Court Opinion

ID: 4143160
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2017-02-18 03:30:22.21091+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:48:54.888825
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OFFICE   OF l-HE   AITORNEY    GENERAL    OF TEXAS

                             AUSTIN
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HmorableC.S.Cl6rk,ChalxW&
State BoaHI oi I&itemBqlneem
Austin, 'i'exaa
DeaF   sat

           OttNb;cunry 21, 1
in rttrrpavte to the followln

                                        ? seation 6 OS A&-
                                      mAe of FexM.”
                           youF Feqttestin ow opmal fo. O-PO5
                            ova-, upat oaref'ulreoamlAeratl83 S.W. 7id) 935, at          940-941. Pronthe opla-
         laa of the Supreme Gourtinthe Elit olted ease re quotet
                      "Ihtheabsaos ofavell-def&~A       8tsnAard
                 or rule Sn the statutes de-the       publlo
                 pollay of the state with respeot to the nlneml
                 interest, the Railroad Qomlsslon would bs vlth-
                 out authority to pmtmtlgate &lea, regulatit.ms,
                 or orders rel.atlngto the pratsation of 03.1and
     t           *a= The pover to pass ZIvs msts vith the Lsg-
                 lslatum, MA that pma     ssn%%otbe dolegateA to
                 sow c~ssleu     or other trtbunal.*
  Baaoruble C. 9. Clark, Chalnsm, Page 5

          upon further ccnslderatlonof the above prlnol 18s
ve do not belleve that Seotiona 1, 4 and 6, of Article 8&h.
can be given the effect of authorizing the Bomd of Water
lhginee~s to require reports like those mentioned ln Article
7615 to be filed by the ovners or opemtors of vater vells
vhlah are not arteelau. We, therefore,wlthdrav our pre-
vlow anaver to your aeoond question md now answer the sasm
in the negative.
                                      Yours very truly
                                 ATTOR%RY
                                        Ql0BRAL OF TEXAS

                                             JamesP.   Eapfi
                                                 Assistant

                                 BY

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