OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
HOA. J. P. EwyaA
County Attorney
8rasorl.a County
Aqleton, Tsxas
Dear sir;
OpiAioA x0. O-2087
Be: Construotionof t
In ycRIrletter.
opinion with reierenoe t
partloulers 0r sootion
eixtb Legikdature, (Aot
8l8a, Penal Cods).
tN.6 Aa'tread ae
ral 0fri006, ueleee suea
ve been publlshOd and die-
or at loeet twelve (13)
g the 8OC0ptaACe Ot the
*s00. 3. And provided tither that f&o-
tion 1 of this A0t shell not appty tO publfoa-
tiow whioh hare,'prior to the aoooptanae of
politioal advertirsing.
fccxnmore than ~6 oau-
dldat6, been publiehed and airoulated ganerelly
420
EUA. s. F. i3ryeJ.l. PaQe 2
for a period of lessthan one year inmediate-
*P ?T-~ing the.._~
acceptanoa
_ of_-_suoh adverti@-
lug In tne event t&it mob publloatlon can
skew ownership cf its physiael plant and that
its advertisingratea are in proportion to the
emunt and kind 0r it6 otrculetion.~
Seoticm 1 ot ,theAat oontalns Ifs prohibiticns~
the erirtenoe of t.hera0te set out la Seotion 3 remove
the publioatlonMm it& operation. You reaueet our
opinion touching the requiresaent in Section 8 of owner-
ship oi the physletl plant, a,6to the rasaningof the
phrase *shysioel &mt.*
It ts an opinion, 88 you have a160 oonolade4,
that the term *physical planta we8 ,intenlled
to include
the phyelcal epuimnt saeoeasarily lnrol+eb In tha pub-
Uaation of the partioulernew&paper or megaziae. We
40 not believe thet a publioetionwhioh is unable to
show cwserskilpor the equipmentwhleh printa Its news-
papm or magazine, or other publfoation,would o~me
within Seotion 3 of the Aot.
We are not, of 0~0~88, possfng upon the quee-
tion of the ~aonetitutlonalitgoi thidllaw.
Very truly yours
Am-OrtmY f.4la.. OF mixAs
BP
WSrab Assiutant
VElXdAR28, 1940
ATTORNEY GENERAL Or'TEXAS