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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

Ednoreble Bhelburne FI. Olotsr Oounty **Attornoy** Marion Ooqaty Jefferson, Teres Daar SIrI

TOUS oommunl a legal'opinion **rmm** t 1137i of tin F'enal Ood

44th Leglrlat requesta ek?!, 1940,

ioh war eneotedby the grorfdss as r0li0w;llt

aption ot title oi this **Aot,** whloh I8 Chapter 86 oPthe @moral and **&moial** Lawr of tha 44th Legi8latura ( p. eO7) (1996)**,roada:**

**“ An**  **Aot** providing that it shall be unlawful for any por80n, firm or oorporatlon to 8011 or to ortar **r0r** 8a10,within tha stats of Tmca8, any good8 wer88 and/ok nsrohandiro,manufactured out of the State or Texed, wholly or 'inpart,by oontlots or **pri8OJlOr8 ill**  **PSllEil** end/or **rdOIVUXtOq ill8titUtiOM** 

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Honor'ablo

### ahlburne H. Olovor, Faer 8

**.X88pt OOllViOt8**  OP Qp18bn8p8 Oa mPOl8 OP QPObation, 

### providing 8XMptiOn8, 

### end protiding penalti881 end d8OhPill& 8IIGilOPgIllO~."(hapha OUP8.) 888tiOll

'a,.tp8l

m*Pg8llbr**OhU8a, 8t8tr8:**  "The hot that prlron Mdr good8, WPPM, and/or r8POhZidiSe maaufaotured 

## outof th8 State OS T8xa8, are now being orforrd for 88lo~wlthlnthe State oi Taxa and that ther8 18 no law to prohibit their **8alr oroatas**  &n 

### l

mmgenoy'rnd an lmperatiropub110 **llOOO88it~ that**  th8 **CoMtitUtiOZIal** Rulr requiring that **bfll8** 

### br raad on thrre 8rraralday8 1n eeoh Hour8 br 8U8pallded

and that thlr **Aot** take **erieat** and b8 in fOPO8 **rPO#I** and **artaP it8**  **p(LIIIa@,** and it i8 80 Onaotbd.”
An examination of the oaption end the body of this Aot in the light of Seotion 38, Art1018 III, of the Con<ution of *8xa8, Omp618 **U8 t0**  ths OOnO&tl8iOn that this **hW** 18 Invalid, wherefore, 

### an opinion oon5tPuing it8 provi8lon8would 88PVe **II0 U8eiti**  **pUP~O8..**

saotion 38, Artlol~JII,oi the Conrtitution or 'fox88 pPOVld.8: 

### 'No bill . . . 8b8li OOntahI

### more than one rub18Ot,whioh shell b8 8rpnssed ln it8 t1tl4. **But ii**  **any eubjoot**  rhallbm embraoed in anAot, whioh rb811 notbr 8XpP8888d in the title, ruoh Aot 8hallbo raid **Only 88**  **t0 80**  muoh th.POOi **a8** 8ha11 notbo **80 8f~c)ll.d.** **’** Th8 **&NlPposO Oi**  this **OOn8ti8UtfOM~ PqUiP8BXint**  **W88 ’**  

### 08~1~ rooognissd and daooribmd by ths Supreme 

### OourtofT8xa8, 8Jb88kiw **ahPOU& e.**  **rU8tiO8 Chin88**  **iXl** th8 **-80 Of**  Ad8mr **k** WlOk*8 1. water oompany, 86 'pox.486, as 8. w. 605,Wh8P8llh it w68 raid: “The inquiry 18 notwhat tha Leg18latuP8 intrndrd to embraom 

### in the tltlr, but what, **by** the tom8 employed, it bid ln faot mbraoe. “The pup088 of tha oon8t1tut1onal P8quiPeEont ir to glre notioe thro h the tit10 of th8 bill+Mt Otis to Umber8 of theYa 

### glrlature, but to the oiti-

### HonorableShOlbrunalf. f31Ot8F,E&g* 3

SO08 **at laPg8,**  **Of the**  **8PbjOOt-Ia8ttar of**  **th.** 9?0- **j8Ot8d l&W,**  and thercbbr **t0 pTrV8nt**  th8 **8UPf@itiOU8** p8M&8 **Of 8**  

## 1aV **UROll On8**  **8UbjeOt Und4P**  **the** @l18e ofa titlewhloh 8rJu.88898 another
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**Xn** ward **bbttl8 81** **FartuPr Co.**  **‘ I.**  CePpsnt8P, 

### a00 **8. R.**  5f?1,th8 Bu&Il'8art, **Court** again dsolrrrd, "The JRUpO8. Of th8 OOn8titutiOnelpZ'Ori&U4 inh@rmOt t0 th8 title Ot l8JJitlatitO **AOt8** 18 **V.11 understood.**  **Xt** 18 **that by**  **mean8 of**  thr title the hgirlator may bo Pra8onablyapprired

## otth8 800 of the bill 80 that 8urpri8eend fraud in T3-E .g 8 tiOn Q&y bo ~OVOtlt4d." (hpha8i8 OtlP8). 

### TheCourt ot Cri8.inalAppulror Toxa8 ha8 announoed **th 8aiW**  prinOipl88 **in mEI7**  **Oa888 ilh3tretrd**  

### by D8 Siltia V. S&b, 289 8. VI.542, end Rx part4 Haartrtill, 38 S. 19.(26)

l . In the tlret m8ntionrd cam the oourt mid, through JudgeYorPowl

"One object of tha oon8tltutionel,pmtl8ion BOlbtiOMd 18 '80 taiPlr 8pLU18@ tb p80&'18, through 8UOh pvblloetlon Ot li@8llhti+4 ~P00.061~8 a8 18

mad., **Of** thr **8UbjOOt8** Of logir~tion th8t aon8idrnd, 

### in order that theymy heir8 ty ot being keard f&soon, **br** petition or oth4Pti84, if they 8ha11.80 **dorir.. ’**  Oool*;l* 8 Con**8titUtiOMl** Limitation8 (7th Ea.) pa go5 . . .
wm oourta in oonrtpuing the prorl8lonr in oonneotionwith

## i4gi8ktir4 aot8 

### hare throughout th8 hirtorp

## ot tbr rtatr,be8n 

### librral'toward thr raIidlty 0r 

### the Aot. Rotrithrtandint,thir **praotlao,** they rroognlzed that the protlrlon Of bho **CQn8tltU** tlon isnandatorp and that, when viewing th8 Aot fn the lkht of the libsrel pallay mentioned, it it oannot bo **fairly** iaidthat the oeption ir not airl8a&- 

### it@, the **law** or thr part **of** the **law** 

### whiah 18 **Tarlent** from **tha title**  of th8 Aat W8t &To way , . . .* Xn tha rroond oa80mentioned, the oourt raid, through **Judge** Lattimores, ,

Bonorablr **S!mlburne E.**  **Olov~r, P8gr**  **4**

*All law8 

### Qarwd **by** th* I&8latuPe of thir **Stat. OPi&$hkt.**  **in billr,**  **UpOQ @aOh**  **Of** aloh **MU88** appear a oaption or title,and motion Sb,Artiolo III, ot 01)s Oomtltutioa tOPbid that any bill, with oePtala~oxo~9tioa8 rhall oOakin more than **OM rUbj.Ot,**  Vhiah **8hd be**  

### l **gPrO88.6** illit8 tith It haa

### b8ua hrld b r8rbiagr Ot 8uOh~t I 

### the oourt that when the **expr88$** tie lid88 alld

~88tPiOt8 tha plupO8e ot the bill, any attoRpt to legi8l8tr oth8Pui8a in 8Ubhbill, Tariallt**iPar** tha &NWp088 prO8OPib8d,18 

### in l

### xa.88 or the 

### le~i8lativo povor, 

### and that 

### a law **8UbbjOOt 80**  thi8 OOEQhillt 18

### UBOO~8titrrt~OlUI~.' A **8tUdf ot**  the Mptloa 

### and **bodr ot**  **Sonato** Bill 46t (Artialo 11s7i) roren~r that the Oaptioa 

### OStit10 dr8oriber theAat a8 on0

### makingit unlawful to 8W vithin the State oi Taa8 any goodr, 

### rarer, ador arrohandlmr aunuraoturod **out** ot tha State oi Toxar by aonviotr~

### whoP8ar 8ootion 1 ot the Aot und8Ptakmr to **Bakr** 8UOh a 8alO Uakwfui it laanufeotUP~6 by aonviot8whothrr la **or** out of th8 State of Taa8. The axoeption appearing in mation l of th8 **AOt** d@NUOU8trate8 beyond faredv8ntuPothat it **apQliO8** to **good8** manufaoturrd bg oonvlot8 II TO-8, whioh i8 not aXIpO888d in the OtkptiOZl.

**Olaarl~,** thenton, the provlrlonr la t&rbody ot thr **A08** 

### as0 broador than 

### there in the tltlo, **8nd** the differ81100 18 OQ* Ot &PM8 rt8PialitJ. ObviOU8, to0 **18 th8**  t&Ot that the tit10 in it8 ~88tP1OtiO~ **Ot** the mhib~tioa to mod8 raaufaoturrd b,~oonriot8 out ol thr Stat8 ot **Tsar,** aa **oon** pred with the laok ot thir rr8~riotioa inthe **bo&y** ot the bill, 18 0alOUbt.d 80Bi8bad th8 ~.@:8htOP Of My OitiX8il intWm888d in 8Uoh lOgi8&tiOlr. 

### Tb title or! aagtioa at the **Aat** do.8 

### not dir01080 OS inthUt0 

### thatth. Mb Ot good8 BUAufaotuPr6 by OOEViOt8 in 'Ion& 18 to be udO Unlawful.

Tha rulr applioabloto 8uOh a rituatioa 18 rtated a8 tOlbW8 ill

suthorland On StatUtOP~ COn8tr\lOtiOl! **(188 xd.),**  paragraph **67, p.**  **94:**

'The rubjeot ia an **Aot** aan ba no broadrr than thr

## rtataaentot it in the title. -*-

## It **18** trqtirrd not only Mat. anAct rhall aontaln but 0110**rubjrot,** but that that **8UbjOO8 bo**  

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**in** the title. The title, **thU8** mad.a pat8 Of r&oh 

### AOt, **EU8t agr8@** 

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Iionorablo8hrlburnv 8. blot8r, Age S

with it by 

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xpr888ix14it8 8uBjoati th8 tit18vill 

### fir **bound8** 

### to the pur~lew, for it oannot exorod the **8fth-8Ubj8Ot** nor **be** oontrary to it. An lot will not be 80 con8truoa a8 **to** oxtend it8 oparation beyond the prrporr**~:oxpP888ed** in

### thr titlr. It 18 

### not l no~&h 

### that the **Aot** euitkaamr but a 8lnglr subjoot or objaot, aad that rll it8

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as8 6U’

#iaaO~ ‘&he **tith 8U8t**  OXpPO8a that subjeat and OWQPrh.tAriVdy raoughto InaUidr all the 

### pror~riolu in thebody ot tlw Aot. The 

### unity and oom~rr ot the 

### mbjrot must, thoseion agLi[;pe 

### ooa816erd with rriuonoa 

### to both title ad

Thr tit18 aannotbe 0nla~5ed By eon8tr\tObi~n’&~ 800 narrow to 00101 all tha pPWb%Oaa 

### inthe l ndtlng part, **nor** 

### oaa the p~trvlrw bmoontraoted by oonrtrootion to tit the fitlot **but** the title, ii not d,lUriVOly &8nual, may **bo 8UtrfOf8Xt**  thowh BOF~ OXtenalto than the ~u~~law.~ Those prinOlpla8

### era 

### l XpPe888d fn Taxer JUPi8pPUdOnO0, Vol. JO’,p8ragr8ph 46, 47, pages 99, 100,101:

“On tha othor hand, when the titlr 18 too n8PPow or PO8trfOtiVO to ooV'dr thr body of th8 **Aot,** th8 **Aat** 18 ?oid, 8t 1888t 88 **t0** any PRPtthat ii3 llOt MbP808d in the 81810.
. . , Whather a title 18 OOtRpPOh8n8iV~ **OS P88triatOd,**  

### l **XJWO88.d ia**  **&WOE31 tern8**  OS with **MPti** oularity, it mu88 bo in 

### l greataeat and oonformltyandnot 

### at rarlrnor withthe mbjrot Of th8 18gi818tiOU. In other WOPb8, the title 8ad th8body ot th8 **Aot** aU8t doal with the **8am. subjeat-m8ttOP**  

### and manifest thr 8-e 18&rlatlra intentend **purpose. ,**  **. .**  

### ~Obviour~y a **8irloadinrJ** title door not oolrply vlth the oonrtltutional re ulramant8,and the **Aot** oi vhioh it 18 a **p8Pt** OS the pror48iOM thmia with whiah it f# lt V(ViaaOo, 18 invalid oa the ground that it8 **rubjrat 18**  not rxpnrred 

### inthr titl8.' rho 0888 ofgutherland 1. Board of %?Ult888, 261 8. 1. 4889(OrPePP8fU88d) d8l0Oll8tP8888 the rba8Onillg

Ot the OOUPt pagardla( **a rimlead-**  tit101

WTho tPua tart 80 bq applied in oa888 Of thfr OhUaOt~P i8t D0e8 

### tha **ti** 818 **f&iPly giV8**  **IlOt;-** by

# it8

rooitalr to all

# paPron OOOaePn8d,Of thr rub**jaat+8ttU** ot th8 **Aot?** It **by** it8 tit18 it **aQpOU5** to **air808** only the re8idmntr 

### 0rprtloularlv darlmatod looalltier,vhlle the PPOVi8iOIl8 in th8body Of bh@

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Honorable Shelburno H. Glorer, Page 6

bill affrot other localitis8 or territory, then the title is mialmding and unoonstitutional, insofar aa **it arre0ta**  the urmmd plaoea

. . . ,* It ir o>.paremt, also, that there can be no asgrrgation or atriking out o$ any proiiaion of Artiols 11371 whereby It maybe upheld In part. Moreovar ware the body of the Act narrowed to make unlswrul the sale in Texas or goods mmracturad by.ocnv~ots out or Texae, **in 00nr0dty**  with the caption, the Act so limited would be discriminatory legislation and violatloa Or the Constitution of the United States. whitridd i. State, s13**sup. ct.**  532, 297 u. s. 431, 00 L. Ed. 770.

Aooor4lngly you am advised that It is the opinion ot thin department that Artiole 11371 or the Penal Code of Texan 1s unoonatltutional, whereupon a oonstruotfon or ite provlrlorie become unnecessary. Yours very truly ATTWNZYGEN-ERAL GFTEXAS

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VECSEP 9, $940 *u ATTORNEYGENERALOF TEXAS