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B-143573, DEC. 27, 1962

B-143573 Dec 27, 1962
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TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT: AS YOU ARE DOUBTLESS AWARE. HAVE DETERMINED THE STATE TO BE INDEBTED TO THE UNITED STATES IN THE AMOUNT OF $92. THE AMOUNT OF THE INDEBTEDNESS WAS WITHHELD FROM CERTAIN HIGHWAY FUNDS OTHERWISE DUE THE STATE. WE HAVE SOUGHT TO EFFECT ACTUAL SET-OFF OF THE STATE'S INDEBTEDNESS AGAINST FUNDS OTHER THAN THOSE OWING TO YOUR DEPARTMENT. WE FIND THAT SUCH ACTION IS NOT FEASIBLE. WE MUST ADVISE THAT INSTRUCTIONS HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO SET OFF THE STATE'S INDEBTEDNESS AGAINST THE FUNDS OWED TO YOUR DEPARTMENT WHICH WE HAVE BEEN WITHHOLDING PENDING OUR EFFORTS TO SECURE OTHER STATE FUNDS AGAINST WHICH TO EFFECT COLLECTION.

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B-143573, DEC. 27, 1962

TO MR. HAL WOODWARD, STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER, TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT:

AS YOU ARE DOUBTLESS AWARE, WE, BY DECISION OF SEPTEMBER 20, 1962, B- 143573, TO THE TREASURER, STATE OF TEXAS, HAVE DETERMINED THE STATE TO BE INDEBTED TO THE UNITED STATES IN THE AMOUNT OF $92,752.54 UNDER THE 1953 EMERGENCY HAY PROGRAM.

AS THE STATE HAS REFUSED TO MAKE PAYMENT, THE AMOUNT OF THE INDEBTEDNESS WAS WITHHELD FROM CERTAIN HIGHWAY FUNDS OTHERWISE DUE THE STATE. PURSUANT TO YOUR REQUEST AT A MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THIS OFFICE IN AUGUST OF 1962, WE HAVE SOUGHT TO EFFECT ACTUAL SET-OFF OF THE STATE'S INDEBTEDNESS AGAINST FUNDS OTHER THAN THOSE OWING TO YOUR DEPARTMENT, HOWEVER, WE FIND THAT SUCH ACTION IS NOT FEASIBLE. THEREFORE, WE MUST ADVISE THAT INSTRUCTIONS HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO SET OFF THE STATE'S INDEBTEDNESS AGAINST THE FUNDS OWED TO YOUR DEPARTMENT WHICH WE HAVE BEEN WITHHOLDING PENDING OUR EFFORTS TO SECURE OTHER STATE FUNDS AGAINST WHICH TO EFFECT COLLECTION.

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