OFFICE OF THE AYTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN QDUuCIIUlccm.swmmvBonarable iioumr Garrison, Jr, Diteotor Departaont of Publto Safety hap Yabry Austin, Taxa8 Dear Mr. Barriron;



### your lett6r or July ion of thlr depertaotor or the Departd authority to t lraay br oolleotea t fund, which is pro701, R. C. 5, this fund will be available ng expensor OStar, C. R. otriaal Faglnaerlng, University light teoting laboratory, inp out of the state for thr purpose tlon onthe latest te8ting teebnique, Conditionad upoa an afiirnmtive twoquastlona, you request that pard 

### t0 Mrr Ornnbwry to **make** mild trip. 8eotloa 5, mttw~a 6701, rsada a8 r0ii0w81 mhy 

### perpIon, iirm or corporation my aubm.lt to the State Iiighway Commlrsfon a lens, reflector or **headlight** oontrol aevioe intended to **meke** 6 headlight oomply with the proviaiws ai thlr hat, and **make** application that the aamabe tasted as **to**

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oonformlty with the raqulreuanta of this Aot. Uponsuch application being aado, the dtate Highway 

### Comlaslon shall, upon notioe to the applioant, subiaft suah lam, refleotor or headlight oontrol detioe to the testing sgsncs as herein designated with the rsqmst that suoh device be tested aa to 00Arortitty

with the requ5.reaents or this 

### .kat.Each auoh appliasnt shall, uponthe ftling of his applioa

### tlon,pny to the State Highway Comlsslon B ree or rirty dollars. Ml auoh 5~0s shall ba nald by the State Highway Commission into the Stats ?reasurp, andthey shsll be depositedin a fund to be k~~own 3s the Highway Light Toot Fmd, and the 3tate Treasurer Sh4ll keep suoh rkd separ‘dte.Thexomys in suoh fun?, or so muohor shamas my bs neoessary,shall ‘ss used.to meetthe expense of :he tests 3s rerein provided, and for suoh use they are hereby sppropriated, and the b&mos thereof, if any, shall be pold Into the State HighwayFund. Moneys in the nighway Light Test Funda&all be npentunder the direotion of the State S$ghwayConmIssion, .mdmaybe spent only to derrag the en~anses of testing by the twsting agency herein provided r0r.n In an opinion dated Bay 3, 1958, addreesed to 

### the Ponor3ble Julian Eontgouary, state iilighway liapartmsnt, and written by wsaistant Attorney General il. B. ‘2ope, this departnient held that the duty of j?roriiling IUPtastiag and approrlr;g hi@nsy lighting davioes under ;irtiola 8701 was 

### transferred to the Deptrtaent of iublio Safety at the time that departmct was areated by the Legislature andthe tjtate Highxay yatrol transferred to it.

Consec;uently, after this transfer for tha term ori&mlly used 

### in the .+ot V&ate Highway COmmiSa~on”, there mutt, after auoh transfer, be aubvtituted the words *Department of Fublio Safety”. Your firot qucIstiaAis therefore answered in the affirnatf78,SiAOSwe find un appro riation of this fund ror the balanoe of the present bienn um,made by R. E. 570, Aots Forty-seventh Legialaturr. lp Tour seoond question is likewise answersd in the arrirmatire, Ths expenses to be lnourred oa this trip,in our opinion, are expenses properly lrioideat to the ;Ilaoharge or the duty of testing by the orflaial wsncy, to-vilt, the

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HonorableHomer

### Gqrrison, Fags 3

University ofTexas, dealgnatedby the statute. The fund is, by its terms, by the availablefor derraylng "the axpensea or teatlng

testing agemy", and la; de abovoruled inresponse to your first qmation, to bo expendedunder tha dlreotionor theDapartmentof Tub110 Safety forJuohpurposes.

Wth refere,noeto ysur requsstror pemission to bograntedMr. Grauberry tomake the trip in question, you are sdviaed that thism&tar ~21: be disposedof in- ;;;;;ednt or this opinion request,and by the usual tom

. Yours very truly ATTO!#K?Y

C23!3R.~L

OFTKXAS

Riohard W. Fairohild

Assistant