Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1940 )

56 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN “se-- 565 Honorable v. m3 OQkr~i.el - Fatgo a 86 6 * #8,6%a.a8 to supplemmt Appropria- tioll A-898,General Lenanae ansl Eqnipmnt, rhiah has been exhausted. 6exmral )aainfWe rud Equip- ipent is the onYiy State Fu?ki fmmwhioh payment lray be mado of acoounte for power, light, heat, plunbing ana adaor rbpatrs on Pcwer Plant. Zf! thie Deflclency Warrant is appromtlto supplement the Be-al %iaSnte- name imdEquQxuentAppro~is~on,it ulllbe expead- e& in the same runner aathe regular~~appropriofed General Maintenance atiBQuipz@XItFiudwae spent,be- %ng thoroforo only a mpplewnt to the remlar Apm- priation A-8?8.a Artio1e XIX, seation m, of the ccm5titu- tion provldest Art101es &34$x aiq4a?ila, agvieeu ciril. Btatates of'Teak, ioZ?@, as amended, prti ior de- fiolenay approgv*ationa'ia the iolloring language8 *AlI hesads of &Qurtnleulte, IrianagWB of State institutkons or .afheP pereone.~iutrueted with the power or duty .oi.oontPaating for~wp- plies, or in any Mtmer pXedglng the oredit o? the State for .aay defiaisnay that map *se WI- der'their 8naaigenrantor &ontrol, sh6ll;at least tldrty days before such tleficiency 5hkCt oaaur, mslra out ++~.+rn eetiagfe of the ambrmt necessary .to:oovgr such QeMa&enoy until the l!Je&l* of .the pext .Le Iature . Such estimate shall be inm3dlately e @with the Gooemior, who 6hall thereu$n owefully examine the same aa rrpprwe or aieapprwe the 5aw3 In whole or In part* When sucrh deflolenay clalsa, or any part thereof, has been +J appiWVe6 by the ~OvwlIOc iienorabl% W, me OUm.4.el - Page a 56’3 jionorable w. Lee OtDsnlel - Page 4 club, lna. v'r shsppara, MfJ mix* 3aa, $3 8, w. (a) scio. see aso Qonfemmoe @S.zti~n aP Attorney ffeneral Gupeton &d&l February i&, U&3, vol. 52, p. 20, an& snathar dated A# 7s X81$, rol. %2fi P. %WW. iionorable WI* Lee O*Daniel - Page 5 568 6b~Aouely, ArtieJe IIX, Beotion 49 not only does not forbId, but on the aontrary, ne0ec5arlly suthorim3es the creation OS a debt on behalf of the State to supply wmau3l defioieuoi.es of kyvsiaie, not to exaeed in the ag- grogate at say one t&m @~,~.60. The statutes (Arf~alee &51 mll466l.a) go no hither than Me; thay ape by all She teote lml3.d. Stt fil off%awe or agents of the afate are ctuthoriaed to *Seato Qebfs on behalf of the State, but the etafste (Artiale~rssl) ia ezgceeew limited to mall heada of de- er nutuqjers of state l.u5tltutlva5 or ofher pm-son6 tin&ad with the power or duty of avntraotbg far sup g-&O&&zjYg-y &$2&~&zf$&*~:&~w mntro~ .* &ml the mrrant perCome OS the otatute its%lf' pi51 be paid. 6wh defioienq apprag%ationie itself the epe&fie nppro&i&Aim requiredby &tie16 urn, 8emtt6a 6 Of the Con5tltuUGnr XII practi0alz~ every de tBlWlt8'1 ~~r'ineti- tutional apptramt%an thwc) $8 S rillll or ndslosllaneaas or iF" imntlngtmt expensea d&h Brilpal-s been frhoaCPltto Se Btrttioiently opecifia 6 Opiniana of the Attorney QtmeraZ l622-1924 p. M$. Thba constitatl4mal pirpOSeB therefore, is the Lttm of 5dnttmana3, or other actatiugent sxpfnise, aad $&3 PSIIP name ie but the le~elative.eatitse8e of the eamm$ necessary therefor. Thardutyvs.ib!<~6epnd~~ on%6 %mpmmdby thelau andif thereveuue epproprriatad to 572 ATTORNEYGEUERALOF TEXAS .,