Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1944 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Honorable Lon Alrup BxacutIre Searetary-Direator State CoamIssIon for the Blind Iand orriae B~ildiag Austin, Texas Dear 91~: ded for 8ervIaes render a disabled erul consideration the captioned quee- presented this In- not the State Comml8- he Otflae or Vocational lty Agency that this item or, in other words, la y be expended Sor the serv- he Federal Vocational Ae- 78th Congress.) ding, Walatenance and Mlseellaneous, a provided the State Conmlsslon for item8 0r approprlatlonr expenaec, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,200.00 “19. Books), stationery and printing ... 300.00 ‘20. Postage, telephone, telegraph, meareager aervlce, treight, ex- press, drayage, lae and oontin- gent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00 “21. P~nlturs and riXtUl-88 ........... 200.00 -. 551 Boaorable Lon rlaup, page 2 l2la. -8ta nda lg nlp r d a a na a t, h lner and y tool8 ror rehabilitation purposes, $2,~00.00 922. Xwrgensy fund ior eye nedlaal ttutrat ho$plt8lIutlon glaaae8, dooto’r #..a, laboratory L.8, utitioU1 0 8, X-ray8, ato., to Pg@$ bl la& 88 aad ooa8ar~)to 2,ooa.Qo’ l.*~.~***~*~~**........*... kotloa 10 of thir foe8tloa81 Rahabllltatloa AOt or 1943derimr.voaatlorml nbbllltatlon aad sehabllltatlon 8ottloor a& abny rorvlorr uoeaau$ to ruler a dlrcrbled In- dividual rik to oaga~o la 8 remuaeratlve ooou*tion.m mi 00 paina thie out d it 8igwi0Oa tbt ft08 2ti IS the oaly au lppropria&loa. po0via0d by $ho b~alatum of vhioh i$eoliloally wntloar that it la to br used for rehabll- itatioa prpo808. It loeaa ap eat that by th is lpproprla- tlon the Leglslaturo 18 la par p”glrw the State Comlaalon tar the Blind the means ~b vhloh to oar~y forth the povera and duties bertoved upon I 0, 80188or vhIoh as ve hve hereto- tore rtated, are to pd0rll the rerrloea 0r the ruture set forth ln the Voaatlon+l RohabllltatIon Aot. To rurther 8ubrtaatIate our .o Inloa tha8 Item 21a nj be expeadod ior rohabilitatloa oea as d&irud In the ?&era1 Aot, vo rriw to vh$oh la otat- the muaer la vhieh the vill oxpad ?e '*ttoral fund8 18 wrr out thlr program la oooparatIoa vith the Mate8 hr set 9 orth vht are 8ome of the relmj?IlIta- tlon 8enloor roiorred to la thlr prograa l8: Ponorqble Lon Alaup, pnge 3 “‘(II) riatonmoo a otlxoerdlng the la Olm- ated-OOSt or 8ubalatonoe dalng trainlag, Ia- eluding the ooat of aa naoraaar~ books aad other tralnliag mtorIaLa (lbphaaia ours) --- As 8hovn by tha lbevo quotation,rehablllt~tlon 8~~1008 h0itttk the ruMirhi Or WOUpatiOMl %0&S, la Uip - men%, ud othu training utu "fala, vhIoh oorreapaAa to Xtu 2la 0r th e ourroat lp opriatioaIn author18 tm0 0r rMdr r0r lQUr piLent, uohiaery and to0'"f 8'k"X%li- t4tiOc -#IS. min(: 00~iodrd the ftu 2h -7 b 4 l3tp twdr0r serrloer osorrurf to rradu a dlurbled Iadlvldual rit to ongage la l remuaeraativo oaoupatlon, $hea the quostloaIs as lseated I.8 our letter what tr Oi48ePV1OOSdOeS t&i8 IM rI&O? It uil 1 be notlooA 8hat t 8 0 rOlWia8iOa la ror rtaadardlWQment, maohiaer7, aad tpolr or rrhabllita~ioa yrar?es &nd ueedles8 to aa aaa onl ba upended for auoh we have sot born abL to ilni tho waaln# of the vorda %&meat” and “tools” vhen u8ed la ooamotloa vith “ro- hablllktloa p u r p o ses.l Under these oIroumat6aoea V(I very aaturall7 tura to the a8riniti0ar r0uod In the dlotIonarle8, in detumialng Qw o-al7 aooepted memIng of auoh teru l8 0 k818 r OFlpplh@tiOa in th8 in8tUrt -8.1 ~ObStOP'S fntrraatloaal Dlotiomr7 dOriM the verb ‘equip” to uaa “to iurniah ior lorvloo, or lgalast a seed ob lxlgrao7 to fit outj to 814ql7 vitb vhrtover IS aeoe~rar7 to err10 1eat aotlon la any va7; aad the aoua ‘oqulpment to mesa vhatever Is used In “rqulpplng~ . . . the oolleotlvs dealgrrrtlorr rot the artl- 0108 oomprlaIagan 0utrit.' A "tool"Ima been defined b7 as 8ay Iaatrumeatneoeaaaw 80 a perroa poaeoutlon of his trade or oallln& We thult that the above derlnitlona hdloated that ,Iter ala rOrOr8 to ox nditure 0r rUd8 ror P torlal objeotr to bo used ior mhabl E tatloa purposea~ B7 thlr Vo RSM, that the app@p iatlon auaO be used ior used la &I rehabllltat Ioa of disabled ShOtid aOt be WId r@P OORpOtISatiOa Or dered w inbltIdUal8, oorporatlona, or Very truly Tours ATTCRRXX -L o? TBxk8 6 2OK:db