OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 11 

OROVLR SLLLLRS 

AlTORP4CV OmrnAL 

lamorcrblo 1. b. Cukdo 

AarLta8t 8oorota 

tuar Mat0 ?arb Lrd 

Awtl8, Tual 

Boa 

Tour noont roqwrt 

roada, in prt, aI follarrr 

'Tbo flML qttortion 

quert an opl8108 up00 ir 

010 927* ropoalr Artlclo 

IS Artlclo 9na doer 

.- -- 

npt 

ot rqmal Artlclo 928b, 

ion8 oonrtltuto ‘vatorr 

of b river flovlng through 

‘(b) A lake lying vholly vithin a atate park 

and fomad by impounding the vatsr of a stream floving through a state park. 
806 

ltonorrblo 0. b. CuI4d0, pago 2 

l to ) o k tpo a rk 

outoldo of 

Tbet portion of 

l voa though tho 

tho park. 

l lake lying vltbln l 

kluioo of tho tiko Ir 

Act0 1945, 49tb kgIslatur0, pgo 13, chptor 9, appoarlag +o Utlolo 927a, Vvmon’o Anaotatod Penal Codo o?.Toxao, road8 

aa ?ollovo 8 

%ooticn 1. Tborr oh11 bo no alomod l oaoon 

or porlod of tlmo vhoa it l b~ll k ualrvfU to take, 

eatoh ar retain frroh vator floh by tho wo o? ordlrnw hook cad 1Ino or l rtlflolel luror. Other, dovlooo, tho wo of vhlob IO pomlttod 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 l 8 l re 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 on ml flmhl trlngor any large-mouth black bar, Dull-mouth black 

bror, rpottod brro, OF UI~ 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 bo wil~vhrl for 8nr person In 

any ow 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 g ng a t?l?tom o , (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 or vhltr 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 am they provldo a clooad 

ouscm or porlcd of tI8o vhon It IO unlav?ul to kko 

or catoh fish or to uoo l rtl?IcIal luno, or insofar 

aa thor provide l l lrm lImIt, pomoemoIon 1IaIt or 

dally catch lI8It, or othwvIoo oonfllot vlth my 

provloIon of this Act, shall bo and the DUO are 

horobr n~olod; l xcopt that nothing horoln conklnod oball npoal Chapter 213, Houoo bill lo. 654, 

Rogulrr boooIon, 48th kglmlatun, or ngulati~no 

udo thoroundor to govom the tokw of flmh In I&ko 

TOXCU, vhloh IO tho body of vator irpoundod by the 

dem bt ~nloon, Toxam. l 

hots 1941, 47th LogIolaturo, pago 1416, ohaptor 652, 

paragraph 1, appearing am Artlolo 928b, Vomon’o Annotated Polul 

Codo of Toxro, roads am ?ollovo~ 

%hoevor mh~ll take, catch, l no nmo , or tmp 

UJ fish by any ~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 l violation of any provision of this Act.” 

(mphao IO rddod) 

It vi11 bo notod that the bglolaturo In tho noxt-abovoquoted l tatuto ham vemtod In the keopwo , wrotakoro or l upmrIntondonto of public parks tho solo dIoorotlorury pcvor of maying vho may 

and vbo BET not fish Lo the vatorm thorvln ispoundod. In no ray 

domm the Leglolrturo mot up l tanbardm or nmtrlctlonm to be folloved by l ald caretakers, but rather It subjects thooo cItIzonm dmmlrIng SImhIng prlvllegoo to the vhlmm of 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. We advance 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 

With this pnUmo In Bind, vo Invito to rour attention 

tho Solloving portinont l uthorltleo I 

SeatIcna5, wgo 924, Volm• 11 of tiorla Jurloprudenoe, roads, in part, 80 ?oll~vot 

“On0 of tho moot Important to&to l m to vhothor 

pmrtloular lwo uount to UI InvalId dole~tlon of 

logIo~tIvo povor IO found In the oaplotonooo of 

the rktuto l m It rppure vhon It lo~vor tho hands 

of tho logIo~tun. The gononlly noog43Iood priaclple IO th a t l lw muat bo 00 oaplok 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 th0 loelml~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 

IO mmood 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 ham hid dovn tho rule that In oonoldorlng 

~vhathmr a section of a rt8tuto IO oaploto or iasrploto, tho toot IO vhethor the prcvIoIon IO ouf- 

?IcIontl~ do?IaIto and aortain to enable ana mading It to knw him rl 

dor.” (~p&mIo ourm r 

to and obl@tIanm thorwnSootion 234, paga 947, Volm• 11, of Amorlcan Jurloprudemo, r0Odo, in part, am ?oll~~o: 

‘4 l l Any lav vhlch l uthorlroo th. ISSuing or 

vlthholdlng of licenses, pe~ltm, or approvals or 

sanctions other adaInImtrrtIve functlonm in much a 

-mr am the drmlgnatcd o?fIclalm arbitrarily choose, 

vlthout rmfmnncm to all of the clams to vhlch thm 

lav under conmlderatlon vam intended 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 

am follovm~ 
809 

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 am a 

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 l 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 uth o rcltl itedo m 1 

Pan&&Re?. Co. v. &n, 293 U. 9. 

Ct. 241, 79 L. Ed, 

388, 55 8; 

1 A. L. A. Schechter 

Poultfy Corp. v. 

-* (Emphamlm 

5 9. Ct. 837, 79 L. Rd. 

added 

Tho lmpetum giving rlmo to 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::am dale 

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:o may and vho may not fish :n vatcrm impounded 

in state parks, and thereby render tt!e vlolatgr subject to a fine 3,f 

One Hundred Dqllars ($123). 
8i0 

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 thi8 holdlng,ve feel it I8 8elf-evident that 

l fur ther dircurrion Of the quertlonr mired In JOUP bqUiry 18 

UeOO88arJ. 

YOUr8 very truly 

ATTORtW OEIIBRAL OP TEXAS 

BY ebw 

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