OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GROVER SELLERS 

ATWRN~ GwsR.,. 

Hooorablo Robert A. ?daAra, Zxooutlre Oifloer 

State Board for Yooatlonal Bhwatlon 

P. 0. Dramr 8. R., Capitol Station 

Xustln, Texas 

Your rsquest 

18 as r0umt32 

"Senate Bill, 

an appropriation bill 

talne the s011ow1ng 

ated thr sum 

Stat0 Board 

msatloned raots, 3 imld like 

atlon and oplnlm the fsllow8 It the irrtent of the Lof+lature to 

(I teaa 'Eieoutlre Ofiioer' oould be 

an ~xeoutlre wtiarr uia/o* wato 

ational Education? 

“2. rjlnoe the liwa of 32300.09 is lnoludad lo 

the appmprlatlon aot, with no mention mado as to 

whether thla aura la for *aoh roar 0f the blennfum 

'or for the entire biennium pin.9 it the lnt8zt of 

the Lsglslaturs to nxak6 $2!iOO,OG available 
i 

RaAorable gobart 8. "anire, pa&a 2 

for the ontire blonni~um or 

for aaoh year of tho blo~xum. . 

a mini o? $1250.00 

“3. 5lnoe 3aoato 3111 320 la ah approprlatlan act by titla and subatsnoe ahd rlaoa.tJile 

bill appaari! ta ocmteln mora than 4114 subjaot, 

nealjr, t&at or appr%prLtlon of tundr and orwtlng Or rooognln~ the POSitiOA 0r sxooutlre orfloor, could that portion at tho bill amating 

the .igautIva ckmoar*~ posftion tfe in agraofw~t 

with thatpar t of tha Constltutlan that ra:;ulras 

no blll shall oonta.ln aora than one subjaatTv 

‘"a ahaIl answer your nu&exad quaatkms ln their lnVor86 Orh6r, that being the b&O%1 Way to raply, %a thlhk: 

.i. 3ootion 35 0r Art1010 III. ,of the &JAstitUthA da 

olarasr 

To. bill (except ~onaral approprlatlon bllla, 

whloh my enbraos the various eubjaata and sooounts 

fOX 6fAd OA AOOOUAt Of Fk.iOh IliOAOJ% al% =ApjXOrOpdSt&f 

shall Oor.tair; nor4 than ona subjeat, slrloh shall be 

axproseed LI its title. Rut IS any eubjaot shall 

be ambnaoad in EE sot, rhloh shall hot ba axpxossod 

in the tltla, suoh aot ,shall be told 0~1.y as t6 so 

mob thereof aa sh811 not be so axprassed.' 

Sonata 3111 To. 120 In lts antlraty la as follcmaz 

spproprlatiag the 6~3 o.? One ::llUoh Two Rundred r'lfty-nlna 

Thoiisahd ~ifty=fiYa a.ad OQ/l3'J (;1,259,055.00) ?OlbrS 

par year or so mob thereof a.s ~8:: be naeesaary, SOS the 

next blarnfua baglm& Se?taziber 1 1445, and end:&y hgust~ 

31, 1447, rrm the .?aheral 3ovanua #uh4 for the purpose of 

proawtlng pub110 eohool lntarasts and assisting &7boaI dlstrlots lc the toaohing of voaat1oha.l aqrlotitura, i&ma ooonaaios, trades and induatrlee, dlstrlbutlve aduoatian and 

rooatloml mtmIdEltati~n of ;Ilsablad parsons auaordl~ t0 

tha i'adaral 1s~~ govarnl~ roaatisnal aduoatlon, all whlah 6hSi.I 
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=s*o. & me scete B44rd for Poa8tiouaz sduoation. through lk8 .Xxeautlto OitioaT, lr hereby auth&ed to reoelre and Uoburs* ln 8oaarddaPoe ~84th 

Sta te or .To zef or l ueb purpoaer 46 trelnlng per8omnolIbr natlonal defsnae lndurtrl4r and for 

8wh 0tb.w catirith3a aa ooiaa unAor de authority 

Of t& scLt0 !iCJCrd iOr vO~t~OiI&d s'dUWitiMe 

“boo. 5. There la ,honbf ollocetod and oot 

asid the r0uwing amounta r0r th0 purposce lndl~ 

cato4 balow: 

~OClC!tiIXL4Z. HOnU %XtOlliO6: 

Three' H‘.ularaB Twauty-one 

Thousand Sevti ffundrod 

Plfty-sir Dclloro *..*‘*.**.*I . ...’ . . . . . . t + 321,756.OO 

Vxad40 and Indu8t.rios~ 

Oue~ Eurdrea artpfi+e 

Thousaad Dollaw8...........~.~.r......$ lS9,OOO. cm 

‘Diatri.butio~ Yiducation: 

FiS ty-flTo abauupd 

Dollan..............................~~ 4 55,orx).oo 

“Vooetlonal RohablUtationr 

Cno Ifiuidred IrWty-four 

Thc~uaand ‘IYn’sa Hun&ad SoronUyroux Pollars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 154r374.00 

“Rohabllltation qr crip:,t0a 

children to be oxpond& by the 

Zopertaant of Bealth; Oar IfEmdrasd sixty-Uwo Thoiloand Plro 

Eundrgd 9oUoro.. . . ..i. .1x%... . . . . . . . . .$ 162,500.oO 

“‘Prorlded unexpwded balar,oos roanin 

2 

In the 

fund8 ho-h aggroprSq.tef ior +cw%stl3nal serv oefa play 

be ro+llocated with the oonseat of’eaoh of th4 Piraat0m ~6 with the agpro9cll OS the 3mwir0 omeer. 
“rhe p~ogor ortioor or o.~lwrs of any 9taOe 

do:partamt, krruua, ~0~ dlrlrloru of State ,agimole8 

we her%& ruthoz-ired to rake l pplloatlon ior aad 

aroopt ml giSta, grants, or l lloba~~~ts tram the 

thdt@6 Stat- 6OnrParot 80 b. U8.d M sbate 000 

l r R tlr a0 nd ta thrOed? o r a l 

p î 

jooti entl pro g r R% M 

l’e%aa, iaolw%ng oomtruot on of mblie bull.dlngm, 

~Jd6’8RIldi~I~lWO8Wtl. wet @Uob~deml~ fund6 

a8 my 84 deposited .bi thr State Treaswy we horabYyappWJprlatod to the apOlii0 purpoee 4ut!toriz4d 

v tJ.u F&doral Omwamaut, and wb oat to the Waltatlen plaood in tbir Aot* l!b 

"r! 

ia 

priatod tho au&t of Two Thouocmd 

Poreby a proito Hundred Ii clan ($2,500.00) 3tat4*il prs 0r m a4h hrtw80r 

as la neo4m3az-y ior the stats Board ror Yoaet:onel 

Bauoation to cuaploy akoxoautire officorfi and th+re 

tihero 

3 

appropriawd the *em 4f One Thousal Foiar 

Huadrod ltty Dollazs ($&WM30) St&P8 part tar 

the stat0 Beard for Voa8tiallal 34uoabicm, to gay 

dixootor, !?lirtributlre ?Qluoathn. 

* l ?Sea. 7. Tim ra06 that nmyeohmlo ia th3.a 

88ete a r e Uet3lr oou i hmhg the l anies4 er *ooatloml towherr smatloned in thb Aot, and,the further faot Wet ii the sohoolrr roooiw suoh sonioea 

it la absolutely nooo8sai-y t!Iat tais apgroprlatioa 

be pamod, onato an emorgonoy and ari imporatlv~ 

publlio aooeasity that~tha Conetitutioa..l IWO requlr$ng billa to be road ELI three 887eml 6aOg in 

l aah Houeo bo aunpanded, an0 the 86~~ io hereby 

WSp~a$a, ar.d this AOt 8htii ta k l 0 mQt Wind br 

$a~;f,f+rom end efter its passego, aaE it $4 W 

approprlati-m bill, within the neanlng; 02 the 0on~tltulilon 

~~Tc~~-uouHi&, and this subject la uloarly stated la the tit16 

ft only reaming to bo dobom.i.noa vtho8hu or not 

any other &ib,bjeot la oo&t=Amd La thd title, or la do&t rPitii 

in the bedy or the bill. . 

Wo hare oeretully l ranined the title, WIG the body of 

thr bill sogtioe by motion, and find nothing hhwoin o=t&M# 

that %a not g~rarano, ox fairly and raasoaebly S..coidmW~ to 
Bonorablo Robwt A. Lbanlro, mo 6 

aaoh an l pproprlatloa Ull, anloaa pomlblg it la found in SeaClod s 48 polo& 

rzi 

your 

aamer ktor ho 

queatfon 1, u&ma ‘MO ahhall e30piri001ly 

. L. 

88 Ghat your quoatlon Ho. 3 la -rod to the offo.ot 

that Ssaato Bill #o.l$O la sot abject &e the vloo of rutooasti- ; 

tuti~tmallty, aa oondomnbd la Sertion 35 of Artfole IX1 of the OonatltutIaa* 

a0tim 6 or miai0 mr 0r th0 c05atitilti~ do- 

?tM money ahall bo drawn fmm the troaewy 

bat in pur$u$nte of apooI?Io approprlat;icma mrdo 

bylaw; * . 

. 

Th+ 8300if1oao0a roqulrod noooasar:ly oon*o&etos tho purtiso 

aa amouat,~ or 6t %oart inow kh0~0dema~. The aonraitutlxi door not 

l 6uroea nhntorer for a given porlod would be a&l& tly daflnit0 as to a&w&, and llkeuiae for a.~ l ppm rlatioa ot a 1un.g 

aua to a dmaruaent or ihatltutlanfbr tho .ra rp ou# DUWOS~B of the 

d*partaant 

PurPOIO* 

l d the mm 

g i4 ror .t 88 

Vsoatfonal 

or inailtutl& would bo htffloiantly a~&iiio aa to 

TJko laug~gr oi Beo$lon 5, Vhoro la horob appmpriatef ho Thourand PiVi Hunhod Do- ($25OO.*f State’8 

0uoh tarr80r am 18 ~ooiaauwy ror the stawB0ard ror 

M+catIc+ to usploy a+ oxooutive . __ ottioor”, mta-ev?ry 

rOqUlXWWnt of the i;onstltu6lan tar 8Qoolrlanoes olc ag~opriatlor, 

bOth aa to amount end purpocro, but ah. language Likwlu aarrloa 

th0 10@Ialativc lfaltabl~na gpoa both the MDunt and the 3~~3080. 

The Aot o-n8aIna nethiag further from whit& a rO00&eiblO tsplioac 

tlon oould be dodoo l d that the WA l ppxvpriatoa was lntmdsd to 

bo fer eaah of the Gwo yeatr of Gheappmaohfng biumlunk It may 

be that the Leglalatw iatondod to appmpriato ~2500.00 fdr aaoh 

roageoblre 

l~taatlon ‘I r” 

1: of the bianniu& but it haa not dono 60,’ pad more 

thetot zuoh actual appropriation in apt worda annnot 

dieate law. Thlr amward) your l e~ond question. 

?;e hol.d in our Opinion Bo. O-6&58, addry&& to h'onorable J. C. Minkor@, County Attsrrrp Bnzoa Qo~ty, Bryan, %=a, 

that tho steoutlro offloer mentioned in 600tIan 5 Of ofu A0C, 

ror whoa an appropriation ~44 aado, wns w&or t&o very t~ama gi 
wo mw rurthet &~ld in thla aonneatlon that zkaate 

Ml180 120 614 no); br 106lrlatiivo ii&* pate the ~~altlga, 

of mush oxoautlre affloqr 4B aa anployve. 

Uador 3dotloa W, ef Artlole III 0r the Coaatltutlon, 

a0 ~pproprlatloa of ownoya okat Of 8ho tnaaury may be mde by 

the Lo gf8la l txoopt ur s in pursua~oe of al4ability oroated by 

or under a preAx.lrt* l8w.~ Thl8 itmu a lau f&at w6t in oxletanoq at tbo very tiffi the apprqprlatloa wa8 -de. The prel Iriatine law aeorseary to rumor* an appropriation, howerer 

say it&elf exlat by reasOa of aeaeisary lmpllo~tlon. -chst is 

neewWrfly laplied f.n a aoonrtltutlon or rtatute 1s as auoh a 

Q@:@; 

l 

the 1~ aa if ths aanm h"d baen sxprma4 oontdacrd 

The pro-w@Itiag law authorleina: the appropriation 

udder O~J~~~O~~IOYJ 1~ the law areatiag th0 sitate ~oarcl. r0r 

Vo0Etl0Ml Sdueatioa. 'Ph. atdo Bolm¶ r0r Vooatlonal Tduoatloa ir a gaverammtal lastruumntUlty, an arltI.flolal person, 

whloh oen fuaotlon only through the propor and nooossary employws. Zuoii lnstrumentallty oould not pirtorm its governIQOIIr w UWJsiWJ iiith t l iIL&IiOp06a That Lt should have thrrp 

ba lmplla+t ln the orratlrs prorlalotis ef thm lm. T&ii6 rule 

or eon8tru6tion 1~ 0x0mpxiriisd in ai th0 appropriations r0r 

all the dopartnontr, 14mtituti;ms, orriaoo and sgsnaloa 0r 

the Government, wharfAn from the earllert tiaus, in unbroken 

roquemoo, approprlatlms bare been mde ror the priyamnt of 

aaployoor, reprlrm, aalakaanoe, an6 tb6 llko inoldental purOne doe6 not seek to find and exprom rtatute author 

g$the appropriation or m6noy by thr Leglnlaturo ~CJ pay 

ah0 0wtian 0r rooh .itm am 8hs ooplpensatlsn r0k ampl0y0~~, the oost of repairs, litiprQV~0ents and QElnt0mrIO0, 

and auoh other mew thlnfls neoesarf 

the gormzumntal funatlon or any departmnt, iastlt;utlon, oocmissZon, board, offloo, or WWIorized aotftity 0r the Stat*. 

The QO8itiOn Of .XeOUtiVe OtilcW, thtWtf'Ol+a, JJOt 

being an otfioe but a mere nppoi.~t~~~@. Of WWQbY- XXQQ*- 

sery ~II the admlnlstratlon or the aSrain oi the Aat% Bcmd 

ror v00ati0m idduoation, the ltun 0r approprlatlon thararOr 
Honkable Robert A. Imilmg ~6%. 0 

i8 authoriRe& br pro-•lirtlae law. 

6p6ki6% 6pealrleaUj Lbe LyCi6latua-e had no in- 

~tbatloa - l itbrr l x p r ia 8,lm,pld or r to d&In. (ho duthe 

or 8u.h appointee. A dlotlngulehlag 8oatur-e bettee* oa 'Ofiloer" aad an "eqloye." 18 that the law deflaoe the Qutloa 

or a6 O~OU, U~WUU th6 

rorlbe6 the dotle# oi ant 

oern 16 hro3.y a means or 

a6 l pproprlatlon la atado. 

the L.&latun oallr rpoh position oelthes 06s~ it make say 

dltferenoo how the .qloying b66rd kdn.t.4 lt.~ It lr 

the ldaatlty of thr po8ltlan Chat 1s arterial. Th6 Board 

iteo ld4ra.6 r th r a utler s it6 l uoutitr orr lo ewhen r he 

1s o ne. ea p 1 o yeOr 4oouzme, . 6uah dutleb mst pertcla to 

the etatutey arrairs 0r 8h4 b6ard 0r whlah he 1s an 4aploy4.. 

Tbls umwcrs pow rirrt wo6tlon. 

ATTORKXY Gl!SERA.L OF !l';JcAs