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

HonorableYnrphy Cole CountyAuditor Liberty County Liberty, **Texas**

**mar** Sir:

14. 1939, in rrh ment relative to letter of Angaat on or this attpsrtes permittedunder 11'8 AnnotatedTexas

111 336, chapter &3a, gular Session,Forty- *Ho train or qombinaa 0pmda alone shall more than three (3) feet aor, exaept,baa

hereln- &I r0ui (4) red beyond

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**nOUS Bill**  336 &VU8 issuanceor a speofal petit rot or combinationor rehiales to exceed 6r 45 feet. *The questionwhich we wish answered ia this: Does a special.

permitwhiah allows a length of more than 45 feet Imply the right of 

### aarrier to haal a load nhlah wi-11 extendmore than 3 feet in front or more than 4 feet in the rear of hia vehick?"Honorable lturphy Cole, Page 2

so much 0r seotion 2 0r Artiole 827a as is pertii;. nent reeds as rollows: +

"It shall be unlawfulaa aonstitutea misaemanor ror any person to drive, operate or move or for the owner to aaase or permit to be driven, operated,or moved on any highway, any rehlole or vehiales or a sine or weight exaeeaing the llmltatlons stated in this Act or any vehiale or vehicleswhlah are not oonstruatedor equipped as required in this Act, or to transport thereon any load or loads exceedlag the dimensionsor weight pmSt3ribea in this Aat; provided the department, aoting direatlyorthrough its agent or **agents** designatingIn each aounty shall have aud is here**by** granted authorityto grant permits llmltea to periods of ninety (90) days or less ror the transportationover state highways of suah overweight or oversizeor overlengthaommoditiesas eannot be reasonably

dismantledor for the operation over state highways or super-heavyand oreraise equipmentfor the transportation or suah orers%e or overweightor orerlength**oomamdities as**  **aan** not be reasonably

dismantled;

. . .O Article 827a, Section 3, paragrapha, reads as r0im8: %o motor rehiale, commeroial motor rehicle, trnak-trailer, trailer,or semi-trailer shall exceed a length or thirty-rive (35) r60t, and no combination of sash rehiales coupled tegather shall ssaeed a total length of fortyrive (4.5)

feet, unless such vehicle or aomblnations of vehiales is operated exaluelvelyw%thin the limits of an incorporated city **or** town."
**As** you have indiaatedIn the quoted portion of your letter, Seatlon 2 of Artlale 827a makes prorisions ror the issuanceof speoialpermits for the operation over state highwaysor oversizedequipmentin the event such equipment is necessaryror the transportatfon 0r **a-r** weight, oversiredor orerlengthaomnodities wh%ah aannot be reasonablydismantled.: This provision creates an exception to the length speoiiiedIn paragraph Q 0r aeotion 3, Article 827a, ror vehiclesand .acombination ei tehloles.

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ale 8g7a, You will note that paragraphd. Saatioti 3, Artlprovides that'narehlale or aomblnatlonet vehi0108 shall aarry a load whioh extendsmore than thraa **r6et** beyond the front thereofnor"axoapt as herelnbefora **toYbled** t!zzimf more then ioar feet bemad the mar th6MOi'

ng togatherall or the above-quotedatatatorl,&avIaions we llnd that the Legislators prohlbltedany vahlole or oomblnatlon 0r vehlalea

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oarrying a i0aa rhiah extendedcore than thrae r80t beyond the 

### rront or the vahlola or aomblnatloa and did aot provide ror any ueeptloa to thla raqalremsst, bat the wardfng or paragraph d, Saatlon 3, Artlola &37a, **makes** it aqaallr olaar that the Laglalatura did antlalpatethat an ovarlagf;h icurdml&t extend sum than r00r r06t beyond tha re+r **0r** thb aMwayin& vehicle Of oombinatlon.or vehlalea.
It Is, theraZWe, the opinion or this Dapartmant that a apeofalpermit 

### ror the~operat1on of an overl6a&h vehlole boas aot *ly the 

### rlghti0r a oarrier to haal a lOad rhioh extendsmora than three feet beyond the imnt br th6 vehlale. On ths other **hand,** a pualt ror the 

### tranaportatloa0r oterleqth 6ommedlti68 or r0r the 

### bpemticin or overalaa.eqalwt ior the traasportatlon 09 aaoh ovarlength oammoditlea doas oarry with it as an inaldentalpr&vileg. the rlghttoertsn(lt~lloa6iias~as~ry,moretban tom rw rror th6 rear 0r mob ~0hf0~0.

. The other qaaatlonpresented tD y-oar 16thr raqaeats that na det.enafn6 what la meant by the *rear* or a vehlolm amd we prmeame that you rerar to th6 .lan@iage or pongmph d, Seatloa S or Artlola BaOa, wa ragret to advise you that th6 Issue rhloh **yea** hare prosant i6 008 parely 

## or llaot **and** la not a aubjoot apoa which this Mpartmeat ean attain* tQ mnder an oplnloa.
Year6 very traly APPROVED8EP 16, 19%

&M-i-4- ATTORNEY GENERAL OS TEXAS

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