Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

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 BN/JCP