OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

&morsble Loa Alsup 

! mutire &oretary-Dfreotor 

c sate Commlssloa for the Bllad 

~ Aastln, 'Peras 

DOAS Sir: 

on or the state 

the .Bllnd? And 

the above question 

stote that W8 need 

swered la the nega 

s depArtmoot oa 

-don, whioh you 

questian is Aant Appropriation ror 

11 No, ,423, at page 

47th Leglrrlature, Ragtsasao~s and Hleoollaa- 

$ 

b 

30. Rerolr Y fund Sor rsw 

materials to be used 

f 

by workera in home 

industries for sduoational sad rehabilitAtiOn PUpOSAS. . . . ,. .; 5,000.00 5,ooo.oo 
gcaorable Loa Alsup, Page 2 

31. Stand equipment, machiaand toola for re- 

~!ilitAtiOtl AIhd e&UC@- 

tioaal training purposfm 5,OfJO.OO 5,000.00" 

In our opinion No. O-4059, addressed to ~1s~ Hazel 

H. Seokhsm, then Ereoutlve ~Zeoretary-Director af the State 

Ccnusisslon for the Blind, we held that the term Wequlpmsatn 

81~ used In Item 31, quoted above, lo sufficlent~ly broad to 

inolude stocks of merchandise to be ,a014 through vending 

stands established GM malatalaed by the Conmisslon ae an 

aid to tba flnanolal rehabilitation of blind persons. ii9 

urderetsnd that these stocks of neroliandfse lnol~de cigars, 

psokaged ohewing hum, packaged OAIA~~ bare, bottled soft 

drinks, and other such thlngn ordinarily sold through vending stands oonducted In the lobby8 of office buildings. 

You now desire to purahass these stscks fr05 the revolving 

fund provldsd In Iten 30, in order to releaee the funds provided ins Item 31 tar other pressing nesds. 

Ths answer to your question ~depsnds on whether the 

Phrase “raw materials” Iooludes such thlnga as cigars, paoksged ohewing gun, packaged oandy bars, and bottled soft drinks, 

and upon whether the phrase show industries* includes vendlng .stande operated i~. the lobbys of offloe bulldings. :?e 

have found no judicial definltlons of these phrases, whloh 

ars epplloable to the question here presented. Yebster de-. 

fines tho adjective vraw* aa meaning *‘in, or nsarly 19, ths 

;;;;F aGate J Ll ttle ohanged by art 1 umrought; ~8 raw ma- 

.unprspared r0r use or enjoyment; orude; as, raw 

produaL , ,fl, and %aterlal* as “the substanoe or eubetanoae, 

or parts, g00as, stock, or the like, ,of which anything la’ oomposed or may be made; Aa, raw meterlaleaV. Inaemuoh ae the 

stook in trade or a vsndiag stand such ae tho8e Operated under the supertlsion of the Commlselon cmeleta 0r thlags ia 

whioh the pmueee of manufacture is Cmplete, and *hioh are 

prepared for final ooneumptlon, we do not believe that these 

things come within tha meaning of the phass “raw materlalsv, 

as used In Item 30, above, by the Legislature. BuFthermore, 

WB believe that the phase “home lndustrles*, ae used In said 

Iten 30, r&era to arts, oooupatioas, And businesses pursued 

in or about a &nelllng or dwelllnge. 

It Is therefore our opinion that none of the funds 

appropriated In said Itetv 30 may lawfully bs used by the 
Honorable Len Alsup, Page 3 

state Com@iealon for the l3llad for the purohase of mromaalee rhloh la to be sold by vendins atandq Op#rAted under 

ite supsrvlalon. 

Sines we hare anewred~your first question in the 

mgativo, we do aot onaider your seoond qaeotion. 

Yours nry truly 

AT!l’ORIDYC.~~~LO? Ti;MAs 

BY - 

E. R. Allon 

Aaeletant