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TlE ATTORNEY GENERAL
OF TEXAS
AUsTIN 11. Tnas
JOInN BEN SIIEPPlD
ATTORNM Y ONIAL
March 5, 1953
Hon. Max C. Smith, Chair.man Letter Opinion No. MS-06
House Appropriations Committee
Re: Form and legality of
Hon. Ottis E. Lock, Chairman Legislative Budget
Senate Finance Committee Board draft of appro-
priations bill for bi-
Fifty-third Legislature ennium beginning Sep-
Austin, Texas tember 1, 1953.
Gentlemen:
You have requested our advice, comments and suggestions on
the Legislative Budget Board firaft of the biennial appropriations bill
for the fiscal years beginning September 1, 1953. In particular you
have directed our attention to the adequacy of the caption, to the use
and effect of estimated "open-ended" appropriations, to the validity of
the special and general provisions, and to the form of organization of
the bill.
In the beginning, we desire to point out that time will not per=
mit us to study every phase of the proposed Act. Consequently, we have
not undertaken to determine whether all of the appropriations therein
made are authorized by provision of a valid general law. Nor have we
made any study from which we could advise on whether State functions
not supported by any appropriation herein should be or could be includ-
ed.
What we have attempted to do in this opinion is to t'r.eat your
particular inquiries as 'thoroughly as possible and, in additibr, to raise
such other points as have come to our attention which may cause or
tend to cause'roblems in executing the proposed Act. But it would be
presumptiouh.to assume that, within the time devoted, we have discov-
ered all possible trouble spots. Therefore, we earnestly invite you to
forward to us further' particular questions on any imnatter not discussed
herein about which you have any doubts.
We also want to point out that all of the opinions herein expressed
are necessarily based upon the proposed Act in its present form. Changes
in the form of this draft may cause us to revise our opinions about var-
ious questions discussed herein as well as questions passed on but not
discussed. Matters discussed by us, including your particular questions,
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: MS-6, text, March 5, 1953; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth275873/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.