Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFlCE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Honorable A. Ii.vi00a,Chalmull oam, .Pllhana apt*t Ooml8mlon hut ia, Texa8 Dear 3lr: opinion Ho. o- Rer Confllcrt tat*& Paal Code ottma ~0~1 n rrorlpt of a din& Hou8to0, Tex- Mia~mbi4n. 8anoer rh.iahbrow&t. a- QU adktha folloulng quca- cm or our penal of Art. 989 of the Pen@ lading exoegt fiBatportloa is in Wnillat with 680. la f the ?enal Code? *a. iWee 680. lo of dirt.WA la in aou~llotwith Arts.989, doe4 Bela motion le aontrol, or are both lnvalld bfwrure they *Ee pmrtlaLty in 0onillot nltheaoh Konorable 8. 6;.c;ood,ChaInnan, Page 2 other? *4; Sec. 18 of ,zt. 941, belngtha lest Aot of the Loglslaturoand being pqttallg ln sonil.iOt With Art..929, of the Puaal Code, is that portion of Art. Ml, fimkl4,~~hloh 1s in oonfllst uith Aft= 929, valtd and binding, aad did tha I;r,gbl.ature laplledlyrepsal ths portloa sf xrt. Wmtbt is in aonrllatwlth Sea. la?* Artialo 029 of the Penal Code or 192!!i, reads as tollows: *dirt.989. It shall bs unlawfulror sny p6rson to sell, or offer tor sale, or to have la his po6sosslon,or to have on board any boat or to have in any asroantlle business +stabllshwst, or in any market when ~arohaa- dlse 18 disposed of, any rsdfish or ahannel ppss or greater +gth t&in thirty-two inohea, .&~less than iourtean lnshes; asp salt rata- .‘dr,speOklsd sea trout of lsso length than tilvk fnOhM; a41 shaephead (riless than .nliulnohes in length; any rlcmaer or lsss- t$lultw1ta lnohes; imy porapanoof lssa than &A. iMbl9 in hZ>h; aEy IliOkSTOlOf .&SS fhan fourteen lnobs in lmgth, and any salt water gfl-topsail of less~ Clan ehrsn lnehos la length. "The place or sale or orferfng'for sala' or~&ssesslon shall ror tha purpose or this c@pter 'kosstsbllshrsnus, bs elthor the @lame iron whloh such fish sre shipped, or ~wlmh the fish are found, ar offered for 8aSa. It ahall be Unlawful in sslllq or offerlngrur sale anyrish 8wd0~a in this a+toi.o to ssver ths head fro.atha body, ox-, osgf,.& ease of the redfish and oatfish .ti wh@ahi'~wsat&s head shall only bs severad tlm*u& ythr&lll-amity and the &ill-fins shall rerslaka cm the body of mush redtish or oatiish. St&ohheadless body of a rsdrish shall not measure 153rethan twenty-sevenln8ba8 in length, asd speh headless body of a oatilsh shall not mnsuss lsss tbaa eight laohss In Eos&rable A. E. Wood, Chafraan, lagb 25 length; and all fish mrkbted or sold as lrtsatloned In this ertiole, must he weighed and sold with the head attached, except redilsh end oatiish as loentlonedherein. *my person vlolatlng;any or the provisions of this article shall be dbeord guilty of a mls- demeanor aad upon oonviotion shall be rlned a sq@ not 1088 thsn 'ten($10.00) dollare nor mom than ilfty (#iO.OO) dollare.” SeOtlOn 1s of Artlolb 941, Vernon*8 Annotated Penal Code, ad amnded, nets 1929, 4lst Legislature,p. 269, oh. 11.0;end as subbequentlyaibendbd,hate 1930, 4lst Legis- lature, 5th Called 3bb8ion, p. 180, crh.1.3,sea. 1, reads as follows: “SW. lb. Ptorldbd, that it shall be unlawfulfor boy person to take, or hare in ,&is?oases8loain thle Ytate. eny bpeoicledsea trout of loss length than twelve lnohas, any red riphOt lees length than twelve lnolmbe, or of greater len#+h than thirty-two lnoheb, or any drum of less length than ef@ laahss or greater length than twenty in&ma, any rlouuaer oi loss length than twelvs,,~ehes,or any shobp- hesdat lb~~length thanbight inohes. (AS emnded Acts 1989, 4lst Leg., p. IMQ, ch. 119; Aota 1930, 4lSt Leg., 6th C. 8.. p. 130, oh. 13 i?1.1" It 1s apparent that these two Statutes passed at dirSerctnt moaions of the Le&slature wntliot In some partia- tiara. The extent of thass oonfliots may br aDre appannt when the38 two enaatmentsara pleoed side by bide in the form of a table, thus: Art1018 929 xrtlsltt 94l. Sea. X4 (To sell,ofrbrror sale, (fftc or,ohsve in pornerr- h%ve la possesalon,hare D hibftbd) ,onboard boat, in meroantile e~stebllshaeat or markst pro- hibited) 1. Redfish -- 14-32 1. Redfish -- 12--52 8. channel.bass -- 14-32 3. Salt water sea trout -- 18 X: 591 Honorable A. E. Vood, Cbair~~n, -PagO 4 Artiale 929 (C0rPt.l Art1018 941. 680. lb (Coa’t.1 S okled see trout -- “0” 2 .9 bkled sea trout- 12 $ Sgbeephbad -- !? S~eaphbad -- Floubder -- 7: Pompano -- I.2 9 a: Flounder -- 9. 1: 6. ~aokbrel -- 14 8. 9. Ealt water gm- tOpSOil -- 11 9. 10. Eeadleb8 redfish -- er Headlbs8 Oatfish - 6 E: ii: 12. Drum -- e-20 Pbnaltq Pbnaltx ~10.00 -- $50.00 F'iehkan*s or dealer*8 ..liobnsb oanoblle%. ArtiOlb 929 Of the Pbaal Code is a general law. alsO is Artiolb 041. Stephbmbn v. ‘Woo%(Comn. App. ), 119 EX.. NM, 54 5. PI.(2a) 246. Consbqubntly, ft may be seen rroa the above tbble that ws hare two gbnsra~ S~tatuteSrb~ating to the mm6 8UbjbOt siattsr, nemely, thb ais8 of osrtain rlsh. EOW should these two ennotmentswhiah are fn Pari Efheria bb oon- strneat The rule r0r oonstruing oosfllating6MOt5bRtS on thb SbSIbsubjbot is slbarly stated iIl SbbtiOll 73 Of Vol. 59 of Tbxbs Jurlsprudenosas follows: "A&though 1% contal+s ao rbpbsling olaosb, a new SMOtIIIeSit bbrogates 4Ry .fOnnbr 4Ot On the asme SUbjbOt, with which &t olsarly and manifest- ly oonfllote to the extesir,.ot 'theInoonolstanoy or rbpugnanoy betweclnthb~~tiwoR. See also 59 C. T. 91.0. The rule ,statedabove La well sbttlea in Tbxbb, aad while Gbplied repeals arb notSavQre%, aaa t.hbcourts will make every srr0rt t0 ham0nisb 8~43pgpgl~ 00~iicting 6tstUtbs, if Oertaln.portIoniot %Ifrbrent~,&aotmentsare in oonillot the hbt bm&iient will euperbeds~bn~'control~thefOrmr t0 the Eonorable A. E. Food, Chairman, Page S extent or the coufliot or InoOneietency. Citieene National Brmlcof Kaoo P. Del Rio Bank and Trust Company (C. C. A., 1928) 11 s. W. (26) 242; Chile6 v. The state, 1 Tex. cr. 8. 27; Ragazlne t. stete, 47 Tex. Cr. 8. 46, 84 5. 1. 8321 'dhlt- tenberg v. Craven (Comm. App.) 268 8. S. 152, rev. 216 S. W. 261. As stated in Southern CormtruationCo. V. Ealll- burton, 149 Term. 319, 256 8. W. 409, *althougha later sot mey not cover the entire eubjeot matter of an earlier act, nor purport to provide a new eyEtern,If the latter aat is repugnanton 8 particularpoint, it will operate es a repeal by implicationto the extent of the repugnanoe and oonfllot.W This is aleo the rule in Texas. See Conley v. Daughter8 of the Republic 106 Tex. 80, 139 S. up.937; Railwrray v. Ximberly, 19 3. W. (e&f MM; Carleon v. Richards, 107 9. n. 861; Jessee ;iO.DeShong, 105 S. ?J.1011. In Texas plloiiicRailway Company v. Wlmberly, et al (G.&A., 1929) 19 S. 1. (2&) bM, a oonfliot lr idsd between Seotions 23 end 25 of nrtlole 1995, Reviaeb Civil Statutes, with respeot to venue in pereon& lnftuy suite against railroad corporations,and the court saidr *The lattar act did not expreraly repeal or modify the fomer, but aupereeded it la all ~(188sto rhloh both applied. easer whioh were not provided for in the Aot of 1901 aontlnuod to be controlledby the former m0rd aomprehen- sire aot. Repeels by impliaationextend only so far as there may be a oonfl%ot between the two lawa. ielierethere is no aonrl:ot, the earlier law Is not affeoted by the latter.* Coneaquently,it Is the opinion of this department and you ar8 reapeatrullyadvised that in eo far 8s the pro- hibitionagainst one taking or haying In hie posseesfon red- fish, (exoept headless redilsh), apeokled sea trout, sheep- heed, flounder, or drum is conoerned Se&ion le of Article 941, Vernon’s Annotated Penal Code, oontrola and superrede8 Artiole 929 of the Penal Code and the penelties provided in Article 941 of Vernon*s Annotated Penal Code are applioable. In all other raepeats, Article 929 oi the Penel Code has -been left intact, and the penalties therein provided are applicable to all suah violations. %8 appreciate having our attention oeilledto the 0861)of goran 0. The State (Ct. Cr. App., 1938),~122 S. W. (2d) 318. In that case different proriefoaa oi the *‘Texas Honorable x. E. good, Chairman , Page 6 Liquor Control Act” provided different pamaltlssror the saxe criminal aot, and the court held neither provision was operative because of this Iruletinltooe~~. Rowever, aa the court pointed out on wtlon ror rehearing: *‘se are uot dealing with m ugaant etat- utes pureed at diffeient datea wL re tne me last enueted might aontrol. Gee eaaee oIted In Yote 8, wdu Axt. 'I Yerwn’a huotated Texao Penal Cods, Vol. 1. Co are oonfronfsc! rlth repu ant prorlelon8 0r the mm8 law enacted aF the sam tlmo end in the saae bill.* For the feaaona stated by the oourt, we do not feel that this case Is applleable to the eftuatlon &et forth ln your letter where we are aonaerned with coafllotlly previriotm of Aot8 or the Legislature poeerd at ditltuent aee8io~. We bell-e that the ease of Robertmn 7. State, 90 Tex. Or. R. 310, l&Q 3. X. 713, is wre nearly In point. Zn that care it was aonteuUed that sinoe one artlole ol the Penal Code audo an aot h aledemanor punishable by flae only whlah another end later artlole amde a relony unlhable b iapriwawnt In tha ~~~~l~~~~y*~e*~~e~:~~~~~~~~~~~~~d~tnw~l~:~ that tha la&i aae&meut or the Leglalafum wntr%Gled to t& extent 0r any eontllot, thus making an aut on80 a mi8domanor now a felony. Your pluwtlons are thereroro aa6wered MI rOllam; 1. no. 2. Yea. 3. ssotion 1e Of Arti ,941 aoqtrol8. 4. Yea. Very txuly yortci~ ATTORggP OmE&^;L OF TXhS R.Koah n Fielter amI*ant