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Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
OFFlCE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Mr.Homer oarriaon Diraotor, Tk4partment or mbll.0 safety hatin, Teral Dear 8lrl
ur nquert ?or an opinion,
*duoate the publio on safety matter&vwith referenoe to.thr tmr of natem in the men- tloned &krSi but &VS found that thin work neoersltatea the u#e a? a b&at. We, Ohore- ioT0, mques 4 an op,inlontraa mur Depart- ment a6 to whether any fund8 appropriated
Hr. Rcmer Qerrla&, Oune 8, lQS9, Peg E
tothim Deparhurd o-be 8ponttortha purpore o? pumhasiry a aotor boat to ,bn ucmd tortha purpose8 8et out, end if thl8 18 enawered in the affirmative, whloh 6f the ureral funds appropriated aan logally be rpent lnthl8 manner." The authority of he Department o? &blio &fetp 18 found 'inArt10188 44lS[l? 44X5(E) end 44X5(4), Re- vised Civil Statute8 of Tad, whloh read in part a8 ?ol- 1cmSI '"Art. czls(lI. There la hereby Department af fiblio tkfety c r ea ted l ob the Stats o? Texan, henlnafter do8ignated a8 *the Dmpartmnt,* in whloh 1s re8tod the onforoemont of the lawa proteotlng the, public re?oty and prwidlng for the prevention end datectian qf orime. .TheDepartlarnt 8hall hnvr;it8 prlnolpal ottioe and ~heedquartePsin the City & Austin, uhere all of it8 raoords rhall bo 44th WC.. p. 444,
"Art. UlS(8,). The oontrol of ths Department Lb hereby mated in' the Publio Safety knmis8ion, Blmin- after deslgnatad ma-.<theCmmis810n,~ whloh Comm.l88lonshall~oonsi8t*qf , three oltiton8 of thlr 8tete. "Art. 44l3(4). The Oomml88lon 8hal.lfomulato plan8 and pollaier for the enforoement of the arlmlnel law8 and oi tba trafflo end safety lawn of the &ate the prwentlon~ o? orlme, the detenthl and apprahsnrlon of violator8 a? the law8, and for the lduoatlon of the oitlzens of the Stat0 in the promotion of publlo sa?ety and law obmrvanoo.* &a above-quoted artloles olearly authorlto the use of a boat if suoh i8 nefmssery in preventing Ori!W, deteotlng and apprehending law rfolator8, and oduoatiry $ltlzens in~publlo 8aPety and.lew ob88nnnoe; end the a-
Rr. EcaqerOU@riBOn, June 8, 19S9, Page 5
#e.rtmentof2ubllo &?ety eould.purOhaBO a boat wl hthe money appropriated ?or it8 BUpport end ma+ntenan J I? the appropriation 18 broad enough to Ooter awh 4 purohaae, We thlnl'euah e purohese i8 luth o r iaby edthe tinera Ap-. pmpriatlon Bill for the tw6-yelr p8tiod l nd$ August ng 81, 1939, lrnwn en Benate Bill Ilo.1513,oh. 504, p. X?N, 45th WI., 1927, whenin It providea'm annul epproprletlon for the Department o? Pub& 5a?ety, bitt ~irision, deslaated 48 item 89, 48 ?011f.M81 "Postage 0frio.e~ppllea, end lqulpmant,dier 8uppliea +nd 0 u - ment, arm, wire eiuumuniaatlon, * s - XEiery, prlntlng,malnteneneeead eOntlngent expensea, hoapltallxatldn lend Laediealservioea when Injured in linq of duty and iynerel expense8 when killed in eotlon~~ surety bonds, bookr, all nroeaaary expanaea of operating a polio@ training 8ohool at Camp hbry tar tralnlng peeae of- floe+8 generally mxu~memberr of thin Department end an other neoeaeery de- partmental operat1ng ~nBOB,*inOlUd- 14 Initial iwltment......#50,000.00a We have undersoorsdthe word maqulpment~, whloh appear8 twioe In tha above-qLIot8dl ppropfietlon~ end we think wequipmentW lnoludes a beet I? suah Is neoeaaery to oem out the duties o? the department. In fact the 148t words of the above-quoted part a? the appropriation are: *....other neoesaa dirtmettal operating expensea, in- oludlng Initial ea Let us oonsldsr what the word aequlpmentW meana: fn Bourler*s Law Motlonary (Rowle's 5d Revision) It Is defined en iollowst
,rFumlshlngs for the required pUrpO8e.~ In the oaae of Oliver 7. atate, ll0 Ter. Crhn. R. PAS;8 8. W. (Ed) 154, the Court O? Criminal ~4pedlB O? Texan, quoting partly rr0m4 WaBhington 5upreme3Court oaee, Bald: W....%aterlals)l lnolude such ertlolbs as enter into end r0rma part of the flniahed produoti while 'equlp-
Mr. Hoher GerrlBon, June 8, 1959, mgr 4
tint.* imports ‘the outfit aeoe8~ry’to enable the oontraotor to periorm the agreed 8enloe, the toOl8, ~plement8, end lppllanoe8 whioh might lmrr been revloualy ured right be 8ubeequ8nt- Py wed by the oontreetor in marrying on other work of like ehareoter.*..." In the ttaaeof ~lelm v. Bteemboat Belmont, ll lib.llZ, it was held that l river barge wan part o? the lqul~ent of a steamboat wlthln the meaning of the statuta oonoerning BUitB for lquipWnt furnirhed t0 Bte8mboat8, end the fb- prsme Oourt ot.M~88ourl 8elC: “xi l b a r g e beocw8 tmo e8eer yin navigating a boat, end on8 in hind for that purpose, there Is no reason whr it should not be eonridereden e ute~lal ?nmlahed for her equipment. ...* In the oese o? Dbraatt v. State, 144 Okla. 53, a89 Pao. t98, the Supreme Oourt of Oklahoma held that an lutaaoblle ran ~equlpnmnt" within the~meanlng of the rtatute luth6ric- lng the p\o?ohaaeo? rqulpnt by the State Highway Commlar- Lon.
Ths above-olted oeses'olearly rhow that l boat would be oonsldered en ~qulp~ent. The epproprletlon euthor- lees the buying of the neoeesary equipment. In the oaae o$ Terrell v. Elperkn,104 Tax. 191, 135 6. W. 519, the 6uprsme Court of Texas, while dleousslng an o??lolal*8 authority under an appropriation bill, quoted from Sutherland On Statutory Construotion, es ?ollow8r a. . . . *Whenever4 paver in givei by etatute, everything neoeesclrgto L!iak8it e??eotual or nqtidte to et- tain the end Is lmpfied. It Is e well- eetabllshed prlnoiple that atatutea oontalning grant8 of power are to be eonstrued 80 en to inolude the euthor- lty to do all.things neoeeaary to eo- ocnnpll8hthe objeot n? phe @%nt. !Phi grant of an eIpress pcwer oarrled with It by neoessary lmplloatlon every other power neoessary and proper to the exe- cution of the power expreeely granted.
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Wr. Euner krrlaon, June 8, 1989, Pega 5.
Where the lew oomaenda anything to be done lt luth o r l8e8 the pariomenee of whatever may be neoeseery tar en- OUtilt& it8 O-da. ‘-
It 18 our opinion that the D8partment of Publla Sefety ha8 the authority to buy a boat, ii 8uoh Is neoea- la r y Inp r wa nting o r lme, Qo teo tlnq encll p p r e~endlng la w violators, end lduoatlng oitleena n pub110 safety and IAW obaenanee; u.16the money appropriated In Item go of the Department of Pub110 08?9tr appropriation (Senate Bill Wo.158, 45th Leg. 1957) w be uaod for the purpose of b o a t. puI'#heSlIl+588id Very truly pun ATTO!?REkCmumiL OF TEuls BY Ceell C. Rotroh hI8iBtNt
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