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LCRA is a Texas governmental agency that has many duties coextensive with the limits of the state. Harris County is not. The governance of LCRA is a state public policy matter. The governance of Harris County is not. | LCRA is a Texas governmental agency that has many duties coextensive with the limits of the state. Harris County is not. The governance of LCRA is a state public policy matter. The governance of Harris County is not. | ||
Stephenson: Under the above authorities we hold that the act in question is a general, and not a local or special law within the meaning of | Stephenson: "Under the above authorities we hold that the act in question is a general, and not a local or special law within the meaning of Sections 56 and 57 of Art. 3 of our State Constitution. The statute operates upon a subject matter in which the people at large are interested; it applies with equal force to all persons everywhere; and the fact that it only operates in certain localities grows out of the subject matter. To say that the Legislature cannot enact laws to protect the fish along a certain part of the coast line of the State because such a law would be local or special, would be to say that | ||
Sections 56 and 57 of Art. 3 of our State Constitution. The statute | all such regulations must apply to every part of the State. A regulation protecting fish in the coastal waters which is made to apply to the entire State would be an idle and useless thing, as most of | ||
operates upon a subject matter in which the people at large are interested; it applies with equal force to all persons everywhere; and | our counties have no coast line at all. Also the protection of fish and their spawning grounds along any part, or all of the coast line of the State is a matter of general public interest. For the reasons | ||
the fact that it only operates in certain localities grows out of the | stated we hold this to be a general law." | ||
subject matter. To say that the Legislature cannot enact laws to | |||
protect the fish along a certain part of the coast line of the State | |||
because such a law would be local or special, would be to say that | |||
all such regulations must apply to every part of the State. A regulation protecting fish in the coastal waters which is made to apply | |||
to the entire State would be an idle and useless thing, as most of | |||
our counties have no coast line at all. Also the protection of fish | |||
and their spawning grounds along any part, or all of the coast line | |||
of the State is a matter of general public interest. For the reasons | |||
stated we hold this to be a general law | |||