OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

son. x800 waltor 

oounty Attorney 

T871Or OWt7 

~bllono, Texar 

Dear Slri 

Oplnlan Ho. 0406T 

Be; Yay lloen80 plate8 

puroharod during p 

during rrbruary or 

repoecrtlng the opinion oi 

quartion. 

Arti018 6b7Se5, 

ute8, read8, In Pa 

nt on the aboto 

(8 Annotated Citll StttThe quoted protl8lon8 Of Arti010 667Sa-la, Iupra, 

were originally maoted by the Leglrlaturr in 1989 and 

oarriod into an 8mendumnt or the 19eO Aot by the Leglr1atUn in 1935. (Acts 1929, 41st Leg., 2nd C. S., p. 172, 

ch. 08, Sec. 13; Acts 1933 43rd Leg., p. 547, ch. 178, 

Sec. 1) 
::I.5 

Eon. ~00 Yialtsr, Pnq Ro. 2 

Tharrorter, Bouso Bill 

torty-f ourth Legi8latuSO (.&et8 

oh. Zl), end proridwt 

518 rte 8naOted,by the 

1958, 44th Lee., pa 63, 

“axTI0r‘2 1. Section 5, of the General Len-8 

or the Second Called Session, Of the Forty--third 

LOfi8latU0, Che2ter b, 8haU bo anondo to read 

heroafter s8 rOiiOU88 

"'Sac. 8. Any per8011 who Opsrctcr a pnssenger oar or a oosmsroIalraotor yahlcle or trucktractor upon tho public highwey8 of thi8 Stata 

any time during an7 nmth of a motor reP.lols rep 

istratioo year withoat hnrln 

and attsched thereto, two (2 7 

dlaplaged thereon, 

license number 

plete8, one plate at the front End one at the 

roar, which hooo been duly snd laufully assigned 

for eald rehlclb Sor the carant registration 

your, shall be guilty Of a laiedmeanor; thI8 shall 

not apply to dbalsrr optmtlng YehiC108 under 

present provisIon of the law, and provided, howeYer, 11cense number pltte8 aaJ be purchctvad 

during tho nonths or Fobrusry and bl;lurch for reregItatrotlsn end when purchnxd nay te used frost 

and after Urirch the first prccodlng the reglstration Jeer for w.k,ich they are lsoued upon the motor 

rehIcle for which thry are lssutd.* 

a5ec. 8. The rect that people a r e l otltled 

tO.th8 IN38 Of liCen&e nUZter pl!ite8 when purchcaad, Oraste8 an wiergoncy and an IGperetiye public 

necessity thc,t the constitutionel rule re-,drlng 

bil18’tO be read on three rereral Crtyo in oaah 

House, be asuspend& in order that thi8 Act shell 

take effect snd be In Sull force end effect from 

and tUter.it8 pos8age, and 8316 rA0 is hereby 

suspsnded, en4 it be 80 enccted.a 

It 18 noted thtt thle last enectmmt by the Legislature dboa not exgresslp~repssl ~rticla i675a-13 In 

its above quoted.prOyIsioz8, tut am8nds a Clfferent stat 

uto. %nnIfsstly, however the two btetutc8, In the ‘par-. 

tlcdam adbr &asldsretlon herein, are in arl meteria, 

and tholr provision8 in such respect eaan'jf E- e recon0118d. 

In such clreumstonce8, Vhs older statute will 
Bon. Es00 salter, PO&3 No, 3 

be held to be repealed by ImplIcatIon to the extent of 

the conilfot + + + ft 18 pra8umCd that the Legi8lntUm 

intended to repeal all laws and pert8 of law8 018~4 

fnCOn8f8tOnt with It8 later het8r l + l ” 

S9 Ter. fur., pe US, I 971 

Tonn8end ye Terrsll, 118 Ter. 463, 16 S. W. (2d) 

l%& Sank f* Leo county cotton 011 CO,) 

274 8. Pi. 129. 

Clearly, however, as you have conoluded in your 

letter, such later snaotaent by the Le,$slature may not 

be 8xtendsd beyond ii.8 plain term8 permitting lloense 

plate8 for motor vehicles to be used only after Enroh 

lst, notwithstanding they may be Purchesed durin.5 the 

month or February. 

Accordingly, you are advised that it is the 

opinion of thfe deportlcent that license pletes for sotor 

vehfoloe, purohaaed during February, may not, under the 

statutes of Texae be used until ana after Narch 1st preceding the reglatretion ye&r for which the 1Icense pletes 

are issued. 

*ii8 point out for your InfOr~atlon that the 1939 

pocket part to Volume 2 of Vernon’s Annotated Penal Code 

erroneou8ly~descrlbe8 8. B. 515, scpra, (Acts 1935, 44th 

Leg.; pa 63, oh. 21), oarrIed a8 Art907b of the Penal 

Code, as hetine been repealed by Acts 1939, 45th Leg., 

H. B. 230, 8 1. This error was acknowledged by ‘J;est 

PublIshInS Cojlpany In a recent letter to this dopertment, 

a portion or whioh v18 quota: 

*The Vernon Lnw Book Company has passed to 

ms your reoent letter oclling attention to en 

error in the 1939 pooket part to Volume 2 of 

Vernon18 Annotated Penal Cods. We greatly appreolate your t&nely advice which enables us to 

make a correotlon in the matter of II. B. 230 of 

the 46th Legislature. The error rosalted fron 

our inadvertence mrklng Chapter 21 of the hW8 

as repealed.n 

TrirstIng that w8 have sntisfeotorily ensxered 
Bon. Es00 Vialter, ?spe No. 4 

your Inquiry, we remain 

Yours very truly 

zcs rob 

By %15?i%?ta Ila-::ll4tant