Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1942 )

OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS State Board of Education Austin, Texas Dear Sire: Attention: Mr. Gap for ~9l&24+3. .ylle have receiv ecember 8, 1942, whioh we quote, in part, a8 ..,. . p&dea .balapoe wiser either of the above .al&PeatQns a$ the eid of ‘the first year of the biennium ‘ahal.3. ‘be tram&erred by order of the Joint Legidative Advisory Committee to any klloeation herein created and set upI’ , ,. *The Stata Beard of Bduoatlon hae been requestedto order transtatQedthe em or ~b,OOO out of one at t6s~ltams rsprasenting 6n unexpendedbalsnoe out of tke 6pproprla- tlon ror the yenr~l941-48to aupj~lmxmt end lneroese for the paar 19423-4stba ellcoatlon of $i3,000~?Oithe pCrpose of smplogl~ en auditor snd ior suah other end necessary ax- penser lnclbmt to the duties of the Joint Legislativekdvlsary Comittee (rhleh E&MM hate'devolvsdupon tbt state Eacrd of 'Kddu-, OEtiOD;~yOUr OpilliODS O-4009 aud 0-47061, 810 UIIte ``&%.th& amunt expendablefor tbe lm- dleatsd purpawa fox the year 194E-43 the aggrqptc r)um of 314,000. -_ Article.XXX1 OS the rural eld blah (A&e 1945, 47th ,_.~ Leg..,R.fL,:.Ch.~ 5&f, H. 8. 'artCr) provides es'~@limar . Y%otion L 4pp+oi?riation..Far tha .&r- poea of pmmotsng We 63qualixa~lon or idueation- al opportanltiaiasifsrded br’the State 01~‘lkw to .all~enumara$sdaohoLlastlaowitbln~tkb St&s .. aa heraIW$gvlded, and for tha purgeso hsr6ln- j-.6:. ,.. above @et ootiT$hareis ltmeby 8ppropr1at%dout ) ; oi the General Revsntw Fund of the ,Otsteo? Texas uet .othsnlffeappp3opfiatm3,t?remm of ItIghtMl* lioni &ur Em+ed Forty-four Thousad, bne Wadred And Ninety Dollks ($8&4,190) for the ro%ol year eAC??inp& Utt k%l, 194& 8Ad -xi@& 'rilliCA, our '. Fungrad F eurtpfour m0u80na, One snared and Uiniyty Dolles (@X,4&&,190) for ths shhoal ymr ending : State Board.oi Gduoationpsga 3 Auguet 81, 1943; or 80 ‘ikmoh theraoi~a8 may . 3, to be allooeted and e~xpendedunder thi provielone of this Aot by the .?tataSuper- 'intendettof Publlo lnatruotiontiirwi@hthe' I?Irectorof Epuqllaationin tha State r)ep&rt- moat oi.Etlu~atlonand under the auparvJsidn of the.bolnt Le~ialmtivaAdvleory~%6uittae oraa&wl herein. “sao. 8. s1100st10il; It is hera5.nspeol- fiaal,lppmvl:!ad that out of thB %XUQ .app,ra- prlete5 ?or eeah ~mho@l year or tha biesnlw ~. the mm oi FOUF Zillion 'ThreeF?tm&sd and - Fifty ThchmmU Dollars (~4,330,000)~ ia'heraby set aaide for Salary Twenty Thawand Dollara sslmo1 TIiftlmg PPXaa Thoucltmdend T*ent,y eaplop$$iga~auditor and ior seob dthar aad ne~aa8ary etqaemaes16ai&u~t tc the duties af. tte sl3lntLe@blttlrer ravirsry oaPnai*tQs..soah au&itor ahall.hat rrroeivs````a.then.~me %bouC`` send, Six IIundredDollati (#$30!$)per year 0Ut~: of the am htwabr allocate4~'~-``a.etlaitors&ad,.. other authorlned e;aployesrshal& be appointad by ths aomlttaa and theti aaltirpand neaeSaWy Btate Board of lk$ueation, Page 4 6xpeneoa ba paid on order of said 6omatittea , and el,lauoh amplogeos shall be under the direat mapervl8Lon Of sdld aom&V&WJ Or ftn order. &oh of tk,eabove na:-m3allooatlons Is for eaah leer oi the biennium. *Any tineaendedbslanae an&r either OS the above all4oatloita~ slidfthe-ilrst per of the biennium sball be trsnererfe~ order or the.soint'lapieletiveAaviaory corn7 itt to any elloaatlonb8rein areated and+ %t ?E.~ (EmphasissupplIed) . In Opinion Ilo.O-4706 we aiQi8ad.~tb3 89ek Super+ tonCent of Publio Imdzuotlon that the ‘EvardOf Xduoation (OplnlonLBo.O-4609) wad authorizedun;lsr,%+e.un&?r?ooraU. p4rtlon of .Art~aleXIII to ~trsnaferan uxiesgended baleaae ti. either of the ~sevon``lloditione~btinyone of the other SIX allooationsthat i&.&hta.~ehowa deficit. In other word& ii. at ,theenir.of.th+,iS.rntgear.of ',thebhthw-t*~6``we~ yet vallP olaims w~hloohaitulCnot be paid beoause uf insuiflsienoy 0t funds .in the psrtlotiar elloci+ion,then ~theunexpended b&anoe in another alio6atfon L?&@& be tren8fOrxot-b0 the ex- haunted alloaatlon so.t,hatkuoh~ol$$m ,bould'w.pa% TQ~o? ~,~in~;%hl~'was the ``urp6Pe``,:Sar~,inal~Qin~ the .&emoor@d--prod . Yourpa$-ask whether thq un8xpeodeil balanoe ii’5 one of tlm sllooation~u: the yeat 1941-42 msy be traaaferred to the p. ,... aeme ox another~'a&Mwtion ior the ywx 19IE4S, This 5s an matlrely Ubiferanlipuecrtion, and ,one,whioh,we think, 8hould be answered in the ne&its. As we have xumtioned before, we believe that the pUr- pose of the provieion under aomideration ~(38to provide a means whereby an alloaation,tbhefunds of whioh beoam oxhausteb before the end. oi the ffrst year of the biendtm, oould.be 8up``lemrited.This .faatir ehmn by the faat that tb ap?ro- prlatlon a@ ai?ooetlodsare sat..upseparataly f&r.oaah yeer .oithe bianniora. .Totranefer the belanoe from any el.loocation for 1941- 48 to any of the alloaatloneior 1942-45 gplpufdinorease the State Board of Education, Es(re 5 amounty=approprlatedfor euoh year. You kill notion that &444,190, ia spsalfioally,ap:~jroprlatedfor eaoh ybar (Sea- tlon 1, Art1010 XIII). The etfeot of oarqlne the manby per iron one year to the next w:~ld bq to Inorea#e the appropriationabove @,444,190; in view of the alear word8 of eppropriatlonused by the Leglalature,we are OOnVinOed that this was not Its intent. The oapfion to the rural aid bill provided, In part, aa followsr 1 “An Aot provid5.n~ior a'more eSCioient Pub- 110 Soho -1 System in Tsr‘rre;makln~(8~ appropria- tion of f-t Ellllon, Four liundredForty-four Thousand, tineBunarea and EytieDollsn (88.1 444~190) for eaoh year of th b n&$&& snd~fj Au st Sl 1943 allocatingthe fund8 ao.appr~- ate&g s * *I' (&aphasiasupplied). pr ff“ : A aonoluslodother than the one Fe have reqol@d would neoessitetea ooit&leratlono? the surriolenoyof the~o~pbion UndW s8OtiOll m Of bJ?tiOle 1x1 %UlStitUtiOn Of %X86. ~-6 never,ue~Nel.that the ~oaptlon'I s a alaar Lndlaatlcm tt@ :Sbe, Legi8lature did not intend for moneya to ba earr18$ ate* iron! the first year oftbb biennium to the secand,yeah Tn rien of the foregoing you are respeotiull$advlssd that the qnixpended belmnoe in the 194l-48 rural aid epppopria- tlon tiy~not be trankiferrod;* th4 194%43.,spprop*tLoz& Iour qumtion ia, thereiere, answered ln the nqgative. Yezy truly ydw8 ATT- GENEi?ALOX.TEM8 oEs*s By George W. aparti (II) APPWVED DEC 1r 1948 imdsterlb.~ Gerald 0. 3Aen.a 10) A'I'TORWBY QXN~L,O~TIcuIS