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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
OROVER SELLERS
ATmIwcI OCNCRAL
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Hoparable W. J. !l'ouasead
Couaty Attorney
.~ hngeliaa county .
Lufftia,Texas -
mar sir: opfslionao. O-6
Rer .I8 It lavf orauevs- .*
'I beg leave to ad
la a dry area, vhere th
liquors have beon lahib \
.P.C., provides ia pflrtt
e 667-24a 1, V.A.P.C., provides in part:
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-*o co”Y”“,cA,,0” ,, TO . . .z0*.,““110 1. . --a--“-.-.~
Bonorabla ii.J. T&&and - iage 2.
Since both of t& ‘above statute8 are lacluded vlthln
the gsneral mctioa 667-240, under
the heading 'Outdoor Aber-
t i31aga,we believe it to be resadlly’apparer;tthat theaa atat-
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utuo plnce a rertrlctloa upon orrtdooradosrtlairq only, aid :'
that ths latter atatuts apeclflcally~exem~ta advertleeseats
in ll%Vqx?qXtr8f-l’OEl SUCh lV8tl’iCtiO&
Artlcla 667-24 (1) (h), .V.A.P.&, provides in psrtt
.It 8hal.lbe unlavfal for any~&nufacturer or
distributor directly OF i@lxectly, or throu$ a
eubsidiikz or.afflllate, &my ageat 'or any employee,
or by any othm offleer, -dlz!eotor,or.fLrp zmiib6rr
To puhlI& or dltmealnata . . . . in any.aevo~iqm=,
gerlodicol oc other publlcrrtion~.i . . any a&e*- .
tiaaizant ,of any bravery product, if such.advertine-
plsntCQU308, ol'i8~rOasotibly calaulated t0 cOU33,
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decc~tloa of the aourmuzer~wlthrem&at to th% pr
~8tz~vf;tZfodi &U advertisezmv, @all be deeezi
1 d.t if it is antrLaala any particular or ii
dlroc~ly or by daiguity, oxuleaioa;of ltier5oc5,
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1t tEti8 to create a.El1sl6aCl1r.q
lmpesaio~*a
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. : A readiiigof the above at&&e'c&M3!ly lnclLcat88that
It haa reference solely to adve~tlalag bhich texadsto ~5cei-Js
the coaaumer a8,td the product~itaelf, that is,.aa to'it,spuallty,
et catera.
.: Article 3* V.A.P.O., .provl.desla'part that *no person
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ehallbe purklabed for ouy act,or oc~isslo~,unl&es?.he sme Is.
I. made a peaal of&me, and a pmalty is affixed thereto by.the
-urlttea lau of this St.ate*,.and we find’ ho’statutory provision
. . .vhlch would o-pm&e to prohibit advertisement of alaohollc bever-
a,*8 in a neuapap3rla a dry area. ..~
IQ vfev~.oith?Jforegoing It is, therefore, the oplaion
of this dopartmm thst a oiwep3aperla a dry ama can la’+ully
carry odvertleswqta of alcoholic baveragea.
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