Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2017-02-18 03:27:07.384966+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:36:31.561280
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         OFFICE       OF THE ATTORNEY         GENERAL        OF TEXAS
                                  AUSTIN

Bonorebl* Btyaa 2. Xillllamr
city Attorney
GBlveston,  Texar

Deer   3irt

                                              o ba lswrd,         the
                                            used for puurpoarr
                                             t, sralusi*rly  ior
                                             f th eltraot8, aro-
                                              lotr Insaid olty,
                               Yrrrlorr      and   for     rrouring
                               h filling,      or,   to put it dit-
                               s granted bf that Aot be wed
                          otion with bonde Ot the aity whlah
                          06 Qriw   to its rdoptlon?"

          The prrtlnent  part sf I?. b. ez, Of thr Yorty-tirth
Legislature,   Realas   3emloa,  reads to follmrr t

              CsptloLt-
              *AB   Aot to AzOnd ChnQttr      36     th.    AOt8 of     thr
       Rag&w        3e#rlon,   of tb   89th Legialatura,              thr
Honorable    Brpan P. ~vllllamr,            page .?g

     aem% being AD. Aot entitled:    ‘Att Aot to Sid
     the City of G&vcaton In elevating       end rairr-
     fng such city so a.8 to proteot    it trout oelaat-
     tous o~erflors   by donating and granting to it
     the State rid vslorem taxes and a part or the
     oooupatlon and poll taxae aolleoted      on property
     and from persons in Galveston County for 0 period
     Of teA Jr(lATCi,@ti to FrOVida tr p’3tlAlty tOl! th%ir
     ~~~~‘~~t”~~~,~t~~d~~~~~~~~~~~
     -zziEirT         m,         a      eo%Frlng~       *nerifiYiE~ .
            3eotion        1 of the emendatosy         r;ot rcsds     aa follows   t

        ‘“seotloa  1. TAet Chapter 3 of the Acts of the
      Regular Session ot the 39th Leglals ture, be mend-
      ed so as to hereatter read ae follows

          m ‘Seotlon 1. TAat ror a pbrlod of forty yeara,
      commolng      with the riroal   ye&z b&ginning September
      1, 1903, end vrding September 1943, there be and
      there ore horeby tomted       end wanted by the State
      or Tares to the City or Galveston       the net emOUnt
      of money, or 80 mob thereof       ar ray be n%ceaea%7,
      collected    Prom the ,Collcuk~g taxes:    (here the law
      enumeratea the various taxes donated) (

            “Sactlon        2.       (The mm    es the prior        law).

            “Section        3.       (The Saw   4% tA% prior        laN),

            “Station 4 l             (TAe same as the prior         law).

         “s6+otlon 5. The monev hereln   and hereby grant-
      ed and donsttd to the City of Galveeton Are beolared
      to be a trust fun6 OS89emzerated therein. It iS tI'U8 thCt th8
emorgenay clause r8fCrs to obll.~otlocstnaturlnl; botweoa the
years 1938 and 1946, but the well-settled    law on the subjest
of ezersency clauses Is to tho effect that suah alaus       93e
UOt added iOr th8 puS$Ose Ci alarltylng or deakrlng the ln-
t8ntiOn Of th8 x8.~;8lat~8 DOr t0 8~leiE the eQr899 leti-
guage ussd.    fn the CD38 Of Y-X-T “Ft. CO. v. Thoaaaoa, 280
8. i’i, 325, the covrt mid:

             “.?arg;enoyclawes  are added to Set forth
          reason5 for susrsnsloa ot rule requiring read-
          ing on three separate degs cod to put the bill
          Into lmedlst8 erfect, not to declare la&la-
          t$va lntcnt".
          Generally, an erzar@nojr olauve 1s rc@rded as Iasuf-
tialeat if there 1s no inat event or state or condition       of
sftSIr8 aentloned which the Legislature detkmlnes creates
the assrgenay.      see 25 Rawle c. L. 601. r8 think the proper     ooa-  _
elusion to b8 t&t tke danetion oovered by E. B. 22, aupra,
was lctended to pay cl1 bonds 1ssusS ~rlor to the efitatlve
date of tho aresedntoryAet, the prooeeds       o: -vhlchhad bdcn
used 9X131USiV81y iOr the FUr~OSSS cnUntrat9d      in the :..ot,It
appcsrr tht the issue or sorles of 1923 provided puqoses
not oontenplatod by the tsx donntlon act, ?nd ii such pro-
aseds were u38d for ~rposcs cthe? than tkO58 8nWi8rattebln
 the Act the bo&ls could not bc prop8rly pcld nith the tax89
donsted by said Aot, but in mr oplnlon such funds oould be
used to retire     the bonfis to the extant the proceeds thereof
were ap:Fllc?d   tward .thc aaconpllSlunentof the &urposes enu-
m8rfit8d ll3the ilot. Ii,     a3 a mttor   of fact, the prOC88dS of
this isa       were nsed for ~Ur_DOSOScontmp~stod bg the Act, therl
 It 19 our oplnlon thet all 13 sold doaoted funds UY be used
 to pay the lntcrest r&d oiniAzg fund requlraor,entr    OS suoh lesue.
             Tru3tlnc,that tie fOra+pin% aatlsfoatorI~y IIcsXersyour
 bl&l7,       I?8 W8

                                            Very   truly   ycurs