Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

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.