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Honorable W. Lee ODaniel, Page 11
beginning September 1, 1939, ad after 4e-
uaotion or the ao.o t aeoessary to Liguid-
ate old warrantS ($E2,80,838.50) the bal-
anase should be approximately equally tle
located by aoths to maataa the propra
for the current biennium. Is uob a pro-
edure legal, ad if so, what agency of the
Texas goverammat is required to asks such
estlmtes of revenue?'
We have been enable to fist any sta ate which di
rects that estimates of reveaes which may acorue to the
Old Age Assistance Fa d shall be ade. ln the event that
the State Board of Publie Welfare or the xeonutive Director
of Ohe State Department of Pblio Welfare should tee lit
expedient to ask. such estimates, either pursuant to the re-
quirements of the etderal Social Seority Board, or for any
other proper reason, we would suppose that either the Wel-/
fare Board or the Exoutive Director eculd properly mak
such estimates with the alt of the Cmptroller, State Audtitor
or any other qualified state officer.
It has beena dolaro that the highway Conmission
may oake estimates of revenues to acorue to the highway lna.
Johnson v. Fergusoa, 55 8. W. (3) 155, (Austin Court of Civil
Appeals) at page 18 s
*No standard or criterion for estimat-
ag thea is prescribed by law; nor is there
any express designation of the official,
board or ageno to make senh estimate. It
therefore follows necessarily that the high-
way omission is vested with such authority
in the serial discharge of its i aportant
duties; and that in the exercise of such
authority it .is vested with the Adisretioa
of adopting such reasonable methods, stand-
arts, and criteria as is its J dpment are
sound and appropriate."
Assuming that the State Board of Publio Welfare or
the Executive Diretor has made such estimate of future reve-
nues of the Old Age Assistance uand, we are unable to agree
with your statement that the estimated revenues or the bi-
enain "sfter doduetion of the mount aeceasary to liquidate
old warrants ($t,3O0,8e.50) the balance should be spproxi-
mately equally allocate by months to maintain thelprogram
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-1479, text, 1939; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth258665/m1/11/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.