OFFICE 

### OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

**AUSTlN QDurpC.IlrrcM** 

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Eonorable Rmer Garrison, Jr., Dirsotor Department 

### orFubllo 

### sarety CampXabrg AUdlII, T6SN4
Dear Sir;

?. opieion HO. o-248e Rat Should the ds8orlbed oombination of vehiols -be operated

p6olal petit rrom a Highway Departc33nt 

### d therams 

### bereglsr of reaent date reP stated question. ent upon the abms 8

### r0uwps:

&with a photograph of a that haa a ziotor permsnsk rrame at the rear or $h 0r e&ht (81 rest # to this reh ole is a bight (8) reet 80~~~3 (7) nt, and the total length ruok and trailer 

### is rorty8(b) **or** &tuae ~31116 Chapter 88 he General Laws of td ~eaond Caded t3lorty-rirst Le~lalature prorides ,*Novshiole shall be registered and th a total outside width, inoludlng esoept &at r more thaa ninety-six (96) lnahw,

the linltations as to size of the vehicle shall not apply to lmplsments of husbandry, and highway building 

### andmaiatsnanoe maohinery tenporarlly propelled or moved upon the public hlghwfty,'
*SoOtion 3(a) oi Rouse ~111 336, Chapter 288, Fags 507, General Laws of the Regular tieselon of

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Ronorable Eoaer Garrison, Jr., Director, page 8 ”

the Porty-aeoond Legislature, provides In part th6t *Novehlole shall exaeed a total outside width lnoludlng anyload thereon, of nlnetysix (96 as to s1 inches, exoept that the 1Izltatlocs

z.8of the vehicle stated in this seotlon shall not apply to Implenenta of husbandry including mohlnery solely used for the purpose of drilling water wells, andhighway building amintenanoe naohinery temporarily prqpslled or movedupon the public hlghway.1
~Thls conblnatlon of vehlale in questlon &u~selor the purpose or pull@ casing from

. *In your oplnlon, of vehlole be operated froin the Texers Highway sane be registered? should this cosbina tlon 

### upona speolal permit impertmmt, or should the

Theregistration notor vehloles is shown by 6675a-l-Ob, Vernon’s Civil rides in part: and lIcansl~ clause respeatlng the various sactions of .atlcle Statutes. 0tlcle fM75a-8 Fro-

*Every owner of amotor vehlofe, trailer or semi-trailer us6d or to be used uponthe publlo highways of this State, and each ohauffeur, shall apply each year to the State II&hwayCepartnent through the county TaxColle.otor of the County in whloh he resides for the recistratlon of each suoh vehicle ownedor controlled byhim, or for a ohaufSeurfs license, for the ensuing or ourrent calendar year or unex>lred portion thereor;

. . .m EStiole 6078a-Sb provides in part: nprovlded that novehicle shall beregisteredwith four wheels, 

### orless, whose gross weight, Inaluding loads, 6xoeeds 22,000 pounds; that no vehlole shall be registered with six wheels, whose gross weight, lncludin& load, exceeds 30,000 pounds; (.kxles of the latter type to be spaced not less than 40fnohes apart),

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Honorable Rome?Garriatm, Jr., Diteatoz, pago 3

“ind provided **tither** that no rotor 

### rehloh shall be regiotored and lloenae8 wblch **h44 a**  

### totaloutridewidth, lnoludlng a&gload thereon, of more t&en ninety-six :nchos, exoopt that l he. wldth of a fame 

### tractor**3tail not**  **exceed P**  reet, and e.xOeptIng furthar, thct the linitatiom as to sixa of rahialo atafad in thIa seotlor shall. not apply to impls~lents of hua!?andry and hi building and ntllntenanoe mcrohlnory hwar tmporm ,I,r

f propelled or muved upon the publla h.&hwayaI ,,.a

**i.8 Dart!**  

### Artlole iHUla, imrnon~a 

### cfril **Statuter, prorfdea** 

~Ssotlon 1. Whenany p&-son, firs or oor

### poratleashall desire to ogarate over astate hlghwar auper-heavy or OYW-olza aquipmnt 

### ror the trtmaportotlon i;i such aomoditlea as oannot be reasonably dlamantled, where thr gross weight or size exaeeda the llptttr allowed by law to ba transports6 over a state highway, the State ~tghuay Dopartmnt any, pemlt 

### ror

### the 11~ oa applioation ia~2r a 1 operat 

### on

### oraald 

# l aui wt with said occmmdItles, T&Wl ald State f?QPBL

YmFlant la of the opInIon that the acne zq be operated witbout material damageto the hlghwsy. Frovlcled, howavar, that nothlqz in tbla aet shell prevent the full control of such 

### morementsor operations on the atreeba or aItIa6 an6 town8 b;r the ordlaanoes of euoh aumIclpal1t.y.~
Seotlon 3 or raid aot provider 

### inauistenoe that before 

### the **i#mmiOs** of l ueh petit the epglIOant tot 

### aaw etdl rile with the Gtate it% !niey Dupartmmt a **bond in**  **an maount**  to be set and approva br the Departzient, payable to the Department, 

### andoonditlened 

### thntthe applloant wIl1 pay to aaid 

### Dopartwintanydmaagethat 

### nightbe auatained to the h&hways by virtus of the operation of the epul ent, emdshall acwqmny tha applioation 

### wltha fea Ot fl .oo payable to tha Highway Dapart8snt to **be**dapoaltad in the Treasury or tha St&a or ‘ferar to the oredIt of tha ~I@wap 

### ~bitenanos Fund.
Section 4 oi l **ald** 

### eatproribea inrubataneo that suah permit, when laaued, shall show the name of tha appuoant, the date **or** the applloatlon, **algnature** of the StateUonorablr &msr Garrison, **Jr.,** Direator, page 4

Highray $agIne@r **OP** Mti6ion &@nse.r, ths kind ot equip 

### ment to be trtmsported 

### OTOP the highway artlght and dimenefoas 02 the S~BNJ,and i togothsr with the t shall atate the highways and dlstanos over whioh the Sam is to bs trensported.

sy 

### thevery wordi"p supra, 

### the oomblnation vshlc oi Artisle 669ba-8 and 8b, s lnvolmd in the Instant **crane** Is not subject to registration under said ast, &us to Its extraordinary weight and size. 'fherefora If such vehiole 

### Istobo

### movedUQOII the highways of this stati, It must be by rirtus of 

### thaspeolalperrdtsgranted to $hmowner by the 

### stateHighway 

### GepaPtment.

our Opinion No. O-16ll, a

### oop of whloh 

### Is SnolossQ hrrewlth ior youour

### Information, treat@ wth substantially this

f ldsntioal quostlon, and this 

### opinion ls In all rsspsots eonfirmed. Noquote from this opinion as follawrr

-The sam LegIslaturs that enacted Senate Bill No. 10, Chapter 41, Bssoab calls& Session oi ths Forty-first Lsglslaturs, nhloh 18 the aot providing ror OteFw6ight lp

emIt to 

### oporatr ors~sisr an6 equ plC#At Uponthe &a.itatIOnS diSousseti, also snaots6 Bouso ~111 No. 6, whloh is Chapter 08 o? tho Aots ot said Legislature, and which, amng othsr things, provided for ths re Ths f

# istratfonan%lioonsing O?JlkOtOF rshiolss. later aot exprsasly repealed a number of statutes and prior aots of the Legislature, an& provided generally that all oi the lawa in oonniot therewith 

### were repralsd~but Chapter 41 was **not** msntlonod ammg thr statutos and sots **that word**  expressly repealed.
"It is the oonoluslon oi this bspartmsnt that 

### thesetwo aots of tha sam Legislature do not aeoessarily OorUliat **and** afo not repugnant the one to ths other, when oormtrusd as this department 

### hasoonstruod

### them, ln that th8 first enaotment muet ti aonstrued as a linitation 0 aot, 8 sxoeption to the provisions of ths later

his oonolusion Is ln nocord with well establirhed p~Inolples oi‘law. In 39 Texas 

### furisprutlenoe, pago 146, It I8 saIdI

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Honorable 3omer Garrison, JF., Director, pa&-sS '

a* TheLegislature is supposed to be govorned byone spirit andpollay during a 

### session, andnsthing short 

### of?r direotrepealInexpress tam, or such lrraconollable repugmnop as that both %cts cannot stand together, will justify.a court in holding anaot lo recealed byanother act passed at the sam session.

. . . "'4 liberal construction is pe~nlsslble for the pur$oss of sustalrinp, itn3ct .a8statit sn i?npliostion of its repeal by another act passed at the samesession. Thd tW0 aOtt3 Hill be CCUlstrued togetlxm, regarded as one atntrtte, **sad** it possible they will be so oonstrusd that- 30th my stand us one snbodimnt of tie lezlslutire will. 

### i?‘or tble 

### purpose,the lamer act 

### .mybe

### regerded a8an erceptior. to the gro+iaiona of the later. 9
**~mmrouscase.3 are oltad in the footnotes. see espeoinlly &?in vs. Taxas, 20 '=0x. 353; Gillan vs. I.:atthewa, 122 3, ii. (kd) 343." Thsraforo, you ars respeatfully ~iStised that it is the o?nion of this deptlrtment that the combinfitlon veNale, tns subject of your request, should be **operated** upon the hl@vays of this Stste byvirtue of ;regeclnl perxlt 

### Ise~edbythe TQXUSTiigtr.?ayitspartndi*

‘Trusti* that this satlvtactorily disposes of your inquiry, weran&n
?ourm vury truly

ATTORNEY

GtiJERAL

OFTEXAS