Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1946 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN GROVERSELLERS **oRNEI OENBRAL Hoa. hf.Riley Wyatt, chalman ? Texas Frl8on Board " G-IF& i__., ~...~..~ .`` ,~,~.., 514 Brady BullCiag G--&c- 988 Antonio, Tuea mar sirr 0plaloa Iwo. o-9190 TOM httor r*quuting an opltion f fa u r0imt "Fluu rdrtu a. if the T h L~iOla*fu.ro,9. prarl4** aa to at ruob prlur and 08 it mar 4.m boat 1 lta to tor a y i- uu otlmr a x e 4p r o - a@ thuota .upoamesh no to the iatuuto of 1, V.A.F.C. (Aotm 1941, 47th Lo&rrctt~mn, p. “s*at ion 1. xt dull be ual4riwl for laf puson, Slam partnership,*uoOl~ion, Or a0opor- ation to #ali or ofier ior ra%e within the stata of Toua any goo4#, waru, or aerdaa4lu menul’aotur~ wholly or In mnrlrte or 9risonOrr in 98nti or trioapt lmpt oqariat8 or prl*- onara on aml pxwtdod turthar that notbitysin thla Saotloa 8hrll bo oorabmd to So~bl4 or Bon. Id.Riley Wratt - Page 2 Of problblt the sale of suoh goods pmduowl or manu- faetumd in the prism 1nstltutloAsof thla Nate to the Ytate, or to any political subdivision thereof, or to any public institutionowned or memae& an4 aon- trolled by the State or any eub4~ri~ion thanor. Y+sotion 2. Any person, fim, partnerafiip, assocla- t&on, or corporatlonvr%lchshall violate any of the pm- vlslons of this Aot shall be ylltr of a mis4ameanor, an4 upon oonrlatlonthsrsof shall be wnlshs4 br a fins of wt less than Twenty-riveDollars P)%5) AOF aOr0 than Two Hundred Dollars ($%OO) for the first Otiuwo, and not l.re than Fifty Dollar8 ($50) noti~ran than Five madred Dollars ($555) for each subreqwat Otfbkue,~’ Artlols 61660 vested.ths prisw as.~ OF with the pw4r to roll AA4 418poss of proiluotsot thm rams an4"sf mlnstrles owns8te4 with the pdson system upOA saoh tsms ~4 eon<lonsas the boul4 4*saM b4et. Art1018 13591-1, 98 t&b otbu hand, oloarly pmhiblw the salr in 2'0~s of ``ilroaaanufwtumd &mdn, mrss or msrshaA418. with th. O~4Opti-Sn@t 88148 to th. State OIPw jWd4al Sllbdivi#1OA tla4rut or to ally9ablls lllatltutlon ouiw4 or mam&304 all4oontmlla4 by the Stat. or any sub4lvirlonthereof. It 18 a well noognirce4prlnsipls of statuttorraonst~3m3tlon la Tsus that if a oonfllot exists b&mm two rtstutw, the earllot in lna a ta ala ntrOpaal64 bf the latu. "Logea port4rlons prlorw OOAtmr iOU lbrogant." (Parrhallv* State, bp:Grim. Reprts 179, lS@ $.w. 967 an4 Stwws t. stats, 90 Texas orla. Reports 565, 159 S.W. SOS.) Being aonvinad that the tvm 8 tatutos am in~reoona~labla )onillot so far as the sale of prbcur aaRufactur44 $oode, w8m8 aab wrhm418e 1s ~OACWIW~, lt 16 Our Opielaa that Art1010 11571-l sIAst km hsl4 as fha,laat es9resaioAof the Le&slatim and is aantrollln ml ettaotlrs. .Thsnrors, you are respwtfull~ a4olsad that the prfson spata oannot sell in Texas its pdson muiufaatarsd goods, waxes an4 Rorahan4164to any peruon, flm or Oorporatlonsxsspt that cruohpdson siamracturedgoods may be aold to the 8tate or subdlrisloAutheroof or Amy publle Snatitutlonovmsd or mana~:cl4 an4 Oontmlled by th, Stat.0or Sng aub&litfriOA theXWOt. You am further advised that It is our opln- ion that tha prison aystam 1s authOrlzs4 u~dsr Art!010 61660 to so11 those preduots not prohlbltdl by Artiole 11311-l. Our upinlon ??o.5-ZQl8 Is besrebywlthdrewn stncs that opln- ion 19 no longer appllaabls dua to the subsequent enmotment of t t