Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1946 )

432 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Honomablo K. 0. all County Attorney Eefuglo County amlglo, Texar i?esr am 0p1nlan MO. o-no6 Ret conatrwtion of H. 8. 678, 49th Laglalatura,> 9. We lolcncllad&e raoalpt of your r~ueat~oi\ an mlnlon of tbla dapaotwnt on the oonatwtlon oi\ thb bill ir 3bove mar0m8. n up by oltlrerm at ReiuglO While tha lev la not as definite 88 it should be I think the laglalatlva lntant vaa ior all of Copsno Bay to be oloaed vast of extended lima tba full length or the Bar, both north ati aouth of aaid oauaeway. (1. . . .” 4x3 Sonorable K. D. Xall, cage 2 Your dlffloulty aeew to arise by raa8on o? the mot tbat in t+ bill the ~glalatura -*ed the I?!+? “yeat of the causevay”, and therefrom it might appear that the area wherein fishlog vaa to be prohibited vaa that vhlch ller dlrectlyveat of ths oauaavay. Seotlon 4 of the Aot, vhlch la the lamrgenoy elauae, at8taa that "The i8ot tbt tha Copen0 Ray aeotlon should be oloaed to aow typ88 of fishing and the pwaent lav Wee not proparly regulate the taiclng of fish from the80 vaten onatea an ewrgenny and an l~rativa pub110 naoaaalty . . . .*. That alearly ln- rllcater to u8 that it wee the intention of tha Legiahtw to oloac the total area or Copeno Bay that lie8 in a veat 3r veaterly dlrsotlon Srom the oauaavay. We trust that the foregoing fully anavara your ir,quUy. Your8 vary truly ATTGRRBY-L OF TEXAS