OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GROVER SELLERS 

ArrIORNrv GENERAL 

HorIar8bl e n. C. Morris, Chrirman 

Joint tegisl8tlrr Committee 

Creenrille, Texas 

Dear Sanator Mor~inr 

*As Chairman of the 

I ma interested in recur 

pretstion at abrtaln wov 

tlan law tar 

1, the atrlainl m 

c this law are 

III adminfmtraon that the tundae aid under thin I aw 

R sCtl001 to show a nebd 

rent type0 crf aid pmII of this law. The opinion 

tod to transportation aid 

ion at&tan that the banfs 

an old Is ‘n6ed’v it la necemterm be dafhed in order that the adftfcor nt mm aomlttee may dstcrmine 

J of thone sahoots 8pplyinu for tranoporhtlan aid- In our opinion the ?a* prorf dew that 

any nchoal applying for any type of nid must ahn* by 

ita budget noed for mch aid and that said app?rinI: 

school aust abide By the provisions In this act which 

met up a alninnn tax rata and mlarf achecWIe~ 
l 1 . What is Rudaetrry Reed? 

‘2. mould a a a h a orho l makes rppliantion tar tran6pnrtation aid only 

be required tn nhos hudgstary need?. 

In our Opinion X*0. O-7211, referred to by you, we pnlnted out that Article V tat 83. II. Ao. 107, deal 8 with the speoitlo 

subjoot of tranrportrtiaa l ld , md dimurned quite full y the relotira ioportanos of a special provision aontafnad In a goneral 

sot, and held there wan no oimt?lOt botuoen KaOti@n 1 of Article 

I of the SilY and Article I, tlealin~ with the spaolltio Fart of 

tbw vain bill, to-wit, frannpertstion mid. Further, wo pointed 

out t,hat Artiale V ttld have the effect, hV renaan of its speclflane*n to oberate 8e a mrorlsa nr excepticn tram seatlop 1, of certnln ellpfbilftf roqulramewts Cnr njd- In that opfnfon ~8 quoted 

from Artiole V the lallnrlng? 

wProrfdad further that. all nchaal distrfcts 

containinlt on0 hundred (1M)) nquare m‘llen of torritory or more. or whiob hare lemn than ono enuaorated seholamtio Per square wile may r60sire 

thraa dnllara mnd twenty-tire oemts ($3.35) ner 

month per pupil : provided further, thot all .countl.oa harInK laan thnn three (0) enwwatnd scho- 

?amt¶oa per sqnrro nil0 In the entire aountf nhaY1 

rasdre three dollars and fifty oenta (@.RO) per 

month per ppil as transportstim, aid when there 

lr, a need shown t,heretor 81) prorided herefn.” 

Artlele V, atthou& A nrarlsa nr oxcaptIon lansening 

the eligzihility requlrfmenta oontainetl in Faatlon 1, Arti6le 1 

of the Aat, dld not purport to erom?t the ossontinl reyuiremtmt at "a need shown*, eren though other ellplbility requiroRantr were renderod innpuratira an ta transportation aid. Pram 

roadinn tho entjre Rill, wo think tFera is an overall intention 

thst nn BI& nt any kind ahorild ha a:lnred except in aaso of 

need therefor by the distrlat. 

\loraor6r, In the oonoludin+y raramaph nt Opinion Yo. 

c-1241, in munoratetn~ certain ellrjhl3ltr requ?rtrm@ntn for 

trnnn~ortatlnn aid, wo ssnresnlV jnoludod *a neod therofnr.w 

(Qwhasfm suplrlled) 

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IO thisaLe in 8eUard With Tour interprstatton OS the 

l ltna 6~o n in your letbsr , that thla need a? trantqmrtation aid 

nay be detem3nad and should ho determined au a aondftlon preeedent to the extenelon of such aid. 

Ror aat uo hare sold it i01104a 44 man to 11~ns4r 

your qnsrtions ~tegorisa‘tl~, AS follor#r 

1. fbming to your 4pseiii4 request far deflnitioa ai 

*budgetary heed’) we rind the term defined in fwatlm I) o? Arti410 I of the statute tmdsr eannideratioa an fallorat 

wTba tens ‘bntlpetary need' aw nsod in this A4tr 

is dofined as the dittarmee betwean the total of 

all rov4uue4 af the dl4trlot and the total of all 

aperatln~ 4xpanoes ii euoh brp4na44 or4 C;roater 

than th* re~4nnem~ The renmuos nf the dlntrlst 

shall inaludet (1) stat0 and eopnty at*llabler 

toaol maintenancer l nU state old balancea brought 

tonard frola the preeedfng year! (a) state Rnd 

aounty arailable end losal aaintenm4o r444ipta 

derived from a loaal ?mintmmiae kx of Piltr 

Cemtn (50#) OR the 0114 lhm~red Oollara ($lOOdJO) 

valaatJon tar tho ourrent Parr end (3) taltion to 

be a01 1 ssted I 08811 y . The operating 4xpennse 0T 

the dlatriat oball lnoludo~ (1) ealorlea of tarabore and mimlnletratars according to tbs rehedule of 

allommsas tor oarno am provided in Artiole JfT of 

t&i8 4411 (2) opsratiag exponseo aaaar&Sng ta the 

sahodnle of allowmoor for #me a4 prurl&xl in 

Artlole II of' thin dot.* 

In Order t0 8bOw ubudgotary meed* in matt4Pm Of tr8n,6- 

portatlnn, thereFore, a district wst rho* a dstleft between rove 

nuee of the di&riot, as BoPined by section 5, eupra, nnd o.pe*ating expanses, tikeriaa as UePfned by Bs4tinn 4, but InaludinC: as 

expensas of operation appraved traasportatfon 4Ostr not fn exae88 

or tho amunts nlIov~ble under Artlola V. Indeed, it 1s ~poc+ticalTy prorlded ln Art%o?s V that, ‘Tba expenses oP such trmnportatiw 

doll bo paid on the ba8im of bud$etnry need aa tndlaated by npgrerad Btate aids appliaat4on. * 0 *” 

3. Any aehnol making applicatlm f-r transrortatim, aid 

only should be raqu.1 red to &ow thnt there ex3stod nueh budgetary 

need.