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t. SPRICE DANIEL
AUsIN 11, TEjXAS
October 8, 1951
Hon. Larry 0. Cox
Executive Director
Board for Texas State Hospitals
and Special Schools
Austin, Texas Opinion No. V-1305Dear Sir:
Re: Authority of the Board for
Texas State Hospitals and
Special Schools to transfer
funds between appropriated
line items or between appro-
priations of the various in-
stitutions in Article II of
House Bill 426, Acts 52nd
Legislature.Your request for an opinion concerns certain ri-
ders in Article II of House Bill 426, Acts 52nd Leg. R.S.
1951, ch. 499, p. 1228 (the general appropriation bill),
pertaining to the appropriation for the Board for Texas
State Hospitals and Special Schools and the State Hospitals
and Special Schools under the jurisdiction of the Board.
You state that the questions arise by virtue of the holding
of this office in Opinion V-1254 (1951) with regard to the
constitutionality of the riders placing additional duties
upon the Legislative Budget Board. You then ask:
"I. Whether the Board for Texas State Hos-
pitals and Special Schools may add or substitute
position titles in accordance with Section 2, Ar-
ticle 2, H.B. 426
"2. Whether the Board for Texas State Hos-
pitals and Special Schools may transfer between
line items of an institution and the central of-
fice appropriations or between institutions in-
cluding the central office appropriations as pro-
vided in Section 7, Article 2, H.B. 426.
"3. Whether the Board for Texas State Hos-
pitals and Special Schools may expend for renova-
tion or new construction of warehouse facilitiesHE ATTORNEY GENERAL
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