**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

3onorebleJoti 3. Shook Criolinal

Distriat kttOrA0y iktxar Courty tiAkntClAh, ','aX06

Dear sir: opinion kio.

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### or CiLLIy **hereoft6r be**  pe+x?iba~ by **la*.*** The City-county Tuberoulosla CortrolDoard is directed by SeOtiOA

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### v.km C. S. t t0 ttXp%Ad, in it8 dinoretlon,thefuAde therein oreated to provide ecoAoLzic\ aid to &4lgent persons sUff+riAg fros tuberoulWia au6 da;umdbAt mmbsrr of their izmdiate iemily. is the cozisaiocero* court requiredto audit and **direot** saynent 31 each individual 6ract 3rlor to **snp actual**  **pyfient** to the indiaeAt tubarcuiar?
Osotion 

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### 4437a,whioh orestes the City-csuuty Z'ubsroulosie

CoAtrol joard, reads in part es foUowsr *ijee. 6h. (a). The ~overnln~ bodies of t3e oou&ty, 8Ad Of the Oity Or Oit&3&Sitti S&id county ado@.A& the ;;rovii+one hereof aa herein provided, are **hereby** authorized to oonduot a **joint progren**  **of tuberculosis**  **control witkirr**  **said** city or cities and **oounty, huvir;&**  for Ita obJeot the protection of **public heoltii**  **by** tha SlhViotiOA, suppressionand pWWitiOA of tA6 spread Of tubsroUloa~a: suoh ;rozza% my Include coogdratioAvlith all. public or ;;riVbte 8~.8::Oi,a1&,$Wibral, Ststd Or looal, h0ViAg tAe aa& ObJeCtlVb, **alid** shall inolude provj,d& ecor.oiklo cid In ti?O

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i;bLdC;11 CGrGii CQsea heraiAaftergxvfded, to izdii;aAtasUfferi fro:1tUbtirou:oais acd to dersrdcct **nanbers of**  **tiieir** **im*diattj** **f&Qily 00**  **B >drt.**  **Jf** tii6 **tiltal** fX+btZUAt **Of** ad SQSAaid in t:ia prsvontiou of Lke s;:rtmd Or the disease, for iilrr FrotuOt:oA Of tie >UbliO Cealth.**t**

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### “(bl. TM County Comdasloner~ Court 18 hereby authOrfZC4d t0 l4Vy 8 diP3Ot ~IUUA~~t8X Of IIat t0 Bxoeea 109 on the :lOO.OO valuatlou, which shall. be in addition to the tax authorized **by Seotion**  

### 3 herein, an& the funds.Lroduced thereby shall bo kept aeroarat4 j!ronotlxr funus catias.511 be wt4 001

i; 1 y for tile urF2oaeatwt forfin in tni3 victim; yrtividedthat **auoh** evy of taxes shall be rlrot 8ik5htt3a to the **qualities taxpaying**  **voters of**  the county 8Ea a nejorlty vote shall be naoeeeary to levy the tax. ?he ~overnicg **body of**  **the** city or oities aotis& herewAder shall llk4iVla4 bo authorlzea to levy a direct tea.or not to exceed 53 on, the &lOO.OO **Valuation t3**  **~ixd.C4 funda**  **to** be USed for ths aana purpoae, . . . "(0). For the purpose of admlhlstretlo~ 0r this tr.ectlon,

in the event such oountg and city or oltlea ewe&e in auohpro&ran and vote auoh speoial tax48, suoh olty or oltles aca county 8imll **have** power to create a City-County **Tuberouloola control**  **Joard, to**  **be composed**  **of five**  **or fcore**  **menbera,**

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“(8). The Board shallhave power to oerry **out** the **terns OS**  this **asotion in**  order **to alleviate,**  auppress and pravent the 8preafl of tubarouloals within the oowty, **OS a**  **pub110 &halt!:**  **fuwtlon, aub**  jeot to the provlaFon8hereof. Yh4 funds derived from the opeclal tcxes herein sut,?orlzeas&l1 04 co:i?)ic~a tofzther by !DiZZ 8C:CiSii C1' LLI~ GOLLT.~:J s~.licity 3r **oitlaa wd**  **be tlx:iosLxsi**  **bp or**  **wiser tie**  ciirectim **of** ***fad such**  **3ocrd nub**  **ect t3**  **t-s** that auoh furzisshall be er&uaeci **to provuie**  **nocceaarp** eoohonio aid to lndlgect persons **suffering** from tuberouloeia and dependent **iwnbers** of their irm4iate fenUp, upon o4rtiflOatlOn in eaoh case to the Board **by** the oity or county haalt2 offlcar, to the effeot thet the porrons 

### reoeivi.ng such aid are iadl~anta, and that they or4 bona fide residents of the county und have been 

### for more than Six rxnt2S; anilsuch funds r?-ay also **be** exwnded tog-pvidet’s adsiinla tretlon esjxmses heraunder, inoludlhC aa,sa

InVeatlCatlon **ana** neocaaorg 4quiym4nt and **amvices, but**  

### for **no** otkmr purpoaem. “if). TheYoord shall nake quarterly reporte to the covorninc boerda of the county arrdcity or oitiee3on.John R. Shook, page 1,

sating hereunder, atatlng the oonditionof the funa and expendituresmade therefrom,and the servlcea

. perforned; and the county, and olty or citlaa partlclpatlng, shall have the right to axamlna and audit the books and reoorde

## 0r said 3oard.W (unaaraoorlngours)
%a note that the tuberculosis fund provided **for** is to be keptseparate from other funds of the county,but is to be eon;blned

wit& the funds provided by the city and then expanded bytheBoard subject to the limitations of the section. It la ~i@iflcant that the fund la first to be ooablnadwith the olty f& and then expended under direction of the Board, and the' Board,not the oourt, la vestedwith discretion 88 to the ~~onomloala to be extended.

We have found no authority holding that a grant to an lndlgenttubaroular, auoh as here provided for, is an *aooount rcainstthe county"within the neanlng Of S80. 10 of Art. 2351, buteven if it vrera, whioh we do not daoida, it is our opinion that Sea. 6A of Art. 44378, tC8more recent stetute, does not cmte;lpletethat the comissioners' court shall audit

## ana dlreot pyrcentin advance of eaoh individualgrant to an indigent tuberoular.
A contrary interpretationwould require a great amount of drtailedwork on'tha part of the OOmi8siOC8r8' .oourtand would, laeffaot,have it perform again ~8lar&a part of the duties placedby statute on the Tuberoluloals ControlBoard. The oourt oansatisfy Itself, throw the quarterly report of the ijoerd and through its right to examine and audit the books and records Ofthe 3oard, that the funds are, or are not, being expanded in Woordenoe with the law. Artiole 5, Seotion 18 of the Texas Constitution readisin Oartthat the oomlaslonara~ aout *shall exercise such powers andjurisdiotlonover all county business as la oonl'erred by thisconstitutionand the laws of this state, or asmy ba hereafterpresorlbed,W Xe note that our supreme Court has aaid in Clark v. Pinlay, 45 S. ;‘i. 343,with referenae to this i-Ovislonthatz

9esldes, UEd8r the provision Guoted, the power of the oomlsslonera* court extend4 only to suoh business as la intrusted to it by the constitution and to such as the le~lalotum my confide to it. The'provlslondoes not inhibit the legislature from con;nlttlng

a matter of county business to sane other agency.". _ 

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. 50thJohn R. 8hook, page 5

**HOW93**Biii 240 Of th6 49th Legislature provldes a budget ryrtemfor countieshaving a population in excess or 225,000 as acwn by the last preoedine, or any future United btotes census rsdis applicable to, 3exar County, Your latter quotes thereffomthe romwing parts:

“‘The CountyAuditor

. . . on or tiedlately after January 1st of each year, he shall prepare a budget‘tocover all of the proposed expendftures of the oounty goverment for tho current fiscal and calendaryear . . . and no expenditures of the funds of the county shall thereafter be made except l,n strict aompllance.wlth said budget.*

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WWpon the adoption of any i;eneralor special bud&&as hereinbefore provided and its certlrication, the County Auditor of each county thereupon shall open an appropriation account for each ~zin bud&eted or special item therein, and it shallbe his duty to charge all purchase orders or requisitions, contracts, and salary and labor allowances to said. apprqpriatlons.(

swatheCountyAuditor’shall make to the Codssloners’Court not less than monthly a complete report showing the financial condition of the county

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. the report shall contain a complete statement of the balances on hand at the beglnnFng and close of the month, and the aaregata receipts to, and ag&reeate,, disbursementsfrom, each fund,

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The County Auditor or Bexar County has advised us that the WWted income from the tax authorized in Sea. 6~ of Art. 4437a :*includedin the county budget and an appropriation accouht ‘<meor ie set up. hcain, Sec. 6A of Art. 4437a is themore recent ex>reasion ‘:le~ielativeintent and, ir in conflictwith Zouae i3iLl240, ‘Gh we do not decide,would control.

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goon. John R,.Shook, pegs 6

It 1s OUT opinion that the Commissioners’ Court may Jawfullyorder the payment of such funds to the City-CountyTubercdosis Control 3oord in accordance with the 3oardQa request ,eadthat ii.B. 

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### 49th Legislature does oot prevent theCountyAuditor iron lawfully Charging the payment as a dlabursemnt under the appropriation account set up.
Yours very truly,
A!l!TOI&XY CJSRAL OF ‘EliAs



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