Hon. D. K. Woodward, Jr.. Chairman, The Board of Regents The University of Texas Kirby Building Dallas 1, Texas Opinion No. v-1476 Re: Legality of supplement- ing the'compensationof the Comptrollerof the Uniyerslty of Texas from ~,,fundsderived from gifts Dear Sir: and ',bequeets; You have r,equestedan opinion of 'thisoffice concerning the legality of supplementingthe compensa- tion of the Comptrollerof The Universit,y of Texas from funds derived from,gifts and beques,ts. ., '%?3.or'to 1951 the Legls,laturehad been making lump sum,appropr~&lons to the University of Texas for the payment of~s&Sarletjof the ~administrativeofficers of the Universityi 'Howeve,r'lnHous,eBil,l426, Acts 52nd Leg.$ 1951,~ch.,499,.p.,1228 (GeneralApproprla- tions BiXl)"'the* Lkg$slatu$e itemiz'edannual stilaries,for certain ,~dmini~tr~titre,"of~a'~a~~,.61 .%he/Un1versity,in- cludin the Comptroller. Ho.useBill 426 provides at page 1f+ 58: '"TRRUNIVRRSITYOF ,,, .~ TEXAS General A~, .S~~ar,ies Only 1. - Chancellor (at $17,500 plus $1,000 allowance for house and utilities......,...... $18.500.00 Comptroller......;.........'l2;~oo.oo 32:Assistant to Chancellor (Part-time)............... .."9,200.. 4. President (with house and UtflitSes.)............... 15,ooo.oo 5. Vite-President~e~.o*~o~0~.0 12,500.oo '..
'Hon. D".K; Wbodard, Jr., page 2 (v-1476) .' The general provia3.o& 4f Article'V of House Bill 426 provides as ~0110~s: t. ."Theexpenditureof the appropriations hereln,made and authorized,whether from the State General Revenue,Fund,local lnstl- tutlonal funds, or any other reoeipts and funds whatsoever, exceptbequests and gifts, shall be subjectto the .f,o:&low~ng pro~vfti~ons : II . . s i'gec.24. Addi.tional Salary Payments. No institutionof higher education shall pay ti excess of the salary rates specified for the Itemized poaitlons In th~isArticle, excepting only those which are aesignated as 'part-time.'"(Emphasisadded.) Clearly.the LegialetureIntended to limit the amount of'money that might be ~paidas salaries to these full time administrativeofficial6 from funds derived from any source except gifts and bequests. Although Sec- tion 24 of the General ADdroDriationBill orovides that "no institutionof higher-educations'hallpay In excess of the salary rates specified for the Itemized positions In this Article,:"it ~hasno applicationto bequests and gifts,~Thebesbeing specifdkallyexcepted from its pro- visions. 'We have been inf,ormedthat,th,ereare funds created throughthe acceptance %of g'dffts and bequests by the Board of Regents of the Univeralty und,&rits implied powers other.thapthose establ,ished for professorships or scholarshipsunder the provisions of Article 2595, V.C.S.~ Therefore,~assumingthat these funds-are not re- stricted,by.the.'donorsfor a particular purpose, it is our dpinion'thatthe salary of the'Comptrollermay be supplemeritedby the Boirrdof.Regents;fromfunds derived through giftsland bequests. SUEPMARY The salary of'the'comptrollerof the Unlvers~ityof Texas may be supplementedby the Board of Regents from funds,derived through gifts and bequests. (Rouse Bill 426,~ Hon. D. K. Woodard,'Jr.,page 3 (V-1476)
Acts 52nd Leg., R-S., 1951, ch. 499, p. 1228, Article V.)
Yours very,truly, APPROpDs- PRICE DANIEL Attorney General- J. C. Davis, Jr. County AffaSrs Divfsion / Mary K. Wall Revfew4ng Assistant Assistant Charles D. Mathews First Assistant
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