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OFFICE OF THE ATI’ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 
l tb ma o ntao b 8lb.l m mlaltto4 at my spoo la l 

8o#mloA 0r th o La g l4 k tuuzd n at 4 uo h o ther 

tmo aa mr be luoeoury to aham probeblo 

obsgU* 

" ~~uulrrttuJuruy.1,lW6 uvo in 

the oau 0r omqpao7 aA4 bpmtl*. publio 

WG~O~* ~bd wih a r0ut4eih8 ~0k 0r th0 

to w wr a ip or +h ts0~80~0 l , ppropr ?ht1 o$A .UOOOO A OS the ea o&h Ad uat101patod 

r o YeAw0the r rt0d8 fKI8iliohwJhapplvprlatiw latobolud, ehd.l b. *ad. IQ-cm 

and aftor January 1, lD4br no bill oontaluinil 

a rpproprlatloa ohdl ba oonaldend aa pwclod or bo aen* to @ia@ 00mrno~ tar oonaidereti0n tdiJ3 md W&OO th8 aolptdhr 0r mu0 

A4OOWtO l A~OPOOO~~O OOFtifiO8t4 %hOrOOIJ 8hOWlagtht tbo moqat8pproprlbtad imritbin the 

m40wt 80tbaiod to be evasub in the *motOdfWdO. 

l ëmlua the C~tr o llU ilAd ul a ppropr la tlo A 

bill akooodn the l 8tkut.d ~vuma he aball 

oAdoro*oAahrlAdlAgtherooAwdNtwAto~ 

th b AOO.8l tO~ p B BtUll kttito b r iA(l mh $ 

approprlaticm to UHh iA a 8 r o vo Aw~ l lthu b y 

l dditloml eevenue ov roduo4 tho apBOA. 

” ‘For tho $urpooof fxA&iolAg the outrtaAdiag 

0blllptionr 0rth0 OII~~~~AWO~O ~tn~ 0r th0 
weadaent 18 to plroo the 

0r ta BOOi.su a8 u8uruuo or b0a.d~ *r0r th0 p~p08e 0r 

nmaolng the OUt&8ud&g obligetlom 0r the 

;y~;omfo mad or th atat0 and pmiq 

t woouAto OA a uah bui8.' 

%o a mlAg ua o h b a o lot~ o mo a n th a l t o tua Gl a o h 

&ml1 be l vaileble~ w .tLu wltbln the l uaooedkg 

bioanbu to pay ltoao af oxpoaoo ror e&h ata qppropPlatlon h88 beul mwlo, wlla you ptuoe ravlro 

thlo o dttu uhehor or mt tb provloioA# of 

haok bi 8ootioA 190 mmadaoe roqullw tllo sta t0 

toopomto~aQaahbuio~iraruidoStw~Jummy 

l# 194s? 

to thprm- ooo 

of-to%uuokwboequwtto thorn0 heldbbJt.bam. 

n, hOUWUí, - St& O %a ~WUQUhíOd t0 g0 OA l ‘Oorh 

ba8la@ .itoa end a&or Jumpy 1, 194S the qubrtLoa 

arlooo a8 to thkrkaturq '8tatmor outotoadlAg ualmld -to a8 .oarpmd rltkthat or WwaAto loouod after that data. M 0110 0r th8 mt 
646 

rbore quoted rmquired the Owptroller in adVmce 

0r ~0h s~kur 0r tb0 ~gi~i8t~0 to 08thit0 

fwd.t38 mt~dl.l k l ailahle for rppruyriatioti 

dur- l wh Sorrinn-prrd for the suooemding biumlum. Ourquortioll~ will the Coaptrollerbs 

F& t&&O iAt OOAA%blWt%OA th0 total OUtwmmto in dekrmbhg the net 

omunt of uoh that mill bo rv8Uabl.a Sor appropriation r 0r a 0 l Ao uo edblomlumt lAg IA 0tb .r 

wr68, dll thenota8imlnt~vallablo r00wpOph 

rtloxa bo the grooo ratl.dQmtod rovonue for the 

OUOOdiAg bkrrnirrr bO8 th0 t0a.a UWUXIt Oi VWr&At8 out8tadlng and unpaid thet rera i8ouod 

prioz to tha aate or l uoh l otlMtm? 

WAld be av~le, to-at: (10,000,000.00, or 

oouldhadl8regu-dallpxw~o~l8nud*uranto 

rad oertlfy #86,000 000&O u l&a net amount availab&o SQF rpproprdonta 

wplywgt0 the queotion8 8ubPrZttrd In th0 rorOt;oing 

lottw w 8haal wuer thw in tholr order. It lo our @AiOA thAar t tl8, oslua til o n doe* nudrtorll~ require tbo state 

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toopuate we 'ouhbulo rlwagd artor Jukuary1,104b. 

Ph. people, b uloptkrg tb. WWdMAt, .+idOAtlJ had that JSIWthuwlu the oMa&ont wul6 Urw A0 purpoom 

be 

sllblt&~thaana6mwtbD 

ia adopttng it would do a wolooo thlqe !Phat the 

inouhalttlAgL Y 

laturo 

lAtud@dtbattb 

Muaoat (Bad the poop10 h voung Of it) 

b a o ii lo M n& roo t, 

l wo to p luetb ,llt8to o nr ea a h 

tb0~~0rthfi~0rbawO~ 

tale6 lA the n001utiorr (X.J.$i MO&) OuMsttlAg tha e 

mt, 8hhh f0rr 0i haa0t rOs th000 in ~WW 0s otu l ptiorr 

Of th# WWdM At F U6O u fOuOWOt 

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or tha afrta 0r Nobruh that “m bOAdo, o* other ovidonoee 

or lndebtedneo~, oo luu*d, ohall bo valid unl808 the 8a~8 

&sll hue endorord timwon a oortifloato olgaad by tho Sacr o t8r J a nd Alldltor or at&o, Oh o r lAg tbo l SM 18 i8sued purouont to law,". -8 not oolf-omting, but required 106ialatlotl to 0 

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lt into l ieot, ti It uu olaimod that them 

bein& AO ouoh e@alatiorr, the pxwlrlo~ remained IA abeymoe. 

!i?he Guprwam Uourt of Nobmoka in lto opinion, saidg "This 

rule aom to bo fairly deduoibk irgl~ the authorltiosr that 

ii Use oowtltutlonal pcov?oloa, l lthor dlroctly-or by lmplluatlon, Smpooos 8 duty A~AA 8~ ofSlo*r or oftloers, no legislatlon lo ~aeesary to requfkw tho porioImaMo of that duty.' 

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In reply to your ioootu3 quutlon vm #Ink tho carptrollor will aeoormr14g- hvo to ti Into ooA8lderatioa the 

tOkl O+Otrroding Wl%AtO, iA dOtOWiAiA&J th8 Mb -t Or 

orah th8t rillba avri&able for S&QriS~%lLtiOA$~ oth.~%80, It 

woAld ba imjworlblo ta'pl8oo th8 6tate 011 8 'umh baslo. If 

the antlolpatod ro~enuea fix the blmnlum beginning Juuaary 1, 

.1046, should b8 l otlwatrd at (36,000,000 ond the m(;lslatwo 

should appropriate #66,Q00,000 the out8tuxUwuarrMt.r would 

heooa8arlly hew %o bo przd.Ln the ardor or their. roLl8tratlon 

8~d at the end or tho blwnlum them would Lo gutatmdl~ OSpt?oaa+ely the 1)omo:luu0uAt of runat am in the boginni~, 

and tho State mnald not. be 0A.a orih.brsl8. Tho fl~a~olal 

oltuatloti would not be #magod. 

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Vary truly yours 

AT'LOWX QiwmAL OF TEXM