Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1945 )

OFFkEOFTHEATTORNEYGENERALOFTEXAS AUSTIN GROVER SELLERS ArrORNEYGENER*L Hodorabla John H. winter8 Xaautire Direotor State Department oi Puqio’: welfare Austin 3,. Texas Dear Sirr Tour letter to Saotiona 7 and 39 of partment*r q&ion 47th Loghla- ietlone for cation* as a apartment of, 84, Aota of the 4Sth i spaalffoallp re- I5111 423, hats tG ar Seasiod, proylding he * Xntaks and Cartifi- rdd by the,‘Depar$ment Ation no8 .-de .of, repeal- ion 7 or Seotion 39 of House Bill 8 47th I.ep,lalature, aa~amndded, e Pub110 ?elfare Aat of 1941. *Did Senate Bill Si, in offeat. ale0 repeal i Seotion8 7 and 39 oi the Publlo Xeliare Aat of ii 19419 *Xi them two seotlonr of the Publia Welfare Aat did not beaoma inoparatlte, we would like to 601 ' Wonorable John fi. ivinters, Fag@ k! 8ubmIt for your osnsidoratlon the following addl- tioAA1 quertionar "(1) Can the Departmcrnt of gublia ,+olfare adminlrter or suprrviss, through It8 aounty or lOOal WOd6I8, OOUAty fUnfS A``ZO~rhtsd to? Wfsl- fare pUrpO&JW# within the OOUAty? "(2) can the Departmonbof tubLIo Relran pay the Mlariar of tb looal worker8 orrgaged padi tina iQ adollAi&WiAe, old A@$ A8Ot8taAQ0, aid to the BseaQy Blind, ati Aid to Dependent Children, a&l prrt bi,mcIa a4minI8tarIn.ggeneral fi8#i8tAAOr, &WovI~ed that the iUAd8 for B;eiaral y~as;a~Oe a xl 0R p r Op r i& frtOd oO mOUnty Oxb CN4 l "(3) -A tbo DspaXtmtaAt Of Fubllo W8lfare pay a put or the ralaris8 Of the lOOa worker5, the rsmninderbelog paid out of mumtg funds, Ii the worhr la engaged In admiaistering gemral aeoistanor provided Irom local fun883 *Ii theirs two reotiona or the law wore not rendered inoperative by Senate Bill 84 of the 48th Le&JlatUr~, and if the I)ttpal%Z6At $8 AOt able to adiolnirter ijomral publlo amiistarme IA lCOSr1 OOUAtifb8 It8 Oeb Out in the fore&A& qW.38. tions,,whRt La your IAterpretatIoA or the two S8OtiOAS; aAd what ie t&t responsibility Of the Departmat of publio welfare in rospmot to admix- latzwtion rud suptrvieIonof general a88lotfinoe?* cJeOtiOA 7 Of ArtIOl@ b93U IS as follO~8: *960t 7, The Sat6 Departrae& I8 hereby debslgnated aa thrr gtete agency to oooperate with the Fedora1 Uoliemurwt Ln the proper administra- tion and di8trlbutioA of FsdwAl rurplur oomwdi- tic8 aad 8~ other i!'ederal resour468 now on hand and arsilab I s, or that may be pmrided In the future. The atate Departmnt is hereby dsrigaatod a8 the StFit5 tLgeA0 t0 8bini8ttW OP SlI~M’VtWt r6’8- ferxals and oertif foationa to the %orks Projeot r&ainl8trstlon,the National Youth x&iIiAl8tlWtlOA 602 Eonorabla John d, %lnters, Baga 3 u!d the Civilian ~onaervation Carp& The Stat8 Departnsnt my oooperate with any cltp or oounty in any mimer deesed nsoeeaary for the proper operation 0r tb8s programs.~ SttOtiOA 39 Of dirti 6930 18 as fOihW8t “s%O. 39. PO prorirlon or thin Aat i8 Int*ntl- sd to rOl8AaO tha OOUJltiO8 and mUAiOipa~itiO8 iA this 3tate from 8peO1flO lWJpOA#ibility the whloh is OuPr~Atl~ bOrA8 by Ohoss OOUAti98 AAd mUAlOI- palitier IA. support or pub110 wouare, ohI1d wel- fare, and raliar sanlae8. such fUAd8 whloh may hereafter be appropriated by the oountler aAd muAIoipulltle8 for thoea, senlaee may be admlnis- tered through the county or district OfflOb or the qtate mpartment and If 50 admlnlstend, ahali be devoted dXOiUSiV913’ to the arrViOO8 iA tha ObUAty or laudO@Llity i?ddAg EWCh I3``I'O~ria~ tiOA.* SOAate Bill 84, being Chapter 37, AOts of the 46th Legislature, 1943, aaonda the appropr1atIons to your depart- ElOAt, by rep~all~ eaoh, every acd all ap- gropr;;tioh ood 811 langus@ and words ooatained iA that 80OtiOA Of euah biL1. d%siljAated 'tiVlt4OA of Ant&k@ and COrtlfiOatioA' which ie WAtaIAed iA that dlV18IOA Of the bill dealing rlth the Sate partnmat of Pub110 Voltare. ]Bo further titrpead I?tUX'Q8 8hQ11 be made by rirtue Of suoh aQ- propriatloa, @in& nolther the r;oaptrollor nor the Treasurer &all elgn or insue aqp warrant8 payable agaiAet euah appropriation sxoept for labor or servloerr already perf’or?d or iAdebtedAe88 alr8adJ Inourre4. “. . . . I “. . . The intent of tbls balli8 to reduoe the total a~proprlatlon to the +ate Departmsnt Of Kubllo Keltare by the amunt retiiniw, unexpended IA the apgroprlation for the DlYlSiOA of Intake and certlf laatlon. *. . . . Bonorable John H. Wlntsrr, ~660 4 “The fast that there ia now no nweraity for the sppropri:tim, and that eaonyy #Gould bm p-o- tioad, . . . vo eawm your fixat qwatfon in the 8ffirnatlvo. The Depwtment ef PtilioWalfak, riah the oounty)8 oomeat, wh adadnlatex ox t-We, through it8 oouatp 01! loo81 vorkara, county fund8 appr tietad for valfara in the oounty, 8wherpl n3 aiding 8nd ooopexatfng vith F eder O a evemma l eng nt a gIn edth eldminl8twfloo n f8ld: to the needy people af the State of !fexes. fn oux ooweraation vlth you v* gather that ~0uF beoond and third queatioua are paimril 0om3em.d vith the nt of ~alaxler by the oounty i o your loaalv~ka~. aa vo have pointed Out 8bove, youlb departsent 18 by statute to de81 vith laorlvolf8re pooblenu, ve do not find my spaifio State 8ppropl8tion fms vhloh Honorable John H. ‘Hinters, Qage 5 rot the aompeasetion of all offioers, aervanta, agents and publio oontraotoro, not provided for in this Oonatitution.*P ;7e ere mare oft the taat that 0311 do recalvr oertaia Iredbral rdaiaiatrativs tundr but aince fheir wo would be l%raitrd to the tsrxa of the ledor& grant, TN do not undertake to para upon your authority to use Federal fundo for those purp0808~ MO bellaw that ourm$iwer8 to your in3tiry above lntumntr4 msh ~bumo*saary for ua to anmmr the gusstionr popounded in the ooncluding pa+egro,7h of your letter, The proriaion8 of Seotion 39 do not 'release the oountieu and mtlnioip``itiea in this State fram the r,p6oifio Peagona~bilit$-.: whioh i8 ourrently borne by those counties and muniaipnlities in 8UppOrh Or pUbi% Wl)ifam, Ohild %eif~O, and r4liOr ler- ?'5098." The fund6 whioh .aa]r be egpropriated by the oomties end munfoipelitiss for these 8m~iorss my be ednlnistared, 38 abore atated, b:: the Depert.uent of FLubrio Felftare through Its oounfy end looai workers, althia the oounty rbsre thee4 rnadr hsro been opproprIatedr Yatm rn,ry truly David :‘;untah Matatanb