378 

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS , 

AUSTIN 

:iokorablo ?ru~ic D. ~~suf.mi 

.ix.eoutlvs Mr8otor 

‘Texas i3tatm i’arkr Board 

Auatfn l.l, %‘.~@a 

or to aibpat 

d delivered 

to S+epteYlber 1, 

of recent date reon the above atstad 

or as rollou~: 

:.%?Oh tt!rOu&h AU&Wt, 

sed a numoar of ordorr 

8te sow-d or Control in 

ror m&Oh pursoseo out of the 

latlon {oadiq Auyruet 31, 1945) for 

rk ibid, and it wag oontamplated that 

or mid l pplier would be ;rsde trcW 

*ph8 ordor8 we-~ plaotd in the nOrF.ial OOurn 

0r buairiess, end said itans ware ordered in qurntitles oonriatent with 60~4 pureharing praotioa8 

with mapoet to purotmming rupplirr ror a st8te 

Park sy aturn. It wee ooatamplat6d that 4eliveFY Of 

thr ruppllea ordered and oontraotod tar would be 

r&ado shortly l rt8r the dater or the rbapootivo 

orderr and that tha un of thr itim* would b@6ti 

lmmdiately upon dsl.irurg and during tha imel 

year whloh ended AuU8t 31, 1945. Jowsver, due to 

wartirre ezer~enoiaa end oircuaPstanoe8 beyond th8 

OOD trol or the l eller or purohaassr, ttm rupplirr 

WC-O not dolivared until aftcjr >ember 1, 1965. 
379 , 

iion. Freak 0. ;uinn, ?a@ 2 

"3ad delivery or tha au~~llSa been sada Fa tho 

oora~l amrife, maid au~~llea would have been In Sac 

during the ri808i yaar ending August 31, 1945, avin 

though, in view of tke reooggalzad eood buaincra~~' 

preatioe 0r quuititf purohaalng with reapoot t0 

oertaia itmu, a part 0r auoh l upplfrS .rury i&t ham 

bssa fti4 exheurtsd during the iiacsl year mdlng 

August 31, 1945 and would have besn oarriod ovSr for 

use lo tha auooeeding year. 

Wepuerta ror payment or the involoar on maid 

order8 ham been prSaeAtad to the Ytato Coaptrollrr, 

and ha rSiuae8 to 188~ warranta thanon, bswd QII th, 

oontmtion that the ruppliar war0 not dellvored prior 

to ~epteolbar lat, and thorsrora oaMot b8 paid for out 

or ~~eolel Park Judd. 

5iSy WS oall your ottrAtion to tha m.ming proVirlO~ iA the DS&SrtiSSAkl. Approprirtion Bill, 3, a. 

317, ii. ii. 49th Log., UtdSr t&O TSxSa Skrta Parka 

3oard notion; 

“‘A.ll Or tb yrcrViOu0 annual bSlSAO8 iA tha 

spOi%l r7ark Fund and 811 rUtU0 raOeiyt8 

deposited ip the Up%IlSl P8rk Avid S~S hereby 

appropriated and re-appropriated for ccroh year 

or thb blmnius ror iSSiAtWUA00 and lnproramez&80$ t&a Sat0 Parka. l * l 

*‘AU the above approprfattion Shall be aubjaot 

to the approval or the state iruditing COtiCt6. 

Snd none of the tunda hSrSln provide6 shall ~br 

spent until Such approval shall tmvo b-n had.' 

"I& ree8rd t0 the l8St psragraph Oi thS above-quoted 

portion of tha Approprlrtlon fill, the Le~falativr ;rudlt 

QmmlttSa 'requsatod that we aubnhlt a propoaod budget to 

cover our rutura expenditure8 begin&i6 sopttmber lat, 

19l.5, whloh bubgSt was a provod by 8ald oolamittsr. Tha 

it0i88 and tm0wt8 0r aai tl budget wmra given rune numbsra 

by the State Comptroller, er par l tt%oha6 list. 

"on August 3l.rt, then was 8 brlwoo in s~~~lal Fark 

r un.3 or l llghtly over )39,000.00. oi this 8=0uut, 

$20,009 was arbitrarily tranarerrud by the State CO+ 

troller to apply on the approved budmtr Thtr lalt a 

balanoa or over +A9,000.00 in SwOial Park Pud. 
Zion. Frsnk 3. :&lnn, page 3 

"It ia 3uT OOnt6ntion th6t th4 above-deaorlbod 

inVolo48 pwaentsd to tha Stnta CoraptroUor and 

rojaoted for paynrnt by thr Comptroller l hould b4' . 

paid out of ~peclal Park Fund for the mason that it 

rsa tha lAt6ttlon or tt4 L4@Iletur4 that onl$,:iho66 

ord6ra hood sttsr Soptembor 1, 1945, bc sppioved by 

the IA J 8ZItiVmit Cmaittse, 6nd that all order6 

plao6d by the Board before i.Hppkrabor 1, 19b3, should 

b6 paid upon arllrery, 4vOA though not 44llV6r4d 

until arter 86ptombor 1. 

*x4 mmptrull~ r4quat 6~ opiaf0h1 rroa ~0~2 

do~rtmant 88 t8 whothor the State Oaaptxolla~,ahould 

i8rW U6r?6Jlt8 in Q8ymat Of th8 8bOV4-orntionid 461 

oountat and ii raid l ooo unt8%~ a l ligibl4 ror pagmant, 

plaaao advlw 88 to t&o proper approptlstlon and rund 

from whl4h said paym6nt l houid be aado.’ 

Thla de~rtaent har hentoiora ~a#61 aa oortaln propoaltiona 

rhloh 6r4 portlnont to ths quostlona r&+d by your inquiry. 

In Qlnlon 210. O-2380, addr6sasd to ffon. 040. ii. Sbopyard, 

Jbte Comptrollsr, thla dop6rtmnt h6ld th6t w un6xp6ndcd balanae 

in an rppropriatlon ror suppll68 for th6 opr6tion and mdntename 

or a d6p6rta6nt ror 6 gltr6n ri8061 pssr oould not be uaod ror th6 

pUrch686 Of 8U&Ip1t68 not ne6&td, OI' to bo used, during a6ld fina41 year, when it 166 oant*aplatsd that seld l upplioe were to bo 

us66 & ln thr rubwqmnt rlaoal roar. 36 qUOt6 iron l ald 

opinion, an roima: 

“34 do not hold that a~~~1148 purohaeed druling 

th4 ourrent ii8041 ya6r ror the oprstion end i&ntansnoo of a dopartmmt duritlg the yoer my not b6 

paid r0r out or th4 ourrent ywr'a approprlatlon 

aln~ply booeuu, through error In Judgmnt, mor4 than 

wan newsaery were ordorod. OOr4mal4nt ir a &OisQJ 

bualcarr oonoarn, and nU6h or that buainera mat 0r 

nsosralty be loft to tha honoat diaor6tion Or thOH 

to whom managament ia 6onrld4d. Sn th6 very nature 

Or thing8, 6x8Ot 48tiaSt68 8l6 fapo88ibleI md 14gi8- 

latlV6 en66tB6nta #¶U8t b6 int6rpt6t6d, ii pO88ibl4, 

la th6 light Or th6 r6ailti68. Oi 00~1-84, th6IWfOr6, 

l up p i.fMY 4 kte 8 paid r0r out 0r th6 y6ar'a 6ppropriation, thou&h 4 part 0r th6l Buy b4 6arrl6d over r0r 

U86 during the n6Xt ri646i J66r. ii6 af5pu hold hOr6- 

la that th6 8816IlO6 in 4Il l ppropriatlan for l up p uaa 

for tl,i6 oQ4mtioA and P*ht4~U46 or 8 d6p*rtMAt ror 

on6 rlaoal year my not bo delikrcltoly ursd for th6 

,.. 

-_ 1 
ifon. Frank D. i;uian, P4e4 4 

purohaae or aUppllea not n6Od6d r0r the ournnt year’s 

OprretloLa, but ir.tsndsd for ue6 oati in the auba6auont 

riaoel r4er.n 

../ 

XA GPiniOA b'o. O-2631, addmraod to son. Qeo. ri'; 3h6pperd, 

lt War hold that when en ltrpl la in6lud6d le a apeelf 6pproprl. 

ation for a p5rtlotiar r18061 y6er, 6nd d6liVory 6r aem l* poetpon6d ULItil th6 SUb84qU6nt fi84el year, l uoh clr4~~64# would 

LiOt pr6Obld6 th8 EcU'aPAt for 66id it6R Out Of th6 8pprOpI'i8tiOn 

ror th6 previous riacel yea-. 3816 opinion gointod out that the 

tlm6 of aotual d6liv6ry 0r an ltcm was not alwayr the t68t in 

dot6minlng whether the olda ror mid itr a la l llglble for 

paym6nt agalnat th6 partloulor appmprlatian ror a given yrar 

whloh had lnoludad aeld lkn. 

bl O~iniOA 80. ti%fi, addmaa6d CO don. 060. ii. i3h6pp8I.d 

thi8 departmnt k&ald that 8 current approprletion ror a partloufar 

rir08i year sould b6 ua6d to pay t94 antllr prealum 63l l iiV6-ye6x 

insureno poll.oy on a aortain building. 34 quot6 fpar mid oplrlon, 

as followrr 

"It la a mettor 0r oomf!aon *norlodgo th6t l r iV6- 

ysar rim insuranuo policy la rar more l o o no i4 .itcha6l n

Insuring ror l yoer or tlo yrara at a tlm. ft la a 

mtt6r 0r ootwson knoxl6Q6 thet It I8 cuatowery pxaotio6 

on th6 art or thoa6 ohergod wlth th6 roaponalblllty 

ror 8 a I! noablo inv6ataant in buildings to tak6 oa f1i-B 

lnaurano4 ror 8 tona long6r than two y6arai in raot, a 

rive year policy la quite oommn, an& it :r reeog.nnia6d 

es a good buainaaa preotic4. 

*kpproprlationa hare nov4r bsen liaitod to thOa6 

ltcma whom th6 b6nsrlta arset4d by the appropriation 

would be 6XhSWt6d by t&6 end Or the tOlY8 Or th6 trOysar approprletion period. 

"It la th6 O&dAiOA oi this drpertwant thet the 

Board of a6gonta or Th6 Unlr6ralty of Tmua wee authoritod to 4nkr into a rive y6ar oontnct ror rim 

bDunno6 On th6 i.6W &Aildiag Or The UnivW8itY Or 

Texoa, tOgOth6r with its oont6nt8, end to pey eu 

or ttl4 

iY 

mmium rrom th6 ourr6nt 4pproprietion, 

prorid thorn la 60 approprl.etion ror that purpose” 
382 

Lion. Frank D. .s ‘ubn, lw3* 5 

It IO apparant that It woo oonteaplatad that tha balanoo 

Ia the Spoolal Park Y’ud whlah tho Forty-ninth LegIalatura In- 

,tondod to ?a-•pproprleta was for tho purpoaa of making said money 

araIlabla to pay for Itonr in tha budgat for the bIsnnI@ baglnnlng Saptambor 1, H&5, raid budget portalnfng to I-m whloh 

ware to bo purohaood for the Stats ;ark system afte :‘Saptamber 1, 

and had no raforanoa to thoaa itam purohaaed and I2 tended to bo 

In usa during tha praeading flaoal Jeer ending hu&ust 31, 1965. 

Ia rlow of tho holdings of the heraInabov8 nsntlonod 

opinions, and in viar of tha faota otatad, It Ir our opfnlon tnat 

tha fund8 ra 

ini4 dwt 3 P 

r88Ontlng the l DproprIatIoh rOr t&o fISOa1 year arid- 

, 1965, ror tho purpoaa of purohaaing l upplioa r0r 

the Stats Park syakn, booonto l nouaborad at the tlw of tha ordoro 

or oontraota, to the l x to nt of t&a amount of arid orders or oontraoto, and that Euoh portion of th8 funds w enouabarad OOIIrtltutad no part of the balanoa uhloh tho Laglrl~ttura Intended 

to ra-appropriate for tho stats Park Syatira Car the blannlus 

bogInnIng 8a~to~bar 1, 1945, rhloh ma oontam~latad to ba appllod 

on t&o payaaqt for the budgatad itm for 8aId blonniwa. It is 

thorefor.8 our cpipion that tho Coqtrollar rhould Iaaua rrrrsnta 

agsinst the approprlatlon ror the ris08: yoar ariding iiqsmt 31, 

1945, ror tha SpaoIal Park Yund In payrnrnt for the l up p liaa 

ordered and oontraotad for during aald yaar on the baa18 of said 

appropriation, when It was Intondad that aald wppli60 would ba 

In uaa bring sale firer1 year. It IO our further dpinlon that 

tha paymant or l uah 01aIitu IO 8ubJoOt to the provIaIour 0r tha 

Aot ~OVWZL~ the appropriations for the Sp~oI~l, fark PUN tOr 

tho bfaaniru andIng August 31, 1945. 

60 trust that the above and fOre@ing will 8atiaraotorflY 

anawer your inquiry. 

Yours very truly, 

BY 

AOOtOta~t