**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 



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DearSlri OplnlanHo. 0406T

Be;Yay lloen80plate8 puroharodduringp during **rrbruary or** 



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the opinionoi quartion. Arti0186b7Se5, ute8,read8, In Pa nt onthe aboto

(8 Annotated 

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The quoted protl8lon8 Of Arti010 **667Sa-la,** 

### Iupra, **were**

### originally maoted by theLeglrlaturrin 1989 **and** 

### oarriod into an 8mendumntor the 19eO**Aot by**  

### theLeglr1atUn 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)

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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,



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1. Section 5, of the General Len-8 

### or the **Second** 

### CalledSession,Of theForty--third LOfi8latU0, 

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### bo anondo to read heroafter**s8 rOiiOU88**  

### "'Sac.8. Any per8011 whoOpsrctcr **a** pnssen**ger** oar or a oosmsroIalraotor yahlcle or truck

### tractor upon tho public highwey8 of thi8 

### Stata any timeduringan7nmth ofamotor reP.lols rep istratioo 

### yearwithoat 

### hnrln and attsched thereto, two (2

### 7 dlaplaged thereon, 

### license number plete8, one plate at 

### thefront 

### End one at the 

### roar, whichhooobeenduly 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 

### andbl;lurchfor reregItatrotlsn end when purchnxd nay te used frost and

## afterUrirch the first prccodlng the reglstra

## tionJeer for w.k,ichthey **are** lsoued upon the motor rehIcle 

### forwhich thry are 

### lssutd.* a5ec. 8. The rect that people are 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 

### InSull force end effect 

### from and tUter.it8 pos8age, and 8316 rA0 

### ishereby suspsnded, en4 it be 80 enccted.a


### It 18 noted thtt 

### thlelast 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 tholrprovision8 in such respect eaan'jf e reconE- 0118d. In such clreumstonce8, 

### Vhs older statute willBon. Es00 salter, PO&3No, 3

be held to be repealed by ImplIcatIon to the extent of the conilfot + + + ft 18 pra8umCdthat 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 maynot 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 

### thfedeportlcent that license pletes for sotor vehfoloe, purohaaed during February, maynot, under the statutes of Texae be used until ana after Narch 1st preceding the reglatretion ye&r for which the 1Icense pletes are issued.

*ii8point 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 v18quota:

*TheVernon LnwBook Companyhas passed to ms your reoent letter oclling attention to en error in the 1939 pooket part to Volume 2 of Vernon18 Annotated Penal Cods. Wegreatly 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 w8have sntisfeotorily ensxeredBon. Es00 Vialter, ?spe No. 4

your Inquiry, we remain Yours very truly



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