Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1943 )

, 78 : 1 OFFiCE OF THE ‘ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS i AUSTIN honorable Gee. II. Uheppard CorqMollor of Publio Aooountm Au0 tin ) rexar ooor &r. sbeppardr _. .’ a. Prwlded furthor that lots ooqwising nine ro mllca or more of terri- that school districts squnro uilos nncl have an occreUtc;l high ~ohool or sixteen (la) unita or ffiorc)ahicb 80170 tcnchor training institutions a8 proc- tic0 tcachinp: laboratorios, shall rcoeito high soboo tuition paytcnt OP Goron Dollars ml Fifty Cants ($7.50) por pupil per mmth on all Ugh school pupils cnuszoratadia said dietrtotsfi provided further, that such aid .. Eonorablo 0eor U, Obeppml - page P , shall mot ~xoeed tbo budp,otq naeds of,aaid dlstriots as indicated by the approval OP tAe gtote Suporlntendcut of Fublio Instruation or l,b&Dircotor of Plqualiratlon, and provided that '. " such ald shall bo paid upon 6uuab approval and l such approval only reprdlesa or all otbor l.inxltationo,roetrlotlons or prorisionr iaposed : in thou Aot to tbo extont,.for tbo purporo an& in Ure MMOC cot forth in thlo lcntcnoe. ‘Ihr proriaions of scotion 1, Art1010 1 of UouOO _ uill lie. 284 pasaod at the RCgUlaP 6ar~ion of the Forty-oevontb bcgielature aa-0 not lpplio8blo . to tho aiQ granted in thi8 lootion. . . ‘@Ali laws and part8 0C laum in oonfliot herewith aro harcby expressly ropsaled, and particularly such portions of Bootim 1 of Arti- ala IV of said nouee Mill 20. 2iMr Forty-smentb I~ Leglolnturo as mar be in Oo&llot. bareuith; how- mar, budgotmy need uurt bo 8bown before aid eh+ll be grantad,- ‘I , . &tot&on la ot Artiolo 1 protldost whoridod further that school dirtriots whoa0 arca 40~18 not e~OOcrl e%XtOCn (16) equare tilce md hare an accredited higla school ot #lx- toen (la) unita.or mom, which nerve teacher . training tnatitutlons 80 practiea teaching laboratories, aball roaoire biuh school tuition paye;ont from tho moniooo appropriated in thlr Aat of Suvm Dollars and cEifty Cent8 ($7.50) par pupil por month on all bQb school pt~pilr enunmr- at&d in aaid distrlcteI prmidod further that mob aid shall not uoaed tho budgetary needa or aaid districts au indlaatod by the npproral of tlro&tat0 Suporintcndcnt of'l%iblia Instructloll or &he nircotor of Er,uollzntlon, and provided that such aid shall 10 paid upon such approval and such approval only, re@wdlces of all otbor limitations, restriotions or prwimionn lngosed in thim Act to the axtont, for tha purpo.eo, and in the mnner mot forth in th is lentanca,.if - bwlgetorf need OOII be shown therof or, and pro- vided rurtblssi that in oonrolidatOd dirtriot . . . . 80 Yonorbblo 4e04 IIe ohoppud - page 8 , , o o mp r uing nineh u ndr ed( 9 00 lq) unr s oAlc 5 o r more of torritoq a etrole;ht tuition payment of mvan Dollnrta nnd Mfty Cent8 (fj7.fio) per - ~,, month per pupil sball.bs pnld on all blEh school pupils enUmorstod In the consolidnted distrlot and lirinr: ritUn the present bounda- ries of any territory annexml or otberwlso con- . 5olidAed to tbo osntral raoelrinx bl@ sclrool, and can sbsw budgotnry nocd thercror~ Provided further tbat tho oa~lss~m llmitatlons am to soho- lastio population tar eligibility herein eat‘ tort& shall Dot apply for any ty,pe of oia to any rohool dlstrlot, rhicb 1s nine (8) milor or more in lenprth and aoscsses and oollaots One Dollar and rbirt~-t%Te CUIlt@ ( i.%S) &U on eaob one lnmlracl dollar5 raluat on, and oan who8 budgetary need therefor,. Artiou 10 at aloh Aat protideaiu part1 * , l. . . ws Aot shsii tabi eWPeot end be ln,rorae frosi mxl after September 1, 1943.. . . . .- .* In ties of the prwid&n of Art1010 ln, the A0t _ '. does not take orfoot until *from and after lleptembor 1, 1943.5 Rudco Oil a:00s g. v* Lemnastcr, f4a 8. 1. (2) 805. --- tt is si3ttled that a atatuto will not be oon- struod to operate rctrospectirsl~, unless ito terms show clcqrl~ a legislatiro intention that it should bore that orrcct. It is nlrays prcsured that statutos are to oper- at0 prospectlroly, and 011 doubts ars rauolred In fnror of auob construction. &erc&zn burotx CF. Y. AQgm. zra uorkn, 29 8. U* (2) 403, rw. -- (Corn. AppT in S.r.(2) 7141 CO. Tr I;sUkr?n_CO., 69 ToX. 172, 6 6. We 4311 iloCl;r;al'l &&fiji%Tcrroll, 118 %ix. 1530, 284 8* I. r?49f Iii-m. 5, f. %, 50 Tax. Sill Alollln~ v'i s. $- Iloaston, (Tsx.) 3 11. I l 84Q8 Yichlta Palls. 5 g. &. se Y l Lindla, 143 se we (a) rnal gursor v4 po_ob, z4b 01 1. (n) ota~ 50 Qb d* 1160. I ,-,> ~. .’ ,,. > . Omiousl~, sootion la of Artlole 1 bns only 8 . prospcotiro oporation ihat in, it luthorirem tho pay- ,aont8 spooifitd only i or tenths oaourrinr: nfter tha et- lcotlro data of the Aot. Beotioa lb does net difPer- fro& section la in thts mapoat. Both seotinns author- iae *high school tuition poymnt of Beven DOllsrs and af ty Cohtb por pupil par uont)l.m 8ootion .lb is not mds applioablo in tarme to months prooodlng the offoot- lse date at Wuso DLll 178, lo is, or oourso, irus that sootion lb amends Uouso lill.284j 47th Le~lslatUrS~ the Rursl Aid T&T oper-: ;: ativo durin& the current bionntutng nut tlio foot tbat it is an anoncltlcntdoom not authorize a oonstruotion attrib-. uting to it a retrospective operation. Original prods- .; . ions appearing in au amended oot sro to be rcjiarded as harinp boon law minoo they wore onootecl, rhilo mu pro- visions are to bo construed as onactcd at tbo tiu:e the. amoniiuout took effaot, &cricnn mrot~&. _sfx. 1, f. &A311 :d*, 120 Tex. ma, of-3s. lr. (2) 710 sh*l ``kvla lndawndcnt E&no1 SatriOt, 2DO L-r. i%.T'IIn . aoco~diioo with thogoneral rules applioable to lagisla- tire enaotumts, unliks roqulrod ihCxpress terms Gr br am implioatioa, an amcndatory aot will be oonstrued . proepeotiroly sad not rotrospoctivol~. 00 s* J. lYsl- ll22. &M in every osme of doubt, tbo doubt must be solved agalost tho retrospectire 0Pfeot. a? gb 3* 1161. - . If m attempt to give to Sootion lb a ratro- spootlve construction, WC aro at onoe oanSronted with tlro question; For shst nuobor ot mnths prior to tha effoctivo data @T Uouse Sill 176 art) the pnynents anthor- ized to De mdef The swtlon doom not speciff the period, nor t&rough the proocss oC oonetruotion con it lo doter- DL1ned with rensonsblo omtninty. In such’O~s8~ to say that tho seotioa oporatos rotrospeotirely, requires that it bo oomlcmmd for want OP ocrtalnty, ona bqonuse it liolatos ArtiOle 8, sOotiOn S Of th0 COnStitU$iOn, rc- qufring sspooifio~ npproyriatlons* This section oontrols the purpose and the auiount of expenditures from tho oppro- priatloa ~iail0in tb8 AOt. lmtainly, a prorinion wbicb Woote tile oxponcliture of monies from tbo troaoury in a. oortain amount Sor meaob month*, but fails to afford a standard by which the Ikonths for rhiolk thn payments are . to be ma&oOM b b lsoerta%ned with r~sOn#iDle~ oertainty, 1 . no * lrpoairlQ~, wit&n the Banning of &UOlO 2, oeo- ; Yonorable 4480. II..Sheppard * page II Ibe loquag,e used by the Buproma Court OS toxns in gp_qk~a~ *a vO i;rufman COG, aitd uupra, is spplioabl. hcrsa lle qould hnie bann easy for the Lo.gLslaturo, by the us0 of apt words, to . hare umds the prntisLon8 spplicahle to past as well as future oaats~ but no suoh rordi appear in tbe lOt.@ #cobato not overlooked the rule that a prorls- ion oT an sot will not be p;lv?n s Ccnatruotion rhich will renilcr Lt aqbtorj, or pier8 surplusa~o, if another con- struction om reasonably bc placed upon it. Tbi. rule, hcwwor, doos not authorize or rowire that x0 imiul~o im IA wro mess at the le~lslotire intenticn OS to retro- mpeotito cperntion, rhcra the language us.4 is so tmccr- : . tata that mithtr the intent thnt it nhculd operate retro- spcctlvoly, nor tho period rl~lclt ifs rotrcspcottra opera- tion, if any, should oo~or, 0011 ronronalaly bo determined rrom the language used. You mre therefore ad?iaed that Seation lb does * not autlloriro the payrsents doncrib& therein to br, ssds for months prior t.0 tho efPsotive jato OF,Nouse Bill lrb. ~ ,” . very truly y6ur.