OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GROVER SELLERS 

ATTORNEY GCN~AL 
lsormrablr %'. II. 3alArld~o - p8ge 3 

“SeO. a. Tt ah021 be unlwful for my poraon 

to take rrw pub118 rroah watara anA retala, or pl8oe 

in any c+ontnlner, boat, oreol, lln-box or on ray 

Slrb-atrlngar any 18r@-mmtb blaok braa, amall-moutla 

blmk bms, 8pott& bs08, or any sub-•pooloo OS I&r@ 

mouth blaok bass, 6salZ-roubb blvok Bra@, l g o tt.beal), 4 

tb8t 10 looo Wkon l ovon (T) inehso in lOn@tb. 

Ymo. 3. n aball b8 anlarful for any i?woon 

la any one dry to ostab and rataln, or to pla@o 011 or 

in any Aevioa of ooatainer for bolAlDa l ano rblle ha 

io $?lrbln@, aor iLab tbet la taken froan th. publio 

irrnh ratora oi bbla atata in l xmaa of thciollor 

lez@b than eleven (11) iaabea; whit0 baaa, trantp 

tlv8 (83); blue aotfl8h,~dt8n~ol aatil8b anA JOUW 

QatSl#h, singly or ln;tbr l IgOg8tU, t~Ontpfiv0 (P5): 

orapple or white paroh, twaaty-fin (es). 

YMO. 4. any permn rho violits my prO+lOlOnU 

of tbi8 Act, u$mn conviotlon aball be finaA in a l upt 

not 1008 than Five [ti.OCr) Dollar*, nor roar than 

$iity (.$BO.OO) Dollaru. 

til4 
615 

repeal Chapter 213, Bouae Ml1 No. 654, Regular 

Saaalon, 48th Legislature, or regulation8 rada 

tbnreunder to aomrn the taking or rm in Lab 

Texoma, whioh ia tba body OS water lmpou11406 by 

the dam at Ueniaon, T~IPIO.~ 

fLrtlolaa981 and 95%-l, 

respeotlrsly as follows: 

(mphaaia oura) 

as amendad in 1941, read 

'Art. 951. Warah and April closed to ealaaa and 

artlfloial bait 

"IIt shall be unlawful for any perma to oatoh 

any ri0b in tka rn0b ratarr or tbla statb, with 

any a&m or.mt other than mlnnow l alna, nut axoaabing twenty ieat in length, or to Arag any wlna, 

exorpt euoh speolfled minnow realm, or to sat any 

net, in the rraah waters or tbla Btato during tha 

months OS March and April, or to flab with uq 

artlfloial bait or any kinA Ln~the treah watmra 

of thie $tato during the montha of Uuroh anA April. 

Anypermn~lolating any of tbo p~~vlaloaa OS this 

Artlolo aim11 be doomed guilty of a mladuuumr 

and ahall be upon aomlotlon tlnad a sum of not 

1000 than twanty ($SiO.OO) Aollare aor aora tbna 

OJW hundrad ($100.00) dollar@. This artlo~e -11 

not apply to any utlflolal lake, pond or pool, 

owned by any person, flra, corporation, olty OF 

twa, that deea not have aa' it8 aourm of wedof 

supply a river or orwk or ia not aubjeot to ovarflowiroma rlMror aree&~ 

*Art. 9sm.4-+& Ragulatlng flahlngfnDlmmlt4inA 

ether o&intloa 

‘s40li10n’l. Any and all peranna shall bo permitted to take OP oa~toh auokera, buffalo, aarp, 

shad, or gar during the maths or July, Augurit, 

Saptembar, and Oatobar in ar:y of the f'mah water 

or Boa ue 

Brown k&i 

walmlt~ zevala, Yadlna, UvalAa, Dawintb, 

ltan, Csryell Gonzales, Umr, Ball, 

cOlll& Wagson, arillaapl*, gbndal.L, &awl, Umble, 

tilla, ~Ief'feraon, Blaaoo, Llann, moon, YoWooh, 

San Saba, ~oolca, Denton, +anga, Sfitahall, Fisher, 

Nolan, Chambem, Travis,,%rdin kmpaaaa, ynnnln, 

Burn&, afllinmeon, Andy rarksr dountles with a 

eelne or net, the mashas ai which shall not ba 
lees than rim lnoh l qupn, and any and all pmxme 

&hall be pertelttd to tab or oatoh euokere, buffalo, oarp, ahad; or gar with wire, cope, or g& 

at any time ot the year, ~royided howover, that 

a&y base, orappie or white peroh, oatfieh. peroh, 

bream, or trout oaught by the above-mentioned 

nrsthodehall bo ismediately released in tha vmtwe 

from ~Woh they are oaught. M asended Aote lW1, 

47th.UIg., p. 893, 6h. 884, I l. 

q360. 8. 3t aim11 bm unlawful r0r any perron 

to have in poeeoeelon any base, arappis or white 

peroh, oatfieh, pssoh, bream or trout at t&4 time 

that euoh pereon ha8 in poeeeeeion any euoiere, 

buffalo oar ehad or gar taken by a&hods pormitted Ll the Aot. 

*mo. a. It ehall be unlawful for ani perran 

t4 have In 

r 

ereeion any bare, erapple or whit0 

peroh, oatr eh, per&h breuu or trout might alo 

ueiw a ecrlns of sot i.88 then one fixah equara 

moeh or wing w&m rope.or gig for the purporcr of 

taking auokere, buffalo, o 

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abad or gar from 

any of the Smmh mterii of 0ounti.e mentioned 

la seotlon 1. 

rseo. 4. Any pbreon rtolatiag any of the grovielone in seoti4ae 1, B and S OS t-hi8 Arti 

ehall be 68-d <y aI' a mledmeanfm aml upon 

oenviotlon shall be fined in any cum not 1088 than 

Ten ($lO.OO) Dollar8 nor mar5 thmn Oiu Enndmd 

()lOO.OO) Boilare. Fro,rlded that this Aot ehall 

not apply to that;@ 0rQk.w0n oounty draimd 

by the fributarle&~& tha Eo8qua River, rhioh shall 

be oontrelled by thcprorielone of Eoueo Bill Ho. 

671 OOIjn (Aeta 1~1, 4,8&d Leg., ~0. L., p. 104, Oh. 

The x&elatSv3 lnteat, apparent Srom the .Ltagtiqe 

of the above eaphaeloed eeotbme, wkmn~ oonetrued in rolatlon 

to Artlolse 951 and 95W.-T, Vernon*8 ¬ated Pwml Qode, 

doer not appear to repeal raid @ticlee in their eatirety. 

Rather the Intention OS tim Leglelature soeme to be to prorlda for an open year found eeaeon on fmeh water fish. HWever, in all other retrpeots lOoal,’ gmsral 4c egselillore 

as they now etand amended by Sootlon 5, ooatlnue lq for00 and 

rtmaln applioable to the prtiaulrr 6ouRtiee. 
It eecme oltir therardre, that a MIW my be ueed 

under ArtifW8 951 md &L-P at any time during the year to 

Sreeh water rleh, ,a0 long a8 there 18 oa~lglianoe with 

other reetrlstlone a8 are plaoed 40. their uee by the 

of thie etate. 

take 

euoh 

IAtWS 

AOOOrdingly, it 1s the opinion of this QeparUaent 

both of your quoetione, ae rtated, ehould be anewered in 

the aftlrmetAv8. 

that 

Your8 very truly 

ATTCRHBY GgWRAL Olr TltXkS