OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVER SELLERS
ATTORNEY GCN~AL
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“SeO. a. Tt ah021 be unlwful for my poraon
to take rrw pub118 rroah watara anA retala,or pl8oe
in any c+ontnlner, boat, oreol, lln-box or on ray
Slrb-atrlngar any 18r@-mmtb blaok braa, amall-moutla
blmk bms, 8pott& bs08, or any sub-•poolooOS I&r@
mouth blaok bass, 6salZ-roubbblvok Bra@, lg o tt.4
beal),
tb8t 10 looo Wkon lovon (T) inehso in lOn@tb.
Ymo. 3. n aball b8 anlarful for any i?woon
la any one dry to ostab and rataln, or to pla@o 011or
in any Aevioa of ooatainerfor bolAlDalano rblle ha
aor iLab tbet la taken froanth. publio
io $?lrbln@,
irrnh ratora oi bbla atata in lxmaa of thciollor
lez@b than eleven (11) iaabea;whit0 baaa, trantp
tlv8 (83);blue aotfl8h,~dt8n~olaatil8b anA JOUW
QatSl#h, singly or ln;tbrlIgOg8tU, t~Ontpfiv0 (P5):
orappleor white paroh,twaaty-fin (es).
YMO. 4. any permn rho violits my prO+lOlOnU
of Act, u$mn conviotlonaball be finaA in a lupt
tbi8
not 1008 than Five [ti.OCr)
Dollar*,nor roar than
$iity (.$BO.OO)Dollaru.
615
repealChapter213, Bouae Ml1 No. 654, Regular
Saaalon, 48th Legislature,or regulation8 rada
tbnreunder to aomrn the takingor rm in Lab
Texoma, whioh ia tba body OS water lmpou11406by
the dam at Ueniaon,T~IPIO.~ (mphaaia oura)
and 95%-l, as amendadin 1941, read
fLrtlolaa981
respeotlrslyas follows:
'Art. 951. Warah and April closed to ealaaaand
artlfloialbait
"IItshall be unlawfulfor any perma to oatoh
any ri0b in tka rn0b ratarr or tbla statb, with
any a&m or.mt other than mlnnow l alna, nut ax-
oaabingtwentyieat in length,or to Arag any wlna,
exorpt euoh speolfledminnow realm, or to sat any
net, in the rraah waters or tbla Btato during tha
months OS March and April, or to flab with uq
artlfloialbait or any kinA Ln~thetreahwatmra
of thie $tato during the montha of Uuroh anA April.
Anypermn~lolating any of tbo p~~vlaloaa OS this
Artloloaim11be doomed guilty of a mladuuumr
and ahall be upon aomlotlon tlnad a sum of not
Aollareaor aora tbna
1000 than twanty ($SiO.OO)
OJW hundrad ($100.00)dollar@. This artlo~e -11
not apply to any utlflolal lake, pond or pool,
owned by any person, flra, corporation,olty OF
twa, that deea not have aa'it8 aourm of wedof
supplya river or orwk or ia not aubjeot to ovar-
flowiroma rlMror aree&~
*Art. 9sm.4-+& RagulatlngflahlngfnDlmmlt4inA
ether o&intloa
‘s40li10n’l.Any and all peranna shall bo per-
mitted to take OP oa~tohauokera,buffalo,aarp,
shad, or gar during the maths or July, Augurit,
Saptembar,and Oatobarin ar:yof the f'mahwater
or Boa ue walmlt~zevala,Yadlna, UvalAa,Dawintb,
Brown k&i ltan, Csryell Gonzales,Umr, Ball,
cOlll& Wagson, arillaapl*, gbndal.L,
&awl, Umble,
tilla,~Ief'feraon,Blaaoo,Llann,moon, YoWooh,
San Saba, ~oolca,Denton, +anga, Sfitahall, Fisher,
Nolan,Chambem, Travis,,%rdin kmpaaaa, ynnnln,
Burn&, afllinmeon,Andyrarksr dountles with a
eelne or net, the mashas ai which shall not ba
lees than rim lnoh lqupn, and any and all pmxme
&hall be pertelttdto tab or oatoh euokere,buf-
falo, oarp, ahad; or gar with wire, cope, or g&
at any time ot the year, ~royidedhowover,that
a&y base, orappie or white peroh, oatfieh.peroh,
bream,or trout oaughtby the above-mentioned
nrsthode ehall bo ismediately released in tha vmtwe
from ~Woh they are oaught. M asended Aote lW1,
47th.UIg.,p. 893, 6h. 884, I l.
q360. 8. 3t aim11 bm unlawful r0r any perron
to have in poeeoeelon any base, arappis or white
peroh, oatfieh,pssoh, bream or trout at t&4 time
that euoh pereon ha8 in poeeeeeionany euoiere,
buffalo oar ehad or gar takenby a&hods por-
mitted Ll the Aot.
*mo. a. It ehall be unlawfulfor ani perran
t4 have In ereeion any bare, erapple or whit0
peroh, oatrreh, per&h breuu or trout might alo
ueiw a ecrlnsof sot i.88 then one fixahequara
moeh or wing w&m rope.orgig for the purporcr of
taking auokere,buffalo,o abad or gar from
any of the Smmh mterii of32 0ounti.e mentioned
la seotlon1.
rseo. Any pbreonrtolatiagany of the gro-
4.
vielone in 1, B and S OS t-hi8 Arti
seoti4ae
ehall be 68-d <y aI'a mledmeanfm aml upon
oenviotlonshall be fined in any cum not 1088 than
Ten ($lO.OO)Dollar8nor mar5 thmn Oiu Enndmd
()lOO.OO)Boilare. Fro,rlded that thisAot ehall
not apply to that;@ 0rQk.w0n oounty draimd
by the fributarle&~&tha Eo8qua River, rhioh shall
be oontrelledby thcprorieloneof Eoueo Bill Ho.
OOIjn (Aeta 1~1, 4,8&dLeg., ~0. L., p. 104, Oh.
671
The x&elatSv3 lnteat, apparent Srom the .Ltagtiqe
of the above eaphaeloedeeotbme, wkmn~oonetrued in rolatlon
to Artlolse951 and 95W.-T,Vernon*8 ¬ated Pwml Qode,
doer not appear to repeal raid @ticlee in their eatirety.
Ratherthe IntentionOS tim Leglelaturesoeme to be to pro-
rlda for an open year found eeaeonon fmeh water fish. HW-
ever, in all other retrpeotslOoal,’gmsral 4c egselill
lore
as they now etandamendedby Sootlon5, ooatlnuelq for00 and
rtmalnapplioableto the prtiaulrr 6ouRtiee.
It eecme oltir therardre,
that a MIW my be ueed
under ArtifW8 951 md &L-P any time during the year to
at
take Sreeh water rleh, ,a0long a8 there 18 oa~lglianoe with
euoh other reetrlstlone a8 are plaoed 40. their uee by the
IAtWSof thie etate.
AOOOrdingly,it 1s the opinionof this QeparUaent
that both of your quoetione,ae rtated,ehouldbe anewered in
the aftlrmetAv8.
Your8 very truly
ATTCRHBY GgWRAL OlrTltXkS