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OFFICE.OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
EOaorobl8 Bmt YOra Allmlalrtntor
Fy~.?ga~ Oontroi Beard
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Dear sir: Oplnlon no. o-ml8
5Undsr this prodalon OS law, would it be un-
lawful t.2have a mlgn advertlslng whiskey located
In ao area zhere It 1s only leEa to sell aloohollo
borerages csntainlnc not zore tbnr 4; of alcohol
by weight as in the above qucstlor!of Cak cliff?
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Bonof,ab& Bort Tord, AQinirtrator, ksgr 3
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Would a nlakllar8lgn adrrrtl8lng 14% berm-
age8 bo logal in M area or xmo when It 18 only
lagal to eel1 llooholla bororagas oontaielng not
more than 43 of aloohol by wol&ht?
alFoul a ain.ilar rign advertlring liquor br
legal ln an area whore it 18 only legal to rell
llooholla beverage8 oootalnlng not 5or4 then 14$
of aloohol by roluae? xoferrlng to the above eeo-
tlon of law, you will note the languqe 1s ‘where
t&e ralo of aloohollo beremr,er 18 poohlblted by
.law.*
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It is the oplnlon of thlr department that the abo~r
q.uote4atfituto In your reque8t, appearln(:ae A.-tlcls667-f%+(3)
OS Vernon'8 ,mnotated kenal Cc&o, is both clear and unambiguoue,
therefore, not beily eubieot to oonstruotion. Th4 term aloo-
hello bevrrage used therein 18 dofined in Seotlon 3a oi Artlolr
668, v. A. r. c. as roiiowr:
*Souo.Sa. 'tiooholio Benrage* shall mean
alcohol aai any bsreraco oontalnlng o;ore than ona-
half or one paroent or lloohol by volume rhioh la
capable of use ror bsvera&r purpoees, rltber alone
or when diluted.*
SeOtlon Z4a-1 of Art1010 667, V.A.F.C., reads a4
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"Billboard. The word 'billboard' as used here-
in 8hZll man a rtruotun dlreotly attached to tb
lad, or to say houw or builblng, and havlIL:one
or more gaoo8 used for displaying thereon a slqp or
advertlssnent oS the aloohollo bevoraes buslnes6 of
any person eqp3gea ln th4 a4nurciotur4,4aal4or am-
krlbutlon of filcoholloboveraqas, or ror tBc adver-
tlsement of any t14rera~4oontxlning alcohol In 4x04~9
or one-half or one (l/2 or 15) wr cant by ~411~x3,
whether or not suoh rtruoture or elm be illtimtod
by artlfloial mans. The tot.3'billboard' shall mt
be lnoluslve of any wall or otter pat of any struo-
ture used as a bullding, Genoa, soreon, front or
barr1er.O
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BonorabltiBsrt lord, Admlnlstrator, tam 3
Tlootrlo Sign. Tba term *olrotrio riga* am
us44 honln rhall l 4m1 a 4truoturo or 44rio4, otkmr
th a n
lalllumlnatod billboard, by moana of rhloh
lrtlrlolal llaht amatod throuuh th4 4mllo4tlon
half iS one i/2 or 1%) pit ornt by v01ume.~
phaSi8 ad&O& I
In oonoluslon, It 16 the opinion of this d4:artmr.t
that where, as in the Oak Cliff section of 3alla8, the salr
of hoer, an “tioohollo Bsvoragog, 1s not prohlbltsd, a slm
to all other
adrertlslng the sale of whlsksy and oor~orrnln(2
psrtlnent seotlons at the aot, 1s local.
Trustlnc that tha above satisfaotorlly answers your
lnqulry, we remain
Yours very tnily
ATTORNEY G’XZ?,U OF T”.LCJ
By
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Adrtant
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OPINION
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