OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Ron. ISa xoDanie1
Oounty Attornq
Kmllt4 0ouRty
Kiiohita Irlla, Texas
II the above stated
puostlon
0r the Penal Code
reads 68
imaon of any money
h intent to defraud
any ahsak, draft or
erson, iirm or oorpora-
h whoa ruoh person &ring
draft or order ha8 not
the &ng or dratig said oheok,
or at the time when in the ordi-
‘business auoh obeok, draft or
be prsrented to thr &awe6 for py-
im nyrar t0 p3~ S(UII~, aa 110 g00a
11~0 that ruoh 0h4ak, artbit or order
211 br paid; pro+tded, 'that ii aaid oheak,
drafi, O;r order ir oot paid on preaeatation the
retum st same r&all. ba airsa iaair evldenor Oi
the tr~pmkk+ intent OS raid person drawing 01
giving said oheokl and providsd tither, that
if suoh shsok, draft or order is not paid within
fifteen day8 after the 8ame 18 rarnea unp6ia.
it shall be prima faoir evlaenoe that no good
reason existed for belirvlng that raid ohsofy
draft or order would be paid, and it shall al80
be prima Saola lvidenoe o? intent to dMrtkud
and knowledgs of insufflolsnt fund8 with the
dram.. a
SeOtiOnS 7 6IIa a Of i&WW Bill x0. 190, Ad8 Oi
ths rortpslrth Lsglrlatur~, maa8 as folloust
saot1on I,- "'aeotlon 4 of Artio1e lQ44 of
tha Psnal Coda of ths State of Tera8 U reriaed
l,n 1925 be, and the same ia Cereby rcpsalrd."
s0otion a*- *Xi an7 seotion, suberotion,
alauso, phrase ot thie Aot ia for an7 reamon
hsld to bs unconstitutional and inralid, suoh
deolsloa shall not aifoet the ralldity of the
remaining portion8 of thir Aot. The Legirlaturr
herebr deolares that it wuld have psssd thi8
hot in raoh seotion, subseotioa, olauss, phrase
or ssatenos thereof lrrsspsotlrs OS the iaot
that on8 or more of thr ssotion.8, subssotioa8,
slauera, p&rams or sentenos8 be drolared moon-
Stltutioonl.~
Artlale 14 of Vernon's Penal Codr reads as Sol-
lows;
*Phr repeal o? a law whers the rspsallag
statute substitute8 no othsr penalty till exempt
from punishmat all persons ~30 may havr violat-
ld such ropealod law unless it be otherwisr do-
olarrd in the rrpoaling StatdO."
As a rule, no OQOoan be punished for an offense
by rlrtuo of a law 3.n ioroo as to the OfhUSSO in
lx o sp t
question at the tins oi the trial of the oifender.
mgER7& STATI, aa TexM 8881
. ,, ~01. ia, pa 84s.
Artlolo 14, Penal Codo, supra, provider that
711
Hon. Had YoBaniel, page 2
upon rrpeal of a law, if the repealing statute substic
tutes no other penalty this exempt8 from Bunlsluaen~ all
persons who may have violated such rapeale law, yless
it be otherwise 4oOlare4 in the repealing ltatutvb An
examination of Rouse Bill 2a. 190, lots of the I&r*-
sixth Legislature, reveala that rub4lv1slon 4 of Artlele
1544 of tha Per.al Codo ~6s expressly raBeale4‘aad that
said repealing aot subatitutar no penalties an4 makes no
provlsioa for the further proaeeution or puniahmant ot
those Rerson8 whose oasen had not bssn finally di8possd
of at tha time of the passage of Eou39 Bill Ho, 190, Aatr
or the BortT-sixth Legirlature, either upon the dookatr
OS the Oourt OS Criminal Appeal.8 or those ot any trla
oourts of this Stat0 wherein the aoawed stands oharae4
with the violation of sutwll,?l8ion 4, Actlole 1544 or the
Penal Coda.
,The aase# of
WALLt. STATE, 1.8 Texas 889;
CHULIIT v. STATE, 7 Crininsl Report8 871
lWXA3 v. STATE, S Criminal Re;orts 119i
MOONTUOSfZ2T1. STATI!,8 Criminal Report8 618,
and numerous other aase8, whloh we do not dean neoeasary
to olta hare, holda In efisot that pending proseoutlon8
based upon a repealed statute abate md xi11 be dismisr-
ad where the repealing statute oontains a0 saving olausa
This 1s true, for example, whore the repealing Statat
takes rfreot after the oonviotion of tha offender, but be-
fore the judgment against hin beoonies final, and where it
takes effeot Bending an appeal from a judgmnt oi oonvio-
tion, or pending a motion for rehearing la the appellate
oourt, But a person oonvioted under a raReale statute
is not disoharged where the repealing sthtuta door not
take effeot until after a ilnal judgment oi OonrIotIon.
Violations a? a law w?Ioh is thrrealtar repealed
may be punished oaly where ruoh Is thr deolared lsgisla-
tive intention. Ser the oases of
;R&PLg. STATi%,7 Criminal Report8 871
. ,, ~01. ia; 0. 84s.
IS above stated E:ouse Bill 20. 190, Aota oi the
712
Bon. Pod MoD6nlr1, page 4
tortprirth LOgirlaturr; rpesifioally repeal86 rubdirl;
aloa 4 of ArLrblale 1846 of the Penal CodO, and mker a0
proririon for the further pro8reu~lon or puai8hmsa~'of
t&OS@ p@WiOn8 who86 O&De8had no6 beea iiMll7 dilspo88d
ot at the time of the rfieative data of Hous. Bill Ho.
190, IUp& See the O&0*8 Of
MUDOWSY’. STATL, 8S 5.1. 8d 4Slt
CRXTTIliY. STATE, 98 8-W. I 26 1 llubl;
xll Yieu or the r o r e g o 5q
lthoritlcr YOU -a re-
8peetf~l4 adYi8ed $hat it 18 the OpinfOn Of thi8 d8prt-
nent that any perSon Who ha8 Odtte6 any of the 4Ot8 or
OitUW38 8et OUt in subdirtrfon 4 Oi Arti x5146 Of th.
Pen41 Cod. @Or to the O?i*OtiYO &It9 Of BOU88 Bill #O.
190, Ao?ir of the Fartr-8ixth Lagiolatur., oannot now ba
Qroreoute6.
hY8tiag that the abbot. full7 UpllVfOPSyour in-
quiry, we remain
Yourr very truQ
ATTCRMIY OEI131uLOT,TEUS
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