Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

,i I OFFICE OR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF'TEXAS AUSTIN GROVER SELLERS ATTORNEY GENERAL This Oploion bxhiif~4s =pinlon ,#O-524e Dr. C. 3. Fraps 3tete Chmlst fn the abearms of turn oath or, f in the opinion: nsr tirms~~ 'or part3~na, r 8ala any aigrioul- 8 for wo within this to eeoh prnokaga a howing the branP or runglalde; the net * or the~eoncants ,oi percentagd guamatoed to bo =awsnla, and tbe maximum par- soluble twsealo lf suoh era pres- BIIand pemmntaa;e tm~~unt~sof saoh 8~er’, ln pleae ol the nm6~1 6x18 parosntago amounts cd enoh inert’~ ingredient, the summa and pex-mntapEa amounts of eeeb and evsrp ingredient having inaoctiol4al or fungioidal prop- srtles, und tbe total peroentags ol Fnt-rt Itim:rsb- lcnte. All brondSng or labalfny must be durable Dr. a. s. Frepe, gage 2 and leglbfe, end ao pleaed and arranfiwl aa to ba eeally read. I. ,... “. . . . nYeo. 6 (a) All flc~a, oor~ratlons, or par- sane now or hsrcrafter 6ngeg4d in Aetllng agrlcul- turd in4hotlc5~4 or fuagloldes, b4Pora sslllng or offering ror 6414 any ogrloultur41 lns44tl- ai@ or fungiold for u44 aa a0 agricultural Sn- seotfoi86 or fuqgiai&e wfthln this State;',4~heLl annually file w5th the CoarPIaaion4r of Lgrioul- ture en .appllaatloA for ~re&Hmation giyine the i+formatloA required by 8botioA 5 d thir &.a%; PrOYidiAg, dLOW6V4r, t&t til fir%iS, fJOrPOMtiOW, ’ or psreons, now, et sib4 elm4 of fhe pssag4 of this iuat, 8411lng or offo~lne for ~16 any eplaul- tural fAs44t14144 or raigidd3 ror, use as ~~1 agrioultursal Sas4otlai.6e br fuagioldr wl$ttin thle state, shall heri thlrCJr'(3Q) dape from tha of- fe~tl.ve~Uata af bhls Aot within whtoh to r1t.e f~xst applisatfon* tea- Pegilltmrrbtolz &;I r4quired by this JIOQ. / /’ "(0) AAy ill-m, corporrtlon, or permoa, who ha8 re$lo%ar48 e lassotl4?e4s or frtagl- 0144s ,for eele w thin the st-ehe OS Texes* she31 Purniah upon request of $hs Comtalsslonar Of i&g- ricultun, aitbin rive (5) daya of receipt of euoh requoat, e statemnt showing the oflfoLe1. ZIWI(Dof the agrloultural inesoticida or fungiaid@ and~the ne:ms and addres~ea of e r(lamnlpbl~ number, not sxoeedlhg ten persons, within Chr state of ‘Paces, to whom it has beeti sold. "(Q). Whmever it ahell appear to the Com- taissloxkr of kgrloillture that my firm, aorporatlon, or pexaon is mlllng or 0EferinG 'for,eale any mis- bpmded or cdtiteretsd a&rioulturul insaoti-. aide or Puntjiolds tor use In this state aa an e&- rfioulturel lnesotialde or ~ungioide whioh hai been registered under the provieiors ,of t&Is Aof, it shall be the duty of the Attorzwy Gkneral., ox any Dietriot or Coiaatp Attorney of thl8 State, upon request of the Coumi~e~oner of A@oultare, in ad- ~dlCion to any othsr remedies), $o'lnstltuts a oivll #tit In the .Dl8trlot Court ot ths~'proper oomty In ‘Chanew and on b#mli of ti&e Iltato of Texas, w phintiir, and in tb6 LL~~O or th6 fim OOZI .p0ratlon, or pereon tiiv&em the rsgistmtfon oex- tifhete we8 issued fm swh ugrfoultnel Inslsbti- criQu ox lungioids aa defmkdand,‘~l% forfelt and $?a\aoel, ;,, .uuoh mw&~t$on, .A& .eerViao uhel$ ~ba ~&ad :~ :,_.:,. ~~~.~:~.~~~. :.. .,:.,. :; an in athbr" 61rll osesdr. Any &hd"talx suits brou@lt by bhe &ate under this seatilatimust be brought in ~revis County, or in the aoanky or the do@iCJle or reaiden~oe or the sianuf~6ttlrer d the agricultwel ioreotiofa6 or f:ran(gfeldqt, 6f fn the ootmtiy where the a&ouLturel inaeotloide ox tangieide was sold or ofiered for mlu, or in the sountp whdr6 the ag- Z$otlitt&reltnseoCfoblu OF fun&id6 was to be i wrQ or is wed aa un egrioult;Ural inseotloids OF fungicfde. "xr, upon the tricrl of suoh ease it shell bs dstercin~d thsitsaid rgrioultural tn.naeotio%da or fmgle1de'~is tiabrendmd or adulterated within the ,meoning of thds Aot, than ths ra&stratlon of 8u0h agrioultwal lnse6tloide or run@loidS shell be fortaitsd and aaneell.ed and the $1~16 of such m&sbrandsd or adultera~ted agricult~l inseotl- oldo end iU&oi,de rb91bc onfoined in uooordehoe with the judmnt of the Court. Dr. 0. S. i%iwe, P49 4 “. . . . "SBO. 10. for the sole purpose of darting the exponeee connaotnd with the inepeotion Of eg- riculturel insactloidee or fuqioides sold, or tapotsedor offered for sale, in title stats, and with the ra&iu& Of StinatiOW and eRalyS4B thbrwf, 4.1 firw, oorporrtlons or pbrsons 4n- @god in the,men$.f~atuu-aor sole of agrleulturtll ineeGtiaid%e or I'mgioidee shall, in pleee OS a tgnnqge tax, pay aar,uelly to the Conwrlesl~ner of Ilgrioulturc.en iuepaatloa tar Of Twenty-five ($Zg.OO) Dollar8 for regiatmtion of the egri- oulturel inasotioide and funglolde, provided thrt th4 tbtai 0t tht, rsgmration fe68 r0r any 0tm rirfn . shell.not exkeed tine Ruqdred ($109.09) Dollam. But In 0.4444 u&r4 the reglstratlon ieeo have been paid, either by the menuZ'Weurer or b jobber, BP required by this seation, thfm &%Rt evarit nothio&In this sooti~on nhall bs qmatrqsd as applying ~to rot&l dealers relllsg re;rio&I$~~~l lnseatiaidea md Pun&oldeo. All such rau&irrtra- tion $046 eo.l&eotqd .ehell be dopeiz$t.qdr@ih .~th~. i SEateO&~i~uP~‘bnQ ‘kdm3.S”bspi3id intO’ the ‘O&getil Bwenuo Pwd of the Site ot Tarooi '~ “. . . l *8&(3,.15.~ 3eotion6 of' this A6t:ihall.aOt be oonstrwd aa itpplyiw to retail dealens &ell- lng agrioulturul' iweotfai4lor or ruagi6~.dos~ who31 the munuraoturerc or jobber or mbah inmutti~hlea or fungioidra hamio,gistered 8u~h prodwtr as re- quirecl by thti Aot. ". 4 ~. .a . The ebove uotad provi4iona are p&i=ts 00 AHi 153b-1, V. ii.0. 8. 1aen~te all 5, tit8 &i&b Legislature,, Hegular SeBaiOn, Chapter 961. You quartion the o6rrootne6o of the ~~lLOw1~ interpretetk bP Seation 10 of the AoOr '.'2: ". ,.' Bonorabl$ 0. S. i?rapa, ,wige 5 *La the Oatat of a mbntiuoturer e ragistra- tiOA Se6 of $25.00 must be paid ior eaoh egrloti- turd lnmcot.loide or f;mgiolda uenufkctursd it, Texas. Th6 jotter le llksslca required to pay SUOh i8I3 fOX baoh suoh ln6fMtitZide Or fW&cidc whlcrt the jobber sells in Texac.” In this oonnectlon you may: *The Law state8 that in otsm~mwhere the reg- ~.stratlon fetrs havs beca palil altfmr by the asnu- facturer or the Jobber, then in that event, nothlpg- in this motion shall be construed as applying to retail dealers, This wording olearly means tbat either oat may rb&lfAer, but that both em not re- qma to rt3glater.n We have qsreful4 resonsldsred these statCn@r in the opinion,in the light of your orltielsms. It 1s to be. noted that. the pr0viclJ.o~~OS Ssetions 6 cad 10, quoted above, apply,.by their plain terw, to “all.* firm, corporations or pcr8oap engaged in lrellfngrap agmultural ineactloide ox UBO IA this stata,with the one erocptlon ?r ~,ret+i&: .?~ awtirs in~+p fiot by either the IWlAPiWbtUWr or the jobber. “Ths faat Oh&t,fan sot mnncr one or &ore exoeptibas diaoloees an intention oa the part of the Laglsla- tura that there should be M otihrr exoeption and that Che'Aot should .app4 IA .all.ofme oat exoepted.* 39 Texas Jarisprud- enae ~192. ledsrsl Crude Oil, Cc,. v. Yount-Lse Oil Co. (Sup. Ct. .,~ Of %AS):$? &I. we (zd) 58. Ii .Susther pm@f @,f thb lw.mtlon of thr .X.6&&a- tam in &a psktloular aottrr be needed, it is to be round in the legielatlv6 hietory of the act. 00 Maroh 4, 1943, the Eouss of Repr6isedtativoIlaa et%Seaate Bill Ko. 5, subtW- tuting in llau~o~f the prcvl now oentaine4 in Seotfon 10 the rolming i~~~g0t *. . ..,abutaay agricultural inrdotiofde or fungiold~ al?eady ~rsgietemd by the iaaztutsot~er or Jobber need not bo rsgltitered by any other oruon aell.ing said agrlcult,urel ~aseotioldca or ung %-r cl&e Wring the perlod of such rsgibtratlan. . . ..- (iJn&srllning ours) ifouse 3ourna1, 46th Leg- lslature, ww 753, 736. 1 Or. 0. S. Frapa, page 6 But tho Saaata rtmtwa to aonoar in .taa Nou64 amendments (Senate Journal, Yamh 9, 1943), aad‘the bill waS' finally' passed by both houass In lta p-sent form. Thus the Lagls- latura rajaotad the proposal that the exception in the pro- viso be applied to otkar than ratnll dea~lara. ~'~ II. You alsa objeot $%&ha following portion of the oyinlont "With rala~enoa to the first pert of your third quaatlim, it la the oplni-on ot this departtraant that out-of-rtata maniltraturars are not mquirad : to btiand thair. aonta+are, under the pravieions~ ~ or tha Taras Aot, whaxi the BdLe la made for ae- livery into T$ras, rlther through mm11 staram ok the manufao~tuxer direot. We amum or amram that the transaation la, ona In Interstate OOQ- meroe. Tha po+a~ to iegul+te oommrae amon& t&e 84YSxal state48'~in :.~esaxYadaxelwlYely to co,Agrefls. Conrtlttrtlon Or tae Itnitsd Stabaa, aeatif3n 8, Clausa 3.* (2lLiisrsnrts,to II* %. aon8tltutiQa, .~ *0tia ~0 aeda-iF;, SW. ‘8, 01. 3-I .. ,;,:.’ ,I:.~ :+:.,, ..; ~104~~ tb&Aik::##~.4t&T$i~A t0 I ion iali~ ken, ani% ti&lg bupperkt& ~bl prankaCourt dealsions ,olted by poui This rrtatute a+r not pur- port to plaoa any reatriati.~~ whatever upsn the m+lng 6~ 0is4riug ror aals ~r.i~nnaobi~~des or run$i~fais.b4yodd~tha boundaries of !&ma&, arkn r&en &&end&i tol,aqw in:,Te!~rae,UPI%, ll~lt, d$&, worrld~bb ‘to’tht 6xtiant.a But a8 d law- millitfi rul er~roise OZ the' Stati* pallao powax to, pmmnt rraud &ad lqo6ltion upon ~Teurcl urqhemxa, not almab~ at lnteretate aom- Ea6rQ4atba rZthoat alayx 1lrorialrutioA agalinst out-OP-state manu- faotwars and deulers, it plaoea a valid rsstrfctianupon all suoh aales and &tam crtsrle made wfthin the Stats ol Texas. regardleas of any lneidUita1 lntsrtaruioe with interstate aom- MIMO. Patapacb Guano Co, Y. Board OS mloultura of .Eorth Carolina, 18 8. Ct. 662, 171 0. 8. 3b5, 43 L HIM. 1911.COXA ProduatB ~of. CO. v. w&y, 39 8. Ct. 325 249 V. B. 427, 63 L. ~&I. 6891 3avage ‘8. Ymmn, 225 Vi 8. 541,~ 56 I.. ?&I..1182, 32 5. ct. 7151 a~~iidard stock pa06 CO. ,v.wright 225 tf. 8, 540, 56 I.. kd. ll97, 32 s. Ct. 76%. Dr. 0. 8. Fraps, pagfe ~7 ;h m;thiak the .rolloriAg atatofmnte or the nnltrd States Supred Oourt, found in the opinion in ths limit ~444 cited above, are deeisklvs of thie queetioa: *&ispeotlon law4 are not in th4maelvaa regu- latloru cd ~onmm-oa, and whil4 their objeat fre- quently la to iaprove tti4 quality 0r artlales pro- du04a by,ths labor or a'oouhtry and rit tham r0r ex- portation, get they art quite as orten aimed at fittin& l;hem, or dettrrmininij; their rltnssta, ior, domestio&se~, and in ao dolAg protroting the oltl-' eon rroa ~rraud. &osreapJlg, in the lsttsr aspeot, mmh 144~ are ajspltoabl4 to wrtiolaa imported into, a4 yell w to arti prod\ladd within a atate. ror the tttfite to the ntq~uires4nt axit brinS the aat lnto 001 lelon with tha mauneraral powar vested iA Con&xsos: j clearly thi4 saanot be EO ati to fOr4igA atnafneroc,for olause two i3r il 20 or krtlole 1 ex- praralg $eeognktcirr the validity of' &at% Jaapectlon ..,,. ..,_j’ ,^ ‘. laws, and allows Ght oolleotion of fhe~ amounta neceasarr rep tin’&? executioli; and we Jhink the same pxibaipli.e must apply to iAter5tate ~com6roe. In a$y view, the '.efraat oa that odmeroe La La: .ik6Ct mid inalderktal~ and 'the Cormtltutlon or the .Mtbd States does not 61eour4 to ewoae tbe prlvi- .lege or deh.~tiding the pub1.i.o.‘” 16 ie triersfor war opinion that wild Senate Ml1 20. 5 (im&iole 1;3b-1, V. A. G. E;) ilpplits GO all SW.eS aAd offer4 0r de, mde ins Taxab, oe rgrlaultuml ineeatleidee and Pugi- cidas, for use in Texas, rrxoept thobe ~peoirhu~ exwptaa tfmreio, rbgtrlless or wkether tu3y suci? sale or,orfer r0r sale mey iP3Ol94 a transaotiOa &A interstate comci~roe. IUT opinion Ko. O-5248 is revised ko the extent in- .dicatc-3 Larcln. Yours~ vary truly, ATToataT Olgh'EBdL * %xWAS ,. ., ,. : i ,. .::.~.: @Y, ,.%, :,;::~:,,: . ~..,.~..:.,,.: :. ., ~, .., ', ,.,. .' ':.,:.:'.I. w.' 8. &116h ~;s~ts.taAt WU:db: Is co: 34partment or itgrlaultur0 .._ ; $g'a, -%xa&l : Mr. Chas. E. Baughman . ABWX%D NOV 23, 1943 +f&ib.OpiAiOEI Grover Sirllerlr coudldered and Flrat Aasiatant approved in At torn+ Qeneral : umit65a aotiterena* :.’