OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVERSELLERS
**oRNEI OENBRAL
Hoa. hf.Riley Wyatt, chalman ?
Texas Frl8on Board " G-IF&
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1, V.A.F.C. (Aotm 1941, 47th Lo&rrctt~mn, p.
“s*at ion 1. xt dull be ual4riwl for laf
puson, Slam partnership,*uoOl~ion, Or a0opor-
ation to #ali or ofier ior ra%e within the stata of
Toua any goo4#, waru, or aerdaa4lu menul’aotur~
wholly or In mnrlrte or 9risonOrr in 98nti
or trioapt lmpt oqariat8 or prl*-
onara on aml pxwtdod turthar that
notbitysin thla Saotloa 8hrll bo oorabmd to So~bl4 or
Bon. Id.Riley Wratt - Page 2
Of problblt the sale of suoh goods pmduowl or manu-
faetumd in the prism 1nstltutloAsof thla Nate to
the Ytate, or to any political subdivision thereof,
or to any public institutionowned or memae& an4 aon-
trolled by the State or any eub4~ri~ion thanor.
Y+sotion 2. Any person, fim, partnerafiip, assocla-
t&on, or corporatlonvr%lchshall violate any of the pm-
vlslons of this Aot shall be ylltr of a mis4ameanor,
an4 upon oonrlatlonthsrsof shall be wnlshs4 br a fins
of wt less than Twenty-riveDollars P)%5) AOF aOr0 than
Two Hundred Dollars ($%OO) for the first Otiuwo, and not
l.re than Fifty Dollar8 ($50) noti~ran than Five madred
Dollars ($555) for each subreqwat Otfbkue,~’
Artlols 61660 vested.ths prisw as.~ OF with the pw4r to
roll AA4 418poss of proiluotsot thm rams an4"sf mlnstrles owns8te4
with the pdson system upOA saoh tsms ~4 eon<lonsas the boul4
4*saM b4et. Art1018 13591-1, 98 t&b otbu hand, oloarly pmhiblw
the salr in 2'0~s of ~~ilroaaanufwtumd &mdn, mrss or msrshaA418.
with th. O~4Opti-Sn@t 88148 to th. State OIPw jWd4al Sllbdivi#1OA
tla4rut or to ally9ablls lllatltutlon ouiw4 or mam&304 all4oontmlla4
by the Stat. or any sub4lvirlonthereof.
It 18 a well noognirce4prlnsipls of statuttorraonst~3m3tlon
la Tsus that if a oonfllot exists b&mm two rtstutw, the earllot
in lna a ta ala
ntrOpaal64 bf the latu. "Logea port4rlons prlorw
OOAtmr iOU lbrogant." (Parrhallv* State, bp:Grim. Reprts 179, lS@
$.w. 967 an4 Stwws t. stats, 90 Texas orla. Reports 565, 159 S.W.
SOS.)
Being aonvinad that the tvm 8 tatutos am in~reoona~labla
)onillot so far as the sale of prbcur aaRufactur44 $oode, w8m8 aab
wrhm418e 1s ~OACWIW~, lt 16 Our Opielaa that Art1010 11571-l sIAst
km hsl4 as fha,laat es9resaioAof the Le&slatim and is aantrollln
ml ettaotlrs. .Thsnrors, you are respwtfull~ a4olsad that the prfson
spata oannot sell in Texas its pdson muiufaatarsd goods, waxes an4
Rorahan4164to any peruon, flm or Oorporatlonsxsspt that cruohpdson
siamracturedgoods may be aold to the 8tate or subdlrisloAutheroof or
Amy publle Snatitutlonovmsd or mana~:cl4 an4 Oontmlled by th, Stat.0or
Sng aub&litfriOA theXWOt. You am further advised that It is our opln-
ion that tha prison aystam 1s authOrlzs4 u~dsr Art!010 61660 to so11
those preduots not prohlbltdl by Artiole 11311-l.
Our upinlon ??o.5-ZQl8 Is besrebywlthdrewn stncs that opln-
ion 19 no longer appllaabls dua to the subsequent enmotment of
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