OFFICE OF THE AITORNEY GENERAL. OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
HonorableWm. J. Tuoker
Exeoutl%-cl
seorrtary
Oamr, Fieh an6 Oyatrr&mm%~lon
AU& in, Texas
Dear Sir:
whetherthle~%kti~Le prohibitst$ie~hunting
ot
fur bearinganlmals8uoh a8 Baoooeaand 0~0mdm
with tJm aia of artifiolal11&t and uh@ther any
Statutesoi t+io @ate 80 prohibittlm haxittig
at fur bdariuganhalo withan arttitoid light."
Honorable Yisn. J. Tucker, page 8
Art101e8ooa, BOB and Wb, P&ml cod*, &Iiroll,
reab aa followa:
L
"Art. 9Oe. Euatlngwith bmillght. It
ahall be uulrwfulior eul pr6on at any tlan 0i
the year to hunt deer or ant otlmr anlaalof bird
protootedby thla ohapter br tk aid c@ r8at i#
ooaroaly kaow aa 6 h.d&tt or hunt--lap,’ 6r
by artiflolal li@t attaohd.to an automobil., oT
by t&a awaa et al fora of u'tiifoialli&M. hy
peraon viol&~ uny of the prodalolra’of this
utiole ahallbe Qeem~d gallty of 5 ai66ameawr
aId 8pan oonvlotiaa aball b8 fitill in.qhy q4.8$
not ~86 th4wrirt Oso.co) aoahra lpop metro.
thau tw hundred ( I lMO.OC) Ullair, or bf eon-.
?Ar9. 898. C8rtaf.n auimlr d&ard 90 be
&me animlr. Wild deer, tild'elk,wl.lUanW.om,
wild ReolrJ&xatain rhwp, wild,blaakbeas, and
wildg r a ‘a
r ndr ed8q \r lr r r04t
la l
,pulrre&8:.or ior
l~uirrola,are hwmby deolar.6to k .@ma erhmla
rlthla the mwui6g of this Ad.'
#Art. 9ESm. ?ur bearing 4nima.La defined.
All the ‘Star-bearinganirurlr oi thla Statr are
horebf deobrod to ba the pmporty of.tha peopla
of this 9tate. For the porpeaea 0r ~th$m sot,
wild beaver,wll& ottor,wild &II&, wl&@ ring-,
tall oat, ~116 badger,wild poleoat o@:-rktwk
wild rwooon, wild aurkret, wild o~@poa#ma,416
fox aud wild oltet oat are hembf~&ealared to
(Aota~l986, 89th Leg.,
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tionorable W-n. J. Tuokar, g;1&e 3
- T&e atatutea oontala aumroua pmrialona regulating
oz pro&&blfln&oertelnmodes of hunting,suoh am with dogr, @AM,
neta, trapa and enarea autonobilea, airplane8 or boata, and With
aadll~ti~ or huntingiaap~. It ~il;l b0 not96 that mi0i0 908,
0r the Penal Codr, providee,in part:
“10 ahall be unlawhalfor any pbrwn at ant
tt&ats the ysarto hunt de or any ather uiino~
protaoted by this oha~?dr Up the id S
wh4t la oowoaly k80 hbui& t or’ hw&$
lamp. or by artidioiz ki’attaoha4 to an autb-
llm-” (Eiiphaala ~wra) -
Arrflole 908 is wntalnaa * .Cbapter 6: ot tb, **iad
0rLoia*iStatute8ai T&i* '1WS; ArtL;ake~3tSa La'W. iaataluea
in:aaidoimgitar,~althtxigh it la oonta$ned' in ~haptwt'd~oS.V*rrren~a
LonotatedOrlrrinal Btatutea. The Stevlaed-Crlahl 8tatotea of
19Sl5ia ai otiiolalpoblfoation.. ..?*rnoa*oAMobetrd G*lmlml~
Stat&em ie aat is otiitial#ablidatioa,~ tbsraiatb,tab~,rtatutea
la the offioid gPlbliontliwwOu16 15arwa or OQntrol~ As Aetlole
98* ir aot ooatdiaed.$aObbpter6 eatthe,offldai p~bllo4tba
ol thb Balyd~Crininal atatotea, 19w it ia oto.oglnton9Qt
Artlalo 9OCdrACtitpfohibitthr hun&&ob ~-bou’iag~~l8
88dh a8 riobooaaad ope#roP~wlth the.;@$a,oll artirioirl ll@it.
,w,.other-wrdlr; f~~be~~.aniodlti~:~~i ,aot pmtootsd ~~‘Ohapter
6,of 'thevirioial.publioation, tb .%~l@dI GrSalim3. 8t&atea,
19Si5,Lsthwsh 3&y an pmteotek b$ variouso~ther~~atatntea not
ooatalne@ia raid Chaptar4 ai'tW oiilDial~~pi&lLoaMon ot the
RevlaeU Orimlnal Btatutea oi 1920.
....;
loo ?nrthor asJinb;ether apg ~ata,tutelr ,ofthla 8tatbpro-
i!dh&t~~tho hmting. of f~-b?arl~ anlwla with aa a~~~lolal
lights.There $8 no @en&al lta that we bn+e bow abla OS
9 u te
find uhibh preh;tblt.a tin htiflt$iEi~ of tuhbearingaaiad8 with
ths aid of an artlfielalli@it,~ihomevor, ha elated above, the
hrroting of Sar-bouing animal8aaoh la:rawoon a d opaaum ia
not prtbhlbitab by Article90th tberefaro, thr hunWq 01 auah ani-
~18 by the ata of aa cubifihl yght is a0t unlawfril unbf~th9
*neral atatoto*. Yeh a rp e a es
t a mined’9he iuawmua lp b o la
4 iR
l
leoal 1 6 sqardi f’u+bsarlng aninslr arid exps%m lakQEtii@”
on anr i?ooal or ape
74i4.l *ina tar.
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion