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*1 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. o- Rer Confllcrt tat*& Paal Code ottma ~0~1 n rrorlpt of a din& Hou8to0, Tex- Mia~mbi4n.
8anoer rh.iah brow&t. a- QU adktha folloulng quca- cm 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 *2 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.
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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 have in any asroantlle business +stabllshwst, or in any market when ~arohaa- dlse 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 lsss- t$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 *3 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 the provisions of this article shall be dbeord guilty of a mls- demeanor 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 Legis- lature, 5th Called 3bb8ion, p. 180, crh. 1.3, sea. 1, reads as follows: Ptorldbd, that it shall be “SW. lb.
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 shobp- hesdat 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 partia- tiara. 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 94l. Sea. X4 xrtlsltt (To sell, ofrbrror sale, (fftc or,ohsve in pornerr- h%ve la possesalon, hare D hibftbd) ,on board boat, in meroantile
e~stebllshaeat or markst pro-
hibited) 12--52 1. Redfish -- 14-32 1. Redfish -- 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 Art1018 941. 680. lb (Coa’t.1 $ S S eephbad -- Floubder -- Pompano -- gb okled see trout -- I.2 a: “0” [2] .9 bkled sea trout- 12 !? S~eaphbad -- Flounder -- 1: 9 9. 7: 14 8.
6. ~aokbrel -- 9. Ealt water gm- 11 9. tOpSOil --
10. Eeadleb8 redfish -- er
Headlbs8 Oatfish - 6 E: 12. Drum -- ii: e-20 Pbnaltq Pbnaltx
~10.00 -- $50.00
F'iehkan*s dealer*8 ..liobnsb oanoblle%.
ArtiOlb 929 Of the Pbaal Code is a general law. Stephbmbn v. ‘Woo% (Comn. App. ) , 119 alsO is Artiolb EX.. 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 nemely, thb ais8 of osrtain rlsh. EOW mm6 8UbjbOt siattsr, should these two ennotments whiah are fn Pa ri Efheria bb oon- strneat
The rule r0r oonstruing oosfllating 6MOt5bRtS on thb SbSIb subjbot is slbarly stated iIl SbbtiOll of Tbxbs Jurlsprudenos as follows: 73 Of Vol. [59] "A&though 1% contal+s ao rbpbsling olaosb, .fOnnbr 4Ot On the
a new SMOtIIIeSit bbrogates 4Ry asme SUbjbOt, with which &t olsarly and manifest- ly oonfllote to the extesir,.ot 'the 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 will euperbeds~bn~'control~the fOrmr t0 the hbt bm&iient *5 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 'dhlt- tenberg v. Craven (Comm. App.) 268 8. S. 152, rev. 216 S. W.
As stated in Southern Cormtruation Co. V. Ealll- burton, 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.
In Texas plloiiic Railway Company v. Wlmberly, et al 1929) 19 S. 1. (2&) bM, a oonfliot l ridsd between (G.&A., 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 be controlled by the former m0rd aomprehen- sire 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 pro- hibition against one taking haying In hie posseesfon red- fish, (exoept headless redilsh), apeokled sea trout, sheep- heed, 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 941 of Vernon*s Annotated Penal Code are applioable. Article 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 *6 Honorable x. E. good, Chairman , Page 6
Liquor Control Act” provided different pamaltlss ror the aot, and the court held neither provision saxe criminal because of this Iruletinltooe~~. Rowever, was operative aa the court pointed out on wtlon ror rehearing: *‘se are uot dealing with m ugaant etat- re tne me utes pureed at diffeient datea w L 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 ant prorlelon8 0r the mm8 law enacted a F the sam tlmo end in the saae bill.* For the feaaona stated by the oourt, we do not feel the eftuatlon that this case Is applleable &et forth ln your letter where we are aonaerned with coafllotlly previriotm of Aot8 or the Legislature poeerd at ditltuent aee8io~. We that the ease of Robertmn 7. State, 90 Tex. Or. R. bell-e l&Q 3. X. 713, is wre nearly In point. Zn that care it 310, was aonteuUed that sinoe one artlole ol the Penal Code audo an aot h aledemanor punishable by flae only whlah another end b iapriwawnt In tha later artlole amde a relony unlhable ~~~~l~~~~y*~e*~~e~:~~~~~~~~~~~~~d~tnw~l~:~ that tha la&i aae&meut or the Leglalafum t& wntr%Gled to 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. 1e Of Arti ,941 aoqtrol8. ssotion
4. Yea.
Very txuly yortci~ ATTORggP OmE&^;L OF TXhS n Fielter R. Koah amI*ant