Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1939 )

OFFICE OF ‘THE ATTORNEY ,GBNERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Eononblr fa PaBerry
UmbBr, m8te B44rl (d oontr.1
h8tl.n; terrr
B44rblrr
8rttlea mlra at Bon4truotlon
‘OcapMy, (Oar, App. 1Ml) 40 8.w. (Ic)988 89 ?,J, p. 199;
Motion 105.
Wobrtor’m Hew Imtometloml Diotionary, 8nd Bdition
oont8lnr the follarint,ln 40rinl thhrtr~*r*rorrror"r
"A MW Or r88OL78 L)OWO8 Of ~pplf 0~
m’p p o r tgl fnr h.s
llait~oMl
f 8ttiOkor
&OX?8 4iltibl4 4t Med~ rmrthin(l in r.-
88178 Or XUdy ii -8dd....
“Avall~ble.rUnr, 88 Of l OOI+rf Of
: butineir; eomputablo wealth in money, pro-
perty, ~probUOt#, lt0.f iEEObht8 and pO88ibl8
Jouro88 .oT rrrBmi8.
,-hat t0 ~hb~ gnO,h8 r8OOUT88 ?n @ii-
ii8titf$ m-8 Of rO8Ort in Uig8llOr.. ..I
'v8 thinktho ?On~ofnb,'quot8tioa,~xp~rr88 the orbi-
Mrf4n6 poptlhr m8Xlill45 Of the Word =~88ourO,o~and that 8UOh
UUli& 18 the l08@ in whloh it 18 U88d in 88ll@tOBill NO, 9.
Brlafly St8t8d, it 18 thBt rO8OTT8 8OUrOe.Of #Upply Or 8tOr8
tither in %OneJ Or pl'o~.rty,whioh WY b8 2886rt8d to hl .a88
Of nud rbat8T82 it8 derintfon My ha+@.boen rub eOt how-
lV8i to'th. 1htht10ll8 Of the AOt a8- h;n%lik& i 8OU88Od,
d.
%iU qU88tiOn8
sixth nnd ‘88T8llth iOqUr8t th8 m
Of th&WOkd "i?IOOIU"~Md the,pMp8r OOh8tr\lOtiOnOr 'th8 phn80
*the @OmQt88iOI1,#h8= t&8 intO ~aOOOUIIt'8~mbn8y rqoiirrd by
rift, dOti. Or &8804fit"a8 US,edih 8OM~O``?i+Bill,iO. 9; fh.8.
@l48tiOlt8 Will b8 diilOll88ti tOð8k. " " '
(r‘h8.t mfl .Of the i)Ot i’8fbrr8d ‘tt- r@4d8 8i fO11OW8:
“a OrlOUl8t iXlOolll8
Md'Se8OWOi8 bf
th e lpplioaat, 9
the odrrriqn rhallt+k8 Sat0
lo o o untl1X money reoeired by glftr,~ garire or
assoent; . . ...*
It i8 W&ted %#lSl 0. 3. pi s96, tbatt
**Inoiie*,18 a broad,’ &omprahen&Ve, kleriblr,
lnolu81+8, ~anil genwio’+erm, oapable ot dell-
nition.: Although lt h8r a ~011 defined Sean-
lng, not only il oomon rperoh,'but al80 under
Eononble Tom DeBrrq, fun@ U, l@bV, ?a68 8
jlldiOi4 8OM1 tX’UOtfWl, th@r@ lp p Ur 8t0k
8-e dittiOU&J about it8 pFeOl8. and lOi4 n-
tisio drflaitlon. Th4 aean~ ot the ka
18 aot to k fPund la it8 ban ltymolwlo~l
&rriration; it 18 mthr? to b8 gath8red
tzO!Eth8 irpliOit a8mptiOn8 Of it8 U8e in
+ l .Vlowedfrom the amroe
o mmo n r p eo o ha ’
or it.8 Ierlr8tlon the word *inoome* may
be defln8d to be (bat (ain or profit rhloh
aOONO8, 18 &8?i+Od, $8 (ain8d, Or pXOOeOd8
from budmrr. 08Dlkl. oomer08. lnfert-
rents of~88pital,-hboi &ndr 6ooupation8,
prr~t8~0~8,. property 0) an7 rhd or th8
*DO098 ilI it8 @MU’d 8Wl80 aeod not
neorrnrll~ bo money Lowar8r, it murt be
moner or th8tuhloh i 8 ooarertlble Into
moMy."
It h8 8t
boa it+t8d
t-08 tht oinOOi@w illOlUb8
lr er y th tng
Or l
,ll that aome8 in,but 4 1 l 1
xamhution of the
oaIe8 8it8d in #UQpQrt O? the l88ertiOll d1802.Or.8 that .thO
court bed in iind a lirtdnotion botwe8n %noOuw and *outgo*
or that whloh 00~8 in a8 oontraate& with tbatwhioh 00~8
in 1888 an outgoing; the refsrenoe sot b8hg dlreoted to tho
•U~B of the wealth.
BouT*lerc8 SAW Dlotlonary, 3rd Reri8ion defino8 the
tea aet
Vh8 ~galnwhloh prooeedr frOa proper-
ty lebor Or bUtlllle88.’
Iebrtar'r N~'Int8~atiOMl Dlotionary, &14 &litiOn,
&4tiM8 “hOo11.” a8t
Vhat yin or reourrentben8fit (u8u-
a117 mummed la ronor) whloh proosedr from
labor, bU8iUe88$ Or pl’Op8rt7; OO~erOial
revenue8 or reoelpt8 ot anr .klad.”
Itir lkt8d in Ptintio844~U, Toxni, 8tatr and Looal
Tax Sonloe, Gea. Tax 910l.)B, .para~ph Vl,tb61
.
Hononlble Tom DeBerry, Juno It, 1999, Page 4
18 U8lWIuy reoo&zed by rtatute 88 ltupt
from lnoomo kr. Whether or not aorroog-
nlzed #&St8 may be deemed no> taxable a8
not within the commonly 8ooepted definition
of lnoome.*
By 8p8oifIoally providing that &one rewired by
gift, derire or tiroent rhould be Inoludea+ n 08lOdAting
lnoane, the Legi818ture evidently r8oognIred~the oommon mean-
of the telYII lI!not oontemplatingmoney or property re-
oe rod by aft, d8Ti8r Or dl)lOOllt,
9 8nd by 8p8OifiO8ily in-
oludlng “monof”, thereby l roluded th8 oonrideration of pro-
pirty. It ir but 8n 8ppllc6tlon of the well known 8mti,
aXxpre8810 unlur l8t exclu8lo llterlur,*
WS h&v8 r.o&luded th8i th8 t8l!m"inOOIIIew
88 u88d
in Senate Bill No. 0 mean8 that gain'or reourront benefit,
whether pa)ablo in money or'kind, whloh prooeede from labor,
buelne88 property, .lnve8tment,or the like, and by the u8e
of the oiauoo quoted In your roventh quertiou, Its meaning
he8 been extended to lnolude money received by gift, devi8e
or desoent~but ewludes property reaeived fran wch 8 8ouroe.
It 18 our opinion that the relationship of the donor to the
applicant I8 Imm8terl81.
Your llghth'que8tSon roqueet the meaning of the
term Ve8ident home8tead" a8 that term I8 defined in the Con-
atitution 8nd 18~s of the Statesof Tex88, and a8 U8ed in
Senate Bill lo. 9.
T8188 Constlttitlon,Artlile XVI, Soctlon 51, pro-
Vid88:
*The homeetead, not In a town or city,
&all oonrlet ti not moro thah two hundred
aore8 of land, which may be in one or mord
paroe18, with the improvements thsreon;‘the
honie8teadin a oitp,.town or Village, shell
oonslet of lot, or lots not.to exoeed in
value five thousand doliarr, at the time of
their deelgnatlon 88 the homestead, without
referenoe to the value or any improvement8
thereon; provided, that the same 8halg bo
U8ed for the purporea of 8 home, or a8 a
pl8ae t0 eXerCiSe the Calling or bU8inO8m
Of the head Of 8 family! provided al80,
Hononblo Tim DeBem, Juno U, 19S9, ?age S
that any trporaq nntln6 0s the hoaertead
aall not ohaayi the obrraoter of the au*,
when m0 Othrr bOre8tOad b8 boon lOqUiF8d." '
Art1010 SASS a. 0. 8. 19t5, oontiln8 8ubrtantiallf the
BU6 h!L@U~e .48 ihO a&v8 lOtiM Of th eo On8titUtiOn.
‘~Itwould be lm@raotlaable to lttrpt to prrrent in
thi8 Opfnf'd;n (UI8XhM8tftO di8’3ti88i@l @r d~8OtiptiOll Of Wh6t 18’
lnoluded la th8 tom *hOm88tudR a8 rmder8tood la Texar l8r and
to lM1J!S8 'th8 8Ulr ritMtiOn8 whloh will.b8 pZe84llted t0 LOU
for rpplioition Of Well-88tablirhed r uler l8 drrelop8d by the
OOUl’tl. TM8 opinion 8u8t neor88arlI.y be limltod to ntterr
0s gutera 00ad8ntion..
All OX88iMtiOll Of the QOll8titUtiOn md 8ktUte8 di8-
olorer that tha to m lrolident hemertead* 18 not rpeoifloally
d8fined but it,m8rOrthel~88 h6a aoqulred a doflnlte,uan5.n&
li holu8ktid not ill a~ .Oitp Or tOWLl my aOn8i8t Of a;
rpoh a8 BOO aoro8 toB8ther with the improvement8 thereon and 18
8OmOdly d68igMt8d a8 a *rural ho&e8toad.W By it8 rory MtUre
it oontemplater the re8ldenae of a r48di~ and it8 ~88 an6 00ou-
l8 8 bow.,
Pl.ilO;l
A haaurtead in a oitr, town or tlllagr la oommonl~
known 88 an lurban homerkad" lnd ma9 aoquire it8 oharaotor a8
ruoh llther from it8 98e ior.the pur 0808 0s a homo,or 88 a
th eoalling or bur fne8a of the hma6 of 8
p h o eto lx e r o i8e
falrilyor both,. Xt 18 with r8fer8noe to.the urban hcmert66d
th8tth8 tern -fBrmd t0 in 8IOtiOn 4 8OqUir88 it8 6T88t88t
dgnlfloanoe. A Well &8fhed di8tinOtiOn’eXi8t8 betw8on l
'bU8ine88 hOmO8tud" whloh 4ri8e8 OUt Of the 8X8rOi8e Of l
oalllng or bU8ille88 Chereon and a rorident homortead whioh be-
moh b8OaU88 of OOOup8no~ a,8a home, although n8ith8r
0011166
and dirthot
lrp 88p 6r c r t.e but 6o’to make up one urban h-r-
rtud. 8ee ICI T. .J. pp. tbM380, pp 348~863.
xIt’i8 OIT OQin$On that in USiw the feZa l
r 4 ;id8It
homertead* th8 legl8l8ture lntendod to include ther8fn the
rural hOmO8tMd and th8t part Of the urban hOm88tead U88d ?Or
purport,80s a re8ldenoe, ~xolaQlng therrfrom a *bu8lne88 horr-
'8t88d"a8 defin8d In law. Inlrtanorswill lrl8e in whloh en
individual plooe of property ray halroattaohed thereto all th8
lnoldents of both a rO8ident and bU8ine88 hom88tud. &I iuoh
.*
Oaler tho B@re faot th8t it mQht a80 br l bIl8in.88 hOm8tud
would not a0ru.t it8 ohnotw l 8 a r48laent hae8teaI 8nd it
rhould bo 10 lOIi8ia er h
u 8On8tu lIIlo tlf the LO&8latUrO, t&X'4 18
onjolnod upon thr 00-8 thm arty of look% Ullglmtly ?or
th0 htOIIt Of th8 LOgi8m?i~e "f OW lt 811 ttiO8
keOpi``&in t
the.old law tho lril'mou&ht io bo oornoted an6 tho ruedy
prorldod. ~Ib.'i~!~t``0ti~ *iron m8t bo fair ration&l
rU8OMbh ia4 .Oarib;l@,ooari6ering tho &n&&. aad 8&.Ot
matter with l rlow to &ooor~pZi8hingthe logirlatire lntrnt and
pnrpdro whloh 18 it8olf the law. A8 l ,Zt``damoz~klrule, a:~
#tatut. mtwt k a 0nB tX’m.d l 8 l whole .&ad it QO88ibl0, appm'-
Mt OOJJfl%OtS Or inOM8i8tMOie8 BU8t be t46OMi;l.d 80 48 t0
at8 lff@ Ot t0 tha Mth4 l8tuad lll it8 Q8rt8,' h8J7 ml=t
8U8t b8 OOn8i68lUd wlth t4htiOlA tOU@w 0th.r &W-t ill Ord8r
to pro6Uae l &aoaiotrr whole. Thor8 tie .oonriderationrlm
lpplioabl8 to U8nd&Ol7 lOt8 far thoy b8oae a part Of the
hwwhioh thof amend ald thOJ dll b8 OOE8trUed 80 a8 to be
k,hl’monJ dth the ?uiaial: prt8 of th4 ~Ori6bil aOt.
flu fOn&Oi.Xk6-08 iZe iPn&manhl but+, Oito b
lth Or iti.8: Aitlole 10, Ro-
Trurt Company 7.
8. 1. X61; Ua alla Potmleum
em; ?opbAm
660; Petlrolwm
8. 1. (8) &5!i;
Nig&u fe Ruoker, 47 Tex SW; Bendorron v. United Strtor
fidblltrand @uorunty Cornpuny (Ca. App. l@tB), 19 8. W, (8)
8%; hmwioan Surety Cape of New Yo* v. hxtell Oompmy,
(Wm. App. lBB1); 86 8. W?flc) VU.
i&i&h da thO80 a08 Of oOn8tntOtlOn, WO B0W
pi8 to 8~6OM+d8X’4tiOn Of tho Old A&e A8Bf8tanoo Ao t l 8 a.
wholo,
Art1010 X, SeOtlOn 1 d8Olu-88 an LntOntl0a,to paf
b8Mfit8 t0 thw U8dy 8&8d,.Wld 8ktU thht it ‘18 impractlwble
$0 .a88i#t-othorthM thO88 who are it4UO808itOU8 OiWMU8tUOe8.
8eotion 1, of &tiole n noitO8 th6t “8ubjeot to the proririonr
0s thin Aot needy poreon marlding in Tea8 over the age or
6iXty-tire 165) rear8 whd l n in BWe88itOU8 OirOUBrtulOer
,rhrll be ontltlrd fo flnanaial l88i8t8llO8 ttor the 6tato Ot
9 prorldmatint I "the
Comiaaloa ma eat flnanolal old t.0la y mod prraonrho
*to.* aad it 1 a raitmtod in fmitloa 4 that *If ?roa all 4Jl.
faota and olrornatanora tha lp p llo a doe8
nt aot appear to ba
in a aaody ooaditloa, lraiataaoo mhall ba donlod,~ Th? amar-
&@llOyolauaa of the ulrndatory &ot of the 46th L.gialatura
atataa that bmaure orrtaln thing8 hara bean oonoldrnd in
dOtOrrinill6nrad, mny away poreone ha** born a0priw of
their rQht to rBooi.raaid. Other laotlona of the Aot rm-
qulre worn lpplloatloaa and lxanlnatioaa of the lpplloaat
touohing upon h l.8 looaoalo ltatua and noada. FrorIalon ia
rde for appeal to the Oo``aalon from the looal luthorltira
by an applloant rho ia dIaaatiafio6 with the lllowanoe d.van,
an4 thr OammIaaloa, attor a ocmplrta and full rma%natIon of
the taoox- & sylllw an laonaaa insthr aaaIatanoror ild
girra. Ir think that so other ooaoloalon oan br ‘roiched from
aa wambatlon of the hot aa ‘8 rho10 but t@at 'waw4* haa beon
an4 ramalar tha baa10 OrIterla~for datatining llIglbIllt~
and thawaxtaat of the aid or ,aaaIatanoe to be gkantrd under
the Old &a Aaalatanoe Law. fin ooaatruing individual prorl-
alona of the Aot thir mumt br ooatlnually borne in mind. The
lnraoapablr oonolualon ir that the Oonnnlaalonwould bo &xomrd-
ing &ta authority in ginting aid to those rho are ‘not in
nwd, or .ln arnunta in lx o a a aof their aaoba .aubjeot to the
other pro+laIona of tho lot 88 heralnafterdiaouaaed.
Your tenth quoation requeata the proper applloation
and oonatruotlon to bo pleded upon Sootloa 11(a) of Artlole
IX, Ohap.tor495, Aota,‘1936, 44th Logialature, Srd Called Sea-
aion, when raid aeotion la oonaidored In oonneotion with Senatr
Bill Ho. 9, Aota 46th Laglalatura, Regular Seadon+
Saotlon ii(a) road8 aa follows:
*Thb amount of old age aa.latan& 6r
al4 from State funds that my be paid to’any
applioaat, vho has quallfled undrr thi term8
of thIa Aot ahall aovar arorod the aus of
?%fteoa Doliara ($15) per month, aad in addi-
tion thorato luoh funda as tho FOdFrBl gororn-
ment may lpproprlato and lllooato to thr State
of Toxaa from tIme to time ahall br ,diatrIbuted
song reoeiplentr ?f asaIatanoa in lIko manner
aa State fund8 are paid under the tear of thla'
Aot; proridad, thnt LL no oaae ahall luoh~ald
Honorable Tom DMlarz7, Juna l& MS*, ha8 l
-o lra a fa ta k o u amount
no fn whfoh, vho a
abUd to thr ti00mO O$ thB BQ$liOBat fm
all other #ourwe, tioluding lnooar fro
proprrtl aaa iron the 8tatr and ~rdoral
orrrammt ahall 0x0006 a total of Thlrtr
15ollara ~(60) @or months ~rovldmi that
th elaala~anoo grant06 kanla ahall k
granted fn ,moh amount8 aa will proride
ruaonablo mxbaIataaoonot i8oo8patiblr
.wlth go.odhulth and &qoeaofrw
In no plaoo in tho‘liotharr wo bron able to Sad
say prorlaioa~ uhioh woul6 frqufrothr pent of #SO.00 pw
month (or #l6.00 per month 6tato roaayr rogardloaa of wad,
or an amount, Ihioh,,whan 801~6 to hla inoomo rould,oqual
~SO.00 par eath, n6ardlraa of noad.
The firat mrt of Emotion U(a) and thr ilrat pro-
rlao fa a limlktfoa upon the luthorltjrof tho Oo ma ia do a lo
that fn no avant my the l8a ia ta no o
@rootad lxoood the amount
8pr01f1.d. Tha amount whfoh fa dlnoted to’be paid ir found
ln the lart protiao whfoh ia aauoh amounts aa will provldr :
naaonablr rubilatenoo not inoompatlblr with good health and
Iaorpoy.a ft ri6ht bo tire, dO&iMdiIig On the aowl aad fn00M
of4ha lpplloant,but in ao avant aan it lxoood #lS.OO par
month State mary or #SO.00 par month lnoluding the F&ml
mt* Thfa emo tio nleno a aa a apaolflo lfmftatlon upon thr
amount of ioioy that o&a jamgraatod just aa it aid prior to
the lnaotmoat of Sana$o Bill Ilo~. 9,
Your tirat quoation nquoata tho oorrrot oonrtruo-
tion to bo plaoa6by tho~CommisJon in 8dAniaterIng the Old
A60 Aariatanor Law, upon t&t portion of 8onatr Bill Ho. B
whfoh nadr;
Vroridod that the applloaat ahall
not bo Uaaladaad8tanoe, who does not own
x-681aatata ln lxoaaa of a naldont home-
atead,aa the t m *naldeat himaataad~lia
brffned ia the 8 oaatltutloa lad’~larclof thr
Stab of Tour; aad in oaloulatln( the r&
louroaa of tho applIoanti~14~ rialdant
homoatrad ah11 not be ~ooxyidoroU.*
In ooaatrul* thSa prod80 thd langrug* oontafna6
.
thorelalansot bo laolate an& &onal4arrd aloaa but Burt be
harronitad dth t.h#rar)lmd prWi&iOna @f th0 lOta a a ampro-
hoadro unit. One poriao nfzra to imuraaoo, ucithor to
monoy, atlll uiothor to raoml )roportr, and this protire
mfora to ma1 latata~ r t Irflnra tha real oatatevhloh mar
er may not be oonaidared in 6 lkrdaiy ~nood and oalonla~la6
the reaouroea af an lppliout. Ita purpomola lot to 6uarastor
~aalataaoo to wow poreon who &oca not own a nrldeat hama-
‘mtoador who doei 8ot own real latato in lxooaa of a raal~ant
homastud regardlaa~of hia med Snoomo,’ or other raa0urooa~
2 p a o a lutiha ,nzatmotioa on &la rorlaloaroa$d rondrr
II suoh oonfliot with othar apaolfPo provlaloaa of the
.uandatory aot aad tho purporo M tha Old 40 ~rlmtaaor IrOt
88 a who10 aa to maLo it ohtirely lr~oonaru?w
Tho &ar@onor llauao ia nfwring to th; rialdant
haoataad mggoata tb, purporrof thta prorlaloa and the altaa-
tlon to bo a-m@ILIed, It pvldarr
rTha foot t?mt under the pnaont law,
In Qatortinily tha arm6 of an lpplloant for
~arlatanor; ooaaldoratloa la given to. 4 ;
tha value of roal6ont homrtead prOpWtt,'
therabf6eprltlng ma4 MmQ Qorrona at
right to ,no*ite id*;
tholr
firat
‘:
or.*(I
quastlon it ia bmr aplnlon
homatoad or iha yalua of rtroh
homortrd oadaot bm taken lnto ooaaiQorati6a in doforminln&
thr lti(;tblllt~af a n lpplloaat or In oaloulatlng hii haouro~a.
4 Ho r@femaOe ia aad* ia the lot to inooaa~fram the homaatwd
and in the lbaoaoo of ‘auohlimit prorlaIoawo think lnoama
fra tha how&toad ahould niooaaar% f ba odaddo,roQ &a luoh
and la @no of tha iaota and oiroumatahora 8urrotwlIng the ap-
pZlo$ntvhloh it ia rdo tho puty of tha Oammiadon to oon-
lldarti I$ aa lppliomt own8 r-1 oatato in'axoaaa of.8 roal-
bat homatead h@ la aot.aaoiauri *h&r&byrtiadend inall-
#lblr but’jPohaxooaa raal oatate. 3 ll be takon iatci ooaaldora-
tlon lq the ~1 unaw a# any. other rraouroa&
Your thlra quoatlon aaka t.b oerroot ooaatmotlon to
bo plaoodupon that portionof sootion4. of the Old Age Aaaia-
tea08Aot, 88 urndod, vhioh rude!
*It la furtherprotlQod'~lut era&i:
tanoe ahall not bo donloll applloa& if
Bonerable Ton DaBerq, aun8 18, lSS9, ?a~ 10
mrrlod, who ha rmonalproputt not
in 0x0888 ef 150r ,a nd
iflina lo8ot
,
inuooal o ftiOOO.*
.-Tiw~6a 0onai~orationr mutioa04 in Qf8ou8alag pur
flrmt quoatioa kpplr dth equal foror to the abow prorldoa.
It8 apparent purpoao, vho nlOa a tr uo & tha lo taa a vholo
vlth
18 not to boatuw a panalon upon qrem parron over db rear8 0)
ye without ooaddrrlng aqeod* or any of tho othu partlnant
prorlaloda o fthr to 800&f poraona paraonal
lo t.It lx a mp ta
pr0pM-t of the value lt out aad if th4y otharvlroqualifT
fo raaa 1 ltanoo,aid my mot bo danhd koauro of ovnarmhlp of
luoh property, Brioflr 8tata4, auoh praonal propart rry
ao~abo,oonaldoredaa a rraouro~.lado temla l in&
llglblllt~or
If, howorrr,.~ruohpa~aonelpropertylotually boar8
nr&uo to thr lpplloant 8uoh reionuozuy proporlr bo oon-
aldond 88~ lnoc~e~
la datemlning'ur nerda,'or in pnprring
Aa ir true vlth~nfonnor'to roe1 oat&to if an
t",$%%%ia paraonal to arty in lxoaii of the rpo~IfloQ
amount ho Ss @ot lutqmatI!
08 11 dlaquallflod.~utruoh @foal)8
booomoa a reaouroa to )o roaaldrrrd.
Thla irorirlon 8180 priaanta iaothar quertlonwith
nfonnoa,tb tha .aount .of poraonal property ~allovod a married
applIoant.~
;A oaraful raadlq6 of the Aot a8 a vholi rhovm that'
la dotemlnl~ the -iligibility or’auda of aa ippllcaat,e&oh'
lpplloant la to bo ~onalQ~ro6 lndIrlduall~. Tho.poraonal pro-
sorty, not to lxoooa in value $1600.00, ray bo *ither riparato
property o r that they m h a ll
b elllovod poreonal proprrty,
the ~oombinedvalue of rbioh rhall not lxoeod #1600.60. On tho
othorhand it proridra that tha ,applioant,if marrlad 8hall
b olllovai prr8omS~prodortf not to lxoeod ln value #iSOO.OO.
To attimPptto 61~0 it any othor runin& to do r~olenor to
the plain upnrrloa of thm laglalaturo.
Wo am of tha oplnlon'that.~eaoh
mrrlod parnon muat
bo alloveQ not In lxoom of (1500.00 poraonal proprrty vhloh
property may.+a owned 48 hi8 arprato property, hi8 oauuunltf
.
,
RqnorabloTimDaBorry,Xune l6,1969,?a&r ll
intohat la propartr, or boih..
Tour fifth quomtion nquoat i l~iitruoiloiof that
part of motion 4 vhioh read&:
.". . . -Vidd thBt &a B``liOUlt rr
bo oaqi&QJ Ox hi. lif. h.WikOO iOt-b
‘oxoaam at Oao Thousand ((1000.00~ Dollar8
aad that any a plioant who ia oarrying Ufo
laauraaoo not t)n lx o a a mof One Thotwand
(#lOOO.OO)Dollar8 &hall rot be Ulaqu&ll-
iid fo rl8aIrtaaor and any loouaulatrdi&ah
or loan valur oa maid life laauranoe polloj
or polloiea rhall not k tahn iato oo*-
aldoratlon ,in.tiloulAting tha roaouraom of
rid lppllomt and al4 to raid lpplloant
aball sot ba duriod or rhduood or hla a0ea
``806 ia My VBr an BOOOUUt Of dd
lifO’b&8u~OO ROliOy Or pOiiOi@8ew
Wo 16 mt' think it la mowaary to.rofor at length
to tho dirouaaod
prirmol&or in anawerlng ;loru~flratand third
quoatioam. ‘isuffi.0 it to 8aJ that thor BRRlJ vlth mqllalfor88
to the lboro quoted prorlalon.
~, You #?q ~dria~d that fhr CoPrirm$oa ia. pehfbitod
trar oqmidaring l&f* in8uraaoo on thr life of.an applioant,
aot in~,u0088 ~f,)l~O~;OC~,cg* locium*~i(L '~ah,** loan
ralua oa #uoh'lii``ie8uranos poIi0~ 0~ poliolra.~ g$fo ln-
suranoe lq uooma of ~1600.00 doer not ~Urq~liij ailappll-
oant aa a rtt+r of eoiure but muoh pollor or polIoLa and
the loouaulatodO&ah aad loan raluo thonon’)ooorua~a my-
aouroo to k .takon iP+o os4aideMtion.
The fourth question raquratm the OomOt oon8truo-
tion of that .mrt of Baotlon 4 vhlah naQrI
lPrOvld#d that ‘an applioant who haa
.$n 010088 of #hO.OO aaah on hand 8hal.l not
bo lllgiblrfor la r ir ta MQOr
no r thir AoLa.
Am va loaatruo thi8 proriaion it.$m an lbaoluto llml-
tatlon upon the povor of thr Commlrdon to (rant a8alataaoa.~
Ita lfirbt la -to dro&ra that ,any porroawho ~ha in qxooam of
Honorable Ta DaBwry, Juno U, 1989, Pago 11L
$360.00 marh on hand ir sot aeedr 88 a rttar af law and then-
form not all lblo for a8ol8taaom. T h o loavarao, howoror, 18
.nonooomar
t e y tr ue,1. l., a nlp p lio a who
nt ha 1088 thaa
#MO.OO oarh la 8ot naoa88arll~wiitira to laalatanoo aa a
matter of right. Il\iohlo not tha provimiw of tho.aot. Oaah
on hand la a lm 1888 thma $860 would br on0 of thoao fao-
tore vhlob:mumt br taken into oonaidoratlon
with all the
other faotr an4 oiroorrtanoo8 mrroundlag tho lpplioant boar-
ln& upon hia ll.i&bllltyor nood. It 18 la o th a roaouroa~
r
Tour rooond quortlon raquaata tho 00x-r;;;;;~truotlon
to be plaood br tho 0-$88IoIi inldmla la tui
Ago A8818taa00 Law, 88 rundad, upbn that port "fon of Elrotioa
4 of the Aot vhloh roaQr:
*Aud provldmd furthor, tho faot that
the lpplloaat baa.8 ohild or 0hIldraa or
other ralmtlrom,lxoopt huaband or vlfo,
ablo to rrtrmorta;!~oap llaant, ahall not
k. oonaIdand rs Ikin tha UDQliOUlt'.
lllglbllit~for 88818tan00,and 8otlnqul~
#hallbo u&r into the flnaaoialabilityof
maid ohild or ohlldron or other rolatlr~a,
UOORt hUBbBEL6 Or Wit., t0 8UQQOrt .&id
lpplloant.w
Prior to the uoadmont of the Old A&o Aarlrtaaoo Aot
by 8. B. lo. 9. Aota 46th Lomlalatnre. l3ootlon8 prorldoQla
-ha Qo5im8loa may grqnt flnanolal
aid to mny aootlypmrmonwho la in naoom-
llto umolrortrataaoaaproriQod ruoh parion
WL L +
"(6) Ii unableto lup p o rhluolf
t
and haa no hUmban& or VlfO able t0 f urnlah
,M.m or her with support, and haa no othor
ma neof luDDort.*
6rotion4, prior to urn-at, inrtruotod the Oomla-
don to tmko into aooount all foot8 -6 olroumataaora lnoludiiq
'hi. ORQOl'tUjl$tj t0 obtain 8UQROrt frOn other IOPTOOBi”
.
.
4
. Eonorablr Ta WE&, funr 16, 1169, Pago l6.
‘Thorn8eotiOaa a8 uoadod emit thm word8 *aemoaaitoum
olrounmtaao*~w, 8X Of DBM&MDh (8) and. the rtloular prt
of 8aotion 4 iaoludod i8 quoter ln tha prrood L w=lnPh.
The
~10~80 of 8aproamtatlroa of tb 46th Lylalaturo,
by HOU.0 SI~plo ~O.ObltiOll MO. l64, prior to the uandrant Of
Sootionr 8 md 4 roquO8todtho OpitiOaof thir 6opartmnt a8
to vhothor Udar a ?Bir, jurt and ruaonablo intrrprotatloa of
the Aot, the Qamiraion ooul& intrrti6.t. into and oonddu
the rinanolal nktur aad lbllltr of rolatlrmato furnlrh au -
poorin parlag won l ll#ibllit~. Said rorolutlon rooltea in
uUE5KA6, The Ohildrmn of an lpplloant,
mor'othor nlatiroa are logall liable for
tha rupport of thr lgd noear pqoata or
nlatiror; ua
VEXl@A8, auah loaatruotloa ha lad to
uanoorrrr~ upaaao of laroatlption and
h8 ~0~06 t0 ~dOpri+, ri4 8606 &hO’w Of
this tltatr troa no dr ingjust lonaldorr-
tloa of tholr l pplloationa;and
1 )*
l l
upon llI&Ibllltf~
Bad 1
r* c +
VBBRRAS, Siioh iiite’~&*d%atXpki b$hiaElWtFY
4$ omarganof and.an irPperatlrr~publlo~ nooom-
gt at thi. tirr to tha aup ‘that it may a$-
l-irrlief to IMPS l6od. drmnamt. nooam- ,.
$:;I Bjdqe QOl'.Oll. ia thir StBtr, ofhu-
ma 011 lb a 0 mapport and aaai8taaor B
88 08
Xn lnavar tb thla rmquortit ~48 rul.adthat a fair and
raaaonabla ooartmotlon of tha Aot am a vhola, p$or to tho
.
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‘
Eonorablo Tar DmBarrt, Juno lS, 1959, Pa~o 14
pr@aOnt uuadmnt, ro uirad the Cmnimmioa to -ooaridor the ate
tua or flnanolal lblJ tr o fa nlpplleant~8 ohlld or ohlldna,
and othmr rala*lvoa, la ~onnootloa dth the lppllmatloa for aid.
.The foregdlag, m think 8ePvea aa a raluablr aid in Aotomln-
ing thi or11 to bm ruodlad and the lo&IrlrrtIrelatant In
laaOtlng the prmialon of the amandatory lot now andu ooa8l-
6oratlon.
Tho aaraoaor olauao of Son&to Bill .Mo. 9 QrOTidO8
in prt:
nlchafeat that, uudrr the prrunt law,
in (loteaiaiag tho mod of a a lppliaaat for
l88i8taaoa,noaaIdentloa ta gitoa to the
ability of ohlldran aad othor rmlatlxaa of
fho lpplioant ta l upport~ rid lpplloant l,*
thereby a0pri+i4 vany
their right to noedro m the Stato
Of TOP., eta.”
We thlak it la olaar that tha L~lalature lntana~d
to aarlmt poreone who vora othorviao lllgiblo fo r laai8fanoo
aad who wara in 8wQ bul might bo dmlmd aid bmoauma 80~.
8hIld or othmr rolatlrehad the finmaoIa1 ability to glvm 8up-
R-L Th& o-a an4 ordinary ming of *ability* 8igZdfiO8
tha,quallty or atata of being lblr;
flolmno~ of naouroa8~ oapabllIt~.
tloaal Dlotlonary 'EndXdltion) lo doubt in moma inatanoma
notvlthatandlng the feat that ohildrmn or &her rmlatIvo8 &t
bo oapablo of glvlng laalataaoe, tholr 8UQpOrt would not 81.V~.
bo Ivan aad the agad n~ody aIght thoraby luffor for,vrat of
888 f atanom. ~.ldentl~ the Lmglmlaturm intodad to plaoo,ohil-
drm or other rolatiram in the maa0 oategofy am any other por-
.&on with relation to the lpplloaat.
Wo find ~0 RroTimion in the Bat vhloh would roquira
tlmt lidOT 8UQQOrt 80tuaU~ furnlrhmd br .q~anon-ratitirr,
0hiid or other rdatlva to an Bged puroni ;Ihouldnot bo oon-
aldora in dotannIn hi. bubgotary a0068 or lli&ibility for
Sta te
laaiatanor’but9 f at any tlma, for any r o a a olauo ,h o ut-
8Ido lmsl8tanoa 18 aot rooolved by the 8pplIoant the Commla-
rion ia lp mo ifio a prohibitrd
`` b thm Aot fraa making inqoiry
into the finaaolal rtatua or abllIty of a mhild or other rmla-
tire to ooatrlbutm to tha applioant*maupport. Thm mtmtua or
neo~adtlor of o&oh indiTidor;l~appllof$nt 18 mmdm the 8010
orItorIa *or``&atoxilabu him lli&IbIlItr ua aoo48 uowt., W-
0voib ‘08 )2OTidOd In tho lo t oonaldontlon ruy bo glvra to’
thy +a+al l
tetus or rbdt, of a hurbma or rllr.
~’ In ooamtrulaa -6 iat0rpntin.g Bwmtm BUl No. 6,
Aoti.&th LogIalattio, Popular 8oaaIoa, with nlrtlon t6 its
lffaot upon the 'CBMa old A#* A.#i.tUW Law vm ~Jura att*ptal
‘``o~88poaa of tha prinolpalproblem pro&onto4 b ,Joguque;
IT ntorlal quoatIona In ooa8truotI0n v d
,\ In m&d biro bean orrrlookodvo ohall bo ala6 to #upply thr
doflolaao~apon roquo8t.
.\ TOUM TOrJ truly
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