**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN**  11 

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### Awtl8, Tual

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### Tour noont roqwrt roada, in 

### prt, aI follarrr



### 'Tbo flML qttortion quert an opl8108 up00 ir 010 927* ropoalr Artlclo IS

### Artlclo 9na doer

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ot rqmal Artlclo 928b, ion8 oonrtltuto ‘vatorr

of b river flovlng through

‘(b) Alake lying vholly vithin a atate park and fomad by impounding the vatsr of a stream floving through a state park.

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ltonorrblo 0. b. 

### CuI4d0, pago2



## l to) o kto park outoldo of Tbet 

### portion of

lvoa though tho tho park. l **lake** lying vltbln l

kluioo of tho tiko Ir

**Act0** 1945, 49tb kgIslatur0, pgo 13, chptor 9, appoarlag +oUtlolo 927a, Vvmon ’o 

### Anaotatod Penal Codo o?.Toxao, road8 aa ?ollovo 8 

# %ooticn

1. Tborr oh11 bono alomod loaoon 

### orporlod 

### of tlmovhoa 

### it l b~ll k ualrvfU 

### to **take,** 

### eatoh ar retain frroh vator floh by 

### thowo o? ordlrnw **hook**cad 1Ino or l rtlflolel luror. Other, dovlooo, 

### thowo of vhlob IOpomlttod by lav, uy bo auod 

### for tho purpooo of takiag fnrh 

### vator flrh 

### rt anr tlmo of the 

### roar, but only In oapllanao vltb ouah **otbor** rootrlotIoao l8 lre **plaood** on tholr uoo **br the**  **lava of**  thlr o&to.



### ‘860. 2. IL #till bo ualwiul for mr p4rron 

### to kko fra public fnoh vaton =d ~~,trIn, **or** plbco la w eoakIaor, bent, orool, llrobox **or** onml flmh

### l trlngor any large-mouth black bar, Dull-mouth black bror, rpottod brro, OFUI~rub-opocloo of Urge-mouth **black** 

### kro, null-mouth **blmk** 

### bar@, rpottod boa, **that** Ia low th&n I)OVOLI (7) lnohor in loagth.



### ‘8oc. 3. Xt oh11 bowil~vhrl **for** 8nr person In 

### anyow der to catch and 

### rokla, **or** to plwo on oc In w dovloo or **oontalnor for**  holdlag 8~ vhllo ho 18 flohiag, uir floh tht IO **t+ken** ?r# the public fnoh vaton 

### or thlr stat0 la UOeM o? the ?ollovIag 1la1trr large-mouth black bra, rull-mouth 

### black Maa, opottod barr, or l

ny rub-opoclor of tbo l UO, rIngly **or** ln 

### the 

### l g gngato,

?l?tom (15), of vhlch not more than ten (10) oh11 be of **gnator** length thbn @loron (11) Incheat vhlto barr, tventy-five 

### (25)~ blue catfish, channel catflrh and yollov oatfirh, rfngly **or** In the aggregate, tventy-flvo 

### (25); crappie 

### orvhltr perch, tventy-five 

### (25).

# %ction 4. Any person vho violate8 **any** provision8 of thir Act, upon conviction rhall be fined in a awn not lean than Flvo ($5.00) Dollare, 

### nor more than Fifty ($50.OO) Dollars.Honorable 1. b. CuIado, pago 

### 3

“800. 5. All lava or wrto of lavm, local, genolrl or 

### l

pooIb1, insofar amthey provldo a clooad ouscm or porlcd of tI8o vhon It IOunlav?ul to **kko** or catoh fish 

### or to uoo lrtl?IcIal luno, or insofar aa 

### thor provide l llrm lImIt, pomoemoIon 1IaIt or dally catch lI8It, **or** othwvIoo oonfllot vlth my provloIon of this Act, shall bo and the DUOare horobr n~olod; 

### l xcopt that nothing horoln conklnod oball npoal Chapter 213,Houoobill lo. 654, Rogulrr boooIon, 

### 48th kglmlatun, or ngulati~no udo 

### thoroundor to govom the **tokw** of flmh In **I&ko** TOXCU, vhloh IOtho body of vator irpoundod by the dembt ~nloon, Toxam. l hots 1941, 47th LogIolaturo, pago 1416, **ohaptor** 

### 652, paragraph 1, 

### appearing amArtlolo 928b, Vomon ’o **Annotated** Polul Codo of Toxro, roads am?ollovo~



### %hoevor mh~ll **take,** catch, l nonmo,

or 

### tmp UJ fish byany ~oano vhtoomvor In any 

### vatoro vhlch are vlthln tho con?Inoo of anr public **park**

### under the oontrol of tho **Tuao** State Parks bard, vlthout the

**‘ vanant**  any porooa **found** omlttIng lviolation of any provision of this Act.” (mphao IOrddod) It vi11 bo notod that the bglolaturo In tho noxt-abovoquoted l

tatuto hamvemtod In the keopwo , wrotakoro or 

### lupmrIntond

### onto of public parks tho solo dIoorotlorury 

### pcvor of maying vho may and vbo BETnot fish Lo the vatorm thorvln ispoundod. In **no** ray domm the Leglolrturo 

### motup l tanbardmor nmtrlctlonm to be folloved by l

ald **caretakers,** but rather It subjects thooo cItIzonm dmmlrIng SImhIng prlvllegoo to the vhlmmof an l dalnlmtratlve officer. This being true, ve deem It l.nomcapable that Article 928b, Vsrnon

’m **Annotated**Penal Cod., must first be conmldered In the light of Its conmtItutIonalIt~ beion any endeavor to anmver your quemtionm **in the**  **order** In vhlch they are propounded. Weadvance this proposition for the self-evident reamon that should Article 928b, Vernon ’s **Annotated** Penal **Code,** fall to meet the velldeflncd temtm of conmtltutlon6llty, It vould render moot your Inquiry concerning its rmpmal **by** Article 927a, 

### Vernon's Annotated Penal Code, l 

### upra.Honomblo t. b. Culrdo, pqgo 4



### Withthis pnUmo InBind, **vo** 

### Invito to rour attention tho Solloving portinont l uthorltleo I SeatIcna5, wgo 924, Volm • 11 of tiorla Jurlopru**denoe,** roads, **in** 

### part, **80** ?oll~vot



### “On0of tho moot 

### Important to&to lm

### to vhothor pmrtloular lwo 

### uount toUI InvalId dole~tlon of logIo~tIvo **povor** IOfound In the oaplotonooo of the 

### rktuto l

### mIt rppure vhon 

### It lo~vor tho hands of tho logIo~tun. The gononlly noog43Iood priaclple IO thatl lw muat bo 00oaplok in all 

### Its terns end pr~vIolonm vhon 

### It lo~voo the logIo&tIvo brurch of the govomwnt 

### that- **n0thl.u** IO

### loft to the judmont of tho l loctorm or

### other l molntoo or aolorpto OS th0loelml~turo. oh mt **d** 

### tl prlvllogom, or OblIptIOnO gr8ntfdror &oo% %t bo dofinitely flxod or dotomInod, or the rulevhlob th t ba fix **d**U dotrmlnod 

### must be clomrly 

### ~d%?&t~l~ 

# l :tiblSobod, vhon the act IOmmood br tho loglolbturo and bpprovod by 

### the **govomor.** Th lav wmt b8 porfoot, f-1, and docIolvo in all of 

### Its parts, **and** the dIocntIon vhloh lo glvon must rolato only to l xooutlon. One court hamhid dovn tho rule that In oonoldorlng ~vhathmra section 

### of a rt8tuto IO

### oaploto or 

### iasrploto, tho toot IOvhethor 

### the prcvIoIon IOouf- 

### ?IcIontl~ do?IaIto and 

### aortain to enable ana mading It to knw him rl dor.” (~p&mIo ourmr to and obl@tIanm thorwnSootion **234,** paga 947, Volm • 11, of Amorlcan Jurloprudemo, r0Odo, in

### part, am?oll~~o:

‘4 l lAny lav vhlch l uthorlroo th. ISSuingor vlthholdlng 

### of licenses, pe~ltm, 

### or approvals or sanctions other adaInImtrrtIve functlonm in mucha -mr am the drmlgnatcd o?fIclalm arbitrarily choose, vlthout rmfmnncm to all of the clams to vhlch thm lav **under** conmlderatlon vamintended to apply and vlthout being controlled 

### or guided **by**my defhiie rule or mpeclflod conditions to vhich all mimllar~~ sltuatmd may conform, Is unconstitutional and void.
l . .î (Eimphaslm added) SectInn 420, page 911, Volume 12 of Corpus Jurlm, mad8 amfollovm~

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iiononble P. 0. Cmlado, wgs 5

“The legImlaturo MJ authorize a particular board of offlcorm vho have charge of a portion of the a??aIrm of the stat0 **or** a city, much ama baard of hoelth, of police, or of oattlo camatloolonorm, latlonr

. to make reasonable police ~188 and reguBut It cannot 8bdIcato Its ovn police povor on any 

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ubJect and confer much paver on a board to be exercised according to the uncontrullod dImcretIon of much board.’ In conformity vlth themo gonoral oktoronto of the lav, ve quoto from the cmme of Brovn vs. 83 S. V. (2d) 935, ae follovmr il\rmblo 011 b Reflnlmg Coatpan~,

Iangever v. M!ller 124 Tax. ~76.QIwT.rih) 1025. 96 A. L. R. $36. and

# l utho rltlom

cited1 Pan&&Re?. Co. v. &n, 293 U. 9. Ct. 241, 79 L. Ed, 388, 55 8; 1A. L. A. Schechter Poultfy Corp. v. -* (Emphamlm 5 9. Ct. 837, 79 L. Rd. added Tho lmpetum giving 

### rlmoto the creation of the

. above -01**.ted** authorltloo stoma fzw tho doclmlonm aonmtrulng Article 3, Section 1, of the Texas Constitution vhlcb provldom am?ollovor

“Section 1. The Leglol8tIve pover of this Stat0 shall be vemtod In a Senate l nd Houoo of Representatives, vhlch togethrr shall be styled ‘The Le&mlatura of the State of Texas. I8 In applying theme veil-founded prohibitions and tests to the instant statute, It 1~ apparent that the Laglslature has not only failed to prescribe standards or remtrlctlonm to vhlcb the keeper or caretaker of public parks must adhere, but also t::amdale gatsd to an admlnlst~tlve officer the mole dlmcretlon **In** leglalabing on the inherent rldhtm of cltlcens; 1. a., to arbitrarily legis late by declarln,: vZ:omayand vho maynot fish :n vatcrm impounded in state parks, and thereby render tt!e vlolatgr subject to a fine 3,f One Hundred Dqllars ($123).

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Honorable t. 8. Camlade, page **6**

It therefore loglcally follovs thnt ln the opinion of thlr Department Article 928b, **V.** A. P. C., vhollr fall8 to aeet **the** required teat of oonrtItutIon8lIt~ and I8 thereby void.

In vIev of thi8holdlng,ve feel **it I8**  8elf-evident **that** l further **dircurrion Of**  the 

### quertlonr mired In **JOUP bqUiry**  **18 UeOO88arJ.** 

**YOUr8** 

### very truly ATTORtWOEIIBRAL

OPTEXAS

BY ebw A88i8tUlt 

### BN/JCP