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OFFICEOFTHEATTORNEYGENERALOFTEXAS 

AUSTIN 

-i OROVER SELLERS 

ATTORNEY GmaRN. 

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Orme, Y'ish am Oyetar Comlssiun 

dalton BuiiGing 

Austin, Texas 

Attention; bir. EL. E. Faubion, 

Assi8tant kxeoutivs Beoretary 

. . 

Uea~: sir: 

h 

we have reoeiv sor an opinion 

of this drrpartmant on tljyt matter: 

ority to d8S8r all 

e and it the fin. end 

rtial pay~~~~b is aooopted by the oowt, 

, Piah and Oyster Cd88ioa have prior 

right on suoh 

fr 

ywmt to the extent of the state portion OS suoh ne and txwt8 or muot a pro rata dletributlon be auoeptable, and what time llnrit doe8 th@ 

oourt have sol- slmh distribution? 
Game. Bish and Cm&u Ccmmleaion - Page 2 

-3. If the oourt has authoritr. under the law. 

to d&r all or 

tr 

rt of the oosta-kd fine and ifall or part of 8 iine and coets have never been 

oolleoted and the defendant 

the court have authority to 

oannot be locrated, does 

dismls8 the oaae? 

%a are . att?ching~oopy or . 

an oplnlon pertinent to the 

: above questlona wrstten Dy w. N. sana6, Logal Inveatl*tor 

ror theAttorney Oonsrals Office, undu date of Septauber 19, 

1932, aud apptovOd by J\ldge Bru~ Bryant, First Assistant AttornoymWaL" 

3aaid opinion of this depnrimnt direotrd to the Honorable Moore LJIUI, who was Stats Auditor ia 1832, wWn eald opinion was written holds, fin anawu to queatimu einilar to Nos. 

1 and 2 propfxln~.d horoln, sub8tentlally as r0u0ws: 

under the 

Criainal Yroowluxa s 

rssat law (A,& aI&, Vwrloa'8 Ann, aoae pr 

def8r jud nt 

a $@t&ae at the,. roe ha8 authority to 

f? 

until ooro, othw Bay i L eb ~by th8 order of the 

court, wh,oh period aha3.i a& ba tc~ a longer period OS t%me 

than rix (6) montha. On 61 

! 

iration 01 tht'tiae, flixrd b the 

oourt,~the d8raattt suet 8 th*r $tky ar go~to .jail, and k the 

-, juetl;oe 0r the peabe ~wrmlte the Mendant to run at lm ., 0s 

releasea ~Nl,m berore the rim an&ooeta are gaLd,~the ,@a i;nr 

of tht'peaoo would .be liable on h%s bond for t&.aaou@$ of the 

'Wre aoralrrred and ~ooete oi'thr oeurt. Partial 

flus h8~0 b8~ tuy 68met380d, a i fire 00 r ne6 aob'theak 

OR pvtidLplJIwrntrralu, OO#lM OS the court a~nd+~~tt 698 C i@i*?k:- 

th; $&oa; &'&aoe I# not 

required to rat&t immediakly to da Oomuiehmr 

&or further olarlfloatian 0r your qu*ationa Blo8. 1 and 

2, we submit the holding in opinion lo, 04331, in aubetanoe, am 

r0ii0wk3 I 

The Language of SC&Ion S of Article 93b Vern?n*s Anni 

PPanal aode of Texar roqulre% al% raonsya oollwiieb uadu the 

visions 0r this aet'or beoauee of rirur~ 

the provuifm~ 0r thle act, sballbe 

and Oyster Commission. Thie language does not require thi reBission 0r oosts 0r crourt aee*med and oolleoted as suoh. It 

does however requirs all flnea to be ramittod in full to the 

@ame: $iah ana Oyetu Cemaisaion. -All moneys oollmted .a*; 

beuause of fines paid ..,* dme not admit 0r any lntupmtation 

save that the intent of the Legislature waSto require the whole 

sun oolleoted aa a fins ror violation of the provlaiona of th! 

o-roial fishing law to bo remltted to *be Game, lish and 
Game,. Fish and Olletsr Obmml eeion i Page 3 

.( / 

Oyster~Oommlesl~~, Stioe thie la a special. provision eon- ~~ 

tkolllng the dS$#lsition of a partiaulor fine, and etiae the 

law or which thtslang\sge rorme a part was enaoted by the 

Legjslature, and beoame effeotive after Artioles 95O~and 

Q51 of the Code ,of Criminal Procedure and Artiole 4025 of 

the Retieed oivi1 statuteec~it controls the disposition 0r 

all mono s oolleoted asflnee ror violating of the oommexoia%~ 

flehlnS Ia w, Therafere, court poets aseresod an4 oollsotsd 

as such ,are notto bsramltted to tke @use, l%vh and Oyster 

Coroission, but the antlre rise aeroeaptj and oolXeotod~,for 

violationof Art1010 9340 muat bs remifted to bhe Msm, Pieh 

and Oyster Commkss5on for deposit in the State Treasury to 

the orodit of the Fish and oyster Tund. 

Assaid. Oj&&ion Ho. O-3334 wae direotsd tQthe,Wne, 

Fish and Oy'ziter Qommlssion~ we aeaumo you have same available rt3r r~rueao~+~ vfhere 8fLld opinion rarera to Art., 934a8, 

Vernoh' B .Bevlaed Ciril,~ Statutms;. said ,Art. 05&, YC~nOn! B Anne-~ 

tatod~Ra#l Oode of the 3tate or Texa& is ,meant. 

?romthe ~foro@lng,, it ,oan bessen that the ifustioe~ 

or the Pea00 has authority to aerar judgment, but <ia the 

state of ra0tfd pr666at6d ,wlth your qu6stiolu3, Lt~~6ppeare 

that jud~nt hap bg0n e terud 6nd the JtMtioe le i@WZng 

to d6rer the 0r*e and odr,ts~ aseeaeee$ t.gider _; 

ouchjudgqn ink there~‘ie a clear dletin&tTon berf$;, deiQr+y a : jxidgrnent by authority .. of 

aa,8 de ertiiq payewhts all8 

saXd'brti.69S, 

t&e&& r~d&l and entered, 

a jw@a0at 

~*uthc+t y .ibr 

c)frotl, other than 

Oa the contrary, 

Art. 987, c~.c.P., 8p4iri. r alla, that 

when a judmnt has, been rendered against a $sfendant for a 

peounlary fine, lf he Is 

fEeaent J 

he shall be &mpxleon6d in 

Jail until discharged by w, and Art.~ Q&S, C&.2., provides 

for the issuance of a oapiae ror~thwith by the Juetica of the 

Peace for the arrest of %Mendadt, If he is not p!eiIent. Of 

course, the payment of the entire fine and aosts would authorize his immediate discharge. 

be now t&e up the second phase of your questlon No. 1, 

i.e., .llability or the Juetioeor the Pea06 for uuoolleated 

fines. In t&is coMe4tiOn We pJW3~t the fO~lQtiIIg &?tiCles: 
623 

.Gaw. Pish dr dyatss Comn&eaion - Page 4 

Article 1616, R.C.S.t 

“An aoeount ahall be kept with the sharirr oharglng him with all Judgmante, fines, rorlCaltUree and 

penalties, payable to and ren&ered in any oourt of 

the oounty, ths ,oolleotion ot whioh he is by law 

made obargeablo. The 0htwirr my free himaelr from 

liability rro! such oharge, by: 

*1. 'orO&uO'~ thi rroeipt 0r the oount 

or shoidg the 

ar 

pent 0r such judgpPent, igntf%K 

reiture or pen ty. 

W2. show* t0 tb t4~tma0ti0n 0,r thn 00kbi3- 

alonere oourt that the aeM oannot be oolleakd, or 

that the 8am has beed dlsohargsd by iqmieomsnt 

or labor,. or by ssoape., wlthoPt~his fault or negleot, 

and obtaining aa order trw said aotit allowing the 

BW8." 

bstiole 3.619, R.G.8.~: 

Vines imposed and juagpenta rendered by juatlacrs 

or the paaoe aball be oharged against the jwtiee impoefng.:or refidering.the sams. Be may ,dlsqharge said 

indebtednsur by filing with the Oowty olerk the 

treasurer's reoeipt rsr tb amount thaseoi by showing 

to ~%hs satisia8tlon or the ~Watnlssioners oourt that 

he hae we& Que dllli$en~S to'aolleot the @ame without avail, or that tha mama have been Batisried by 

imprisonment or labor." 

Artiole 1622, R.C.S.: 

"When any aCfloer ooltiets money belonging to, 

and ibr the use or, any munty he &all, 

where otherwise providad in tds title, 

exae t 

forthw P th 

report the sams to the prOper county olerk stating 

fully from wsrhom oollsoted, the smount aollscted, 

the tima when oolleoted sod by virtue of what 

authority or ptiooess ooileoted. Cn makLng ouah report, such amount shall bs ohargedto such qflioer, 

and he may dfsoharge himeelr thererrom by prC!duoing 

the raoeipt or the proper oounty treasurer therei(lC." 
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625. 
626 

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&i3 duty in the QOllWtiOA of iine8, atO., impQWd br 'bin. 

The oourt km14 in the 9 radley oaae, #u 

that the ahapift was, iA lty 0r tault an r' 

in l ubatwea, 

ne@eot in not 

oarrylng out the judgmztt OS tha County Courtl and, theretore, hs and his bondanmn war? liablti for 'damago@. 

ft 1s e general rule M lrwtbmt e &d&e ia Aat 

clvlllp liable ior a&t6 pa@torprd in She l so#ime ot hi8 

ml;la1 run 0 ti o w., l v6a t&o* they were willful Qf r31- 

. Eauwer, the llootrbm at $adlal8A braa&ty 4oe8 

sot apply with nspoat to aotr done in a ponrf nlaimterial 

oapacity. As to 8uDB *oh a ju&gr aSad ia the aae pealtion a8 eny other p6iPSOAe 

449, 124 s. bf.~ P%SJ 

51.0 JSrwgef W. Oobb, S&i Civ. App, 

mina t. si*Bw~, lb0 Fu. 498, ‘32 Am. 

Rep. 609;~ DuwW vm Bb.tm@e.lwr Uounty, l9 Uiv. AQ~. 9, 

57 s. 36. ,998. 
627 
628, 

0am6. Flsh & 0YSt.W 000WiSsioll - P&KS (B 

provided by Chapter 4, Title 9, of the Code of Orlminal Prooedure of the State of Texas. It follows that until a final 

judpsnt is entered in such oases the oourt would have the 

right, upon proper motion of the distriot or county attorney, 

to dismiss saaa, regardless of whether or not the fine, in 

whole or in part, has baen co2lsoted. 

we herewith adapt and reaiiira\. awh &~&ions of the 

mentioned opinions as are herein disouesed. 

Yours vary trulyt 

THE A!l!TOWEY ,43SNfWU OF TEXAS 

EIUgb 

Enol. 1 

‘Robert L. ~Lattmn,, Jr. 

Aesfetant