Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1942 )

‘..A... OFFICL OF THL ATI’ORNLY ORNLRAL OF TLXA8 AUSTIN uo ooootl6ut~oaor Toxoo,0 OD preporty oi ‘I,P%&. on 80) (ollororalwtlen r0r the purpom ot oroatlng l dm6iAl lrual SOT th0 pwmt 0t p0~0m0 rot 00r~b0 la the amfo48nt8 Ang ~4 Bav F?ontior oll(ealsrt~,u, SD4 ttm rllltlroi the mm or bar, raa ror 6h0 W~WO 8r l*ld ooldiwo son1 lo Mid nrmbo t;OSl 8-11 DOt b. OODatl’Wd SO W’t:: X0- mat the grnnt of dd in sane00r pubPis omlomlf~. (WnQorsof3rl~ ou&lleQ.) lo now a ourpluoIn tlrodonfdrnte *Them ~neio~ Fund which is Qarivo4 frar the Constitu- ti0nOl lO+y Or w 04 vhmm t0r on p~opert7 af 0116huDQnd dollwo reluatloa,al-dalnee this aur 1110will aontlnw to fnareaosuPQoX the pfb- eon i levy and them wilL be no oaaeso:tyPor a tax tmte of ‘I# to meet the noulo of the Confrd- orat* PowIon Fund, the qwnt’oa hnn arloen @(I to whother the AutomatloTax Board bar the 6mthat- ;:gus lnr~ho reQue8 6ho 9# tax 16~9 aboro mm- * '1 shall thoro?urethank you to advise tl?io i dmpartamt whothorthe Automtlo Tar %mQ ma9 ro- duos the 'I$t@x lovleQ,or whether o rpoolSi.e Aot OS tbo Lyllol~turo ~111 be nqmlred to red&we this leT9." m0 lmtiOD Of 6hO OO-Ot4uOd,AUmOtiO FOX IWOrd and i60 duty’ of qllilly ~oomrtdrrln and raleol8t&n# the 840 r*lomIAnto of tdxr to k rollwt J ror Inat, an4 poblls from rohb01ptm~ooo lo r a r o mo by 4 th estattieslOrorto4to on& lo not ot Oonotltatlenalori la. On the atlmr haad, tha lrmtlon of #o Coafdonto on Fund 10 Wcmbko ?onole to the pntlolu of the Sbto bonotitutlon altnd&ad quotedby ~0. In 000 or omfllot, 6be or6mlo low will) oi emroe, mien 6he lnoknt inqtllry. It will bo MM, tm tha pertion ot soot108 61, mtlolo xxx mn8t1tmt1u lr Tomu tba8~8pooiblmM,&aom lrt&aao2- tiorrtoPmolo8mao* lB loor~rttor~ byAxWale TXII,S.&a '9 OonotltotlOn .t Toao ior @on- lralaJl(Lotlrorpmpemu6 'To illuotrotethio4ldoTam., r) quotoaaiolkrln#paruBwItportloxIo t)rorrr?mmr Sapteab8r USth, 1-1 and for tho lrootleu et ub- lie buil4inao. ltmto. lowro. ntor wrko 83 other poruiioit lmp?o+oato u tbo one haad w any 080 you, 8~16uoopt 80 lo ln thlo Unod- tatloaothwu:oo prwLdodt . . l (Zqt&olo oam,) a0 r0r0 t9(( e0rutit&i0ull ~FOI~OIOO, b ii lmorlmtatax rnrl om tho tlOOIOOroluotlon 9 ho for woh of ~upoouindiwt~,8~t~hutortlo 'IruBoor9toamr- 01 0 0 lta 8uWr duty ik y 0~6~ioord~on o f uo o r Sa la ~ma4 la1wrat in tho Manor auithorltti an6 roqulrod, Uo WI- "e &ool tar rats on tho,$loo.00rdtatlon, mml a6 va lt aay i16U?O TA0t U0wiO& th0 VOl'i.OUO COIlOtltUtiOOO& -X&O. But tblo, is ptmtly not the lituotlo8 pnom8od on4 altab in tho lartoat moo. Tha ~oafodorote Penalon F Uttd 1 0t lp ilLfuOItO~ih t~iOMF ttd ilt?OOtOdby th0 o&f- aeating tox lev by Seotlu 51 of Art1010Vffl of the Oon- ltltatioO or~w000, at tie 0 lOmo Ona riot *OX rate or 7d on tho klOO.OOroluatlonxatiior than mt 8omm nto omlollluta5 by the ltatotory AutoaatioTaz T&barb equalto or luo th m l conatltutloMlMximm rat*. Tho oxlotln# lurpluoIn the ~ODr OdOr ~ cw.o ltO~O F I& o al lr iOi~ r$r O& r th is t0X 1 ~ i0 l Yt- tar oonoomin~ M&oh only the Lylolaturr of Fuu mar take .