limitedand restrictedexception. The exact wordingIs ". . . except generalappropriation bills, which may embracethe varioussubjectsand accounts,for and on accountof.whichmoneysaFe to bs appropriated . . .II
As long as a gene-1 appropriationbill includesonly subjectsof appropriatingmoney and likitingthe use thereofin harmonywith generallegislation,it may relateto any numberof
UJ 'Stone.v.Brown,~54 Tex. ,330,341~(1881),and Travelers ProtectiveAssociationof Americav. Ziegler,250 SiW. lll5, I..u~, .(.Tex. Civ. App. 1923, error ref.).
I/ Giddingsv. San Antonio,47 Tex. 548 (1877);Dellinger v. State,28 S,Wi2d 537 (Tex. Grim. App. 1933).
q Moore v. Sheppard, 144 Tex. 537, 192 S.W.2d 559 (1946). Hon. Allan Shivers,Page 7 (V-1254)
different"subjectsand accounts." In suchimtancesallof the subjectsa.r$under the one generalpbjectand purpose of appmprfatingfhde fromthetreasury. !i!he obviou?purposeof this l.kited.~xceptionwastolPahe certaintb&.appropriations to more than one departmentin the same bill would not be pro- hibited. In all other respectsgeneralappropriation bills are subjectto the 88013prohibitionas all otherbills against contalnlngmore than one subject. The result is that general legislationcsmotbe embodiedulthina generalappropriation bill. Moore v. Sheppard,supra.
A generalappropriationbillmaybe deflnedas a single bill which appropriatesfunds for two or more departments,sub- jects,accounts,or purposes. Ithasthe one generalpurposeor mbject matterof appropria&g money.7
Oenerallegislationdaagmorethanappmpriate money andl+titsexpsImtllre. AssaidbyafonssrAtto~yGeneral a opipronNo. 2965 0935)p *. . . iithcBilldoeemonthansetael~a~of monsy,providethe means of its.'di&ributlon,and tO vhom it shallbe distributed,then it is .ageneral lav...;"
Thus,the distindionbetvpen~ralappropriatian bU and e=nersllagi+Wion has been r+tgni+ irithie state . . Inthe ~h@lefactthatthe formrmerely@ts apa$suq of' molrapf~gaAfic obJ+ganduseswhilethe lattardqepmore than+Myappropriateandlimittheuse~f~iunds. C&neral legislationConstituteeaseuaratem&S&t andcannotbe ln- clkdwlthlna generalappr~priakmbiil. Moo&v. Sheppard, supra;Att'y Gen..Op.2965, mpra.
This does not mean 4hat ge!qal legislationmay not containanappropriatlanwhichismere~ incidentaltoaudneces- sexy to carry out the subjectand purpose of.the generaljaw.
u The Arizonfr S&ems Court has said:- The generalappro-. priationbillieno~ inthetrue sense of the Wxqlegislation; it is, as the lauguageImplies,merely a settingapart of the funds necessaryfor the use andmaintenanceof the v&riousdepart- mznts of the &ate governmentalready inexistence andtiction~ ins." Sellersv. Fn&miller, 24 P.2d 666, 669 (Aris.). TheNevadaSup- Court has said: 'The?+approp~iationbille~ as indicatedby the titles,are p+sed fv cpp+ ef the s+&e- government, and are pot legislativeacts changingtk, +zbstantive orgenerallaws. . . ." State v..Eggem, 136 Pac. 100, 101 (Nev. ). .Hon.Allan Shiv'qs,Page 8 (v-129)
AttorneyCensral*sOpinionNo. 2965, supra. Neitherdoss it meanthata generalappropriationbFUm~~ynotcontain~ral provisionsaad.~taFlslimitingandr'estrictingt~use of the fundsthereinappropriated, if.suchprovisionsare necessarily connectedwith and incidentaltoths aooropriation and use of ths funds and if they do not conflictiith-or. amountto general legislation.Conleyv. Daughtersof the Republic,106 Tex. 80, 156 S.W. 197 (qu).
Th? generalrule with referenceto all bills was stated by the SupremeCourt of Texas in Phillipsv. Daniel,94 S.W.2d 1193, llfl'(Tex.Civ. App. 1936, error ref.),as follows:
"The law is settledthatunderthe Constitutional provisionreferredto @tlcle III, Section3fl auy num- ber of provisionsmay be containedin the samsbill or act,houeverdivsrsatheymaybs; the only requirement beingthatthsyare conslstentuithths generalobJect or subJect,andhava amutualralationsndconnsdion, dQedlyor indirectly,withths generalsubjector ob- ject of the act or bill."
With specialregardtowhat incidentalprovisionsmay bs includedwithin a generalappropr~iation bill, our Texas courts have not stateda general.rule..I@ever, from statementsas to what may not bs includedand from numsrousopinionsof the Attor- nqGeneral,ve~belie~the ru&sniqbe state!generallyas fol- lows:-Inadditiontd appropriatingmoneyandstipulatingthe amount,namer, and purposeof the varlous~itemsof expsnditure, a generalappropriation bill may containany provisionsorelders which detail,limit,or restrictthe use of the funds or othsr- wise inkrethatthemoneyis spantforthe requiredactivity for which It is thereinappropriated,if.theprovisionsor riders