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PRICIi DAXIEL ,. ATTORNEYGESEHAL Gerald C. Farm ////////(/// . .

Honorable L. A. Moods State.Suptli5ntendent bf,Public Instruction, Austin, Texas
izinion No. -0-2239 : General Appropriation Act 1939 - State Decartn;ent of Education --,Contingent Expenties-- Printing -d Buarterly'~allocation oft annual appropyiation,.

You ,statethe'following case for an opinion: :*Thd statutes make it mandatory ', upon the Departnent of Education that : certain forms,'

bulletins atid,reports such as teacher's daily .reeisters, teach.er's

monthly reports, voucher forms, etc., bo filade~,available ,to the schools of the State.by Septenher lst, the beginning of the sc!:olastic year.. In order to have these form, bulletins and reports avail- &blc:for scholastic yoer'1;~13940, the Departrmn$ as in the past was compelled to issue requisitions ut least three to .faure:or;ths prior tc ,Scptel,:ber

1, 1937, to alloir mple tims fop nrir:tirl:; zl:d r!clivi?r:!.

;Zlcn the accounts for ,such were prc!&ented to the State Cor~:!)tro$lcr for payment they wero~rcfu&cd $.)rth.e' reason that they bol;ercquiiition dates prior to Sc;.t;:iril.u,r

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Whether or not it ismaterial when the requisition is.

made for printing, done, provided the printingwhen is to be paid out of the appropriation,forthe.current fiscalyear for which the printing,is dote.

, The 'answerto yburinqu%ry is ruled.bythe opinion of this,,de$artnent of date November 17,.1915, (Opinions of the Attorney General 1914-19~6, p. 695)‘,,

. -~ holding it to be regular and lawful for a Board of Regents to contract for the erection of a dormitory. and dining room:to be paid for out of the appropriation available thereafter,.to-urit, on Se>teltiber

1, 1916. It is declared in that opinion: .'

"The,fact that this &12~,OQO,OQ : appaoprfated for the erecti,on of a _' 'dormitory..and

dining rooLr,is

not : available until the lst..'day of Sep-, ~tenber,,l916,does snotpostpone the

. .taking~effectof this Act of the

Legislature until that dato. This Act is as much the lat\r now as it will be subsequent to.Septembcr~l, Y' '., 1916,,and the Board of Regents would .bewarranted in letting the'contract' .forthe erection of said building at the present time or at any ti:.leaft.er the enactment of'such law arid prior to August 31, 1017, 'the expiration .ofthe fiscal '-eriod for hriliCh .appropriationis made.



## “of d0uk32, as this %25,000.00 is bji: express r;rovision of the Act not availabls until Ee:ztembor l,,1'36, no warrant-scoul.d be drawn or naj,ments mado out of same .untilthat date."

The oj~,Anicn

furthcr states:.Jrable L. A. Woods -.'Page3.

appropriation, nor do, we mean by this opinion to make a holding of that character."

'Aswe understand your inquiry, it discloses that the suppliesare'to be received by your depart-. mentbut will notbe consumed pri.or to the time ,when the anpro,iriationIbocome s.available,thus coming with- .inthe hoMing of that opinion.

Trusting,that thi.s will be a satisfactory
answer 'to

your inquiry, we are

'. .Very truly yours

. ' ATTORHEY GEi:ERAL GF.TEXRS

BY : Ocie Speer Assistant

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/e/ GeraldC..Kann '~. ;.
ATl'CRIJhY

GIUERAL OF TEXAS

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