receipts from materials or supplies 

used in providing barber and cosmetology service 

for employees reappropriated? 

‘“2, If the answer to the above questfon is 

fn the affirmative, are these receipts to be deposited to the appropria,tion account from which 

such materials or supplies are purchased? 

Section 9a of Article II, House Bill 1339 55th Legislature, reads as follows : 

‘*a y Barbers and cosmetoloaists nafd from 

aaaroariations made in this Article mav aerfm 

services for the emolovees of the %nstitutfon 

md charge for them, nrovfded the work is dontater their assigned workina hours and the State is. 

reimbursed for the materials or suaalies used, 

Rates of chareres shall be aDDrOVed bv the sovernins boards, Receipts collected under this subsection are to be deposited in ,the appropriatfon 

account from which such materials OT supplies are 
Honorable James A, Turman, page 2 WJ-310) 

purchased, and are hereby reappropriated for expenditure.rD (Emphasis ours) 

Section 35 of Article III of the Constitution of Texas 

provides in part: 

"Sec. 35. No bill, (except general appropriation bills, which may embrace the various 

subjects and accounts, for and on account of which 

moneys are appropriated! shall contain more than 

one subject, which shall be expressed in its title. 

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It is our opinion that the underscored portion of Section 9a of Article II of House Bill 133 does not detail, limit 

or restrict the use of funds appropriated in House Bill 133 but 

provides the authority for the expansion of services which are 

not now authorized, We believe that Section 9a is a proper"subject" of general legislation, and therefore, falls within the 

requirements of Se&ion 35 of Article III~of the Constitution of 

Texas, 

This being sop we believe that Attorney General's Opinions No, ww-96 (1957) and No. W-265 (1957) and the authorities 

nited therein, require us to hold that Section 9a of Article II 

of House Bill 133 is invalid and that, therefore, the procedure 

authorized by this Section may not 'be legally made operative. 

For this reason9 it becomes unnecessary for us to answer either of the two questions posed relative ,to the remaining provisions of Section 9a of Arti.cle II, House Bill 133. 

SUMMARY 

Section 9a of Article II of House Bill 133, 

Acts 55th Legislature, Regular Session, 1957, 

Chapter 385$ page 92T9 is a proper 'ssubject'V of 

general legislation and is, therefore, invalid 

under the provisions of Section 35 of Article 

III of the Constitution of Texas. 

WCR:pfajl:wb 

Yours very truly, 

WILL WILSON 

Assistant 
Honorable James A, Turman, page 3 (ww-310) 

APPROVED: 

OPINION COMMITTEE 

Geo, P. Blackburn, Chairman 

John Minton 

B. H. Timmins, Jr. 

Fred Werkenthfn 

REVIEWED FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 

BY: James N, Ludlum