Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1940 )

tb ..~ i OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 322 Stats Comiclesion for r,heBlitid,Page 2 aitizans 02 the United States anC at least twenty-one years or age for the operating of vandlng rsttidain Psd- eralend c&her buiidings in euah State ior tti vending of newspapers,perlodiafilas lmifeotione,tobRcoo protm2ts, and such other artloles aa may be apimovod for saoh build- ing by the owtodian thereof, an& the State lioenmlng M8Ilt . . .” Pureunnt to the authority thereby aanferred on the Offloe of Bduoetionof the Deipartnientof Interior, antiaocrordingto the terms~of the agmxtnimt between the tuo authcritlssa proved Daoambar 14, 1930, the State Com- a%~~ieslon for the Bflnd uas dedgnatbd ae iioeqolq agonay for tha State of Toxaa.forranding studa for bl5.ndpeople in red- buildiqa. "In oritsfto meet the Fu~deml regulation for oon~rollingstantls in Federal bul~diags, the Stats Gomnlasicmfor ti+e'Blind'#LSfur- nished by the Department of the Interior, Of- Sloe of Hdwatlon, whaptthey deaignats aa the aentral uontrol Plarr-Rulisan4 Regulation8 tar Proo6durein #a Addnbtratiqn of the con- ama8lon atarrd Serlr~oe by tha Tsune Gtate owl- mimslon for the Bliab and the Leaal vending StaIidGOtitw8, 0apy of ~hicrhw ~SnOlosOf0r your oonsi6eratlon. 'PhaStat. Bonri;sdon fir the Bllad reapdfuliy reqm3t8 pr oplnlti as to whether or not the State Ga~&sai~ for f&e Blind hqths authority to enter into a eon- tract auoh as the.+ttaahsb,.hsadedGeatral Con- trol Plan, with LL ohoesn aipnay in a’tbrritory where vending atax& for a .blFndpereon Wght be #istabliehed in a PedereL Building, thbisagenay to aat as the a6n.lnlstrativ~‘ar~ for the.Stat6 Oon;nisaloll sol!the Rluld in suprvi&lg autah vending otauda, in maklne;~aolleations of ra- oaipts end Gbhiraewente Sor mob staac%s,tar turnlrhir~ stook for such st;a@a, where the ea_tipmentfor such stewie would be mm&l by the State mmnission Sor the BILld.a The mmorandun h6aded pG+mtrki.lQontrot PLIuF evi- dsncq (Iaontriiatbetwaeu~ih3 stud aocaraieah r02 the Bl5,md and a ohose& ~doal agtmmaytar the oupesvioienaS vend&g 323 State Commission for the Blind, Page 8 damLs Sor the blind established ln federal buildfogr. This agreement aonteaplateathat the looalqpnofwill fl.rmAOethe ori,giual&ook, aanatrwt and inrrtallthe iui- tial acuipmant,provide work%nfgoapitml, oorrdition yureeent standa, nt&kar aoll6H&n8 irm m&i lta nd8, keep an lo o ur a to a o a o uut of all actrmyahandled by such danda, pertora the minlat%riel duty OS payiny the blind apes&or8 and aullat- ants amploped In suoh atand. The main duty of the stat0 Comlasion purauantto authoritybeatwmd upan it by PubUs So. 732 rrnd rules and ragulatlons prcmaLgatedby tha United States Cotnmlsi1fc5er DepaFtmrnt0r the faterlor, of lSd;leatfon, is to detcralne to whom lioenseo shall be gmuted to oprato aiiohstmde. Being in olom tomoh with hundre& of me&y blind, it ia to aens as IOpemwuml dlreetor ia the relee- tion of auoh blind oparatora. It w3.llalao provide fer ,initlaI equipwnt for new stand& &ay the State Gom&wfon 80 oontraot? The State Uommisafm irsr the Blind la a 8tataboz-y wmmlsaion oreate&by the &8gislatura in 1939 (A&6 1933,. 4%nQ Lq@latum, p. Ii%% ah. 8Q)i Sootlone 8 and Z6of tha Artiela of it8 araatian[Artlele a%U7a, Vomwn*s &a. G&v. ,St.)am pertinent to yew In~t&yamI read 4s follemet the objmt of whioh dall expenditurea be m@Whly to the Audi- 324 325 sttaa c~;rialsefonror t;ha ali~4.. Page 5 A sscnnd baalo and more speoirla inquiry ia or not the state Ckamlosionror the BllnlZ--$pentrd w~etL.aer that it mny cooperate to some extent witkithe raderal governmnt in plaoln~ bUtad operators in armndsin federal building%--maycontraot with~tooal oo;;iaittseain various seationa or the state under the ~Dentral cantrolPlan*. we bold that it my. fihllsat riret blush it ml@ appsti that 4 oon- txaot with a looaloomaittee in the nature&the! -0eatra1 i%pt+Wl PlCn* WOldd UOll8titUt6 Wl WMXUlf4tittltiicji~ d616@- tlbn of legislativeauthority,we do not believe that.auoh Is the oaw. or oourse it la ari.~rnatio that lwismiv* authority ozm delegated aannot bo further delegated bytho rim m.Jipient of the power. Stated sore aoourot6ly,aots OX rURCtiOAS iAVOtVill5OrriCi3i diSCl%tiOIl IMy AOt be .d616- gated while purely $&lsterlel sots or a~ orriser OT board sag be delegated to a subordinateor to anditmr. la that what has aotually wauxred bare? we are bpreoaed with the fa6t and after tutmh thou&t and study ttla 00~01uaioA ~JBinenaawbfe t&at AO gwerAwnt. Prior trjthose Gigotiatlona,lt had no j*is-= diotioz ox aontrol whatwe~ IWBC stands Ior bllntlpeople 2x1redera tm.ilalne8.It. reeaired t3at irpant0r paw&r (puP9 StAttAt t0 its 6tatUkWr 8AWthOtity 60 l With 'QOQ&V626t6 OthW authOrltlct# fOr the vOaatiOAeJ.guPdanaswof the blind) 6e ditiwed upon ita etanpliswrwith the reasonablemle~ &ad rsguiations0r the usitcd Statsa Orri86 Of Eduaati0n 0s th6 &-pXI?t8if3AtOr the %Iit~iO~. me rueh P6&LhttiOA WW that the State Go~~~Iesionao~@ly with what 2.8kinawnan tha G8n- tral OontrolPlan. IA ~606lving thiv oanditiolull grunt 6f authority-rzamifesttily rw the purpomor pzmbllw ad&i- tiunal oppartuniti8rior th6 56mis8ic~ to aid in tba se- habllitatienand voOatiaaa1 &aidmaa of t&S J3eh&y~bld--ivrO rhI A0 ViOi&iOB Or 6OA&itUtiOAi%xgUmAt% 62 WI or iegid,ative autbarity. %6 hC-&b that th6 Z%At*o=%ii r0r the lW.nd sukyanter into a contrcct mm& as the Warrtral oontrotrolzQ.aA*wltfta ahosan l06al aeenoy ror the euprni8ion or t3tan4srw the bliad in Svt66ral balldkqa. xOur next inqdry seater8upam the qtmetioa of wkietheror not the Mats 06a&.as1on ror t&a,Blind f&&y3%- celve iron the leaal.agenoy *e paroentagoemwsni6at iot the 326 pr~ose of taking oare 08 de~eolation of equiment fur- gr6t for suoh stands by the State Colrrlaisslon Sor the and also whetb?.ror rot the State Ccsmlsaionimy reaslv~ certain addition61 f?mCs Srom loaal agencies *r0r the purpose of buildingB rerolvirg. n&ridfor the expan- &an of a s%ind pm2#gtu*. These funCs a-e pmvltled for un- d5r Artiales III-A, "Levy sot Equipmulti and service Costs*, and Artiale 111-A-4, "i2esbrre and StabilizationFund* ahioh read as followsr "Art. xxx. Tho venaitlgstand OQR- mittee ahell aolleot froarah end every 8taml under the jurtadlotion of the Texas Conrrai~ion ror'the Blind all zoneys derived fron the sale ofmerahanbis8, and eheillapply and aaaount ra! the moneya thus aolleatedas tollow~r State Comisaion for tha Blind, Page 7 the Taxas cOrmnSss1cmfor the FQ.5.nd. Yhe residueoceor&$~ to the Vending Stand Comfaxtteeehall-Er-- areditedto the Baserva sne Stabilfza- t1on Fund. The izsssrveand Stabillza- tlon Pued shall ba used prl.mwllyior establishingnew stands.* baa bean given speatfla statutory The GopIplissl~n authority to 'reedYe &ftO, beqwEts, or devisesatrolpin- di~iduals,assoolationsor aorporations,and say expend them in aaoordanoewith the provisions oi tbla aat*. And we hold that under that authority it my recefva these moneys from the 1oaal~andfnS stand eomalttee. Xn thla 6oMmtiCI1, howersr, we should like to point out that the agraaasnt allttt1esd*cantral Control Pl.av doss not provide ror the Co5drtaion to provide th% lnttlal squlpwnt r0r the atanclsnor dose it provid6 for the aolleationof a par- oar&age aB~ewlaeut by the State Caiml#eion or tba levy oolleated by tilelwal agenay undsr Artlola III-A. we SUg- gwt that new agreemats b8 idiried ~t0this eaemt if thla is what 18 dssirsd to be aaoomplishsdi, Your riDal queati~~~Is, Wmt procedure shauld the state 00itd~i0n r0r ths Bu~4 r0tlm ia rsoeivbg suah hrrrdsand in proparly reoard~ the S~UW?~ Ws belisvo tint f&tieis a questlcmwhiah fa largely ufthiat&i wiminietra- tlva blscretioa of the State Oolpaiosionfor the Buad. and its JksoutlvaSsaretary-Bbwtor to be d&ter&ned ,by oorreot mlaa .ofaaaotmtiag proaeduw. Fha statute (Artfals Seola, Yernoa*oAnnotatedCivil Statutes) is silent oa the nubjeat with the araegtla.nthat it pravldes t&at "a d&aired &ate- mut of reaeipta or wniugs an8 expeuditures 6hel.lbe mda nonthly to the Auditor or the Statea.