OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
loaorablr Bert Ford Mmialrtrrtor
Tsur Ll uer controi Boua
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ooaairrloarrr~ 9r*-
uRu*r the Irot8
lnlon of this drgart-
mrnt upon the hem re08~t.u.
Texas Liquor Control hrld ham
rutborlte this permit to ba
lluld, Toxaa, In ComRlrelon+rr
to the uniaoor3or*ted town o?
ooatod 113 Comm~as~onsrr 7roolnot
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Cubeirislon l.e, section 15 of mtlcle 1 of tnc Liquor
Ccatrsl Act (Article 1336-15, Yernonta Annotrted 3onal Code)
r m6 l6 r 0ih r :
Honorablm Dert Cord, Adminlmtrator, Page I?
*Hodiolnal Permit 8. Rmtall P h a r ma o ~r t l
mhall,bs rntltlrd to reorlrr ardlalnal pormitm
mnd mm11 or d~mpmnmm liquor ror srdlolnal pur-
pomrm only. The holder8 of ruoh prrmltm are
authorlrmd to purohamm liquor froa holdrrm
of rholemalrr~m permit8 in thlm State. Any
pharmaoy Sor vhloh a prrmlt im mou@t mumt be
a bona fide phmrmaoy regtmtered vlthtLIe State
Board of Pharmaoy; mumt rmploy and have on
duty mt all timmm m reqlmtered phmrmaoimt and
murt have baen in op8ratlon am R pharmaoy for
at learnt two (2) yeara In the ptitloulmr pol-
ltloal mubi5lrlmlon In vhioh a pemit 11 mought.
I. . . *
Section 10 of Article 1 of the Texas Liquor Con-
trol Aot (Artlolr 666-10, Vernon’8 Annotmtrd Penal Code)
re4d8 in pet 48 r0ii0w8:
‘Every applicant for a Pharmmoirt’m
Mediolnal, , . . under thlm Aot shall give
notlor of muoh applloatlon by publloatlon
for tvo (2) oonmooutire lmmuem In a new-
paper of general oiroulation pubBlmhrd In
the olty or town in vhloh applloant~m place
of bumlnrmm lm looatod. ?rorldeU, however,
that in muoh inmtanoom whore no newmpmper
im publlmhrd in the oity or town, thrn the
lmme l hall be publimhed In a nmwmpaper of
general oiboulatlon publlmhed in thr oounty
whmrs th e lppllomnt'm bumlnemm 18 loomted,
mnd if no nawmpaper 1s publimhad in thr county,
the notior shall be publimhrd in a quallfled
nevmpapmr vhioh 18 published in the olomemt
nelghborfng county and circulated in the
oounty OP applioahttm rmmidsnoe. Such not 1 ce
shall be printed in ten (10) polnt black iaoa
type and ah811 met forth the type of permit
to be applied for, the exact location of the
place of bumlncse, the name of the owner or
ownerm thereof, and if o?eratlng under an
I
Bononblo Bert brd, Administrator, Pam 3
aamurd MB@, the trade nati to&mthmr vlth
the was of all ovnmra, and if a eorporatlon,
thr Duos and tltlom of all offlows. Thm
ooat of muoh notioe shall be borne by the
applleant.a
After oanfully oonmlderlng Artlolm 1 of the Liquor
Control hot, wa find that umtiom preoinotm utd lnoorporated
oltlem or towns are thr on t polltloal lubdlrlmlonm of a
oounty vhloh mre refemd to in meld sot. The sot doe8 not
inoluam a oomm~arlonmrm~ preolnot am a polltloal mubdlrlmlon
vlth nfmnnoe to Seotlon 1 of the Texas Llquor Control Act.
We quote from our opinion Ho. O-1111 88 follovm:
"The Llquor Control Aot lr remtrlotlvo.
The ltldrnt purpose of the prorlrlonm ti th
re?*nnoa to pbarmaoy prr8ltm Is to 1Imlt those
eligible for the penlt so am to protsot the
particular oomaunlty from being flooded vith
mushroom ohmmaolem dlmpenmIng liquor undrr
liquor p*rmltm. The quotation abort from
Seotlon 10 of the hot lrldrnoom that the Leglm-
18ture had in mind lnoorpor8teQ olt~em and
;re;fnotm am polltloal mubdlrimIonm of the
.
*In T&&Vof the quoted prorlaloM aad
th e lrldont-purpose 0r the Aot, lt 18 our
opinion that the Le~lmlatun by the language,
'partloular politloal lubdlt~mlon~ uant the
partloular muMIrlmlon la whloh td bumlnemm
Is loaded at the time the lp~lIO8tlOn is
mde, and that l? that bumlnmmm is looated
vlthln an lnaorporatad olty, then the pharaaoy
must hare been In operation within the InOOr-
porated olty ror m period of two years.
*In our opinion, the phr8me used does not
refer to the oounty amhe putlculmr polltloal
luMlrImIon, but It does refer to the city or
the preolnot in rnlch the buminmmm is looated
and hmm bmen operated for m period of tvo
years.'
Honorablr llert Rwd, Admlnlmtrator, ?age 4
Am the above mentioned oplmlon *am lddremmed to
you ve do not lnoloae 8 eooy Of the au0 horevlth.
Under the faetm rtma la your inquiry, it Is
lhovn tht the modlolnal pharuey penlt 18 to be naored
from jumtlom preolnet No. 8 la HookloP Cotmtr, texam, to
Jumtlem proelnot lo. 0 of lmld oountV, both of add ~~mtlam
preolnotm being la ooamlmmlonmrm~prrelnot lo. 2.
other vordm, thm ledlolnml pharmaoP pormlt Is to be re-
8orea from one Jumtloe preoinrt to atother rmtloe preolnot
rhloh are located In the 88me eommlarlonerm 1 preolnet. We
brllerr that the moving of the medIolnal pharmaoy permit
In the 8mnner nbove stated would bm to move the same from
cxie particular polltloal luMlrlmlon to another polItloa1
mubdirimlon 0s the oountx md would be In rlolmtlon 0s
~ubmmotlon lb of Article 1 of the Llquor Control Aot, above
quoted. Thmreform, WCrmmpeot?ullP annmr ths above ateted
quartion In the negative.
Truetlng that thr ?OrOgolng fully mnmvere your
inquiry, we an
Yours very truly
ATTORNEY
OENi3tALOz‘TEXAS
w (Signed) Mel1 Wlillum
An3811 Wllllum
Ammlmtant
APPROVH) )uR. 15 1941
(Signed) Oonld 6. Yann
ATfORNEfOENJtAOF TEXAS
AP?RDPED OPINIOl CO~?JIRTE
5X ‘5.9.3. C;iAIR)rJIY
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion