Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

- .- -.. OFFICE OF THE A7TORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN aoaOrableR. ,D.Oswalt Ooun~y Attorney Ull@&rger Want y Vernon, Texas Dear sir: ~. , YOU are advised that‘&&?&s”sbove opS&1~~w6 tiled, it has been bry@@ to oW att’eatlanthat the pensl- ty provisionqrrotsdoq.pegm'p thsrec$ aa,Artlols667-26 of Vemtaak'sAntiotatsdT,qiaa.&q,al. Code,“yaskq?ropc)ous, due to it8 amadment by thd 486 fhgia'lrture bqg/that 8sme runtreads aa tollovs: if “An$pearroavho violates any provision of this Aot rte vu8h a 8peaFTia penalty is dot pro- vided s&l3 be deemad guflty of a zahdemeamr and upon aamiation be puaished by rlne or not less than One Hundred ( l,O&OO) D0Qar8 and not more than ON Thousand t$l,OOO.OQ) Dallars, or by lm- priaonmsntin the aotity jail for not more than one year, or by both suah fincaud impriscmment. Honorable ii.D. Oswalt, page 2 "The term 'specific penalty' au used ln this Section means and refers only to a penalty which might be imposed as a result of a criminal prose- cution." This supplement is not to be construed as altering in ang menner the-ooncluslono reaahed in the origFna1 opti- ion but is limited to a correction of quoted penalty provi- eiolls. Very truly Yours ATTGRIiEYGENlSALOF TFXM