Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1944 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN GROVER SELLERS ATTORNEY GENLRAL 8eaordblo Penrose lletoalto CRalrawb 8en8te Coritteo Dear 3en8tnc Mote8lfor l, T h e r ea r e no w p endla gb o r o r o r e ner o nl. b illl pmtpeolng to al- otm ln 8dsptlon, ml the mOthed 4ioo in tbo puroh@so and ‘dtmtrl- oreas* St la dorimble that the teglmlatoro loqulro ~impmrtl8~ inPotyniatitm oonoemlnu tho oftloiono7 end ocn6sm4lbll- it7 of tbs ldminlmtaytlromefhodr nor'pre rsribed by law8 md aotmwnln~ tho sorts an4 uao of text booka, and mah othor da48 an ma7 bo noediul to 8erlat the LsgirZaturo la dotemfning nhother to aonttnuo or to ahnnge preeanf Iavn and prorleionn roYat- lng to tho ‘purohsse,diatributlonand ueo of Preo tostbooke in the. pub110 rahoolo ot this state; now, thoreforo 325 ” Sm*tor Penroclo Yeto*\? - mg0 a g'lerol+ed~b~fhe Bawk al the $tafe or fix.81 l'8ootloa 1. That the tleufeaant @net-n- or be, 8nd’bo 1s hereby 8utborirod 40 appoint l ooaodttoe al flm Yemboroof tbe llen*to 40 dt 8t uob tlmo and pl8oo* between thl~ date a nd th eda te ldfourmmt of 4he ROIJP- o f4 h e 1.r~ Serdoa of tba Pertt-•lg?btb Logid8tar0, a mm87 te r ig o eunlttee mewno eo wa r ly nd p up o r a ndto lsquln lnto 8a y eth elrr fBl?# and lotirltiss et govommentaI dopar4wnt~, ln*tlttl4lonri piwwn8, flM* or oorpomtlou* of wImtevorkind aW oh*rr;ekr,l* rrrahwtlti- tlom 1~ On7 waf aftoat 4bo dttlrtloarbwo wt torth, 8nd All bore 8uthority to lnviimtl~t* *ad lnqulro in40 moh nttora* l‘8eo .% that.a8ld;#oamltt*o mhell bwr tWpov*r to t0lulI1*t. it* own rulolroiproo+ duro and wldmmo~ and ta providefor it* om IunII%or mootlOg,,No*rslag,'ulu*d ouraamt. Ppovlaod,aouwo~r' tb8f tt4e 0! wldeaoq .tyttlOl to’be tol1W.d ibill jtapriatleoll~4bo w am f'atfowd in tbo oeart#``f~tbi*'Ita4o,*ad tba o&ttM im -ea4bori8aQ’ to hold oxooutlro se8dono, within its d180ntloar.mab thon the W~gwornod by tbo rwlo* of o?l- soenltte+.m*y domoe:sp~llubls 40 8n7 grand jury tnquiry in thlr strt0. "880. 8. 3'i.t o? the w tbo'iiijoclt~ barrblp of,the eo#1~&4480 ha*0 +oror shrrll to l*ane’ pweov~e: ior ~4n*owa .,io rn7’ plmo la ml* !748ts,and td ao#J~l tholr atteltdrmoor mailprodaoe aI\ boaan 8nd reedrdnr aridupon' dlmobedlenaeo? an7 aubpoanm the aal@ oom- ml4tee nhdf havo tbo prior to i8m10 attach- ment* uhldr MJ ?e addrqabau to lend ~rvat by ol4IWr the mwgowt-at-•rbrppalaf~b~ 88ld ottmlftw OT m y lhoeltf or *a7 oonstable ot thie ltate; and eald 'denodtteeahalt ha+0 authority te alto for WI48mPt *a7 en* dir eboylag aald prooamm*nd to~pynid\for nueh oontsapf in th e lamo arnneti8~ prwlded tar by @am-al law. Said ooral44o*shall h*ro power to laspboh 8nd m*kO Oopfoa of an7 hooks, reoord*, or fllee and any 8nd 811 other ln- son844r Panromo metemlfe - paw 3 atrumentsand daatmmn48 fnwtinent to tho nt- for under lnic*tlgtlon.b* mid aommltfeo, mnd uh811 alno have power ta oxmmfno and t t.he bonkn of any pernon, ludf fWm,. or ow- pnUon having Ueollngu rlth departments a&;:gtutloms under ~nve6tfg8tloabr 88ld . ma oomitteo aball hmve poser tc ldmlnlrtor~oath~and l??ln*4lcma~mad'?lx fho baud8 a? rttaaiiod rltnorwu; urd the mm- mlttea shall. tither have lII t&o pworo neooswry la ordim 40 8eoompllsh the purp*o* tar whloh 3%48 rppelntede Tbreo Y(Mlbem of woh acmmttteo eh.811aanmtltute * quomm tar the tr8nsaotloao? o??Ial*t podae*s~ ltR 4 0. 4 .T h ewltno8w8 lttendlnt uhdor proaers nhall bo sI?orod tba sane tilorgo and per dlom me 1s 8Ilwed betoro any wltneurrer grand Jury in ,thImB48te~ •~'Claa.(I* $8id eesmd4tcM rhmtl be*6 mw- or 8Nd ruthorlt7 ta,4wpId7 8nd wnpeaute a11 aee*reary lnaie,utlgdQr~; lodlfor*~ 01oH~o~ ltsno&r8phermima ,pay ether. uraermry a- .., ” ~ ptone8r ad. lt *ha11 bo the d884tof uald aowtlt4oe to mtke and keep 8 roeor&o? fte lavortl~4¶onr~ I _'. .~ "800. 6.. 'Tl'it'iild anm&tso ma7 88i1 apmt the Attems~.Qaaer*lt* pepaMment,.AuQlt- in& Dopmrtmont# and 811 other dsp8rtmmfr tar 8mslut8noa mud 8dvloe; and lt ehmll bo tbo duty OC the Attaruef Bemer81t a Doprrtamat to rbadea-OpimlOnBr.glV0 O~UIIB~I 8M l@mimkneO to eald e~lttoa -onmquoet o?:ohmim8a or Ycmbsra of Mid eerslttro~ ."Soo.-0. That iald sore14400 8&i rub- alt 8 report in writing ta this t~lrJal84uro at the wr’fleat praotlorblo tlmov lnd.nka mah reaomasndrtlo,~* as it may oboeae te make. The aolapmmttlooand otpwwm`` hrrela prwldo& tar Inalaent to the work of mob ootmlttmb rhalt ha paid out of tho 8ppr4prlrtloafor aflum~ and per dfw and oonflngem4 fund o? the Forty-eighth LegIa1mture *ml au4 ot my Fund athervi~e appropriatedbv erld wwlon of said T.e~IaIature for au6h pU*pQsOp Upon ffmstor Penro80 U*toslfO - pap3 R '1 have 0slled tho Comltt& tagother cb in- re8tlgsts the dlfi0r0n00r tbst hsr0 sri80s b0tweea the Roard of Remtats of the Ihlvornit~ of T~XQQ and the Pmddoat o? ths URl~er8lt? and tho raoulty, with tbe l&s a? brrtmmlsin~what le@sIstion, it anyt may be we&ml to deflM more alttsr1y the pra- FOmtiT.8, QUtbOtit~r WI8 <iQQ Of th 8OQFd Of Rqemtm and tbo sdmialmtrstlresWloor0 aud tbo Faouf tt of the uid Unirord tyt snd ta prevent, l? pomihllo, a wonmttod or dlaamsgents over cm- fliatiag sathot4tl: mad te dstomino or not 8hsthsr uM.ltlonsl legl8lstion mm7 be nsoe8Qsry ts further dotine tbe duties lnb quslithstioas at the Nsmbor8 of thm Board SC Re@mtr and the Romldont; and to ltu``fhe-rlrimsbillty of uob leljslstiaua0 msy be ooaesurf t4 $tromotothe ~O~fSre at tba fJnivor- dty, the largeat ssh001 ln Pus88 to the 0ud that it-7 bosom l unlrerdt~ of the ilr8t alams as ordniaed by MO Conrtitatba of the Btsto of Texs8* •The~suthor¶tjoi this COmdtteer usdm tbo lorerrid reeolotiour, to inre8tig8te tbeae and M- lstsd rtfera baa bssn qoo8tSoaodf sad ws dodn ~rp*#*pfo)lnlo8rrtocrbetb8rornat~acla *a- mdlstel~ proMed t0 lm08tlRsto th0 mtter8 &fore- saSd md0r authority of the R0Qolutianr ss 8ot tort& b0Nitt.Q If 18 80sdsrla to 8sJ tbQt sll publia offlow la this state arm slothed ritb m@b pewer8 on17 88 are tbonierrml upon them by law, either Up~raly or by n4ee8~8ry impliOStl6?8. It;therofora beeawm neoomury tor urn ta eandder no8olutions Roe0 3S md d0tenaine mother or aat tho 103 quoted by yea, to Powfw a? your Oommitttmt wader tho8o Resolutlons~ 1noludQQ tbe p8rtlanlar t?wert4gatloarkpalreU sboat in the 0onaludlng par- tlan 0C your letterr A rs80lutlon by the Bansk,liko 8 bill When mPQti im to ht.OanQtrueQ llberslly with Q view tQ oCreotalate the mvo80 or the body ps8dng it. Csllhe a bill, sQ otmtrsdl8tinpulsbedfrem a roaalu- ti@Q, homvsr, the inrsrti~stion la not OtUbSrrQQQOd by the Oon- Qtlttlt3onal mquiremnt at title Ssotion Wi 0P Artlo’le fxl of’ the Constitution, dQOlEr- *a& that, ‘ffo bill (eraopt ~noral Qppropriatian bills, which 329 MT embrsw tbo'rsrloum enbjsstm and soaountmr for and o n l o- ooont of W8laR mo ne~areml p$wapristsd)shall ooataln mars than one subjeot, whish #b&11 b e etp r o r so d in Its title l l l‘, awlSto* to biflm only sad not to IW8dUtbnQ. 60 tbstr our 1nqUiW 18 ill thQt WmOt SQrt’OWOd QO 88. t0 Of idS&tS SSy qU88tiOll Of 8OQStitUtiOSS`` t&lidftt. / : : ‘. ‘r)lO dSPQO~8t~O hIStUr0 Or 8 IWOxUtiOn lm lta emsotinf olsaw~ ‘Do it Resslvsd;‘. wsr. any other term used8 it would oes8a to bo a row- lotloa.~ - state I* ~lomdenlerr I %a+ SSb lo 4s. .' 60 t?lSt,WS Sfb to QSDQtrPS FSQO~UtlOil8i. S~rhOl., g:tln& t4 tbo %hores#? olsu~o their proper wmddarstlon 1s di88O+eriSg thb matStar% iiItWtion. &MI& ~pOrtioU8~ bowror, bare no lepll~ oaatrelliagsffeet.orerether port%oam. In &ml* 7. ISin& 14 6*.WV ,(a)‘TM, tir.jaetlse UrsenwoedB far the Suprsms~ Court, nid:. , “lbe’sutborltyOf SSSh bSW8S t0 iS fS~81&- tire @OmIttoeof 1 ulry md into~tlptlom lm sfflmd la Caafey*o~ % anmtltutlonsltlmltatiem . (8th Sd.1 at p* ollb whore the author ayr: l‘Baoh ~OUIM mu&t sloc bo rllored to pro- ooml in its owa T&Y in the oollootloe of suob lnfornstlon am Qw 8Oom lmpartsntto a praper dlmobsrge o?.its fUnOtiOn8~snd *bon- OVOr it $8 doomad~dorlroblethat WftaeQSe8 lRould bs ast~laed~tb6 pawor and sutbority t0 do U 18 VOW yWO~r1~ rofwrod to 8 OOQI- mlttw, with 8ny powore abort of fla81 lo&- lstlre or Judlslsl sotlan 8~ ny nw neoom- mm or lxpedlont tn the partteulsrCQM.‘~ %‘fIO Ju*tioo, QpUflh~ Ipore eenaretel~, further #aidI SW 0 l . Tb e 6WSfe and th d flo tr r 0 a n sq a r - ate b o tlie~, charged with dutiemruO@t of 8hiOb sra to be pwforwd by erohhauss aopsrstoltr despite the tWt that the OOItCNWl’SUOQ Ot bibttl houQea 18 rSqu¶lBlt.to wsst 1&W@ or oertsln n8alutlonQ. In doelsrln~, in eeotlon 11 of srtlale 9, that *eseb houre wrlfdotenlne the 330 rn'laaof lta am prooeedIn~:r,'the ConAtltutIon plainly dologAtoe to oabh howe tho ol~oioe et methods fatithe asat ldv~ntageeuama .C It. .' Funct9onA In’ the ``eroIa@ af’the Statabg ‘teRIr latire pewerr* *hiah &frg C@ooateldetlnea aa 'author- ity under tba COaatItutIantam~ke lawa and to al- ter aad repeal tbm.' CooleT' Coaatltut1ou.1 LImItat~ea8Wb Ed.) pm IRB- Bwin8 md abolae oi awtbudsr 'baohheuae la full7 ltitborlred ta ap- pointi aaaaitteeafo-makelw*8tIptlon8 ltd am- du0.tlnqolrIea a* sather 1Memfiod ritb ro- sjmot'tothe operafi?a ot mba%.tIn~ lava and the noed tur their IrpPevemaut~ altoratiolr, et PepeAl. YoCuYlwob v. YarflaM, 4 Whaat, 4OR, 4 Le Ed* NIQe Not oaly doer the ConmtI~tutIon, la tha.~graat oC~tlmrUla-mkIng ptwai, 8uahmIte either bouae tcnnm ,meb oos#tteee 80 it tit doom aeooae~ti or proper.Tor purpose8 at Inved~l- .gatIonand ingulryr8bem leakingto tba dlsohe~e ot my ZegStirte tunotion or duty ot au& hauee, bwt the Conatitntton Roea furtbor and rkea oon- AIderAtIon bT a Wmmittea A aandltlm~praaedent to the maOtmast of &my18s. lleotlen S?b artid e .n. ;sIrio.8AOh'hO&e ooniIuua8 In aaIrt4moe~tita~ : the 'end of a ls~a~r~ivo meadon, ma detmmlned~ by Fergaaon VO MAddoXI 114 Tex* 93, 93, 96, 243 80 We 888, And ala8.``.oh~houae la latestedwith IndependentreaponalbiYItIen and sluMoar and I# the 8010 Judw at Its om ruler ot pro8edufeb*e ,tbInk-thepavar of'eaebhours a~ of the tegirla- tnra aagmotba denied to. name oomltteo. to alt, either during leaalonaof the Lelr_islature or In l-OSOss.tar the Pu~OnA Ot gathering IntOPAlAtiOD oonsl’deredreqoialto or hblpful to mll~btenod of ‘, etticlant legIsl.tlan~m The 08~8 ai’ XoOraIn v. FAUf!hAherty tU.8.) ‘Ii LAW Bd. 1580,18 qnoted ~a fOlloWS8 , .@A IAgi~iYAtive body oannot 1efffdate wIsaly~ or affootiralyIn the Ahaenr,o of jnf'omation ro- apsotina the oondltionn rhiuh thA ‘lef$rlAtinn Is intmdiid to atfeat or.ahanpet And where the leg$A- ~Atiro~hody doAe not itself PAaA8eR tbS ~qU~,a~t~'- .. InScmatIon -- rh%Ah not lnPrequ&nt?f 1.8, t&e;- Seaitor Penmae Xetarlfe - pago 8 meonroe avast be bad te othora who do pomgteae it* ibrperionaebra tmgbt that mere requaata tar mob IaSorslltIea eltea wa tm8talYIng, and 81s~ Chat lnrormation rbiab Is roluntarred ia no’t~Iwhys aoo*xate or oompleter so none mema OP a~mpul@Inn are eaeetM81 to obtain rhet la neodeh bll tbia vaa Crwo beioro and when the t%~.titUttOU U8. krllhd Atld 8dopt.d. Ii9 thAt parlad the power ot 1agUiry -- rltb antoralsg preeeea -- warnreptied ad c#larored aa a neoea- ar# a ndlpproptiate lttribote ot the parer te tO&.bk;, indbsd, IA6 tW.tba A8 i3JhQPitlS iU it* 2bt1r there is mmpleramst for thtnklal, lS we’$o, that the oonatltutioaal proildaaa vhiab. eomit the legIalatIrsPutration to t.be two beurea are infsndod ta Inaluda this attrl- bate to the aad that the hmation my la ettae- tlrel? exePolaed.‘” ;r% TInisdspartmant Ime ~jvttn mnnt opinions uphold the c +8Yldltrr irkl aonatmin~ tn rariotts rOApsObA~ lOd.8lAfIvO reaA- lotlena app~infin2: aumaittees uf inTestll;rtIan In aid and fur- theranaa of tbe¶r logialatlredufiou, among rhidk Are OpIalwa yOs* O-98, 0-9Si+,&@2&~ &fkti‘ +80@? And @-6%%e~ eastaor A11 at wblcla may hi holptW to ‘romp aapiea of rttieh epiaiona we band you hemwIth. After a oaretul study or the tararsaolutlwn tegetber, it is tba OplSlOn Of tbia df#paPfwnf thrf yOUP hWIittOe does here fall gutbority to lmakatt4 hSVOsti.i$AtiAAS A+WtiOn+d ia four Inquiry with reepeot to the lintrorrltYOF ‘&xx@ and the Regenta- ~mitlant oontro+ersy tbAt hoa re6ently ~rirnou~ Ye are ooa~tralatd to thio 6oa4luaIon by the sennIdsr~- t.Ion of the two, reaaIatie?tr AS a vhole, AUQ arpeoially by that Portion aoaolutloa So* tOSr daslArln& lResol+ad b? tba Senate at et Texan, thiA that CoapittAs be oontlnuod a tter ldjoarnment or the f,eglnl~ture,and that It be dfreatod to @tardy l??d inteatigto the aftuatioa a~) to free toxtbeokr, ma mcb other rattera rtfeot- 1~ the gohoof a of 7tut~a an ln its rladam It maf see fit, and m*ke ¶tx reocmmendatiosatherem te the nert the Le~is~ature.w ,. ; ltar,andonbtedly, tbe t~IvoraItY’of Taram la Inaluded in t.ho bmaQ larrpage *the WhOOf Of ?OXAA*. ladsod, It 9s the hjHuat, greatart, sad in many raspaatst the sort ImportAnt la&I- tut*On at the mny schoola of Texas. It Is to the who01 IIo? Is to tke mote of the T,el[infature Texan What t.hs iTonrtltutlon -- @8llatOr- P8lWO88 Mdetatklf8 - PflS 9 the eupreme component port- mlaterer dt8Otil ihe C?nirornlty of Texas atroote in woe degree 8'1817leaner State institution end publio tree eohool in the Stat8 -- srery nolrool . AmiUr our COne?UeiOn lffeeWItuiktod hy th8 nxpreslr power ctanhwrsd by Resolution X0* 35 as foYlorrt le * * and to laquiF@ into any other 8Cfslrs and aatlrltlea of goTermoant81 deprtmentsr lnmti- tutSons, perwno# tirmr or o o r p o r 8tlo nrof , what- ever lriad and eharaoter,06 iuoh aatJrltleu In onf way Rrf8Ot t.hb SitUat~fNl 8hOTO #Of forth, and shall b a r sluthotittjta lnrontlgate oad lnqufra ln- to each matterm* The Comlttee having begun bnt not hrtlna rialabed l its trsk W88 by R8sOtUtiOll NOa 103 ooatinoed over rlth aI1 the poWers'COttf8fied by Rmootutian Roe 36~ and In edditlon theP8tO the hlrtb8r power to imertigate ‘muah other nmttbra 8floOtin~ the eahool LI Of Texan et8IIIita WindOteit IW7 108 tit*. Trurting that what ~8 hare I& fmftiaientlY answer8 your inquiry, -8 lr 8 ?ery truY7 yours