Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1946 )

4oz OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN nlon T8r,U88C o? #‘ebrtmrr Z, 1946, Uiba h88 h8d 8 lVqUr8t t0 8108 in 8 OJlb- e rm to pa88 oo~.lsslon or board, of the bad of ruoh StrUS k- longin& to the Strtm of mm8-” The ~O:i8tltUtlOn Of the St8tO Or ‘ItX88 tn AltiOh Xvf, So o tio n60a ,deo la r o rthat “Th Ooocurrrblon ld dermlopaent of all of the neturel reaouroa8 of thla Ztato, inoluding . . . . ‘wters CC ltfl rivers an6 atree-ia, fcr lrrlpatio3, rarer a3j a.11 other wefti ;ur:osee, . . . . era eeck sn: all hereby dsclsrsd ~ubllc ri@.ts end duties erd the :efls:8turt) at1811 gas8 all euch laws 88 my bo appropriate thsrato.* 403 QOJSS. Fish and Oyster ComxIssIon - Pags 2 Unless the i+sc;lslaturs, pursuant to its oonstltu- tional authority ovsr public watsre and water OOUTSOB has apowered a stats dspartmsnt, oopMIssion, or board to do an sot, to-wit, grant a per&t to a landowner to blast a natural obstruotion in a pub110 stream ror the purpose or allowing rlsh to pass rrssly beyond the point or obetruotion, no stats aganoy aan lawfully grant suoh a permit. 38 Tax. Jur. 836 in agrooment statssr *;owsr In reapec t to Stats property rI&ht8 I8 vsstsd In ths Lsgialaturs, and ths Lsgislaturs alone nay lx o r o lesths power neosssary to the snjoymsnt and protection 0r thoss ri*te by the enaotixsntof 8tatutse ror that purpol3s*~ The Awtln Court of Clvll Ap sals reomtly stated the law in CorzSllU8 vs. RaIlmid C0pm !881011, st 61, 188 s. ii. (2d) 412, to be thab 'Ths gonsral ruls Is ~011 srttlsd that board8 or oomIL.aions which am orsatUrs8 of t&s statute8 oan srsro188 only such authority aa is oOnisrr8d uNn them by law in olsar an4 express Bsrquags, and that authority will not be oonstrusd as tilingoonrerrsd by implloatlon.~ X thOrOU@: SXt%RiLE%tiOnOf Titls 67, RSViSSd Civil statutes or Texas, relating in part to the powers 0r the Cafe, Fish and Oyster Comi3slon, of Chagter 1, Tit18 128, B8vIs8d Civil Statutes or Texas, setting rorth ths powsrs or the Board 0r iiatsrEnglnsers, and or 611 other laws relating to ths State's rights In pub110 waters and rivsr beds, discloses that tis LagIs- lsturs has not authorAsd any oom-Assion, board or department to Issus a permit to a landowner to rsLov8 a natural obstruotlon fn a public strew. . 10rrS Very trUiy