Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1942 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN From your letter we quote the follow- Regular Seeeion rthor that it shall , alhoot,or kill any at a nytimb lxospt taking came, whioh OQ RoPtunber16 to Jan- it ehall be unlawful also pmrlQes that It shall be OOBB Sor thwpurpooe ot barter or sale, or to sell or offer for sale, any oollamd peooary or Javellnn or any part of the aamoe wSeotlon la of-this statute prorlQes that It shall bs lawful to take, OBPtUCO, shoot, QT kill oollarad peooary or latollna in the Countis8 of Webb, Starr and Zapata at am time. . . . &am, Fi8h & Oyster Commieelon,Page 2 lPleaee adrise ue at your earliest oonYen- ieBOwhether e or not ~Wre than two collar&l pecoary or jarelinasmay be killed and po&eeeeQ in Webb Starr and Zapata oountios at any timei* - (Emphasis oura) The legislation referred to in your letter has been nted *:aVernon*8 Annotated Penal Code, as Articles @9g-2, 794x-a 4nQ 879i3.-3.The amsndatory aot areated a new eeotion ir and in effeot withdrew the proteotlon of the law as to ool- lared pe&ary or javelina in Web\, Starr e.nQZapata Countlee, wlth'ths important exoeptlon that such game must not be sold, . bartered, taken OCRpossessed ror the purpose or sale wlthlq such oounties~. ma quota: *Art. 879g-2a. Provided howeyer, that it shall be lawful to take, capture, shoot, or kill Collared Peooary or Javelina In the oounties of Webb, Starr, snd Zap&a, Texas, at any time and an open 8eaeon gor Collared~Peooaryor Stdina in suoh counttee is hereby Qeolered. PmvlQed further, that It shall be unlmful in suoh coun- ties to have or take my Collsred Pecoary or Javelina, or any part of the same, in possession for the purpose of barter or sale, or to sell or to ofrer for sale any Collared Peooary or Jave- llna, or any part of same, and any per&n ~l.0, lating the provlslons of thi6 b4t ohall be guilty of a EiSdem8MOr and upon oooviotion ehall be fined in a sum'ot not leas than Ten Dcllars ($lOI.normore than Flrty.Dollars ($501, and eaoh CollareQ Peooary or Javelina, or part there- of, taken or poseerseQ or offered for eale or posesseed for the urpose of sale or sold, In violation0r thfs ic t shall const1tute a separate oiiense.n It is our opinion that the bag limit prescribed l.u the original aot does not apply to Webb, Starr and Zapata Counties but that any number of oollared peooary or javelinam my be killed and poese6seQ in aroh oolltltie8.80 long a8 none ari cold, bartered; offered for eale or possimeed for the parpoeo of sal* or krter6 Tours very truly ATl’OOqgPGmEzhL OF T&S -,._