ootober 24, 19'(7

Hon. Rrtwrt 0. Ttlompaou, Obalrlaan Rellroad Oohmlwioa 0r Texas Awtla, Tear8 Opialoa Ho. v-412
~0: mqmiti0n 0r reef3 reoelwd by th6 Coamisalon for lloenaes Issued underArtiols 6053,v.c.s., 80 arfeated by rlder oonb ’ tallled 1n.s. 8';

391, otitw6r400; m8 or’

“A part of **~OUEO** Bill 792 and the tunead-

- **maat** o~ntalaedla Senate Bill 268 providedin p&Et 88 rOii~@J:

: "'All:fess'reoeived bg the State frum lioenuerr

lrrmwdunder this Aot shall be made avaIlable

to the RRllroadOomalr8loa r0r use in paying the legitiaate expenlrer

lnourred

In adalalsterbg ati ~~r0~01tigthe ~POVISIOUII or thtm. Aot; and r0r~noother purpose; ~provlded,

howwr. that any exoemm ruadr waalalng 8t the end or eaoh tw o - ye a r 

## pmlodl

h8ll gotothe WI- I l mllhmd.' II

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Chapter**2** (H. 8, 792), Aats of the 46th Legisiatwe, during eeah or-therieoal Jesrs beginning

Septelmm 1, 1947, and September 1, 1948, sballbe paid to the QeaelalRevenueFund." * "

. . . **Wll you**  please **answer** the r0110wing **au+-** t **IOM ;**  "1. Cm the Legislature by an approi '~ ' pristioa

bill ohsags or amend the general law8 or statutes

or this State,pfirticu-
, larl9 that seotloaor Artlale h53 as above :: ,'ret out?
***2.** Ii auah cannotbe done, is Subbeation 8 of Seatfon2-B of Artlole6053 still in &feet, and oan the RallroadCom- .miualon

uee suah fund8 (LPWs fee8 oolleot-

. . ed) as far 88 they are neoessary to aarq out the provlfW.?n8

of the LPGea Aot?" ! The Fort9-elxth Legislature

et ltr~regular .

* I setwloaIn 1939 amended Aptla5e 6053, R.O.S., 1925, by
1 enaotlng Chapter**2,** H .a. 792, Aots or 1939.: Artlole 6053, supra, ~8 amended by H. B. ‘792, **‘ provided**  **a cm**  prehenalve 89atem of regulation by.$he.

Railroad Oonmlsslon iOr the des&m, .l.asteilletloa, aowtruatlon, and Op8rat10naOr

oolrtaFner8 and ecpalpneat' ror the Wmage, bandllng,

and transportation

of butaneat@ liquefied petroleua

gabes. The Act **further** pmmided for the payment of oertsla annual r9e8 .b9 persaaboomingwlthlrr itr term8 to the RailroadComlsslon, aal Seotlon 2b(8) rpeoirioally provided eb r0110wq 2

"All r888 reoelved by the state rr0i0 liaeoeeaIssuedunder thls"Aotshall be **mnde** avellable

to the RailroadOommlsalon ror nne in paying the -legitimate expenres inaurwd In adminiaterlng and enforaing the provlelaam

of thlu Aot, and for no o.ther purpose;

provided,

however,that any OXOO8B fWdS ~EU%iniDg

4t tb end Or 08Oh two-par period &all go to the 0eneral Fbn$."

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.*..- -...-. - --I- - .~. .,, . Ii&n. Sraeat 0. Thompson - Page 3 v-412 UJ

The Forty-ninth

Leglslatme, Regular Seaalon, 1945, **further** mended ArtIale6053 aupr8,by elvrotlng 9. 8. **269,** Chapter 358. Seatloa 18 or 3.-B. 269; whloh now appear8 88 Seotlm 18 of Artlale6053, aupm, read8 and prwldea as follqwa:

“All fee8 received

by the state from licenikea

laauedunder this Act shall be made atrallable

to the Railroad

Coml.saloa

for use In p89lng the legltimste expense8incurred In 8dmlalaterlng

and enfOrcIng

the pr~lalona of this Aat, and for no other purpose;provided,however,that any exceaa fmda rexmlalagat the end of each two-pear period ah811 go tothe OenerslFuad." The StateDepmtmental Appropriation Bill, Chapter400, Aota 0r the 50th Leglaleture. Regular Seaaloa, 1947. ootitalna 8 rlder following

the appropris; tlon8 therelaapeaifiled for the 088 Utllltiea 8nd Llqu8f$edPetrolem Iospeotlon DlvIalonof the Commlraion vhioh Dada aa r0lm8; ,.'

'All fees reoelied

by the Rallroed Comnlaalon fran lloeaaealaauedsneer Ohepte? 2 (House Bill 792), Act8 of the 46th Leglalatubs, during e8Oh of the fiaaalYears begIni alag Septeaber

1, 1947, and September 1, 1x40, ahrll be ml.4 to the &mere1 ReveaueFwl. There 08a be no doubt th8t Artlole6053,~;zxy la a geaerallaw i 2 Sutherland Statutors

Conatruo 8 2302. Seatloa 2b( of the 1939 amendment (R. B. 7% ' 2 Aata of 193 ::t-(9: 8. 269 and Section18 of the 1945 amend:

Che Identloal

lm≥ 358 Acts of 1945) uae the 881~0

It'18 olear fra the languege used In these two aeotlonathat the moue9 reaelved by the coiunlaaloa

ror lioenaeaIs~aued under Article6053, auplur, was devoted to the ap8oIeSpurposeof paylag 'the leglt@ste axpeaaea lnourredIn eAmlalaterlng and enr0n:lv the prwlaloaa" or the Aat aad "forno other Dwm. Suoh money waa thereby removed from the General Rewaua Fund, aubjeot only to the provlalon regardlag 8~888 fund8 remalalag at the end of eaoh tWO-988r pePI55 9, W. (2d) 153 (28x. 01~.

2he rider ooat8lued tbeyJthLe&8lNme; Re@8r la Obapter400, Aota or 988810~, 1947, and **abow**

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### kL ‘*7U Hon. Ernest 0. Thompson - Page 4

quoted,purportsto transferthe licensefee fund created and devoted to a specialpurpose by Artlale6053, aupre; to the GeneralFund. The rider is lneffeotual to aaccmpllah

such purpose !because it is no longeran open questionthat a rider 8ttached.t.o an 8pp~prlatlOQ bill cannotmodify or repealan exleitlug general lav: State v.~Steele,

57 Tex. 200 (1882); Linden v. Finley, T 451 .45 9. W. 578 (1899). Moore v. SheDDWd, 144.;:;. 53; 192 9 w. (26) 559'(1946) Former oplnions or the ittorne; Generalhave conalitently so held.
Your first queatlon is therefore answered la the aegatlye.

In answering

your'aeaond

question,

we 0811 attention

to the faot that Seotlon 2b(8) of Artlale 6053, aupra,as It exlatedas a result of the 1939 * eaeadmeat (H. B. 192, Ohapter2) was replaced by seotloa 18 ln the 19 5 amendment (9. B. 269, Ohapter 358). We thererore aaaune that you have referenoe to Seotlon 18 or &tlale 6053, aupra, sud not Seatlon~2b(8).

Artlole VIII, Section 6 of the Coaatltutloa or Texas, reads as rollowa:

"100 monef shall be drawn from the **!Preaa** DRY but In Duraumoe of aDe~lfloawromla**tlOu8** made bs law: nor **Shall** any aDDPODrl8- tloa of money be made for a lonner term them': '-

exoeptby the first Legislature -",., under this Conatltutlon,'whloh -.' ma9 meke the aeaeaaary appropriatlotia

to OS'+" ' rj on tM government until the **eaaaablage** of the l lxteenth

Leglalsture.' (1pnphaala oura) This ooaatltutlonal provlaloa

la not limited to fnadapnld Into the General tid, **and** applies to fundsdedicatedto 8 apeolalporpoae. detiiia Me 5, 1939. trola 81

I -

Suah oonatltutlonal provia on ooneppmprlatlona out'of the StateTreaiury ati~moaey

not appropriated

by the Leglalature

oannot. ba witbdimwn

from the Treasury. Likewise,the **appro** pr?irrtlona

made by th8 Leglalatum oannotb8'fOr &.tO~ ln axoe#a~of

two. dr8. plakle v. Fl 44 8. w. 480 (18aj 38 Tex. Jur. nlby 91 !l%x..,484, 84 5, a 

### *a. ._. The Le~g?aleture et its regularaeaalonii.la’ 1941;1943, sad 1945 apeoiriosiiy pmvlded la the. _ ; -

Ron. I&neat 0. Thompson -) Page 5 v-412 

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approprletlon

bills that the fees received by the Rallroad Ccnunlaalon

for licensesissuedunderArtlale 6053, aupre (Ii. B. 792, Chap. 2, Acts of 1939, as emendedby 9. B. 269, Chsp. 358, Aota of 1945),were appropriated to the OommLaalon

for uae In enforcing end fbdmlnlaterlng the proolalona

of the Act. See Acts of 47th Legialature,

Remlar Session,1941, Chapter571, p. 1274; Acts of.48thLe ialature, Regular Session,1943, Chapter 400; p. Ef

100 ; Aata of the 49th Leglaleture, Regular Seaaloa,1945, Chapter 378, p. 929. For acme reason the Leglalature

did not see fit to appropriate this money to the use Of the Commission for the two-year perlodbeglnnlngSeptember 1, 1947. See Aota of 50th Leglalature,

Regular Session,1947, Chapter 400, p. 919.
It follows from what has been aaid~above that elthoughtM general law (Artlole 6053, aupre)had the effectof dedlaatlng the fees euttaorleed by said Act to the uae of the CcnunZsaloa, such was not, end could not be effeotlve

as en spproprl.stloa or same to the uae of the Oommlaaloa

more then two years later. Johnson

Your **aeooad** questionla therefore **4QBirOrO~** IQ **the** aegetlre.

1. The rider aontalaedla an approprlatlti bill purporting to transfercertainf%ada I prevloualy

dedloated

by a general statuteto a 8peolalpurpose la lneffeotual to transfer

. Bush apeolal fund to the GeneralRevenue Fund of the St&i0 (ooaatrulag rider~oontalned

ln chpfer 4OO;pagO 919, Aata of 50th Leglalature, 1947, regerddi .fbaila oraated by transferof apeolal~ 88 amended, R.O.S., 1925,fIOa. -eat 0. Thompson - page6 v-412

l 2. Funds dedicated by a general Ut+?& tUt a to a special

purpose

must be appropriated by the Legislature

in accordance

with Artiale VIII, Ssotlon

6 of the Oonstltutlon of Texas before mloh fmda maylegallybe used.
Yours vesrytru1y
AT~'ORREYGE~~B~ULOFTIWIS

By - w. v. ceppewt

Asrilrtant

=.~wCharlelr

D. M&hews

. AP&OVED:

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