Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1942 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Eoaorrblr D, C. Onrr
State Elghuaf Xa&arrr
Awtin, ‘ih=S
1942, 68 tollou8t
6 parts Of o66k6d OW6
d and stoma ror 8818
I of rutoaobiler and
ens are l&t 8crttond *rotin
Ia MOM lattanor6 wh6a those
01 *err large the rrlte ir lb a a do a o d
tlo naad the O@lWtiOn fit6rt8 0t.r
ot the bm6ral and F966i61 L6W6 rppli66 aa a
mana OS ooatrol ln ea rttopt to ragulatr thli
praotioe.*
Bonorab~o D. C..Or60r, PO@ 2
PO olturtioao ua46& afoouo810tt
loouniothot tke
6pplr Oaly who&o OU& OOtap6al60har6 &0!0~6tl 011 l016Obl6
or foluoblo port0 ot aoekod outoPnabllo6 and Junk la6 not
to lltuotloao who&o lutomoblloo 01 otkor e*t~&la~oo&o
- 6tond ln ordlnory otoek ~110 wed by luoh oomponlo~ la
their o&Mao&y oourooet b~1``66.
S6noto Bill :rO. 103, Chapte& 53 o? tho Wth Lo~lo-
lotwo lo Art1016 6966 ot th6 P6nol Cod6 ot T6xoo nhloh
roads as tollowoI
"Se0. 1. That m ~wilclpal corporetloa,
~rirato oOrpo&atiOn, p6&t56&8hIp, joint stool:
~ocool6tlon, l~blooto, roluntbry os6oolotloa
or porooa ohall ure or aolntola onp dumplag
g&maM or dump my trooh, rotuae, dcbrlo or
doad lnlnrploor prrdt the sets to roroin wlth-
la or MO&O& tkaa three hundred yard6 ot any
&tub116 h&hmf~y Ot th6 GtotO Ot TOlbxOOjthet n0
poroori Hxni or oorporetlon,ls abom rmwl,
mh811 hap or tIopooltany rubbish trash, PO-
tuoo, dobrlo or 4ooC anLam rlthfn or nearer
tkoa thx-66hundred yoriloof any publia highsat
WhothOr arid land bolongo to ouoh person, tina
or oorporatloa or notg provldd, h6U6t6&, th8t
the p&WiO:OKlO Of thif. AOt Ohall IlOtltt66t fOX%l-
r&o in th6 handling of omgthlag Zk666600&7in fhs
Borfl& hUU%liXl OXi&66&6 Of li7OOtlXIk, 01 th0
6&06tlo5, ojxmoteon oti rLeintenea66of ray aad
all ou6h $aprotewnts thnt say b6 no6osoor~ in
tho handling, throohlng l5d prrparatlon o? any
aad all ogrioultural produoto.
‘660. Any rlolatloa
2. or #lo Aat bt any
p6rroa, H&B or prliato oorporotlonohull oeb-
jO6t the 4??dor t0 0 fiQ6 Of aOt 1660 thOll t6D
aolloro nor tmre than two hundnd dolloro, on6
looh dry or ray ouah rlolation oh811 be a oapo-
rata O?fQnoOr Im arent ot luy threotrn6d or ..
probable rlelatlon ot tbio Aot by 6ny pUti
66&po&6tloa &uoiaipallty,,
olty, town or ril-
lop, on la~tmotlaasUlt map be brought to pro-
toot may suoh thrratoned or prob6bl6 vlole?Lon .
by onf oounty or dlstrlot atta&nr~, or by my
p&lYot6~ind~Vlduoi l??OOt6d O& to b6 OffoOt6d
by ant 6uob threaten6d or probable 7lolotlon..
m6 lnto r o 6 0r th6 mb0a~ bf %ajualaotion
ment aa
Hono&oU6 D. C. O&60&, Pa%6 3
herein prbvldeS ohs11 not prevent the lnforowmnt
0s the othar poMltle0 p&OVi&6d in thhs0 hot.
(Aoto 1927, &Oth I&g., 1st C. r‘.,p. 153, oh. 53.)"
In 0ra0r to properly interpret the R~OW otstut6,
it fo a066066ry to 4eii.m t.ho wwlous term8 wwtloned thoq6la
rhloh ore oa follows:
*T&tkeh-,CISd4tinOU by f:6brt6&'6E'n``'Intc&aetiQJ~o~
Dlotloasr?, *ewmo sozaothicgno loagirruseful or uoaobl6;
uo&thlooo thing or ttings‘.
``OfU66 * , II&da?inuC.by TTordr; onC Phrases, Yel. 36,
P. 643, -iO that mhloh 10 &6?W6a Or fej40tOd OS US6tti O&
wo&thlroo; wot~“.
"Rubbish", OS Gutinea by %bs;tsr*s Wev iutarcotlonol
Eiotlom&y', *LB Qetl~ned es waste or reJeaatsdmmtter*.
“3sbrlo*, 06 Qatlnad by ?ebatorvo Xew IAtsTAotlOA8l
.DlotIbnory, "1~ rubbl8h PUO~ 86 &oeults ?&OE t&e broaklng
mm OT dontruction of l aythlngt reotoino;rufno".
'Dprgf.w gro=a', #HIdCfitI6dby Yard6 end ??i&8866,
‘Vol. Xj, p. 631, *IO o yard uood for waste and other stotorlolra.
112b?t#&t ~0. cit{,O? PO&t ATthUT, 22 :;.z. 2d 321,
the Court of Civil appeals d oou``eo portlono of ii&tic166960
aad Oit66 ‘+iobet.er*&~:OTJ Iattrnatl~al Dlotlonory whfoh do-
till66 dW@ 'to d&Op down, tb dOjkOB%t&OCdhfll6 in 0 bOOp OC
undup6d moom 00 f&ox L 08&t or bookat* sad ogoln *to M-
1 086, 00?& CXCl Se& t bf tiltin it’. ffith Ouch d6fi.tIltlOnS
the oourt b6ld that the City of P-t A&thur rlolotod the
abwo statute In bumping gorbs(lssnd pleoeo oi old sorop
iron, tin oo!~oAndy6thar fro65 of oltilar totIn- and El@0
gwt,* garbego ti tronohoo located wltkln the prohibited dio-
tram to its publio struets.
7:. therotbru be116W3 that the ~SOliC~Cne Of Arti-
010 6960 B4J b6 OpFl.~4dt0 8itUeZiO56 WbbT4 jUIlkd6,*10&6
hors i6?t domllohcd hul:o OS lutoraobilonati other worth-
16#0 it6M OoottareO E66T tbc ti(gbw6y@ O& ln hcspa r;t2oh
o & olo to &lbahdwod. ;"oerp&~solp point out, hcw?e&, thet
in 6a860 0s or;~inrl p&osscutl0~8 th6 loo61 proooautlng st-
to&~SyE My di??s& with tho &6pP%o6Zitot:V6oOf tho hf;$oay
Eonorabla 0. c. ormar, Fags b
dapartnrontIn the aut?ioIanoy of the ovIdanoo a6 to uhsthar
or not auoh xiatarIalr 86~ tithfn the nmnlng oi tha abovr
ltatutaa ad 6atInItIonr.
?febulIava that the same of Orlaaoa vs. Ctata,
43 11.w. (2d) 580 ana 583, WI11 bs ha1 tul in tha prapora-
tion oi the oomplaint anO Iniomatloo. !0.whlah the rbova
aiturtloaa are lnvolvad by applying the tollowIng lamguagar
*?>* l Baaaura the 8tatuto 6aclarm that
aaoh dWJ’:arTba e Baparats ortram Is not naoao-
aarIly thq aontwlllng raotor. Ii thr state de-
air86 to,msura boavIottone ror 1+0ra Man oma
orransa (It bake a a&dafiieanor)a6 ooourrlng’en
birrertmi days during a Lipmid period 0r time,
then this court 188~8 to ba ooamittad to the
pxopodtfon that It muiltlbe mooae~ery~to allaga
Im aoparata oounta In tho ;ndIotmnt the oomia-
don 0r the 0rr0nu 00 the aavorrl days for *hiob
oomlotIont are aeught. sr, himvar, wi8 oir8nu
la a oontinuow one, tho rtate ary 8aoura a aln6la
oonvIetlon Sor the OolraiS6fQn 0r thlc aotitImuou8
orranae by 8llegIng~In a ring18 mount that It warn
00ookittta b8ttrten(1q6 ~t8t0u aad on 0rcb inter-
VOGlng;day. The feat that the atetut@ provl4aa
that aaoh day my ba a aaparrta offraso would not
yf$~, vIalou tar du#.%oity.
much an Indlqtstbnt
We trurt that the fOTWJOilS& till k 8WiOibnt t0
mlvIaa you In thin Pemttor.
Yotarr very truly