OFFlCE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable A. Ii.vi00a,Chalmull
oam, .Pllhana apt*t Ooml8mlon
hut ia, Texa8
Dear 3lr:
opinion Ho. o-
Rer Confllcrt
tat*& Paal Code
ottma ~0~1
n rrorlpt of a
din& Hou8to0, Tex-
Mia~mbi4n.
8anoer rh.iahbrow&t. a-
QU adktha folloulng quca-
cm or our penal
of Art. 989 of the Pen@
lading exoegt fiBatportloa
is in Wnillat with 680. la
f the ?enal Code?
*a. iWee 680. lo of dirt.WA la in
aou~llotwith Arts.989, doe4 Bela motion
le aontrol, or are both lnvalld bfwrure
they *Ee pmrtlaLty in 0onillot nltheaoh
Konorable 8. 6;.c;ood,ChaInnan, Page 2
other?
*4; Sec. 18 of ,zt. 941, belngtha
lest Aot of the Loglslaturoand being
pqttallg ln sonil.iOt With Art..929, of
the Puaal Code, is that portion of Art.
Ml, fimkl4,~~hloh 1s in oonfllst uith
Aft= 929, valtd and binding, aad did tha
I;r,gbl.ature
laplledlyrepsal ths portloa
sf xrt. Wmtbt is in aonrllatwlth Sea.
la?*
Artialo 029 of the Penal Code or 192!!i,
reads as
tollows:
*dirt.989. It shall bs unlawfulror sny
p6rson to sell, or offer tor sale, or to have
la his po6sosslon,or to have on board any
boat or to have in any asroantlle business
+stabllshwst, or in any market when ~arohaa-
dlse 18 disposed of, any rsdfish or ahannel
ppss or greater +gth t&in thirty-two inohea,
.&~less than iourtean lnshes; asp salt rata-
.‘dr,speOklsd sea trout of lsso length than
tilvk fnOhM; a41 shaephead (riless than
.nliulnohes in length; any rlcmaer or lsss-
t$lultw1ta lnohes; imy porapanoof lssa than
&A. iMbl9 in hZ>h; aEy IliOkSTOlOf .&SS
fhan fourteen lnobs in lmgth, and any salt
water gfl-topsail of less~ Clan ehrsn lnehos
la length.
"The place or sale or orferfng'for sala'
or~&ssesslon shall ror tha purpose or this
c@pter 'kosstsbllshrsnus, bs elthor the
@lame iron whloh such fish sre shipped, or
~wlmh the fish are found, ar offered for
8aSa. It ahall be Unlawful in sslllq or
offerlngrur sale anyrish 8wd0~a in this
a+toi.o to ssver ths head fro.atha body, ox-,
osgf,.& ease of the redfish and oatfish .ti
wh@ahi'~wsat&s head shall only bs severad
tlm*u& ythr&lll-amity and the &ill-fins
shall rerslaka
cm the body of mush redtish or
oatiish. St&ohheadless body of a rsdrish
shall not measure 153rethan twenty-sevenln8ba8
in length, asd speh headless body of a oatilsh
shall not mnsuss lsss tbaa eight laohss In
Eos&rable A. E. Wood, Chafraan, lagb 25
length; and all fish mrkbted or sold as
lrtsatloned
In this ertiole, must he weighed
and sold with the head attached, except redilsh
end oatiish as loentlonedherein.
*my person vlolatlng;any or the provisions
of this article shall be dbeord guilty of a mls-
demeanor aad upon oonviotion shall be rlned a
sq@ not 1088 thsn 'ten($10.00) dollare nor mom
than ilfty (#iO.OO) dollare.”
SeOtlOn 1s of Artlolb 941, Vernon*8 Annotated
Penal Code, ad amnded, nets 1929, 4lst Legislature,p. 269,
oh. 11.0;end as subbequentlyaibendbd,hate 1930, 4lst Legis-
lature, 5th Called 3bb8ion, p. 180, crh.1.3,sea. 1, reads as
follows:
“SW. lb. Ptorldbd, that it shall be
unlawfulfor boy person to take, or hare in
,&is?oases8loain thle Ytate. eny bpeoicledsea
trout of loss length than twelve lnohas, any
red riphOt lees length than twelve lnolmbe, or
of greater len#+h than thirty-two lnoheb, or
any drum of less length than ef@ laahss or
greater length than twenty in&ma, any rlouuaer
oi loss length than twelvs,,~ehes,or any shobp-
hesdat lb~~length thanbight inohes. (AS
emnded Acts 1989, 4lst Leg., p. IMQ, ch. 119;
Aota 1930, 4lSt Leg., 6th C. 8.. p. 130, oh. 13
i?1.1"
It 1s apparent that these two Statutes passed at
dirSerctnt moaions of the Le&slature wntliot In some partia-
tiara. The extent of thass oonfliots may br aDre appannt
when the38 two enaatmentsara pleoed side by bide in the form
of a table, thus:
Art1018 929 xrtlsltt 94l. Sea. X4
(To sell,ofrbrror sale, (fftc or,ohsve in pornerr-
h%ve la possesalon,hare D hibftbd)
,onboard boat, in meroantile
e~stebllshaeat or markst pro-
hibited)
1. Redfish -- 14-32 1. Redfish -- 12--52
8. channel.bass -- 14-32
3. Salt water sea trout -- 18 X:
591
Honorable A. E. Vood, Cbair~~n, -PagO 4
Artiale 929 (C0rPt.l Art1018 941. 680. lb (Coa’t.1
S okled see trout -- “0” 2 .9 bkled sea trout- 12
$ Sgbeephbad -- !?
S~eaphbad --
Floubder --
7: Pompano --
I.2
9
a: Flounder --
9.
1:
6. ~aokbrel -- 14 8.
9. Ealt water gm-
tOpSOil -- 11 9.
10. Eeadleb8 redfish -- er
Headlbs8 Oatfish - 6 E:
ii: 12. Drum -- e-20
Pbnaltq Pbnaltx
~10.00 -- $50.00
F'iehkan*s or dealer*8
..liobnsb
oanoblle%.
ArtiOlb 929 Of the Pbaal Code is a general law.
alsO is Artiolb
041. Stephbmbn v. ‘Woo%(Comn. App. ), 119 EX..
NM, 54 5. PI.(2a) 246. Consbqubntly, ft may be seen rroa the
above tbble that ws hare two gbnsra~ S~tatuteSrb~ating to the
mm6 8UbjbOt siattsr, nemely, thb ais8 of osrtain rlsh. EOW
should these two ennotmentswhiah are fn Pari Efheria bb oon-
strneat
The rule r0r oonstruing oosfllating6MOt5bRtS on
thb SbSIbsubjbot is slbarly stated iIl SbbtiOll 73 Of Vol. 59
of Tbxbs Jurlsprudenosas follows:
"A&though 1% contal+s ao rbpbsling olaosb,
a new SMOtIIIeSit bbrogates 4Ry .fOnnbr 4Ot On the
asme SUbjbOt, with which
&t olsarly and manifest-
ly oonfllote to the extesir,.ot
'theInoonolstanoy
or rbpugnanoy betweclnthb~~tiwoR.
See also 59 C. T. 91.0.
The rule ,statedabove La well sbttlea in Tbxbb, aad
while Gbplied repeals arb notSavQre%, aaa t.hbcourts will make
every srr0rt t0 ham0nisb 8~43pgpgl~ 00~iicting 6tstUtbs, if
Oertaln.portIoniot %Ifrbrent~,&aotmentsare in oonillot the
hbt bm&iient will euperbeds~bn~'control~thefOrmr t0 the
Eonorable A. E. Food, Chairman, Page S
extent or the coufliot or InoOneietency. Citieene National
Brmlcof Kaoo P. Del Rio Bank and Trust Company (C. C. A.,
1928) 11 s. W. (26) 242; Chile6 v. The state, 1 Tex. cr. 8.
27; Ragazlne t. stete, 47 Tex. Cr. 8. 46, 84 5. 1. 8321 'dhlt-
tenberg v. Craven (Comm. App.) 268 8. S. 152, rev. 216 S. W.
261.
As stated in Southern CormtruationCo. V. Ealll-
burton, 149 Term. 319, 256 8. W. 409, *althougha later sot
mey not cover the entire eubjeot matter of an earlier act,
nor purport to provide a new eyEtern,If the latter aat is
repugnanton 8 particularpoint, it will operate es a repeal
by implicationto the extent of the repugnanoe and oonfllot.W
This is aleo the rule in Texas. See Conley v. Daughter8 of
the Republic 106 Tex. 80, 139 S. up.937; Railwrray
v. Ximberly,
19 3. W. (e&f MM; Carleon v. Richards, 107 9. n. 861; Jessee
;iO.DeShong, 105 S. ?J.1011.
In Texas plloiiicRailway Company v. Wlmberly, et al
(G.&A., 1929) 19 S. 1. (2&) bM, a oonfliot lr idsd between
Seotions 23 end 25 of nrtlole 1995, Reviaeb Civil Statutes,
with respeot to venue in pereon& lnftuy suite against
railroad corporations,and the court saidr
*The lattar act did not expreraly repeal
or modify the fomer, but aupereeded it la all
~(188sto rhloh both applied. easer whioh were
not provided for in the Aot of 1901 aontlnuod
to be controlledby the former m0rd aomprehen-
sire aot. Repeels by impliaationextend only
so far as there may be a oonfl%ot between the
two lawa. ielierethere is no aonrl:ot, the
earlier law Is not affeoted by the latter.*
Coneaquently,it Is the opinion of this department
and you ar8 reapeatrullyadvised that in eo far 8s the pro-
hibitionagainst one taking or haying In hie posseesfon red-
fish, (exoept headless redilsh), apeokled sea trout, sheep-
heed, flounder, or drum is conoerned Se&ion le of Article
941, Vernon’s Annotated Penal Code, oontrola and superrede8
Artiole 929 of the Penal Code and the penelties provided in
Article 941 of Vernon*s Annotated Penal Code are applioable.
In all other raepeats, Article 929 oi the Penel Code has -been
left intact, and the penalties therein provided are applicable
to all suah violations.
%8 appreciate having our attention oeilledto the
0861)of goran 0. The State (Ct. Cr. App., 1938),~122 S. W.
(2d) 318. In that case different proriefoaa oi the *‘Texas
Honorable x. E. good, Chairman , Page 6
Liquor Control Act”
provided different pamaltlssror the
saxe criminal aot,
and the court held neither provision
was operative because of this Iruletinltooe~~. Rowever,
aa the court pointed out on wtlon ror rehearing:
*‘se are uot dealing with m ugaant etat-
utes pureed at diffeient datea wL re tne me
last enueted might aontrol. Gee eaaee oIted
In Yote 8, wdu Axt. 'I Yerwn’a huotated
Texao Penal Cods, Vol. 1. Co are oonfronfsc!
rlth repu ant prorlelon8 0r the mm8 law
enacted aF the sam tlmo end in the saae bill.*
For the feaaona stated by the oourt, we do not feel
that this
case Is applleable to the eftuatlon &et forth ln
your letter where we are aonaerned with coafllotlly previriotm
of Aot8 or the Legislature poeerd at ditltuent aee8io~. We
bell-e that the ease of Robertmn 7. State, 90 Tex. Or. R.
310, l&Q 3. X. 713, is wre nearly In point. Zn that care it
was aonteuUed that sinoe one artlole ol the Penal Code audo an
aot h aledemanor punishable by flae only whlah another end
later artlole amde a relony unlhable b iapriwawnt In tha
~~~~l~~~~y*~e*~~e~:~~~~~~~~~~~~~d~tnw~l~:~
that tha la&i aae&meut or the Leglalafum wntr%Gled to t&
extent 0r any eontllot, thus making an aut on80 a mi8domanor
now a felony.
Your pluwtlons are thereroro aa6wered MI rOllam;
1. no.
2. Yea.
3. ssotion 1e Of Arti ,941 aoqtrol8.
4. Yea.
Very txuly yortci~
ATTORggP OmE&^;L OF TXhS
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