OFFICE OF THE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Bonorablo Norroll L Bwknor, ChUrnan 

OIplb, Flab and cyotor CGmalralan ., \ 

Au8utlu. 20x88 ,.li 

De8r slrt cplnlon m. c&5 -; 

Ret x8rt~r0r 

utloL:rlah &uoa 

kilhh&aler 

stuto to rdll or 

“2. I8 it mfrrtli for vholemlo fish 

dealer andhr rot&l fi8h da 30 P t0 rue OT 

otherwlre out upanyRedfirh, ChemmlBaer, 
mnorable P3arrell L, Btaokner, pwe 2 

3peaklod Sea Illrout, Sheepbead, l?loundor, Poapano, 

Blaakerel OF a.fr-24pe~ for dellvery to a ouetamer on 04nelgna6.nt?~ 

“3. I.f the anmru to Queet~lon 2 le in the 

afrLrm8tire, may euoh rllleted +eh bo eold fr 

rejeotod by the oaneigaoo0 

*a8 0andFtf43t f8 8~ tha rf8h d8u8r8 

and paakere in otbsr etatee ax-0 reported to have 

80id to ritth d0u01~8 vithin th0 stat0 or mm8 

rilleted rroma ash, licaba ktada o? vhf& USI 

referred to Is miole 929 or the menu CUM. 

*Thfe lbpartaeat 18 uncertain u to whothsr 

to allow tho ruue 0r 8Uah produota labia thie 

*tote.* 

me powor of th6 state to regulate amd oantror the 

tsging or rf8h and to regulate or praarbrt the l ale or rich 

T&WA tuken haa beon raid to be nbsolute. Pfeh md game are 

by legi~letive eaaetmnt and deolaratlop tho o0rth8a0i0~0p3+0uod~0fth0r00u~~or tmz 

The Legielature, thonrQre# he powor; not only to ngulate 

th o fl lr a ughor tet&Stag r b uto ma klae wr o a g u la ttShe .ug 

r ub p, a 88088i0n mad trvnrportatiop or rub 8nd ra4h othe 

lW8438 mr b8 &04OJSw tQ &4iooollgrlirh ttri8 p-e Uld &- 

E evaylcuu a+ pryoat vfolatfone of the &w. 119 Tea Jur. 

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&Lrtfaitt 929, voralnl’e Annotated Peau code, pQedor a8 roxb8t 

aArt. 929. Over8lm or mderezte fleh tar 

eale 

“xt *hall be-. unlawful tortiqggmeon te eel& 

or ofrer rw eale. 0~) to hare 

tha 

P4eeseebm, 

b d boatortoha 

i%o&t~ i&.ii% ~.bllrh#nt 

inany 

ocp& uw mmket where merohaudfee ie dfemeod’*r, 6ay rodfSh 

t 1 ththan 

~~~eeZLahe* 1 ~irWO 

water OP epwkbd mea trout or lee8 la Z-J- 
tvelve lnah88~ auy eheephead of learn than nine 

in&e8 in leqth; may rlounar OS lere t&sin tualve 

inohm inlengtht anypcmpmo or 1888 thnn nlaa 

In&e@ ia length1 my mmkerel of learn than fourteen inehee in length, and any ralt water gttrrtopDeAl or lees than eleven lmher la length. 

%he plaoe 0r male or 0rr8ag for male w 

poaeeeel4n rhall ror the urpoee or thu chepter 

to oetablieh veauo,, be el & er tho plaoe Srom 

YhiahaualifleheSe ah&pod, orvhe~~theffah 

em round, or 0frw3d for *alai It rhau be m- 

‘laeful Zti eslllng or offer&g f'or male rap fish 

rtentloned in thL8 ertlole to mover the h4a& from 

shell not mbaeum loam than e tlnahe*iu 

l . l Any por e;ro in o ia & to $t kn&p r g i a vb i4 ne o f th lae r tis4h3a&bll e 0 do tm<y a d o i a a ledeneanor~ a nupon d QOBvItStiOB ahall be rmd a 

mua not less than ton (410.00) dell4re nor pore 

thrrn rirt~ ($50.00) do-.* .,,_ r;~ 

ft appear8 to bo 5adfemt rrotn the provl~Iaa or the 

quoted statute that it IS unlawrul rar,m vholewle iirh dealor sod/orrotal.l r lehdeuor in t& b Sta te to l alloroffer r0r 

male any of the fzleh manticmod therein sithor iLl.lotcrd or otherwlee out up ii ewh fhh were uaugw in Qow. 

The auewer to your tiret gueetioa, thswroj?e, depends 

upon YhOth8r thb‘ quoted etatute aleo appllea Co euoh fieh, 

named thers3.n, Importad to Texae f+ma ahor Statem. !Fble rpeoifLo quortlon doe8 not appear to have beezi D&ore the 0ourte 

or thu state. 
Ronorable Murr8l.l L. Buakner, page 4 

There appetm to be a ccnfllot of oplalon in the 

other j~i*dLotLona u to vhether a game &at&e 0r one State 

a?eSera to #me imported after belas killed in auother State. 

Where awla a l tatuts doer not by espreea Zmguage indicde 

thatgtuat-of another State %e either emledod or Ineluded, 

it ir held la sow jurledlotiona that t&e tom "gaw"or *any 

greed rerora toellgen, both dcmeetla endiwoign. Other 

jurledietiona bold t&at, laumob am pea81 etututee are to 

be atrlotly @onaQasd and only thore act8 are to b4 puniebed 

vhl0haro Oloar1JaondeBne d, game mm roror only to -a 

klllsd VLthln thk juriedlotlon, mleee their tome reqalre 

their appllaatien to gem8 killed in another State. 3ee 12 

~~ta3lng~aee ~~696. 

From a ourarul etudy or many or the aaeee on both 

mid88 or thla quertlon, taking into oonaidoratlon the wording 

of the pertiaular atatutoe in each instance, ui are or the 

opinion that this better Tiev is that taken by thoee aoUrte 

tthtch hold that 8wh a etatUt appliee to,all &me, both do- 

~3taetio auarorefgtr. 

In any event, w think that Art1014 929, supa, efpreeeea the *v onthle werti4nlnplalaaudunambigu4ue Ianguago, lowing it8 wanlug oleer end obtioum,~ to-tit* that & 

ileh amntfoned.thorolp, whether dcwetio or roz?eign, oan be 

En, ota., ln Tuae ouly am therein preolded. Then II, therer0m3, DB ~00s ror aouetruetion. It S.e veil eottlod in Texae, 

that bruaha eaeo, the lavwillbe appllrtd andaa.fcso?du it 

reada, regardl08r 0r its p4lLet 01T ptaqoee. Boo 39 Iox. Jur. 

161, 142. 

Inthe aae~orExpartelai*r (CUU.) 37 P, 402, 

th oourt &a4 before it a C8lif@mla l tntute read3ag thatt 

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. ..t Qwry pereon ia the State or car4Zda uho 8w CLt ally t&Et8 a$& or OrfOP r4r 

male, the hidw or meat or 

lcp4crawJulata~ehe4g, eh%l 

dear, olk, antobe guilty of a 

M.edemeauor.’ . . w . 

The OoUPt held that sa id l tatuto extended to, ti inaluded, the l slliag of the hide w meat oi any 8Uch 4eimel, 

thtmgh lawmy killed beyond t&e State. We quote fiwm the 

ootmt*e opinir~i em follower 

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Rcumrable Murrell L. Buolcww, chainnan, page 5 

I Petitioner oontesb that this provl.elon'o~ ih; statute, properly ~4onJtmaed, does 

not prohibit the eJ.le or deer eat lmf 

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tek-~ 

ma tithout the etata, but ham rerorenoe ~80 ely 

to door kllle& tithln thle etrte3 that the law 

la lntonded to proteat game dtbin the etate, 

not to pcohtblt the lqo&rtlow and l Ue or game 

from *the* atatea. With thie 00ntentM.n w are 

uuable to -we It in true the Iru la lntended tar the protootlon 0r the game vithin the 

etato, but it w’ao meane rollova ;trm that ract 

that it ie not the Intention, am a .a mente o l ooamplieh that vmy end, to pmhibit~ the male of 

the tieat et taa m(Mla procured oleevhon. 

The etatute la p3rreetly plain md unemblauoua 

in it8 terme, and fe eurr~oiently brocrd.uwl oomgUWienJiw4 to inJlUd8 th4 bklbited prtlOl8 

uhereeoever taken or pr4awd. It does not 

oanflno lteolf in terra8 oc by impUa4tlOn to 

the me&t of dear killhi tn t&l8 etatts, but denoumo*~.ae unlaurul the ma14 0r the ,meat.or 

say daer~'au$l there I8 nothing ueojrhere in 

th4 atatute~t4ding to &ve lt a mm reatrlot- 

~I& Ilogae. 2helmguago la to4 plrb to laaw 

ad em4e2y what Zta Mrda import. ~’ Aaide- i’ram 

the oxplieit lan@age in IIhlah thle 'part+wJJw 

prorielon i8 ,oouohed, &a exa.!dmtion ol’ the 

.v~ a r io a e h a ng *a h ther l e ooti4ne 0r the. 

Code relatfttg to pro to o tlo i a g a me h a ve u&org o ne at the h a nd8 0r the l4 g .lb lai.8 tuzp e-r - e 

~>, l ue5lwly oon~lming of tho int4ntlan to do 

‘: juet what thle set does by it8 tmyj -- en- 

‘. t$nly prohibit tr#fio la the meat or the88 

gaw tmlule within tlke state, aa0 anaia;~ uze 

k5.Ued. Andita4edhardlykJ 

awh a pr4~ielon,. if 4nfor44&, ul ‘3 Wad great 

atd to ta& at~nt or. the: objeot, aoughtT Th6 

faotlity Jnd. ease with vhioh the: etJtute8 fw. 

the proteotlCIQ of game hpve b4en evaded in the 

pa8t ir a PPattor of oorimon knowledger Beor 

and other gtuue have been l laogbUS++d dtM.Ilg 
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Bonorable Murrelll L. Buoknar, page G 

the oloee aoaaqn, M foisted u$on the market 

a 8 8a me proc urued lth otuhe t lta teand, j wing 

to the pcaotloal imporelbillty in the great majority 00 oaeoa of proving with cetitainty the *our00 

fiaa whiah it warn proeared, tb4 attempted onroroewnt 0r tho atatutea m its proteotlon ham 

2lW434?4 proven ab4rt1Ye. %eae:and like oa~id4r8tlon PO doubt .aotuated the legislature in the 

prtmlaea,~and lnduoed the enaotment of the etatute Za its preaant atriagent far91 and ae kn4v or 

a14 good reamon vhy It rhorild not be held to mean 

uhatlteaye,* 

Eavingo~ludedthatdrt~ale 929, aupra,applLsa 

a8 veil t0 l u4h iatpOd&d iiah 88 to dOib68tlO il&h, ve need 

onlymake the rtwhsr inW.rya8 tovhetbr mu&a rtrtuto 

ie a valid exerolae 4i the polio8 power Of tha State OS Tesaa 

or unecmstftutional a8 an loterrereaor vlth tateratrte commeroe. 

That euoh a etatutt la valid, a pears to be vellt 

eettled elnoa the paaaaga by Co 

m4uy kmnm am the uIaoy Bet. " yE%%%~~0r3z!&~:~ ~~ 

via that thedead b&is8 4r part8 th8P8Oi 0l wild gama 

aaiaial8 or game w 84ngblMa vhentranap4rtadlntoanyState 

ehall bo eubjeoted to the law of the state, ena4tad in the 

exera9.80 0r its pollee powr , to the same extent as lf euoh 

ga~bhadbeeaproduo~dau~stats,BDdaball not be esemptad the.reXre#a by reaem of lmportatlon b orlglaalpa4kagea. 

Inour opinion, thewrd “8amd’ae usedbth4Laoy dot, lnoludee rath.~ ~or&t and PhPaeee (P. Ed.) Vol. 18, p. 58. 

It may be p*kmd out that all or tha l p eUee or 

rhh naned irr Artlele 929 a-4 r00d rfeh, round aud caught 

in the malt vatora oi thb Stat. in ipeat nusbere. The taklug or auoh S'lah above of balov tha elroe epaoiilod in the Aot 

may properly, therefore, be oonridered an iajq to tbe rood 

supply 0r the people or this state. It ir now vell eettlad 

that a 3tata aiay prohibit the $818 or poeaeeaion of fish of 

certain elate evan ii brought fpcm vithout tba state. The 

objwt Of eueh a IJAW $8 nut to arrest the 18gallt.y 0,C the 

tzaw.ng 0r fieh in other States, but to ~z'oteat the lOaU ff8h 

in th4 interoat of the rood aupplg or the pop14 or thlr 

state. Silt v. Ei4aterb4rgi 211 U. i3. 31. 
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Eonorable Murrell L Buulraer, pag6 7 

If forelgu M8h or the rise and epeoiea lpentioned 

IA the Aat, may b6 illleted, Rosen and mold In l!eraa, thsrs 

f8 nothing to pr6vent T6zaa itih of suoh #l&6 and apsoler 

from belag Nlught in f6xm raters, carried to another Mate, 

filleted, rettmwd and aold in Texas. 

In view Of the r0oragoind, it is th6 apl.nion of thlr 

d6pam62&, w6~ th6 fatIt 8tit6dB th6it both gout fIX8t pnd 

86OOBd Qwatianr ahoald b6 axuuer6d in the negative, and 6ach 

fs 80 6nmered. 

In vfev of oar rmgatlve answer to your aoc~ond question, It beoomea 1mn666rr~ to anewer your thfrd Qw#tbn. 

TrwtLugthat yoor inquiry hae b6enf~~yan8w6md, 

ue ax-6 

very truly your8 

ATTCilHIfT CiW OF TEXAi3 

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