OFFlCE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable A. Ii. vi00a, Chalmull 

oam, .Pllh ana apt*t Ooml8mlon 

hut ia, Texa8 

Dear 3lr: 

opinion Ho. oRer Confllcrt 

tat*& Paal Code 

ottma ~0~1 

n rrorlpt of a 

din& Hou8to0, TexMia~mbi4n. 

8anoer rh.iah brow&t. aQU adktha folloulng qucacm or our penal 

of Art. 989 of the Pen@ 

lading exoegt fiBat portloa 

is in Wnillat with 680. la 

f the ?enal Code? 

*a. iWee 680. lo of dirt. WA la in 

aou~llot with Arts. 989, doe4 Bela motion 

le aontrol, or are both lnvalld bfwrure 

they *Ee pmrtlaLty in 0onillot nltheaoh 
Konorable 8. 6;. c;ood, ChaInnan, Page 2 

other? 

*4; Sec. 18 of ,zt. 941, belngtha 

lest Aot of the Loglslaturo and being 

pqttallg ln sonil.iOt With Art.. 929, of 

the Puaal Code, is that portion of Art. 

Ml, fimkl4,~~hloh 1s in oonfllst uith 

Aft= 929, valtd and binding, aad did tha 

I;r,gbl.ature laplledly repsal ths portloa 

sf xrt. Wmtbt is in aonrllatwlth Sea. 

la? * 

Artialo 029 of the Penal Code or 192!!i, reads as 

t ollows : 

*dirt. 989. It shall bs unlawful ror sny 

p6rson to sell, or offer tor sale, or to have 

la his po6sosslon, or to have on board any 

boat or to have in any asroantlle business 

+stabllshwst, or in any market when ~arohaadlse 18 disposed of, any rsdfish or ahannel 

ppss or greater +gth t&in thirty-two inohea, 

.&~ less than iourtean lnshes; asp salt rata- 

.‘dr,speOklsd sea trout of lsso length than 

tilvk fnOhM; a41 shaephead (ri less than 

.nliu lnohes in length; any rlcmaer or lssst$lul tw1ta lnohes; imy porapano of lssa than 

&A. iMbl9 in hZ>h; aEy IliOkSTOl Of .&SS 

fhan fourteen lnobs in lmgth, and any salt 

water gfl-topsail of less~ Clan ehrsn lnehos 

la length. 

"The place or sale or orferfng' for sala' 

or~&ssesslon shall ror tha purpose or this 

c@pter 'ko sstsbllshrsnus, bs elthor the 

@lame iron whloh such fish sre shipped, or 

~wlmh the fish are found, ar offered for 

8aSa. It ahall be Unlawful in sslllq or 

offerlngrur sale anyrish 8wd0~a in this 

a+toi.o to ssver ths head fro.atha body, ox-, 

osgf,.& ease of the redfish and oatfish .ti 

wh@ahi'~wsa t&s head shall only bs severad 

tlm*u& ythr &lll-amity and the &ill-fins 

shall rerslaka cm the body of mush redtish or 

oatiish. St&oh headless body of a rsdrish 

shall not measure 153re than twenty-seven ln8ba8 

in length, asd speh headless body of a oatilsh 

shall not mnsuss lsss tbaa eight laohss In 
Eos&rable A. E. Wood, Chafraan, lagb 25 

length; and all fish mrkbted or sold as 

lrtsatloned In this ertiole, must he weighed 

and sold with the head attached, except redilsh 

end oatiish as loentloned herein. 

*my person vlolatlng; any or the provisions 

of this article shall be dbeord guilty of a mlsdemeanor aad upon oonviotion shall be rlned a 

sq@ not 1088 thsn 'ten ($10.00) dollare nor mom 

than ilfty (#iO.OO) dollare.” 

SeOtlOn 1s of Artlolb 941, Vernon*8 Annotated 

Penal Code, ad amnded, nets 1929, 4lst Legislature, p. 269, 

oh. 11.0; end as subbequently aibendbd, hate 1930, 4lst Legislature, 5th Called 3bb8ion, p. 180, crh. 1.3, sea. 1, reads as 

follows: 

“SW. lb. Ptorldbd, that it shall be 

unlawful for boy person to take, or hare in 

,&is ?oases8loa in thle Ytate. eny bpeoicled sea 

trout of loss length than twelve lnohas, any 

red riphOt lees length than twelve lnolmbe, or 

of greater len#+h than thirty-two lnoheb, or 

any drum of less length than ef@ laahss or 

greater length than twenty in&ma, any rlouuaer 

oi loss length than twelvs,,~ehes, or any shobphesdat lb~~length thanbight inohes. (AS 

emnded Acts 1989, 4lst Leg., p. IMQ, ch. 119; 

Aota 1930, 4lSt Leg., 6th C. 8.. p. 130, oh. 13 

i? 1.1" 

It 1s apparent that these two Statutes passed at 

dirSerctnt moaions of the Le&slature wntliot In some partiatiara. The extent of thass oonfliots may br aDre appannt 

when the38 two enaatments ara pleoed side by bide in the form 

of a table, thus: 

Art1018 929 

(To sell, ofrbrror sale, 

h%ve la possesalon, hare 

,on board boat, in meroantile 

e~stebllshaeat or markst prohibited) 

xrtlsltt 94l. Sea. X4 

(fftc or,ohsve in pornerrD hibftbd) 

1. Redfish -- 14-32 1. Redfish -- 12--52 

8. channel. bass -- 14-32 

3. Salt water sea trout -- 18 X: 
591 

Honorable A. E. Vood, Cbair~~n, -PagO 4 

Artiale 929 (C0rPt.l 

S 

$ gb 

okled see trout -- 

S eephbad -- 

7: 

Floubder -- 

Pompano -- 

6. ~aokbrel -- 

9. Ealt water gmtOpSOil -- 

10. Eeadleb8 redfish -- 

ii: 

Headlbs8 Oatfish - 

Pbnaltq 

~10.00 -- $50.00 

Art1018 941. 680. lb (Coa’t.1 

“0” 2 .9 bkled sea trout- 12 

I.2 a: 

S~eaphbad !? -- 

Flounder -- 

9 9. 

1: 

14 8. 

11 9. 

er 

6 E: 

12. Drum -- 

Pbnaltx 

F'iehkan*s or dealer*8 

..liobnsb oanoblle%. 

e-20 

EX.. 

ArtiOlb 929 Of the Pbaal Code is a general law. 

alsO is Artiolb 041. Stephbmbn v. ‘Woo% (Comn. App. ) , 119 

NM, 54 5. PI. (2a) 246. Consbqubntly, ft may be seen rroa the 

above tbble that ws hare two gbnsra~ S~tatuteS rb~ating to the 

mm6 8UbjbOt siattsr, nemely, thb ais8 of osrtain rlsh. EOW 

should these two ennotments whiah are fn Pa ri Efheria bb oonstrneat 

The rule r0r oonstruing oosfllating 6MOt5bRtS on 

thb SbSIb subjbot is slbarly stated iIl SbbtiOll 73 Of Vol. 59 

of Tbxbs Jurlsprudenos as follows: 

"A&though 1% contal+s ao rbpbsling olaosb, 

a new SMOtIIIeSit bbrogates 4Ry .fOnnbr 4Ot On the 

asme SUbjbOt, with which &t olsarly and manifestly oonfllote to the extesir,.ot 'he Inoonolstanoy 

or rbpugnanoy betwecln thb~~tiwoR. 

See also 59 C. T. 91.0. 

The rule ,stated above La well sbttlea in Tbxbb, aad 

while Gbplied repeals arb notSavQre%, aaa t.hb courts will make 

every srr0rt t0 ham0nisb 8~43pgpgl~ 00~iicting 6tstUtbs, if 

Oertaln.portIoni ot %Ifrbrent~,&aotments are in oonillot the 

hbt bm&iient will euperbeds~bn~'control~the fOrmr t0 the 
Eonorable A. E. Food, Chairman, Page S 

extent or the coufliot or InoOneietency. Citieene National 

Brmlc of Kaoo P. Del Rio Bank and Trust Company (C. C. A., 

1928) 11 s. W. (26) 242; Chile6 v. The state, 1 Tex. cr. 8. 

27; Ragazlne t. stete, 47 Tex. Cr. 8. 46, 84 5. 1. 8321 'dhlttenberg v. Craven (Comm. App.) 268 8. S. 152, rev. 216 S. W. 

261. 

As stated in Southern Cormtruation Co. V. Ealllburton, 149 Term. 319, 256 8. W. 409, *although a later sot 

mey not cover the entire eubjeot matter of an earlier act, 

nor purport to provide a new eyEtern, If the latter aat is 

repugnant on 8 particular point, it will operate es a repeal 

by implication to the extent of the repugnanoe and oonfllot.W 

This is aleo the rule in Texas. See Conley v. Daughter8 of 

the Republic 106 Tex. 80, 139 S. up. 937; Railwrray v. Ximberly, 

19 3. W. (e&f MM; Carleon v. Richards, 107 9. n. 861; Jessee 

;iO. DeShong, 105 S. ?J. 1011. 

(G.&A., 

In Texas plloiiic Railway Company v. Wlmberly, et al 

1929) 19 S. 1. (2&) bM, a oonfliot l r idsd between 

Seotions 23 end 25 of nrtlole 1995, Reviaeb Civil Statutes, 

with respeot to venue in pereon& lnftuy suite against 

railroad corporations, and the court saidr 

*The lattar act did not expreraly repeal 

or modify the fomer, but aupereeded it la all 

~(188s to rhloh both applied. easer whioh were 

not provided for in the Aot of 1901 aontlnuod 

to be controlled by the former m0rd aomprehensire aot. Repeels by impliaation extend only 

so far as there may be a oonfl%ot between the 

two lawa. ieliere there is no aonrl:ot, the 

earlier law Is not affeoted by the latter.* 

Coneaquently, it Is the opinion of this department 

and you ar8 reapeatrully advised that in eo far 8s the prohibition against one taking or haying In hie posseesfon redfish, (exoept headless redilsh), apeokled sea trout, sheepheed, flounder, or drum is conoerned Se&ion le of Article 

941, Vernon’s Annotated Penal Code, oontrola and superrede8 

Artiole 929 of the Penal Code and the penelties provided in 

Article 941 of Vernon*s Annotated Penal Code are applioable. 

In all other raepeats, Article 929 oi the Penel Code has -been 

left intact, and the penalties therein provided are applicable 

to all suah violations. 

%8 appreciate having our attention oeilled to the 

0861) of goran 0. The State (Ct. Cr. App., 1938),~ 122 S. W. 

(2d) 318. In that case different proriefoaa oi the *‘Texas 
Honorable x. E. good, Chairman , Page 6 

Liquor Control Act” provided different pamaltlss ror the 

saxe criminal aot, and the court held neither provision 

was operative because of this Iruletinltooe~~. Rowever, 

aa the court pointed out on wtlon ror rehearing: 

*‘se are uot dealing with m 

utes pureed at diffeient datea w L 

ugaant etatre tne me 

last enueted might aontrol. Gee eaaee oIted 

In Yote 8, wdu Axt. 'I Yerwn’a huotated 

Texao Penal Cods, Vol. 1. Co are oonfronfsc! 

rlth repu 

enacted a F 

ant prorlelon8 0r the mm8 law 

the sam tlmo end in the saae bill.* 

For the feaaona stated by the oourt, we do not feel 

that this case Is applleable to the eftuatlon &et forth ln 

your letter where we are aonaerned with coafllotlly previriotm 

of Aot8 or the Legislature poeerd at ditltuent aee8io~. We 

bell-e that the ease of Robertmn 7. State, 90 Tex. Or. R. 

310, l&Q 3. X. 713, is wre nearly In point. Zn that care it 

was aonteuUed that sinoe one artlole ol the Penal Code audo an 

aot h aledemanor punishable by flae only whlah another end 

later artlole amde a relony unlhable b iapriwawnt In tha 

~~~~l~~~~y*~e*~~e~:~~~~~~~~~~~~~d~tnw~l~:~ 

that tha la&i aae&meut or the Leglalafum wntr%Gled to t& 

extent 0r any eontllot, thus making an aut on80 a mi8domanor 

now a felony. 

Your pluwtlons are thereroro aa6wered MI rOllam; 

1. no. 

2. Yea. 

3. ssotion 1e Of Arti ,941 aoqtrol8. 

4. Yea. 

Very txuly yortci~ 

ATTORggP OmE&^;L OF TXhS 

n 

Fielter R. Koah 

amI*ant