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FERS CCLLBCTEDUNDER ARTICLE 3920. AS AMENDED, RZ.D REWlREDTO BE DEPOSITED II TRE GERERiL FUND Opinion ooastruing Senate Bill No. SS. AOta Regualr Seaaion, 42ad lag., andthe approprlatlon bill passed by the 45th Lugislatureat lta Regular Session. and holding i that fees oollsotsdunder Article 3920, as amendedbF

S.aB3~3,A~ta R. S. 42ad Leg.. muL)tbe deposited in the

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CFFICE CWTEE ATTORHXYGMERAL February 1. 1939 Boa. Tao 0. Mag * State ~Audltor Austin, Texas Dear Mr. King: Op1nlonr?0.0-31 Re: FOSS oollsotedunder Art. 3920, aB amended, You request an opialon on the Zollowlag quecrtlon: "Should ioea oolleoted'under~rtlole 3920, R. C. S., be.deposltgd in the Iasuraaoe Examlaatloa Fund or the Oeneral Fund?- -. Senate Bill No. 83, Aot8 Re&ar Sea8loa. 42nd Leglolature, amada Art1010 3920, Revlwd Statutes, 1925, aad Art1010 4690, Revised Stakes, 1925. ~rtlole 3920 was laoorporated in the ooditioatloa of 1925 under the general ohapter relating to
rebr Or orrioe. while Arti0i.s 4690 in the 00diri0ation or 1925 reJat8d to”& duty or the Insurance Camnlnnloaer to examine _~.~
lasuraaoe oompaales, and was contained la the general chapter relating to lnmmaaoe.

Artfolo 3920, both as or&ally written and as amended bp Senate Blll Ro. 83, bsglm a8 tollolvs:

-The Board of Insuranoe Comisaloaera shall charge and reoelve for the ~88 or the State the following fees:" (Undereoorlagoura) .- ,Among tha provisions of auoh srtlolo la the rollowlhg: “For awry 

### 00~~or any paper filed in the Dapartaeat or Iaauraaoo, for oaoh 100 **words........$O.20** 

### "Forafilxlng the offlolal seal and 

### oertirfiing to the same ~1.00"
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. . The only a&sot of the amendment on Art1010 3920 was to lift cut of that irtlole the last provision thereof (not quoted here), relating to ieea ror examialag insurance ocmpanles, and lnoorporate-provfsfonsror oolleotlng exsmlnatlon assessments in Artlole **4690,** tha axamltilng law. That part of S8aate Bill 03 amending Artiole 4690 provldss in part as follow:

""SOO. 5. Tbs expinaes of all osamlaatlonmada on behalf of the Stats oi Taxas by the Chairman or the 

### Boardof InsuranosConmissioners orunder his authority shall~bepaid by the oorporations examined la auoh amouut as the Chqlrmaa of the Board or Insurance Ccmmissioaers shall aartify to be just and raaaonable, In case of an examinationmade jointlywith the reprssentatlvaa of the Iamranoe SupervisingDepartment of any other State **or** States, the oorporatlon examlaed shallpay the share or the cost or auah exe?ninatioa

to ba borne by the State of Texas aa shall ba oertlilod to be just and rsasonableby the Chaiiman of the- Board of Iasurqnoo Comlsslonera. i wAssesweats for 

### theexpeaws of suoh axeminatlon which shall be surrioleat tomeet all of the expenses and dlsbursemsataasosssary to oomply with the provisions of the laws of Texas relating to the examination of lasuraaoe oompaules and to complywith theprovisions oi this AOt, shall be made by the Chqlrpaa of the Board of Insurance C~snlOaara 

### upon .theoorporatioaa or assoolatloas to be axamlaed taking into oonslderatlonannual premium raoalpts, or admitted assets, and/or insurance la toroa; pro### and/ rtded much aaseasmaats ahall be made and oolleoted &ly at the tlma auoh examlnatlonsarsmada. -Ali sum a6lliotedby the Chairman or the Board of Insurance Comlssloners. or under his authorltr, on account or the ooat of examinations assessed as herein provided ior 8 a 1 be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Iasuranoe Examination d and the salaries

### and t &ii& Board or Insuranoe Cmnlsaioaers aEdatru% expeneem or th examiners and assistants, and all other oxponsaa of suoh examinations. shall be paid upon tha oertlfloata or the Chairman or tha Board of Insuraaoe Commissionera **by** warrant of the Comptrollerdrawn upon suoh fund in the StateTreasury. "1f at any time it shall appear that additional p& rata ess*ssmenta are necessary to oover all or1

- . . the expenses and d1aburaementarequiredby law and

naoeaaary to complywith thisAot, the same shall be made, and any surplusariaing from any and all auoh aaaaaamenta, over and above auoh expense8 and dlaburaementa, shallbe applled la reduotica of aubsequent aaaeaamenta in the proportion aaaaased so that there ahallbe so aaaaaaed and collected the funds necessary tomeet such expenaea and diaburaemanta and nomore.” (Uaderaooringaura) "3-B. All 811818

oolleoted in purauanoa of this Aot and paid into the InsuranceExamination Fund are hereby appropriatedror the payment ofthe aalarleaand expensesprovided for In this Aot for the iiaoal years endingAugust 31, 1932 and 1933, reapeotively.-

It will be noted that under auoh Ad, Section 3-B appropriated for the eIpease8 of administering suoh law *all
auma oolleoted la pursuance of thla dot and paid lato the - InsuranceExamination Fund." This had the eiieot, therefore,
or appropriating "all sums oolleoted

### by the Chairman ot the Board of Iaauraaoa Commlsaionsrs
... on aooouat or the coat
or examinat1ona,* aiaoe those were the only sums whloh theAct required to be paid into the Examination lQnd. However, Section 3-B waa an appropriation only ior the flacal year8 ending August 31, 1932 and 1933.

The appropriation for the Examination Dlvisioa of the State Insurance Commission for the present biennium 1s round
on pages 1391 and 1392 of the General and Special Laws or the regular aeaaloa or the 45th Legislature, and after llatlag oertala partloularly itemized appropriations, the following language la used:

*For thepurpose or paping the foregolng examination expenses and auoh other expanse as la neoeaaary Incident to the examinationwork and the payment of the salaries of any additional examiners, atenographera, clerks and suchhelp aa 

### lanecessary la the administration of the examialng (providingany addltloaal employees performing similarwork to thepo8itiOnS designated hereinabove shallnot reoelve a greater sum or compensation than that herein provided), and ior defraying all other expense8 aaoaaaary for the administration or the provlaiona ol Chapter 152 of the General laws of the regular session of the Fortysecond Legislature and Chapter 264 of the General Law8 or-'the Regular Session of the Fortproud 'legislature,. . , ..-

there 

### 1shereby approprlatadall fees and assessmenta colleotedunder authority of saidaxamining law together with any balances at th ad or a preoed ag f fiaoal year, for laoh of the &:a1 years ending AUgUSt 31. 1932 and August 31, 1939. The &ad Or the Department shallmake appglloatfoa to the Eoard of Control sad receive its approval in writing before employ8e8, other than those itemized la the appropriationbiil, ara employed. Said applioatioa shall ret out the reasonsand necessity for the employment of the additional employees."
The words *fees and aasesameata oclleotedunder authority of 8uoh examining law" olearly refers to and 

### l pproprlatea only those auma oolleotedunder the authority of that law wbioh relate6 to the examination of laauraaoe companies.

Article 3920 has no rafaranad to and does not relate la anymanner to the wsxamlnatloa-a or laauraaoe oompanlea,but 8uoh artiole relates only to "teas of 0ffioa.v The "examining .law* ooaalata of Article 4690 as amended, and Chapter 264 ot the General Law8 of the 44th Legislature,whloh are the lawa relating to and providing for examination of laauraaoe oompaalea.

A oonatruotlonauthorizing the fees oollaotad under Artlole 3920 to be pald Into the Examination IUnd and devoted thereby to defraplng. at least la part, the erpanaea of adxinistering Article 4690, wckd etfeotuallynullify the provlaloas or Artlolea 3920 and 4690. as amaadpd,by authorizingreea paid by private lndlvldualaunder ArtiCls 3920 to be divcrtad from *the use of the Statg: and devoted to a raduotlon of the amount of aaaeaameata to be oolleotad of iaauraaoa ocmpanies ior tha ~admlalatratlc~ of the proviaion8 of.Artlole4690; 'whereas, Artiole 4690, as amended, axpreasly provides and oontemplataa that the entire oost of admialaterlag the laws of Texas Velatlag to examination of insuranoa oompanlea^be defrayed 9ro rata by the oanpanlea examined. In otherwords, Article 4690, as amended, announaea the policy of the State toba that tha axamlned-

ohs11 pay the ooat or their examiaatlon. A ooastruotloa, timxafora, of tha appropriationbill es authorlzlngthe fees oollaotad under Artlola 3920 to be paid into the hxamiaation Fund would render such portion of the Appropriationbillunconstitutional, .a8attempting the amendment of Artlola 4690 without spaolfying the purpose la the oaption of the bill, and dthout ra-enacting and publishing at length tha aaotloa or saotloas amended, in violation of the Constitution,Artlola 3, Ceotioas 35 and 36.

You ara, tharaiora, advised that ree8 oollaotadunder Jrtlola 3920 shouldbe deposited In the Maera Fund.

The Opinionheretofore writtenby Ronorable :i. X. .Haath, .%asiatant Attorney General, on June 19, 1936, in reapoaaa :toan 

### inquiry

by Hoaorabla R. L. Daniel, Chairman of tha Board 'ofInsurance Ccamlaalonara.expreaaing a contrary oonalualon, 

### la ttarebyoverruled and 

### withdrawn.

Yours very truly
ATTCmY CEXEFAL @? TEXAS (signed1 R. X. Falrobild Aaalatant !RW:PSP
This opinion has been ooaaidarad la ooaferaaoo, appFoVed, and ordersd recorded. (Signed) GEULD C.XW?'E AT'!'CR.XZY

GEXERIL CPTEXAS