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Honorable Byron Tunnell, Page 3
"It is the opinion of this office
that the use of highway funds to pay
for publishing and distribution of the
brochure is in accordance with S.B. 152
above referred to and of Art. 16, Sec.
56 of the Constitution, is not prohi-
bited by Art. 8, Sec. 7-a, nor by any
other constitutional provision."
In Attorney General's Opinion WW-534 (1958), it was
held that the Texas Industrial Commission could expend monies
for the purpose of planning, organizing and operating a
program for attracting and locating new industries in this
State, pursuant to the provisions of Article 51904, Vernon's
Civil Statutes, and stated:
"We are sustained in this conclu-
sion in view of the fact that the
voters of Texas adopted an amendment
to Section 56 of Article XVI of the
Constitution of Texas at the general
election in 1958 . ."'
In Attorney General's Opinion WW-676 (1959), it was
held:
"It is our opinion that Section 56
of Article XVI, supra, together with
the enabling act, Article 5190, consti-
tutes pre-existing law, which would
authorize you to pay these accounts, if
in fact the accounts for salaries, of-
fice rent, etc., were incurred by the
Texas Industrial Commission in planning,
organizing or operating a program for
attracting and locating new industries
in the State of Texas. . . .1
The above mentioned Attorney General's Opinions are
the only opinions construing the provisions of Section 56
of Article XVI of the Constitution of Texas, as amended in
1958, and, to our knowledge, there has been no decision by
the courts of this State construing the amendment.
It appears from the wording of Section 56 of Article
XVI that the Legislature has the power to appropriate money
for three purposes: (1) "for the purpose of developing infor-
mation about the historical, natural, agricultural, industrial,
educational marketing recreational and living resources of
Texas . . ., and (2) 'for the purpose of informing persons-101-
Opinion No. C- 25
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-25, text, March 5, 1963; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth268443/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.