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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 
Xanorable Paul T. Bolt, page 2 

the amount of tonnage to be haulad midar 

euch certfflcata or par&t in aaount5;1aa5 

them otbarwlaa pmafttad bl flaw? 

‘2. 

RMWal-8U 

If tha foregoIng quaation5 are 

in the arrimaslt~, than In thora 

altuationa rhsra feats and oIroamatanoar do 

not rcquira the Rellroed CoaalIaslon to flr 

the emount or tonne&r to bs hauled .undar 

5uah orrtitloata or pamit ia awmnta 1~18 

than otherwise psmulttsd br la*, le St tha 

amadatory duty of the Railroad CaimIaalon 

to arake a finding aed Iwluda in the cartlflcata or permit a tarm or eoadltIoa stating the amount of tonnage whiti may be haulad 

on any motor rahlcla under mob a aortlfloata 

Or FW5it Or by a g8RaX'81 OZ'hr fix the 8SQRRt 

ai ten~ga to be haulad on enj aotar rahlole 

under any aeah oartIiScet8 or parmlt 10 that 

It 5hall not 8Xe68d the apoOat 0th8r~Lre 

pmclttad by law? 

if SO:&OR 13 (a) by lew ettechre a ooni?lll you plcaaa e&VI88 thle ofrlee 

dltlon to each aartlfloata and permit iaauad. 

by the liailmaQ Waaierioa which aakae it a 

violation of tha tsnu of 8aiU par&t or 

eartlfloata anQ o? the pxoridoor: o? Artlale 

911b for the holder or olaar taf euah oarlrltlaata or permit to traaaport prop5rtt in a0855 or the tonaagr allowad br eeceion 5‘ 

hrtiela 8276 of th5 Pea81 00a8. 

aete tran5port.s property Ln Trarir Oountf 

which can be reasonably blumaatteQ In exaea~ or 7,000 pouadlr in vlolatiaa of mation 5 of Artielo 8278 of tha PSIla1 Cod., 

nil1 suah tmnarrportatioa oi tox~$a of a 

greater uaQht theta 0*8erniea penalttad by 

lew oonetitute euah a oloLH4on of aeld 

ocrtlriceta or perarit end o,t the prot5.6Ioma 

of Article 9llb aad or ru;lbs~;tIsIolur fb) end 

(a) of rrtials 1690b of t&a Pama Cods e* 
Honorable raul T. Bolt, ;ag 3 

to authorles iza undar aubdlrtdom (b) of 

Artlola 169ob of the Fanal Coda to bring 

e anlt for Famltiaa and as to suthorlea~. 

me undsr sub&lsioa (c) of Artlala l690t 

of tDc feral Coda to bring suit to anjoln 

or raa~mln such aoootor oarrlex under uuah 

permit ut c4trtiri05t5 trcin further transporting, property for hlrr in violation of 

Saetloa 5 of Artlola 8279 or tha Penal 

Coda?* 

We call pour'attantlon to Gsotion 13 (a) of 

Art&lo 9llb, 'V?rnon*a Amotetad Cltll Statutes, nhloh rsaQ5 

In psrt ee follow5: 

*The Cozal55lcn is rested with poner 

and ecthorltp, and it la hereby maOa ita 

Quty to amrova or di5apprors the naturs 

and the ohamatrr oftha aqul.ploant to be 

u580 tmdu any prrmlt or cartltloatr 8tia 

tha amount awl aharaotar of tonnage whlah 

aaf b5 hauled thmaundar on any m&or vahlala, trailer ox 88914r85lar, used 013a6r 

atlcrh permit or certifiaata and In approrlog t&e amant and l M.raatar or tcmnaga to 

be hsuld on my much tahI8laa, trailer6 or 

5aml-traIlsra uadu any penolt or 84tiirioata, It sasy fix the numb eor r l fxa et bcmu, 

p~okag~es, bsrralrr, or bala5 of any partlcalar 

cro!naodlty tu be tranxportad oa any auah VIhlclas, trellars OT awl-trallara under aush 

perhit or cfrtlflaata, and tha aathod of 

Siding such bozu5, paoka&laa, barrrlr, or 

bale5 or au& Eacwdlty oa tha laotor tahiclaa, 

trailsra ad maal-trailara to be aaad under 

euah pemlt or aartIflast8; grovibad, howarar, 

aald Copualaa~on ahall sot authoriao thr uma 

of any squipmnt of gr*atcr dir5saalom than 

permitted by law, nor any tbnntrga of greeter 

weight than otbarwlme per&ttad by law. . .- 

Frap: the above artlola, ~3 oba~ma that lo a 

propar case tha Railroad Coxalasioh has the authority 

to llmlt the aaount of tonnags hauled under.a crubiflcata or a ~-emit. The CoIPaiaaion, howmel*. eaanot 
H~n~rabla Paul T. Halt, >e&e L 

auttroriza the hauling of any tonnsga OS greater uaight 

than othsmiaa Faraittad by law. Should the Rdlroaa 

Cmla%loa find that tha pllsximus tonnage to ti% haulad 

anbar a p%rtl%ular oartifloata or p-it to be’ I 

mass th%n 7,000 pounds, then ft met determine what 

the particular puximula weight shall be and antrr an 

order to that 0rrO0t. 

In those altut&iiona rhsra facte and cirot& 

wmoarr bo not require the Railroad Caar~iaaion to six 

tha amount ot tonmga to ba hauled over a oartiflaata 

or Fa.mit, than th% carrier la%? haul the maximum tonM&a, am% being 7,000 pounds, aa pviad r0r by 

Mtiola 82711, Section 5, Panel Coda. 

We rind nothing la tha Motor Carrier Act 

rb~loh ioposee a mandabory duty on the Railrosd Co+ 

miraion to a%ka a finding aad intludo in the cartlfioata or wrmit a term or conilltion 8tatlng thr ammat 

of tonnaga whlob ,say ba haulad by nar motor aarrlar 

under 8uch aar,tlfloata or pamlt. liaithar do. we find 

anythlng In aaid Act vfhloh Imposer a mandatory duty 

on tha Railroad Gomiaaion to aakr a ganarel order 

dcslgn%ting the amouut of tOM%ga to be beulad by potor 

oarriarr oprratfng tan@ a U6rtlff%ata or ,pamlt. In 

%ay avant, the l?ailnMd Gomsl8slon haa never plaoad 

suoh a oonrtmiattoa upon tha kfotor Carrlar Aot. ior 

it has mv%r placed mmh ra8triotlon% in tha osrtlrioata anb parmitrr, nor haa it aatarad any general order pertaining to. Qhs amount o? tcninaga that a mater 

carriar-‘may haul: Exsrpt In rare lnatanaa8, the RaUroad Commlaeion her nator attempted to regulate th% 

amount o? Qonna~a tc be hula6 by a mator aarrler. 

The only llmlt%tiOn up00 a motor carrier eon%erting 

th weight or his load &a ff3una ln helate &27e, 

saotion 5, aupra, which arts the load llniti at 7,GOO 

pona4a. 

ITa are of the opinion that Saotlon 13 (a) 

of Artlala 911b, aq~%, doas not, aa a matter of law, 

attach a oondltlun to sash oclrtiflnruta and permit 

bumad, bye the R%llro%& Gamilssion whlah caak%a It a 

viol%tloa of tha tarala of %a14 oartimJata QF parmlt 

end CJ? the proviuicina of Artiala qllb, %upri, ~QT, 

the heiM(Er or %?yner or euoh eartif%oato to tmnagort 

Ji 

roperty fm axcaa8 of t&a tmanaga alltwad by Artdole 

27a, Sootion 5, Peas1 OHa. 
3 

Bonorabla Feul T. E0l.t. pa&a 5 

The provialon fn Section 13 (a), ArtiolS 9llb, 

aupra, to the affaot that the Reilroad C~mal.eelon ehall 

not author126 the hauling of a2y tonnwa 0r.graatar 

wight then otharrlaa provided by lau close not h2ra the 

aifaat of lnaorpaautlag the Load Lldt Law, ATtii316 8270, 

saotiaa 5, eu?ra, Into the Motor Carrier Act, Article 91lb, 

. Tharafora a carrier haullw in amsea of 7,006 

poppa la violet& the Load Linrlt Iaw, and not the titer 

Card ar Aat. 

Artlola 16FGb (b) or the Fsoal Coda rkeU6 as 

followa: 

“(b) Svary oiriasr, agent, earmnt or 

aeqloyaa or any oorgorrtlon an5 every other 

param rho vlolataa or fall8 to 00raply with 

or proouraa, aide or abate in the violetion 

0% any provision or this Aot or atk~vlb~a~ta~a 

or falls to obay, obaana or ocqly with my 

taXia order, daoldon, rule or ragul.etLoa,~ 

airaotloa, demand or raqulramaat of the Gomrlaalon ahell In addltloa be aobject to an& 

shall pay a paadlty oM uaaadbg One Bundrad Dollar0 ($100.00). for each and eve 

d*y of sueh vlolatlon. psttah~pcnalty ehel 1 

be rraovara5 in eny Gaurt of oometant 

juriadfotloa in the county in rbioh the 

riola tion ai3otw.‘. Suit for auoh paaalty 

et pan8ltfaa shall be inatltota& em5 aonduotad by the Attoraay Genanl of the Stats 

ot Taxes, 0r by the County or Dlettriot AttOrnay in the oounty in which tha violetloo oo6~8, ip the zzama of the State of Taxae. * 

The above u&ted Artiola authorioae the Attoraay 

General or any Diet+ e & or Cmtdy Attormy to b%?lug cult 

for yrnaltiaa agakat the Wed parsons for any violetion 

0f the r(btor CaSrlar Aat a%? tar violetLou or eliy lawful 

Order, 4aoluioa~‘rula or rC~letlon, dlractloa, de-send, 

or raqairamsat df the LirdUweb a6sri8a10an. A garaon uho 

ha% rioiatad t&a Load Limit Law ia not subfact to t&S 

paneltiae of the above maetion~ Artlole on the theory 

that auoh Aot Iis a violation (3t tha lbtor CaPriariAot, 

for the maeo2 that the ma Ll.dt hw,. Ast&3la BWa, 

Seation 5, aupra, la not s per6 ot the *tar CarrSar 

AoE, bat ie a part of an antirdl y different ati l a p a r etia 

Aot, arrd'le of gauazal~applloetlon. 
Honorable Paul T. Rolt, peg4 6 

3?6 quote fropl Articlr l&Ob, Scation (0). 

Penal Coda, esar ba%ng the penal ~prorlrlon of Artlala 

91lb, sapra, Sactlcn 16, as followsr 

"(Cl Upon the vlol4tloa Of 4ny provlslon ol this Act, or upon the violet&on 

or any rule, repuletion, or4er or dearer 

or the Coaoiaaion promulgatrd undqr tb 

toraa OS thla Aot, any Distrlst Court of 

any County ahera auah viola tloa oocurs' 

ahall hara ~tha pmrar to restwin and enjoin 

the pdreon, m-5 ar corporetion 10 ormding 

frod further rialsting the psovi4iozr ot thb 

A4t cm from furthsr vlOlatl~ any 4f the 

rul48. rcgulatlons, or44r8 and 48oram or 

the coaaxla a ion. Soch lnJunctlte rsll8t 

oay br granted upan tha appllaatlon or the 

Commlaelon, the Attcmey Gemral or sny 

Dlstrlct or Coanty AttorMy. . . .* 

You will obrsno that th4 above quoted sratlonn 

or ~~~014 169ob. aupra,'provl&4s for the inJanctiv4 rnm4dp 

t0 apply to rlolstlona ,arilrlag pndrr th4 provlttlona or 

th4 Motor Camlsr Rot, 64~44 brins Arti 911b. wpra, 

sad to thr rlolatloa of any rule, rrgalatlon, orttrr or 

dearer cf t&4 Railroad Oom&l8rlon prmulg4toQ ondor the 

tame8 ot 8ald Act. Sinacl the 7,000 pound 16a4 lbit 

law, 44~4 belng Art1414 8278, 8ea8ion 5, Petwl Code. 

16 not a pert or the ibtor Carrier Aot an4 In tho44 

lnetanou whtlv tha RaUroad Ctmslmion'haq not irsra4U 

any 1~14, regulation, crrd4r or 44cr44 linlting th6 tanngr to .bi hauled by, a ajotor oarrl6r w are of tha 

opinion thet Artiola 169Ob, Seotlon ~c).,eupra, do44 not 

give thr Attorney Oansrel or enp diatriat or oo.unty abtornay 

the authority to brine; imjunotira pr~a444lngs f#@alaot a 

motor cramler for violating the Lw4 Lkriit Ler.