Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1942 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Honorable Weaver B. &km, Chalmuu ateto Board of Control Aumtti, Taxes Doer 8lr1 You hevw requested a or talli clv*tmsnt upon the matter dereribad a8 follovmr ertlmta for bldr, bida Nero opened xaem of tha fund@ 8 under prevel.llng the naod for oertain ~pai.r* to caring and the dome aoverlng to and tleitsrhwatlon en& obviate fe, It ML aaaaluded by the drawn for the oonatruation of (I portion of the job only, a8 oontempleted by the Leglel&ure, and our oonmxlt~ anglneec was lnetruoted to oause revlred plaxu end rpeoifioationr to be submlttad thet do not in rsat provide for either a anlln lwnawblo Weaver11. Baker,me 2 r00r oovaring or a Capitol dma oovarlng, but do ln ra0t provide for other muohna*dad f;n$w&m~O eliminate the haaards above set out. adrartisamsnt, bl& vore reobived on iurah 18, 1942 at the o~floo or the ciliate Board of Oontrol as outlbsd in our Inter-ofrloe octsmud0stiau 0r that da te lttaahad harato aad aada 4 part moor. Our lqlmor 4ad ~ohiteats rooomand tb aooep- tanoe or tha bid or 10019 cowtruotion coEp8ny for the re8aonaset out la said oomualoatlon. I). . . . 3~5~ tb rw8 lm 8twd mk ak r 80~1 . neotlon vlth the plans and spsoili6athns here- with lubmltted, doas tha Stata BoarQ of Cont&?ol of Trma hvo the lagal right to avard a sontraat for 8Ubh oonatrwtlaa, vhish sontwot in Saot does not ori ~ith~ th8 r~tn rwr OOTW* or Capito r daau eovarin& IO.roaponao to our reqwat foe 8d6ltlonallnforma- po& wlw provided us vith t&a rollwing analysis and L *The follovlng 1s In ansver to qwstloas rub- mitted by the Attorney Oanaral ooaearning tha ap- opr~tlwa for ‘mln Rooi covering - Itam Ilo. 1 - r 58,81?.00’; ‘&me Covering - Xtmaso. 8 - $42,- 219.00’ 1 “ACCCRbIBO TO APPROP$UA!l’IOISACCCRIWT& PFiESJWf Ibaa Roof CoverIp%consists 1. Remm pramart roor3q and vood joists ln roof. 2. Removeprosant Skyll.@ts 2. Remove present Sky- a& rittLng iwu vark to lights and raplaoe . vith nev. 3. IOU strwtumlat~l. 4. Mew ShMthbg utth azu pr00r 8tat``i. 5. a~ copper ma 5. f0ge vtmti- 6. Meu oooper auttep ns.ln Rooi cove Bid Priae - $52&o $33,132.W “At the tlsm the orfglwl bi& vere ax?eir- ed it yu UposaSbl6 to @oaupe the soppor roor%q as it una a aritleal matsrlal - dua to the present lma r @ no . y a o ifl~tlo na uThrer vio ed to o t tb r b wo rmt f? Into oonsl&raloaaad thenewbi6 nwlnd ou Mbrah 18, 19ke 6otsreQ ths i~llwlng vork to be dona on&r the hecr&lng ~lI@lu Roof Covwing’! “Ro. 2 - Removeprasont 8ky2lghts an4 In&all nav akyllgkts over the Eouln oi l?epe8entatlre8 and tha Sewta Cbamber~ *MO. 5 - &atPll*tton of roofrcmtilatora in rldga or ruin roof. “All the obcve ltwa en dlree8ly related 80 the V4aln Roof CovwA.q* and inalu& ponurent vmkvhlah ambe dons &the pnssa&ttomestnear- lyapproseh tb origballyaootmpX8tedtork. *AcccRDnio 20~APpR0PRIATmla Aocmqg ?REmRT &ma Covering: 1. Rmove pafsnt aovex4a~ 2. 30arr03dbg 2. smr0idtag 3. 20~ or at- 3* Rarz-m ln 4. CafBiw, 00&maa, do- ttila urd bulum- 5. ``04 rio0c 5. nw brlooxly oowr- 6. IIoa&````,mId~ 6. itf&cIr~ m&la- big8 0r 8td ww r ii?’ sstd0r or 4~. 7. Dmebarrello~nrlng 8. Coo; oor!~1~0and Boas Covering - #42,219.00 Bid rrioo - ~39,00@.00 "At 8ho tlmo the orl&aU bids uere naelnd it ~88 bapoaslbloto 8oouro ?&a a&no, stool,ooppar, lto .,raqaf.redfor 8hla vork slnee it ru erlt%oaI Mtarlals - due to thepa'erontemuRen@~'. "The rwlsoa speoiilo0tlona took tLu aon facts into oowideratlon end 8ho nev bid8 reedrod on Jtarehl8 l942 00~4awd the felleuln~v-k to bo dcnu under hnm Covor~', "Be. 2 - soaraal2zI& ‘lo. 3 -Rmvep~matvmdulndova allafrus - k er~lzy 0ontMpl8t.4. - Reman prwmt mod W&owa~ Srur ¶Jkm8&lprrtaiaauudm 8na rrus, also to pant *r lrpowdrtulvorkln lntwlor of dm. "All the ebom items bra dlnotly remiti to ud~0~pu?t0rwrrrbdauorth0btamg.~ we mat aoo;ao ii f&a appr I~tlon itus w&n Roe? Covorlng”and "Dow Covering” rwttioT Myexpondltuw saloly to lotwl “00v#r ing o r lmr 8” eln8wa a bed y8h oLqlsuture to iaoludavork alreotly rel&*d to tb rln roar uid dam. You have bdvlsedus th@t the aost or mere17 "oevw- lqfttuan&zroof onbheowh*od*anat~daMon~o8her hand at the tine the ertlmmt*r v8ra nedo ru only 8pproxb ut& 2op or tha auml nuaaa by #a Im &ture. And 8mt the m-t8 0r theme pee0u ted irap the rub88 ituu ~8 &If 0f a lIo&s&tlve oamlttao ahe~iiiththe n8ponribiUt~af &ozwrable Uaavo~ Ii. B&or, page 5 &twnblng Vht should be done pwtdafng to we rs.a roof mad dgjiseol the Capitol Building. It la alear that lf the subject items vepe intended to imludr 0nly “cover3.qa’ ths emount8 appropriated would hsvs been suiticlent only Sor this purpore. The approprlatlon 0r a ester sum ir aefinlte rriaenoe 0r a legidatira iatont the tf;e-wwe tit04 w0m to b0 0xpd0a ior othrr work hi oexmeatloa vith“4”ho m8lnroof and a08k8. The laaguage a008 not admit of the aonatruotlon that it r~ isrturdra to roma0t th0 Board 0f c0ntm to 0llb 0r two titeraatlr*s only8 olthw to exW.rel~ rwovo urd di80ua the psent roofaad a0au,aororfnga ana replacr vitia mu, OT to a0 nothing to ellaslnate exist&g doieotr ralsting the-to. Tke bzwity of tha approplrlatlons mat be aonstrtma irr the light or the raot that by gum-al lav the legla~two has oo&erred upon the Boat4 of Control the duty and respensiblllty of 8ujwVls~ and m the St&e Caplt01 Baudlng. xt fr th0w0n our opirrioa tket these lppropzl,atlwi ltwa vwa intended by t&e Is@.alature to ruthoziw erpaabitures dirrot~mlaedto the pkwpoaos 0rth0 appx-opriaticms and shotad net be restrioted to Wpondlttar68 for "06v``fngs" cpily. ml8 baLq$ taru, it la our flmthav oplalan that the aeat of casrfml vouu be wh 0w0a to lvOCd tba aontraot rw the pwpoaos desorib6dvhure lt appwa,aa itaea8 appur tron the lnformatlon you have given us, tlst tha uork to ba done la dlreotly related to the main roof and dfxneand will plwvont owta& drarge to tho Capitol Building and danger to parsons vlthln the building, as a result of defeats in the mar and doaa. vhfohmo4toeaafnl~ the Log$sUturo intenibd shou!ldbs aooom- pushed by the appmpriatlaas s&de.