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OFFICE OF THE AlTOR,NEY GENERAL OF TU<AS 

AUSTIN 

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stat0 E8alth Qttloor 

Awth, laraa 

Dow art 
Hon. Gab w. Box, p4sge a 

IWO trat*l,lng atl% other IaMMMry upoRue8 

1r.ourr.d by the v~r:ow Offioar8, m3elutanta, 

dqutlas, aluks and othu anplo~eea ln tha rayloua dopartmnta, I.nstltutlon8, boerdr, oonxh8iOlW Or other 8UbdiVi8tOn8 of thi State Governamlt* ln tho natlre dlwhargo o? tll0l.r aa00 

8h8l1 b0 suoh 88 UO 89WifiW11y ihod and apt 

prO3Wi8t8# by th8 Legi8latUm in the #pneraf. 

appmpriatlon bill8 prorldlng tor tha oxpon868 

OS the state Oo~ernment iram par to y'sar. . 

%bJL ~p@O~iatiQtl8 for trQtOli&lg e-888 W 

ado w atlOu8nee8 or fiyfMllt8 to oftblab 

or amployeu for the use OS privately orrprd matwaobil.8 8hti1be on a b-18 Of Mb81 niltraro1.d roc oaeb trip or all trip8 aor*re% br 

th0 Uya uO l O(IOUllt8UO b dttd fW p w$ Or 

tibWMO0 ?WJ5 8UOb ~&VSOpit!itiOM, pod 8U& 

&Ufaarnt Qr ~lOU8200 8hd.l be mad* &t a rati 

nottQUMedtlvo (a#) MRk ror ealthmiloa@tipput tr8VO1.d. m% a0 addl?elonal e~pOr18. is@;- 

dent.to th. Oparatioa of iuoh m&suobilo 8kl.1 

be allow.&.” 

!hmmtfook to the Oeneral Ride of the-Wamrnl Doparkeanw Approprlatlon Bill Lo., satnnte Bill 

BQ. da7 ror the po+ieion or lib0 lu r8lativo*t9 tsavl Ung í o x p M eu* 
expOn8e8 wha oalled tc thoti arain cttice.w 

"(f) (1) a + 6 there :.mst be a ao;.clae 

8t&te!Mnt Of the d,;tic8 pcrfcrmad, 8nd the 

polnk frcm wl*:bh the euaployeo truval8 from 

the designated cost of duty and all other 

tom8 ri8ited and the objeot ot auoh visit 

aid the objeot ot such visit end of tts 

apcltio expmae8 inourmd.” 

AcoordlIrg to the UXpliOit langua(co Of the 8tatuto, oxpense8 are allowad only iOr tmW6ling on offioial 

8tUtd bUSin888. h iStat employee 18 entitled to tWWelh srgm~aes rroa tho olty or tom wharo ho la 8tatloned to the dO8i@latrb pO8t Of duty "and the point8 

trorn uhloh the l nployu trav.18 f'rom the donl@mtod w8t 

ot duty antl all other towrm Y18itda while bciV8$iIi# 011 

Otfiaia 8t.&!te bU8fIWJ8. Ihrt Ii0 8tate cuPploy W Olafr, 

bo allouod, or ~16 trarellng err~a808 lnourrod uhlle 

trerellilg ?rom 8nd to the deslgaated post of &uty on 

rmkond8, hclidq8 or dally whore tho objeot of the trip 

bl+OlYin(r th8 l XJ!OIlSOi -8 IlOt OftiOiti 8tstO bU81llO88. 

isher8 a 8tat.e cwaployee ha8 trarelod to a duigaatrd p8t 

of duty 011 offiefal stat0 buslnms, ha 68rmOt be alm~~6 

travollq expwm88 fcr week-, holldafl or dally trip8 

?rom and to uld pclnt rhish have no aonnemtion tith 

otflol~l 8t8te bUOiM88. 

!' 

It 18 troratUia1 that th0 trlW&iw OXm808 iIt 

lndir%dml in8tences will balua than the par dim upens0 of remaining at thm dosignskd~ St of duty. !fhO 

language Of the 8tatute i8 OlSar Md~ si aab1yOU8. ThO 

8bsd&ird to be applied 8triotlr is rh&he!r or not the 

trerelw W88 on OftiOial 8kte bneldw8, ft it 18 not, 

1 the eraployee o8nnot be ontit1.d to OX5Wl8U irrU&WOti+e 

6 of where tho ddslgtmtsd poet of duty i8 or the fast that 

the tra~sling esqmiSe8 would be 108S than t&S @EFdajrOO*8 

Few (#4.) Dollar perdla if ha re@alnab at hi8 lpst of 

Qbty. 

The rib-r to Benate Bill a9 allows no usoption 

to the general rule that no traveling,oXpanssr; 8h8l1 be 

allowed pleas lnourred w%ile traVeling On OtfiOiti bU8- 

in088 Ot thQ i?&itO. 

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Hon. Ceo. W. 001, paga 4 

K'e find an opinion of thi8'Department under the 

~raoedim adminlstratlon on the @ame question dated 

januqry 0, 1935, by lion. Leon 0. Koses, issistant iittornsp General which supports our holding. The altuation 

upon whloh the department ruled at that tiny.2 was es 

follows: 

*It vePy often,happana that a 

- . . . . 

Stete employae 

on trevellng erpenea aaoount 16 stationed neer his 

home. Be desirea to spend the weekend at hone lnstead of remaining in the town where he is stationed. 

I’iould this department be authorized to Issue warrant in peyment of his mileage in going to hla home 

and returning baok to hi8 po8t of duty in lieu of 

the expenses he would hare lnourred had he remained 

in the town where he wa8 working; providing the expenees lnourred tar suah mileage does not exooed 

the anount allowed for meal8 and lodging had ha ramalned at the place where ha uas amployed.W 

The deoislon in that opinion was that the Comptroller 

Would not be permitted to Issue warrants" to a state amployea 

win payment,of mileage" ot the amployee *in going frcda tha ortloiallg designated post of duty to hi8 home". 

Cm the basis of the above reasoning it is our opinion that both of your questions must be answered in the 

negative. 

' Inoonvenienoe and actuel hard&hip might be worked 

in oertain instanoes by a atriat oonstruotion of the general 

rider to Senate I)ill 827, but in the lent analysis the wiSdom of legislation i8 a mntter for the.leWm&ktig body to deoidei 

Trusting that we have fully 

ice, w0 are 

answered your lnquirYours very truly 

Dick Stout 

hssistant 

DS:ob 

Encl. (Opinion, doted l-9-35 

by Hon. Leon ZOses)