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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable C. H. Cernrsr 

rtetr Auditor 

Austin, Texan 

*.a acknowledge re 

lnr a8 tollown: 
Bon. C. P. Csrnete, page 2 

158 

funds sd rsvesuos ior ths Flmasn*s Roll& sn4 

Rstiromoot Fun4’. 

Vho &9th l.s~islsturo inoluded tbo tollawln~ 

4pproprl4tioa 24~ t&o ?lroma*8 P*arian Oomlrrlonl r ln the Lbpartmntal Approprlstlon Bill tor Wm 

bionnlum ondin@ Augmt 31at, 19k71 

*FIRRMm’R PRImad Co!Q&~IOIm 

(Out af.~lrorrlon’r Rsllor sn4 Rotlramont mIda.) 

1. 

2. 

3. 

. b. 

oo~* (8) 

tar thr Tsrrr Endla 

Hslntoauw~ 

or r10* l xprnDr , postsgs , 

4tstio4tsry, ofrioe fixtures sad 4oppll4r 1,500.00 1,500.oO 

Tr s*o linl (x; p a m*4 o o , a - 

tingont l x p 4 n4 e4m, a 4 

othu nrosssu~ help sn4 

0xp0n4.4 to bo laourn 

in 4dnlni4tration ai Tkomy;*a Relies ma4 Retiremat 

750.00 * 750.00 

. 

Apprt~mat 257.000.00 W,OOO.OO 

drsnd Totsl, ?~?OIIIOD.‘S 

Psnslon Oommlssfoau 8 262,UJOdO 262,650,00 

We shru spprsoisto hour rdTirin( us on tho fol- 

~lowln# qus4t10as: 

6 the Cltsts Comptrol.ler an4 -ato Tr~ssurrr 

bts the authority to pay tha ltwm sp roprlste4 

to ths Flramon~s Ponslon Commlsslonor g J tho 49th 

ladsletwo for ths b lea a l ladia6 um August 31,1947? 

,In 8 wmaer similar to that followed br tho 49th 

Led8Lstur0, the 46th ~~iSlStU4 had sppropristr~ 

$230,600.00 ?or ssoh yeu of. tha bhmlum sndln(l Auyst 
h’on. c. t;‘. C4rns44, page 3 

1.59 

31, 1945. The State Comptroller sad S%atr Tressvirr aa dlsbursr8sntr irai this spproprlstloa 

in thr 8411~ msnnu 44 thol ha4 Mdol SpprOp?i4,- 

t1oa by thi 47th Lo5~014t4r4." 

Toor laasrir7 r41404 tm vsrl laportsat puo4tloao. The 

rlrot 14, rhothor or not tho s~proprlstloa of mono7 to be pm14 

to rlrcmoa, who sr4 aot o lo~ero of thr Ststo, smouato to 4 

(rant of son07 to sa ladlr Y 4usl uhloh 14 prohlbltsb b Artlolo 

III, "SOtiODO 44 4n4 51 Of tb %,x00 ~OllGt~tUtiOD. T ZI a moon4 

lo, what&r or not ma 4pproprl4tloa to thr a71re~.sa~o Pension 

cc+mslr.sloaer (out or ?lro.~sn~o Rellrr so4 Rstl?wwit had8 1” mm7 

bo paid oat of tbr Osnsrsl R4?8a~4 Fund. B4 ~111 bi80u84 tbo 

qu44tlon4 ln orarr. 

Aftu snsotmsnt of tho Fireman18 Pension and Relld Law 

ln 1937 (Artiolr 6243r, V. %. t. ?.I, 4 number sf lnsuranor 

-0omp4a144 sttsokod in cwrt Caction 2 of thr sot rhloh prolids 

for 4 twa per orntam 42%) tax on the gro44 ~remluam of ?lre lnl ur4noe eimp4aio4. +&I a t ax, llmlob was for ths purpose cU protldln& pwaanent fun&s and rstenuss for tht Flreamn*o T?olSrr and 

R4tlrwnt had, ~#a4 held unoonstltutions1 1D kcrlosn Alllanoe 

huraac4,Com say ~'8.. Board 0r In4ur4no* Comml4~loaer4 (19391, 

e c. ?f:. (Zdfl 741 error rsfusod Thwosttrr, In 1939, thors 

we0 lntrcduoed In ihe It7th 1eglsl~turc H. B. lie. 46 wbloh wss 

propow 44 sp smsndaent to %otlon 2 ot Artlolr 6243s. This 

bill, whlah 4140 

primiuam of rlr0 P 

rorldsd for s two per ssntm (251 tax 0s thr 

nsursno4 ooap4nlo4, was subglttod to tbl4 

bQ4rtaSIit by the Speaker ot ths Rowe of Ecprssootstlveo tor an 

opltion OD lts oonstltutlonel~t~. In our Oplnlon Ro. O-3468, 

144uo1# Ms7 19, 1941, - pssosd on ths oon#titutlonallty of Artl018 6243b, 44 nell SE R. B. Ilo. 46. In that oplfilon, lls saldt 

'lrtloll 111, f!eotloa 53, den168 to the L4514- 

lsturo ths powtr to noko or 4uthorl4e *sbr grmnt oi 

publlo moos7 to any lndlvl4u81, rssoslatIon of lndli~bwlo, mualoipsl or otbrr oorpor4tloa uhatooevor. 

.*.. * Artlols XIX, Fation 44, provides that no 

grs;nt of moneys aCal bs mado to sty lodlrldusl ox4~ t the urns shsll hsrs been prorldrd tor by pro- 

.Qsting isr. Whllo, admittedly, thr hats nl&it 

protldo s system ad poasloao sn4 4lsablllty barmilts 

ior ltr 4m~loy444 tithout thrrab 

4t1tut10n01 provl4lollo (Byrd tr E 

riolatbg the ooa1ty ot Dsllo4, 118 

'hr. 261, it lo urgr4 that flromen an aot smployoeo 

of tho f?tsW, bat of t&a rudol~8lltie0, and thOt, 

thor~fars, the law cakes o great -di pub110 moneys in 

+lolatlon of ths sbors Artloles of the Oonstltutlon. 
160 

Ron. C. H. Catnrac, page 4 

(24) 

88nk 

thrt 

-tar thr purpowr of thlr oplnloa It m8y be 

00800d0d th8t tir0m88i 8~ 00t st8tO ~pi0~000 8na 

thlt the 8Ot 4-m not Mk8 thm 8U8h. w8 a0 not 

8ttOmpt th8 4801)iOll Of thst qU88tiUU. ltwmrthc 

1088, it 8DDO8r8 t0 U8 Ob8t t& 18iiaity Oi the 

18W 88 8(8ln8t 8U.h Objo8tiOnr t0 it8 OOn8titUtiOn8litt 18 8U8t8lB8d bl th8 dr8181OB Of Our 

%8t8 flUprOn0 COWt in $h8 OI8e Of ~riOdBI8a T. 

hE8riO8n sUr8ty oOa1p81i~ Of R8w York, 8t 8i,h8na8a 

am oa April 9, 1941." 

The ?riOdIMa 0888 18 r8pOrt8d in 137 IlbX. 149, 151 Rowe 

570. RI8 8180 LOW8r 0010?840 Rlvrr Authorltt V8. ChrmiO81 

k eU8t CO., 185 9. %'. (24.) 467. w8 8r8 8till Of th8 OpIniOn 

th8 8bOte holding 18 80WOOt. 

H. B. lo. 46, however, WE8 nut 6M8tOa by the k7th &?%8- 

18tU?O. m8t LOgi818tWe eM8t8b iIt8te8a ii. 1). HO. ioil WhiOh E!Sd8 

M l nu81 8pproptistIon ot $300,000 for th8 blonnlua 8na&g Aucunt 

31, 1943, ior th8 pUrpO88 Ot prorlal~ pblmraent imd8 ma r8tMUe 

for the Vlrrm8a*r Rellei end RetIrem4nt FUund-. In our Opinion 

lo. O-3833, addrO8804 to Hoaorrble Oeorgr 8. shOpp8ra, Comptroller 

OS Pub110 AOOOutitl, thi8 dOp8rtXd hOid that 8eId 8pprOpricltiOa 

W88 Trlld. 

For the biennium b8CgiMia& ?aptombar 1, 1943, 8nd 8I¶a1~ Au@ut 31, 1945, the 48th L@818tUr8 8ppl-ODri8t.d t230,600 

par 8nnum ior the ?ireaoa~8 Pea8lon OanmiMioner by mskiag prorlaioa thorrfor la thr D8p8rt&antrl ApprOpriotlon Bill. Conrnl 

y2i Sp00181 fdw8, 42th L8̲ttI?e, Ro(ulrr 80881Oa (lg&)), pagm 

. tbr 49th L8girlature, like tbr p3-800ai4 ma, hOiUd8d in 

It8 D8pertmmtrl ApproprI8tIon bill 8n enauel 8pproprI8tIon for 

the l ?irOl~Oll'8 POll8101l hd88iOMr (Out d ~lr.BWl 8.nO11.f 8ad 

Penrloa PUna8)". It Inorr88ed the rpproprlstlon to #262,650.00 

rwu811y bat U8Od the almost IdeatIo8l 18auurge 88 h8a been used 

bg the preoodlng L8gIrlrture. At the time both rpproprlstloa 

bill8 mra p8888d, the ?lroIMn'8 Rolled rad Pea8Ioa ?und oontslaed only the uaexpeadbd b8leaoo at money8 pret1ourl~ approprI8tea. It8 oontinued l xI8tonoo 88 8 Speolal Fund ~88 deponaeat ?n eaoh iu8t8aOO On thr t8lidity Of the OUrrUt 8pprOpri8tim 

ooataIa8a In the Depsrtnmntrl Bill. No quertion ~88 raI8ed 88 b 

sppropri8tfonr mad@ bl thr 48th LOgl8l8tU~ sad there fUnd8 here 

beon l xpondad. 

8hOUld b0 p8id. 

IOU sow Inquire whether the ourrent l pproprlrtlm 
,on. 6. 1’. Cavaeae, pago 5 

'II* IT8 aerlnitel~ or tha opInI0n th8t Art1010 62b3e, 

'1. A. c. a., 18 8U??iOi8Bt 88 8 PrO-•Iirtii¶# 18W rlthln the 

mlo( Ot t’@BtiOlP b&, &ti8h 1x1 O? th0 ‘hIlO aOa8titUtlOB. 

-I# 18 lmpllelt la OW @if&On lo. 0.3633 uhi8h 

nliiiitr Of th8 8~~81 8pprOpri8tiM Of $3bo,ooo W Oh W88 Ib8aB 

for thilr BUO ptUpO8. by th. 47th t8&iBl8tU?8 in !i. b. AO.~oll. 

&tIole 62438 

r 

WiaO8 ror l oomprrhorlre 8trto plra for 8 

~lremea*r Pan8 00 ay8tOm. Thr oall p8rt of tbr 80t uhlrh br 

Fun6 O? not 1888 th8n l$ EOr BO?. thm 39 Of hi8 8818rl. to b8 

aetamla~a br l TOtO O? th8 ?Ir8 DOpOrheat O? whloh 8U8h per8On I8 l WmbU, 8Bd t0 bo ddIOt8d ?TOm hi8 8818rr m Ompen88tiOB if b0 I8 8 8hOlll p8ia Or p8rt pda ?irM8n vhO88 8818rJ 

or OCSl~M8~tiOll 18 11ofO thrn ?i?tr dOl18r8 $er month 8rd if ho 

18 8 pIti p8id ?irUMn rho80 8818rf 18 1888 th8n fi?tl b118r# 

pU month W 8 VOlUEtWr ?lrOlMn ho ah811 p8r BOt 1888 thra 

$3.00 nor wore than 45.00 p a r l mm, th r l x8ot uount to be d8- 

;;:1,“.,‘4b: 8 rota O? tho fir. aep8rtmMt Of rhloh 8U8h prrron 

u80, the 49th b&818ttAn 8mend.d 38Otioa 6 of 

th8 8Ot t0 ;lWi& thrt aelIgIb18 8Od Qg8ii?IOd fiT8WB Who 8h811 

' hare oompl,ted 20 year8 Of 88lTiOe bOfOr8 resohln 

rirty-?lto* 8h811 be entitled to rrtlrrment f 

tb 888 O? 

bane? t8 unaor the 

8ot when rerohily the rgr of ?iitp?iTs, 8lea though ho rhtil not 

h8Ve k .B l B&8gOa ia rOtiV8 8OET1eO 88 8 tirUM 8t 8814 tiR9. 

Tootion 6, Artlole 62430, T. A. C. S. The eot Itreti reoognlrer 

th, Obli~tiQfl Of the %8t@ t0 m18. itAd for ~1NB8D’I PIB8lOZI8 

8d t0 PrOVlde ?Or th.12 8ddri8tr8tiOli. mi# l8 it8 ~rirrr~ 

Th8 .D8rtiOUler me8M br whloh th8 iMa 8X.8 to be 

whethhrr by 8 8pOiti t8x O? by 8~ rOpri8tlOn Out O? thr 

cnnor81 nroauo ftitka. 18 8 8@OOlll8rr OOOI Paerrtlon. m.Jl l? the 

~lremea'r Pearloa 8ni Rotlrrmubt ?&&a 

the moaqr rowulnf to thr Sutul uwla 

evrry tw your. . l * our (rplaloa lo. 

In dth8r l 8ee WOuld be In 80nnnrotIoa 

6243e 88 the g~rO-~Ii8tifl~ 18W.. 

18 r8i8ed by 8 8pOOi81 t81, 

ywoto be rppmprlrtea 

with iad 

m. 8pDZOpri8 ti OB 

k88a OpOa Artiole 

Art1010 62430 18 not it881t 8r1 rpprOpri8tiOa 88t. PIokle 

18. ?iS&w, 91 %X. idbe kb 8. P. 480. 808tiOm 19 O? tb@ 8at 

Ore8te8 the o??ior O? FifOWB'8 PeB8iOn Od88iOBW 8od t11.8 hi8 

mlary at ~),600.00 l rr8r ìto k pdd by vouohrr O? th8 St8tO 

Tre88urer from 8da Tlremm'r Rallr? l aa Retirement lurid*, %OtiOB 

6 Or A?uOiO uI O? Ouf oOI&8titUtiM, hOWl8r, prWidO8 th8t 110 8pprOpri8tiOll O? WlLOJ 8h811 b8 ml40 ?Ot 8 IOU.? temth8a tW0 re8r8. 
to bold that SOOtI~ 19 1 0 8a l 8ppr OQr i8ti iOr the OII8&~mat a 

bl0.d~ wopia bo tratrmount to aool8rlng it PooOJb8titUtiOlul, 

~.OuOo it W88 8lJ8Ot.d MOE. thra tr0 fO.rO l @. 'It i0 . U.ll8OttlOd rUl0 in the OOMtrUOtiOtb Of 8t8tUtoO that l? on mot Of 

a. h&818t&U0 k erpablo Of tW OOSlOtrWtiO-, On0 Oi rrhloh 

.OniliOt8 with th8 l OWtitutIOn, 8ld the 0th.r O? uhloh da, 

not,' th8 1ottOr mu% ~rrV811.~ Pioklo VaD t1ti.f rkto. 

m Ul,t~.t. qUO8tioU, therefore, 1nVO1t.8 tb8 

&nrtruotion 41 that port1oa d the ourrent 8ppropristion bill 

quoted in our lrtt8r. 

I 

Sootloo 1 at the OUrrent Doprrtmoat81 

Approprlrt on Bill I8 88 iolloua: 

‘TiI8t the 88tOr.l 8U Of 8iOll.l horoln 8p88ifiOd 

or 80 muoh thono? 88 m8y be neoo88arJ. 8r8 horobl 

8pprOprIrted Out Of l BJ monO~8 in th* 8t8to TM~~LU~ 

EOt OthWWiO~ 8pDrODri8t.d. Or 0.t oi 8~88181 fuado 

88 m.r b. 8bOm, iOr th. 8UpjKWt 8.d Mint.ll8nOo O? 

thO revor aep8rt8matr raa 8gmolor of thr 9trt. 

@OVorMent for the tW J88r period b8Slnnia(l Soptambu 1, 1955, 8Bd l BdiBl A&girt 31, 1947." 

The ordIn8ry rule8 of rtrtutort oon8truotIm 8re 8ppiIaablr to 8ppropri8tioa bfll8. IB Pioklo V8. Fidel, 44 5. Y. 

/60, the Supremr Court, In OOB8trUiBg 8a 8pprOpriotiOn bill, 88id: 

-It 18 0180 trU0 th8t I)0 8poOifIO Word8 8rO aOOOE 

88rr iIh 0Pd.r t0 make 8a 8pprOQri8tiW; 8nd it m8r b. 

o o no ea o a l e OOBtOBaOa, thot 8~ 8pproprlotIoa m8r bo 

UdO br 14 1iOatiUI whoa th8 18 

P % 

880 l ~p iO~a le8b to the bol Of th8t 8u.h WI8 th8 teat et the Leglo18turo.m 

?h. 10&818tiV8 hi8tory O? the ~lr.m.n'8 P8D81.8 end 

ROii8? trr, iBOiUaiIig the 8MBdmO~t of gO.tiOB 6 tbU.O? br thr 

b9th, L8&818tUrO, thrOU8 lit&t 011 the qUO8tiOB oi 10@18~OtiVO 

int8BtiOn 88 etiaea0.d by the 8ppl'Opri.tiOE bill. me 49th 

Lo~i8lOtUre VI8 pro8tmmd t0 kWW th8t %OtlOn 1: Of the A.t h8a 

boon dOOl8r.d UBOOn8titUtiOMl on4 that them W88 no lot&or 84 

rpeoI81 trrer to provide ,g8rmraent fund8 ma rovonuo8 tor the 

Firemea*I Relief rnd Rotlroaont ?uad. ?ho b&h Loghlrturo nr 

prO8UIOa to h8ro kBOUB thir When it Ma0 8D 8pprOpri8tiOn ¶.n 

it8 Tkp8rtZEOBtOl Appmri8tiOn bill iOr thi8 DPtpO.0 8nd 81nOO 

the ?Ud. thU0 l p rODri0t.d W8TO p8id Withat QW8titXL, the 

49th ~~i8i8tUTO 1 84 80 tO88OB t0 E8k0 8O.J Oh8Bg. in the moth06 

Of 8pprOpriet%ly fUa8 for the pir.B.n'8 Rellof 8ad RotirOaont 
Bon. C. ?. COlU.88, P8gO 7' 

163 

tuna. The 184~8~ '-out ad fi~OtId8 Rolld l d Rotlroment 

~nmlo" 88 U8Oa in the OUrrOnt 8ppropri8tion bill mU8t bo 8011. 

#trurd to Bo8ll th8t th8 fflEd0 olV 8~prOpri8t.d Out ai the 

mnor81 Rotoauo ?und to the tlnmrn 8 Wollof rn4 Retlwmurt 

fuJd 8lId DOid OUt Oi 88ia @DO0181 f&III& by vouehu Of tb. 

at0t8 ~088WOr 88 dire8tOa In 88id 8pproprlotlon bill baa In 

~Iolo 6243a., To hold OthWWi88 w0vla be to orealt the Lq10- 

18tiUO with doin 0 tola and ieolle~ thlq, fbr it lo pnnud 

to h8tO k#kOW~ that Oh-8 WU8 110 SlOa8t8 iB the %'9pua'O Re118f 

l nd R 8tir OM?UBt a d, l X8Opt 8uOh a8 hrd k.a pr.tlWUlJ l pDrOprlrted for the biennium oudIZi 

tloa, rhould be odopt8d rhiah 8 t 108 

Augurt 31, 1965. l%o OoMtrurottort to thr 108, rlthor 

thsn 8 OOD8truOtiOIl whlah EitInifiO8 th8 18W Or lOOd4 t0 l b8urdity. 

39 TM. hr. 222. 

Vo, rocordiaglp 8dtisr JOu th8t in our opitioa the 

rppropriotion to firemen'8 P8n8ioa cOld88iOn8r rontaille6 in the 

ourront 8pprOprl8tiOa bill for th0 blonalum l Ba h @ Au@lt 31, 

1947, 10 V8lia and 8hOUia be p8id by the %8to OorptrOhW 8nd 

Stoto TrI88urOr. 

Your8 very truly, 

AT'?aRlQEf OEWRAL OF TIXAS 

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