Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Bonorablo Norroll L Bwknor, ChUrnan OIplb, Flab and cyotor CGmalralan ., \ ,.li
Au8utlu. 20x88
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 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 oue- tamer on 04nelgna6.nt?~ I.f the anmru to Queet~lon 2 le in
“3. 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 or the menu CUM. referred to Is miole
*Thfe lbpartaeat 18 uncertain u to whothsr allow tho ruue 8Uah produota labia thie *tote.*
me powor of th6 state regulate amd oantror the tsging rf8h and to regulate or praarbrt the ale or rich T&WA tuken haa beon raid to be nbsolute. Pfeh md game are by legi~letive eaaetmnt and deolaratlop tho o- tmz 0rth8a0i0~0p3+0uod~0fth0r00u~~or The Legielature, thonrQre# he powor; not only to ngulate thofr l lau g hter o r t&Stag but to make lawa r og ulatS.ug th e rub, pa88088i0n rub 8nd ra4h othe mad trvnrportatiop lW8438 mr b8 &04OJSw tQ &4iooollgrlirh ttri8 p-e Uld &- of the &w. 119 Tea Jur. E evaylcuu a+ pryoat vfolatfone . &Lrtfaitt 929, voralnl’e Annotated Peau code, pQ-
edor a8 roxb8t
aArt. 929. Over8lm or mderezte fleh tar eale “xt *hall be-. unlawful tortiqggmeon te eel& ofrer rw eale. 0~) to hare P4eeseebm, boatortoha b d inany tha
i%o&t~ i&.ii% ~.bllrh#nt ocp& uw mm- ket where merohaudfee ie dfemeod’*r, 6ay rodfSh t 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 four- teen inehee in length, and any ralt water gttrr- topDeAl 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 offer&g f'or male rap fish rtentloned in to mover h4a& thL8 ertlole from shell not mbaeum loam than e tlnahe*iu
l Any p o reon ;rioiat$ng
a& ot k&i p ravbi4ne of thle arti43&0 shall be dotmad <y oi a ale- l . deneanor~ and upon 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 deal- rlehdeuo r in t&b State alloroffer r0r sod/orrotal.l male any of the fzleh manticmod therein sithor iLl.lotcrd or other- wlee 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 Texae f+ma ahor Statem. !Fble rpe- oifLo quortlon doe8 not appear to have beezi D&ore the 0ourte thu state. *4 Ronorable Murr8l.l L. Buakner, page 4
There appetm to be a ccnfllot of oplalon in the u to vhether a game &at&e 0r one State other j~i*dLotLona 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 and only thore act8 are to b4 puniebed @onaQasd 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 ~~ta3lng~aee ~~696.
From a ourarul etudy or many or the aaeee on both mid88 thla quertlon, taking into oonaidoratlon the wording in each instance, ui are of the pertiaular atatutoe that this better Tiev is that taken by thoee aoUrte opinion tthtch hold that 8wh a etatUt appliee to,all &me, both do- ~3taetio auarorefgtr.
In any event, w think that Art1014 929, supa, ef- preeeea the *v onthle werti4nlnplalaaudunambigu4ue Ian- guago, lowing it8 wanlug oleer end obtioum,~ to-tit* that & ileh amntfoned.thorolp, whether dcwetio or roz?eign, oan be ln Tuae ouly am therein preolded. Then II, there- En, ota., r0m3, DB ~00s ror aouetruetion. It S.e veil eottlod in Texae, bruaha eaeo, the lavwillbe appllrtd andaa.fcso?du it that reada, regardl08r its p4lLet 01T ptaqoee. Boo 39 Iox. Jur.
161, 142. aae~orExpartelai*r (CUU.) 37 P, 402, Inthe
th oourt &a4 before it a C8lif@mla l tntute read3ag thatt I . ..t Qwry pereon ia the State or car- 4Zda uho 8w CLt ally t&Et8 a$& or OrfOP r4r male, the hidw or meat or dear, olk, anto- be guilty of a
lcp4crawJulata~ehe4g, eh%l
M.edemeauor.’ . . w . The OoUPt held that said l tatuto extended to, ti in- aluded, the slliag of 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 pro- ih; statute, properly ~4onJtmaed, does
vl.elon'o~ not prohibit the eJ.le or deer eat lmf tek-~ ma tithout the etata, but ham rerorenoe ~80 ely door kllle& tithln thle etrte3 that the law the etate, la lntonded to proteat game dtbin lqo&rtlow and l Ue or game not to pcohtblt from *the* atatea. With thie 00ntentM.n w are It in true the Iru la lntend- uuable to -we
ed 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.amene to l o- oamplieh 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 oom- gUWienJiw4 to inJlUd8 th4 bklbited prtlOl8 It does not uhereeoever taken pr4awd. in terra8 oc by impUa4tlOn to oanflno lteolf the me&t of dear killhi tn t&l8 etatts, but de- noumo*~.ae unlaurul the ma14 0r the ,meat.or say daer~'au$l there I8 nothing ueojrhere in lt a mm reatrlot-
th4 atatute~t4ding to &ve ~I& Ilogae. 2helmguago la to4 plrb to laaw
ad em4e2y what Zta Mrda import. ~’ Aaide- i’ram the oxplieit lan@age in IIhlah thle 'part+wJJw prorielon i8 ,oouohed, &a exa.!dmtion ol’ the .~ varioae ahang *ah th ere l ooti4ne 0r th e.
Code relatfttg to p r oto otloa oi game have u&or- gone at th e hand8 th e l4 g.lblatuz-e i.8 per- ~>, l ue5lwly oon~lming do of tho int4ntlan ‘: juet what thle set does by it8 tmyj -- en-
‘. t$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 Wad great ‘3 or. the: objeot, aoughtT Th6 atd to ta& at~nt 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 laogbUS++d dtM.Ilg *6 ( \:
(; Bonorable Murrelll L. Buoknar, page G
the oloee aoaaqn, M foisted u$on the market a8 8ame p r o cured ulthout th e l tatej and, wing to the pcaotloal imporelbillty ity oaeoa of proving with cetitainty the *our00 in the great major- fiaa whiah it warn proeared, tb4 attempted on- tho atatutea m its proteotlon ham roroewnt 0r 2lW434?4 proven ab4rt1Ye. %eae:and like oa~id4r- 8tlon PO doubt .aotuated the legislature in the prtmlaea,~and lnduoed the enaotment of the etat- ute 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 u4h iatpOd&d iiah 88 to dOib68tlO il&h, ve need rtwhsr inW.rya8 onlymake tovhetbr mu&a rtrtuto ie a valid exerolae 4i the polio8 power Of tha State OS Tesaa vlth tateratrte unecmstftutional a8 an loterrereaor com- meroe. la valid, a pears to be vellt That euoh a etatutt
m4uy kmnm am the uIaoy Bet. " yE%%%~~0r3z!&~:~ eettled elnoa the paaaaga by Co ~~ via thedead b&is8 4r part8 th8P8Oi 0l wild gama that aaiaial8 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 esempt- ad the.reXre#a by reaem of lmportatlon b orlglaalpa4kagea.
Inour opinion, thewrd “8amd’ae usedbth4Laoy dot, ln- oludee rath.~ ~or&t and PhPaeee (P. Ed.) Vol. 18, p. 58.
It may be p*kmd out that all or tha l peUee or rhh naned irr Artlele 929 a-4 r00d rfeh, round aud caught in the malt vatora oi thb Stat. in ipeat nusbere. The tak- lug or auoh S'lah above of balov tha elroe epaoiilod in the Aot to tbe rood may properly, therefore, be oonridered an iajq supply the people or this state. It ir now vell eettlad that a 3tata aiay prohibit the $818 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 ques- tion, 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 EPtdb ,,.
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