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WAUSTIN lI, T EXAS
ArrO4.rsu GE^RAL, April 9, 1963
Honorable John Connally Opinion No. C-55
Governor of Texas
Austin, Texas Re: Whether House Bill 496 is in
compliance with Section 35 of
Article III of the Texas
Dear Governor Connally: Constitution.
The question posed by your opinion request is as fol-
lows:
"Will you please advise me if this bill
(House Bill 496, 58th Legislature),complies
with the provisions of Article 3, Section 35
of the Constitution of Texas?"
Section 35, Article III of the Constitution of Texas
reads as follows:
"No bill (except general appropriation
bills, which may embrace the various subjects
and accounts, for and on account of which
moneys are appropriated) shall contain more
than one subject, which shall be expressed in
its title. But if any subject shall be em-
braced in an act, which shall not be expressed
in the title, such act shall be void only as to
so much thereof, as shall not be so expressed."
The title of House Bill 496, 58th Legislature, is as
follows:
"AN ACT changing the name and function of
the 'Legion Branch of the San Antonio State
Tuberculosis Hospital'; repealing all laws in
conflict herewith; and declaring an emergency."
The body of the Bill provides for the change of name
from "Legion Branch of the San Antonio State Tuberculosis Hospi-
tal" to "Legion Annex of the Kerrville State Hospital"; places
the Hospital under the control and management of the Board for
Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools; provides that the
function of the Hospital will be to provide care for persons suf-
fering from mental illness; provides that appropriations-271-
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-55, text, April 9, 1963; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth268474/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.