OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTlN 

QDurpC.IlrrcM 

-- 

Eonorable Rmer Garrison, Jr., Dirsotor 

Department or Fubllo sarety 

Camp Xabrg 

AUdlII, T6SN4 

Dear Sir; 

?. 

opieion HO. o-248e 

Rat Should the ds8orlbed oombination of vehiols -be operated 

p6olal petit rrom 

a Highway Departc33nt 

d the rams be reglsr 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 (8 

1 

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 ~3111 6 Chapter 88 

he General Laws of td ~eaond Caded 

t3 lorty-rirst Le~lalature prorides 

,*No vshiole 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 and maiatsnanoe maohinery 

tenporarlly propelled or moved upon the public 

hlghwft y, ' 

*SoOtion 3(a) oi Rouse ~111 336, Chapter 288, 

Fags 507, General Laws of the Regular tieselon of 
382 

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

the Porty-aeoond Legislature, provides In part 

th6t *No vehlole shall exaeed a total outside 

width lnoludlng any load thereon, of nlnetysix (96 

as to s 1 

inches, exoept that the 1Izltatlocs 

z.8 of the vehicle stated in this seotlon shall not apply to Implenenta of husbandry 

including mohlnery solely used for the purpose 

of drilling water wells, and highway building 

amintenanoe naohinery temporarily prqpslled or 

moved upon 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 tl on 

upon a speolal permit 

impertmmt, or should the 

The registration 

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 a motor vehlofe, trailer 

or semi-trailer us6d or to be used upon the 

publlo highways of this State, and each ohauffeur, shall apply each year to the State II&hway Cepartnent through the county Tax Colle.otor 

of the County in whloh he resides for the recistratlon of each suoh vehicle owned or controlled 

by him, 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 no vehicle shall be registered with four wheels, or less, 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 40 fnohes apart), 
383 

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

“ind provided tither that no rotor rehloh 

shall be regiotored and lloenae8 wblch h44 a 

total outride width, lnoludlng a&g load 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 f ,I,r 

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

i.8 Dart! 

Artlole iHUla, imrnon~a cfril Statuter, prorfdea 

~Ssotlon 1. When any p&-son, firs or oorporatlea shall desire to ogarate over a state 

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 

operat 1 on or aald l aui wt with 

said occmmdItles, T&W l ald State f?Q PBL Y mFlant la of the opInIon that the acne zq be 

operated witbout material damage to the hlghwsy. 

Frovlcled, howavar, that nothlqz in tbla aet shell 

prevent the full control of such morements or 

operations on the atreeba or aItIa6 an6 town8 b;r 

the ordlaanoes of euoh aumIclpal1t.y.~ 

Seotlon 3 or raid aot provider in auistenoe 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, and oonditlened thnt the applloant wIl1 pay 

to aaid Dopartwint any dmaage that night be auatained to 

the h&hways by virtus of the operation of the epul ent, 

emd shall acwqmny tha applioation wlth a 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 eat proribea in rubataneo that 

suah permit, when laaued, shall show the name of tha appuoant, the date or the applloatlon, algnature of the State 
Uonorablr &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 the very word 

supra, the oomblnation vshlc i"p 

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 

Is to bo moved UQOII the highways of this stati, It must be 

by rirtus of tha speolal perrdts granted to $hm owner by the 

state Highway GepaPtment. 

our Opinion No. O-16ll, a oop of whloh Is SnolossQ 

hrrewlth ior youour Information, treat@ w f th substantially this 

ldsntioal quostlon, and this opinion ls In all rsspsots eonfirmed. No quote 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 Upon the &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 

Th f s 

istratfon an% 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 these two aots of tha sam Legislature do 

not aeoessarily OorUliat and afo not repugnant 

the one to ths other, when oormtrusd as this 

department has oonstruod 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 
- 

385 

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

a* The Legislature is supposed to be govorned by one spirit and pollay during a session, 

and nsthing short of ?r direot repeal In express 

tam, or such lrraconollable repugmnop as that 

both %cts cannot stand together, will justify.a 

court in holding an aot lo recealed by another 

act passed at the sam session. . . . 

"'4 liberal construction is pe~nlsslble for 

the pur$oss of sustalrinp, itn 3ct .a8 statit sn 

i?npliostion of its repeal by another act passed 

at the same session. 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 .my be regerded 

a8 an erceptior. to the gro+iaiona of the later. 9 

**~mmrous case.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 by virtue of ;r egeclnl perxlt 

Ise~ed by the TQXUS Tiigtr.?ay itspartndi* 

‘Trusti* that this satlvtactorily disposes of 

your inquiry, we ran&n 

?ourm vury truly 

ATTORNEY GtiJERAL OF TEXAS