OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN 11
OROVLR
SLLLLRS
AlTORP4CV
OmrnAL
lamorcrblo 1. b. Cukdo
AarLta8t 8oorota
tuar Mat0 ?arb Lrd
Awtl8, Tual
Boa
Tour noont roqwrt
roada, in prt, aI follarrr
'Tbo flML qttortion
quert an opl8108 up00 ir
010 927* ropoalr Artlclo
-- doer npt
IS Artlclo .- 9na
ot rqmal Artlclo 928b,
ion8 oonrtltuto ‘vatorr
of b river flovlng through
‘(b) A lake lying vholly vithin a atate park
and fomad by impounding the vatsr of a stream flov-
ing through a state park.
806
ltonorrblo 0. b. CuI4d0, pago 2
l
to ) Tbet portion of l lake lying vltbln l
o k to
p a rlvoa
k though tho kluioo of tho tiko Ir
outoldo of tho park.
Act0 1945, 49tb kgIslatur0, pgo 13, chptor 9, appoar-
lag +o Utlolo 927a, Vvmon’o Anaotatod Penal Codo o?.Toxao, road8
aa ?ollovo 8
%ooticn
1. Tborr oh11 bo no alomod loaoon
or porlod of tlmo vhoa it lb~ll k ualrvfU to take,
eatoh ar retain frroh vator floh by tho wo o? ordl-
rnw hook cad 1Ino o r lrtlflolel luror. Other, do-
vlooo, tho wo of vhlob IO pomlttod by lav, uy bo
auod for tho purpooo of takiag fnrh vator flrh rt
anr tlmo of the roar, but only In oapllanao vltb
ouah otbor rootrlotIoao l8 lre plaood on tholr uoo
br the lava of thlr o&to.
‘860. 2. IL #till bo ualwiul for mr p4rron
to kko fra public fnoh vaton =d ~~,trIn, or plbco
la w eoakIaor, bent, orool, llrobox or on ml flmh-
ltrlngor any large-mouth black bar, Dull-mouth black
bror, rpottod brro, OF UI~ rub-opocloo of Urge-mouth
black kro, null-mouth blmk bar@, rpottod boa, that
Ia low th&n I)OVOLI (7) lnohor in loagth.
‘8oc. 3. Xt oh11 bo wil~vhrl for 8nr person In
any ow der to catch and rokla, or to plwo on oc In
w dovloo or oontalnor for holdlag 8~ vhllo ho 18
flohiag, uir floh tht IO t+ken ?r# the public fnoh
vaton or thlr stat0 la UOeM o? the ?ollovIag 1la1trr
large-mouth black bra, rull-mouth black Maa, opottod
barr, or lny rub-opoclor of tbo lUO, rIngly or ln the
lg g ng a to ,
?l?tom (15), of vhlch not more than ten (10)
oh11 be of gnator length thbn @loron (11) Incheat
vhlto barr, tventy-five (25)~ blue catfish, channel cat-
flrh and yollov oatfirh, rfngly or In the aggregate,
tventy-flvo (25); crappie or vhltr perch, tventy-five
(25).
%ction 4. Any person vho violate8 any provision8
of thir Act, upon conviction rhall be fined in a awn not
lean than Flvo ($5.00) Dollare, nor more than Fifty
($50 .OO) Dollars.
Honorable 1. b. CuIado, pago 3
“800. 5. All lava or wrto of lavm, local,
genolrl or lpooIb1, insofar am they provldo a clooad
ouscm or porlcd of tI8o vhon It IO unlav?ul to kko
or catoh fish or to uoo lrtl?IcIal luno, or insofar
aa thor provide l llrm lImIt, pomoemoIon 1IaIt or
dally catch lI8It, or othwvIoo oonfllot vlth my
provloIon of this Act, shall bo and the DUO are
horobr n~olod; lxcopt that nothing horoln con-
klnod oball npoal Chapter 213, Houoo bill lo. 654,
Rogulrr boooIon, 48th kglmlatun, or ngulati~no
udo thoroundor to govom the tokw of flmh In I&ko
TOXCU, vhloh IO tho body of vator irpoundod by the
dem bt ~nloon, Toxam. l
hots 1941, 47th LogIolaturo, pago 1416, ohaptor 652,
paragraph 1, appearing am Artlolo 928b, Vomon’o Annotated Polul
Codo of Toxro, roads am ?ollovo~
%hoevor mh~ll take, catch, lno nmo ,or tmp
UJ fish by any ~oano vhtoomvor In any vatoro vhlch
are vlthln tho con?Inoo of anr public park under the
oontrol of tho Tuao State Parks bard, vlthout the
‘vanant any porooa found
omlttIng l violation of any provision of this Act.”
(mphao IO rddod)
It vi11 bo notod that the bglolaturo In tho noxt-abovo-
quoted ltatuto ham vemtod In the keopwo , wrotakoro or lupmrIntond-
onto of public parks tho solo dIoorotlorury pcvor of maying vho may
and vbo BET not fish Lo the vatorm thorvln ispoundod. In no ray
domm the Leglolrturo mot up ltanbardm or nmtrlctlonm to be follov-
ed by lald caretakers, but rather It subjects thooo cItIzonm dmmlr-
Ing SImhIng prlvllegoo to the vhlmm of an ldalnlmtratlve officer.
This being true, ve deem It l.nomcapable that Article
928b, Vsrnon’m Annotated Penal Cod., must first be conmldered In
the light of Its conmtItutIonalIt~ beion any endeavor to anmver
your quemtionm in the order In vhlch they are propounded. We ad-
vance this proposition for the self-evident reamon that should
Article 928b, Vernon’s Annotated Penal Code, fall to meet the vell-
deflncd temtm of conmtltutlon6llty, It vould render moot your Inquiry
concerning its rmpmal by Article 927a, Vernon's Annotated Penal Code,
lupra.
Honomblo t. b. Culrdo, pqgo 4
With this pnUmo In Bind, vo Invito to rour attention
tho Solloving portinont luthorltleo I
SeatIcna5, wgo 924, Volm• 11 of tiorla Jurlopru-
denoe, roads, in part, 80 ?oll~vot
“On0 of tho moot Important to&to lm to vhothor
pmrtloular lwo uount to UI InvalId dole~tlon of
logIo~tIvo povor IO found In the oaplotonooo of
the rktuto lm It rppure vhon It lo~vor tho hands
of tho logIo~tun. The gononlly noog43Iood pria-
clple IO th a t l lw muat bo 00 oaplok in all Its
terns end pr~vIolonm vhon It lo~voo the logIo&tIvo
brurch of the govomwnt that- n0thl.u IO loft to
the judmont of tho lloctorm o r other lmolntoo or
aolorpto OS th0 loelml~turo. oh mt d tl
prlvllogom, or OblIptIOnO gr8ntfdror &oo% %t
bo dofinitely flxod or dotomInod, or the rule-
ba fix d U
vhlob th
clomrly ~d%?&t~l~
t
IO mmood br tho loglolbturo
l dotrmlnod
:tiblSobod,
must be
vhon the act
and bpprovod by the
govomor. Th lav wmt b8 porfoot, f-1, and do-
cIolvo in all of Its parts, and the dIocntIon
vhloh lo glvon must rolato only to lxooutlon. One
court ham hid dovn tho rule that In oonoldorlng
~vhathmr a section of a rt8tuto IO oaploto or ia-
srploto, tho toot IO vhethor the prcvIoIon IO ouf-
?IcIontl~ do?IaIto and aortain to enable ana mad-
ing It to knw him rl to and obl@tIanm thorwn-
dor.” (~p&mIo ourm r
Sootion 234, paga 947, Volm• 11, of Amorlcan Jurlopru-
demo, r0Odo, in part, am ?oll~~o:
‘4 l l Any lav vhlch luthorlroo th. ISSuing or
vlthholdlng of licenses, pe~ltm, or approvals or
sanctions other adaInImtrrtIve functlonm in much a
-mr am the drmlgnatcd o?fIclalm arbitrarily choose,
vlthout rmfmnncm to all of the clams to vhlch thm
lav under conmlderatlon vam intended to apply and
vlthout being controlled or guided by my defhiie
rule or mpeclflod conditions to vhich all mimllar~~
sltuatmd may conform, Is unconstitutional and void.
l . .” (Eimphaslm added)
SectInn 420, page 911, Volume 12 of Corpus Jurlm, mad8
am follovm~
809
iiononble P. 0. Cmlado, wgs 5
“The legImlaturo MJ authorize a particular
board of offlcorm vho have charge of a portion of
the a??aIrm of the stat0 or a city, much am a
baard of hoelth, of police, or of oattlo camatlo-
olonorm, to make reasonable police ~188 and regu-
latlonr . But It cannot 8bdIcato Its ovn police
povor on any l ubJect and confer much paver on a
board to be exercised according to the uncontrullod
dImcretIon of much board.’
In conformity vlth themo gonoral oktoronto of the lav,
ve quoto from the cmme of Brovn vs. il\rmblo 011 b Reflnlmg Coatpan~,
83 S. V. (2d) 935, ae follovmr
~76.QIwT.rih)
Iangever v. M!ller 124 Tax.
1025. 96 A. L. R. $36. and l
uth o rc ltlo
ited1
m
Pan&&Re?. Co. v. &n, 293 U. 9. 388, 55 8;
Ct. 241, 79 L. Ed, 1 A. L. A. Schechter
Poultfy Corp. v. 5 9. Ct. 837, 79 L. Rd.
-* (Emphamlm added
Tho lmpetum giving
. rlmo to the creation of the above -01 .ted
authorltloo stoma fzw tho doclmlonm aonmtrulng Article 3, Section 1,
of the Texas Constitution vhlcb provldom am ?ollovor
“Section 1. The Leglol8tIve pover of this
Stat0 shall be vemtod In a Senate lnd Houoo of Rep-
resentatives, vhlch togethrr shall be styled ‘The
Le&mlatura of the State of Texas. I8
In applying theme veil-founded prohibitions and tests to
the instant statute, It 1~ apparent that the Laglslature has not
only failed to prescribe standards or remtrlctlonm to vhlcb the
keeper or caretaker of public parks must adhere, but also t::am dale
gatsd to an admlnlst~tlve officer the mole dlmcretlon In leglalab-
ing on the inherent rldhtm of cltlcens; 1. a., to arbitrarily legis
late by declarln,: vZ:o may and vho may not fish :n vatcrm impounded
in state parks, and thereby render tt!e vlolatgr subject to a fine 3,f
One Hundred Dqllars ($123).
8i0
Honorable t. 8. Camlade, page 6
It therefore loglcally follovs thnt ln the opinion of
thlr Department Article 928b, V. A. P. C., vhollr fall8 to aeet
the required teat of oonrtItutIon8lIt~ and I8 thereby void.
In vIev of thi8 holdlng,ve feel it I8 8elf-evident that
l fur th e r dircurrion Of the quertlonr mired In JOUP bqUiry 18
UeOO88arJ.
YOUr8 very truly
ATTORtW OEIIBRAL
OP TEXAS
BY ebw
A88i8tUlt
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