OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVER SELLERS
AtTORNEYGENERAL
Iiowrable Phil Foold, Chief
Uelghta aad He8rurer Mtlrrlon
Deprtment OS hgF1crtitws
Audiin, Texas
Dear slrr
ter urubr &a
ury mush lf you
maloagthellnea
ue quote also from the letter you etmlosedt
%3 note thrt the laryuugs 8.0 the 8tatute8
which you were Wad eneug;h to uegd us a few dam
ZWmzabls Phil Ford, pa@ 2
ago oover8 *paeking for @ale@ 88 we11 a8 8elf-
lng and ofierfng for 8Cl8. Ifa8 an interprets-
tica of the rtrtute eter been M&I (or have aciy
regulation8 been made pUr8u*nt to the 8tatute)
a8 to the effect ol t&U phrarr in couneotioa
*. . . . .
s80tiOU8 IL, 2, md 3 0r mm8 lO@b, VWpion'8
PeMl c%de, tb8 &pplfCalmJ UtatUt8,r0d (u fOl%OU8:
wheat flow, grrhu floa,,~otheroercuiia raotlp0F
corn an& ~to be p8cked for @le. offemd for
Ir8b OF’ 8016 Within iAh Ibt~8tie Of %U -88 it
~ballbeso l&e&L PEova.asd, however, that!
r8a8on8ble ruLer,rad
regatitlea8 foi ths etti-
CbBat'eoiOPceWntOt tbl8 Aat, not iXL6OlWirtCSt
herewlt#, md 3nCluding m8mn8ble +uiatioOr BP
tolemmcen, &all be mde by the &llUd88iOnel? Of
A&l’iOtit~8.”
Honorable Phil Ford, .&e 3
The regul8Dlon8
_. YOg eQol@ol$d
.
en thir 8ubject .do
uot cwer the q.milIl~ quertlen~ s.lwo1waa.
Ye ere of the 0pl~i~n that the term ‘paok @I! 8+e’
88 uned in 8Uetiw8 0 uod 3 Of tb8,‘8t8tUte, WWMI t0 “pack
for *ale . t . ti tk 868tQ Of .%X88.’ f&i8 OOU8tPUCtiWl
81111avoid any lmt8rferenee rlth iaterrtote and azport ‘trade
vhere 8t8odard W8mt8 crad IPM8flPeE iI3 88llj iolltOKlae8 -8,
different frm tho8e fixed by thi8 8tatUt8. We ,doubt ip .the
I.egi8bMu=e~ lntemcled to by ruoh e penalty upon our StEte’8
lndwtry. .‘Phe St8te olearl~ ha8 paver to adopt reiguhtlonr
of thi8 char8ote2. w8i@ht8 8Rd HM8UFe8, 68 0. J. 152, Sec.
2, et req.
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion