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*1 835 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
OROVER SELLERS
ATmIwcI OCNCRAL
Hoparable W. J. !l'ouasead
Couaty Attorney
.~ hngeliaa county
Lufftia, Texas -
mar sir: opfslion ao. O-6
Rer .I8 It lavf orauevs- .*
'I beg leave to ad
la a dry area, vhere th
liquors have beon lahib \
.P.C., provides ia pflrtt e 667-24a 1, V.A.P.C., provides in part: -_. ^ -*o co”Y”“,cA,,0” ,, TO . . .z0*.,““110 1. . --a--“-.-.~ *2 Bonorabla ii. J. T&&and - iage 2.
Since both of t& ‘above statute8 are lacluded vlthln the gsneral mctioa 667-240, under the heading 'Outdoor Aber- t i31aga, we believe it to be resadlly’apparer;t that theaa atat- utuo plnce a rertrlctloa upon orrtdoor adosrtlairq only, aid :' . ths latter atatuts apeclflcally~exem~ta advertleeseats that in ll%Vqx?qXtr8 f-l’OEl SUCh lV8tl’iCtiO&
Artlcla 667-24 (1) (h), .V.A.P.&, provides in psrtt .It 8hal.l be unlavfal for any~&nufacturer or distributor directly OF i@lxectly, or throu$ a eubsidiikz or.afflllate, &my ageat 'or any employee, or by any othm offleer, -dlz!eotor, or.fLrp zmiib6rr To puhlI& or dltmealnata . . . . in any.aevo~iqm=, gerlodicol oc other publlcrrtion~. i . . any a&e*- . ,of any bravery product, if such. advertine- tiaaizant plsnt CQU308, ol' i8~rOasotibly calaulated t0 cOU33,
.I decc~tloa of the aourmuzer~wlth rem&at to th% pr ~8tz~vf;tZfodi &U advertisezmv, @all be deeezi
1 d.t if it is antrLaa la any particular or ii dlroc~ly or by daiguity, oxuleaioa; of ltier5oc5, 1t tEti8 to create a.El1sl6aCl1r.q lmpesaio~*a added). @l&U813 .~: A readiiig of the above at&&e'c&M3!ly lnclLcat88 that
. : It haa reference solely to adve~tlalag bhich texads to ~5cei-Js the coaaumer a8,td the product~itaelf, that is,.aa to'it,s puallty, et catera.
.: Article 3* V.A.P.O., .provl.des la'part that *no person ehallbe purklabed for ouy act,or oc~isslo~, unl&es?.he sme Is. : I . made a peaal of&me, and a pmalty is affixed thereto by. the -urlttea lau of this St.ate*,. and we find’ ho’ statutory provision .vhlch would o-pm&e to prohibit advertisement of alaohollc bever- a,*8 in a neuapap3r la a dry area. ..~
IQ vfev~.oi th?J foregoing It is, therefore, the oplaion of this dopartmm thst a oiwep3aper la a dry ama can la’+ully carry odvertleswqta of alcoholic baveragea.
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