Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2017-02-18 03:57:39.231534+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:30:20.800274
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OFFlCE OF THE ATTORNEY          GENERAL    OF TEXAS
                        AUSTIN

Mr.Homer  oarriaon
Diraotor, Tk4partment
or mbll.0 safety
hatin,   Teral
Dear 8lrl

                                     ur    nquert ?or   an opinion,

    *duoate the publio on safety matter&vwith
    referenoe to.thr tmr of natem in the men-
    tloned &krSi but &VS found that thin work
    neoersltatea the u#e a? a b&at. We, Ohore-
    ioT0, mques 4 an op,inlontraa mur Depart-
    ment a6 to whether any fund8 appropriated
Hr. Rcmer Qerrla&, Oune 8, lQS9, Peg   E

         tothim   Deparhurd o-be    8ponttortha
          purpore o? pumhasiry a aotor boat to
         ,bn ucmd tortha  purpose8 8et out, end
          if thl8 18 enawered in the affirmative,
          whloh 6f the ureral funds appropriated
          aan logally be rpent lnthl8 manner."
          The authority of   he Department o? &blio &fetp
18 found 'inArt10188 44lS[l?   44X5(E) end 44X5(4), Re-
vised Civil Statute8 of Tad,    whloh read in part a8 ?ol-
1cmSI
             '"Art. czls(lI. There la hereby
                   Department af fiblio tkfety
          c r ea ted l
         ob the Stats o? Texan, henlnafter
         do8ignated a8 *the Dmpartmnt,* in
         whloh 1s re8tod the onforoemont of
         the lawa proteotlng  the, public re?oty
         and prwidlng for the prevention end
         datectian qf orime. .TheDepartlarnt
         8hall hnvr;it8 prlnolpal ottioe and
         ~heedquartePsin the City & Austin,
         uhere all of it8 raoords rhall bo
                             44th WC.. p. 444,

               "Art. UlS(8,). The oontrol of
          ths Department Lb hereby mated in'
          the Publio Safety knmis8ion, Blmin-
          after deslgnatad ma-.144 Okla. 53, a89 Pao.
t98, the Supreme Oourt of Oklahoma held that an lutaaoblle
ran ~equlpnmnt" within the~meanlng of the rtatute luth6ric-
lng the p\o?ohaaeo? rqulpnt    by the State Highway Commlar-
Lon.

          Ths above-olted oeses'olearly rhow that l boat
would be oonsldered en ~qulp~ent. The epproprletlon euthor-
lees the buying of the neoeesary equipment. In the oaae
o$ Terrell v. Elperkn,104 Tax. 191, 135 6. W. 519, the 6uprsme
Court of Texas, while dleousslng an o??lolal*8 authority
under an appropriation bill, quoted from Sutherland On
Statutory Construotion, es ?ollow8r
                 a. . . .   *Whenever4 paver in givei
         by etatute, everything neoeesclrgto
         L!iak8it  e??eotual or nqtidte   to et-
         tain the end Is lmpfied. It Is e well-
         eetabllshed prlnoiple that atatutea
         oontalning grant8 of power are to be
         eonstrued   80 en to inolude the euthor-
         lty to do all.things neoeeaary to eo-
         ocnnpll8hthe objeot n? phe @%nt.     !Phi
         grant of an eIpress pcwer oarrled with
         It by neoessary lmplloatlon every other
         power neoessary and proper to the exe-
         cution of the power expreeely granted.
    .-   .
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             Wr. Euner krrlaon, June 8, 1989, Pega 5.

                           Where the lew oomaenda anything to be
                           done lt luth o r l8e8
                                               the pariomenee
                           of whatever may be neoeseery tar en-
                           OUtilt& it8 O-da.   ‘-

                       It 18 our opinion that the D8partment of Publla
             Sefety ha8 the authority to buy a boat, ii 8uoh Is neoea-
             la r y
                  Inp r wa nting
                              o r lme,
                                    Qo teo tlnq
                                            encll
                                                p p r e~endlng
                                                           la w
             violators, end lduoatlng oitleena n pub110 safety and
             IAW obaenanee; u.16the money appropriated In Item go of
             the Department of Pub110 08?9tr appropriation (Senate Bill
             Wo.158, 45th Leg. 1957) w   be uaod for the purpose of
                            b o a t.
             puI'#heSlIl+588id
                                                  Very truly pun
                                             ATTO!?REkCmumiL OF TEuls
                                             BY
                                                        Ceell C. Rotroh
                                                             hI8iBtNt

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