OFFICE OF THE AYTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Eonoreble R. I.. Crorlrr 

County Attornoy 

Johmon County 

Cleburne, Taxa 

Your r4pueot for 

fully oo~~ldered by thfa d 

Qu48t as tolloM: 

on reoeivod mad oemquote from your renon'* Annoformula for 

r 4omaorde or oottain weight 

gelnnt *lolater tor 

e upon whleh there wtm 

Q only one traJlnotlon 

one oeae e eertein truck had 

x separate 4fi8.8 wore tiled in 

ror one 8ingla 0x008* load and 

my opinion that oleerly only one 

oZfen6s coilld be eansd out of thi# tranemation 

notwithstanding that the hrticle reiorred to 

provides far rlrrl~~~ wai&ht upon l aah tire. 

However, I would appreciate an oytnion irea 

your Department in regard to whether the weight 

inepeotora are authorized to illr rareral eases 

on the aema trenaaotfon. I, thererare + mbxit 

the following inwiry: 
Bonereble R. L. Croelor, B&e 2 

~Where only one tnnuotlon lo Intolt4&, tin soto t&an one a6mplnInt bo file4 

8geinet II violator, Iavol*lng 8epNte of- 

- ~4~40 fer eeoh tire upon rhioh them i8 en 

over-might lo*&.** 

Saotfon 3 or hrtlole 827a, Vernon*8 AnnotateQ 3'0x48 

Pemml Coda, mad8 a0 f0llowSl 

=Exeopt a0 othOtri8* provide4 bt bW, n0 

aoaaeroial aotor r8hIOle, trwk-traotor, trailer or seal-trailer, nor aonblWtIon of l mh 

rehlolr, 8bll be operated over, on, or upoa 

the pub114 hi@wayO wteiao the linit8 Of IIP 

ineorporeted elty or torn, the tot41 6ros8 

Wdght Of Wbi& 0X000&? thrt Qit8S by th0 ialb3wing rormul6 I 

% l qu410 C tIme0 (L plru CO), uhare 

T equ810 tote1 peea weI@it, in4lrtdl4j 

losa en& v4hIele, in pousdr) 

*c l Qus18900~ 

'+L 4quale the dirtmoo b4tweon the riret 

an& laet 4x148 OS a ~OhIele er 80bI~tloa 0f 

v0t14100, In rO0t. 

wlJader the fore&ofge: formula, th4 gr48# 

wolght lo aeoertalned by Ming forty (40) to 

tam 4I8tArAa~ In ilao* b6twQen~the iiret ena 1680 

l xl40 of e vehIOle or OonbImtI90 or *&I6108 

an4 multiplying thle l m by oeven hundnd f9CO). 

ProvI&d, however, the gro80 wo lg hl t lmlil nov4r 

l xoeed tklrty-eight thourasd (W,OW) p0Md8. 

~Prorlded, bcnmver, the groe* weight parnfttsd by the fore&~%< tornula ahall b6 l ubjoot 

to th4 r0imt~ r*etrIotloa8 an& llmItetio08~ .~...2:, 

Wo euoh reMdle nor soabinatlon of reblal.8 8hall here a &meter w&&t titan 01x hoadrea (600) pound8 psr imh width 0r tire up014 

anr wheel oenoentrate4 upon the eurfaoo of the 

highway and ueing hi@-~roeeuro tire0 end e 

greeter might than 8Ix hWrsQ 8nd fkty (660) 
Honorable W. t. CreeIer, Page 5 

pounds per inah width of t.ir4 upon any wheel 

caaaentr~tcd upon the eutfeae of the highway 

i . ad using low-pr4smu-4 tires, and no who01 

shall aarry e loa6 in 4r4eee of rlgpt thouaend (8,000) pound8 On h&h-prueauro tires 

tend nine thousend (6,000) pounds on loa-anesure tires, nor crny sxle a 104a la 4x0000 or 

slrtesn thousand (16,000) ppunde oa hi&- 

preeeur4 ciroo, an6 eigbtun thoueend (18,OCO) 

pounlr on low-praeeure tires. AU l ile load 

eM11 be deflnad as th4 total lo4d on all 

whmle whose osntere may be laaluded between 

two pan1101 trenareres vertloal plan+* forty 

(40) inches apart.” 

Seatlen 6 ot Artiole 829a, Vsrnon’e Annotated !C4wre 

mnel Code, reeds es r0ii0m; 

“Any lla4nee and weight lney4otor of th4 

fegartn4nt of Arbllc iiaraty, my hIgh%y 

troldunn or any sheriff 4r bIe duly author r- eed 

deputy huriag reason to b4lIrvs that tha gross 

welsht of a la4d4d vahlois is unlawful Is authorized to wsigh... tba aa!m by m4ee of porteble 

or stationary l oeiee Zurninhed or eskblieh4d 

by the Dapartwnt or Elrbllo hr4ty, or bauee 

the fm.4 ta be wslghml by any public weigher, 

end to rsqulre that euoh vrhl414 bs driven ta 

the ncserset avail,Eble eael@a in ths dlreotion 

of aeat!nntiaa, for the urposs or walgMng. In 

tba evant tha graae usin, Et ’of any euah vrthiale 

bs fcxmd to exo4eQ the aulmum groan weight authorizd by lsw, eush liosnsa cob weight inspector, highway ptsolmn, ahsrirr, or hi6 duly 

euthorlamd deputy shall Qe8and and roWire the 

opereter or ownor thcjrsoi to unload euah p4rtion 

or the load ~6 may be nscseeuhry to deoreae4 the 

gro84 weight of euch vohIcl4 an the naxlmum 

gross xsls&t autharla44 by 18*. i'rorid5d, however, that if sucli load o~wsIete of llv4eteok, 

perishable morohplnbiae, or mrr4hsntiiao that my 

b4 daa%,:4d or daetroyed by t54 wuthar, thOA 

such o&aKiiator ehrll b4 pamlttud to prooaod to 

the nenreet praatloel uni0aain8 

dlrecti~on of Qostlnation bbfors x~%$$&$wi4 

8348se cargo. zh4 orrleam oarmad h4relg ar4 

the only oHleer euthoriissd ta unPor4e the pmvision& of thle k&t.” 

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Bonorsble R. L. Crsslsr, ms 4 

8oatlon 00 of Artlo m9s, Vorao8's Assstats4 

Teotls %sl Csdo, rods ss ts11errr 

. . "(s) Anr psrson, oorpordlon, rsoilrsr 

or assQol6tlon who rlolaks any prorlsloa&~ 

hOtIon 3 Of thf8 Ibt (the Bootion Slxln(l the 

gross wa t 

Y 

of ttmsrslsl rotor rohlolos) s&11, 

upon oosv otloa, bo punis&od by a rlns or Pot 

1~8 tha wmy-rimmu0~ cam), not wro 

tbsnho8ss4~4~lkn ($1001; fors ssosad 

ooavlotloa wlthln '0110 feor thrnaftor swh por800 cvrpontlos, roeoitu', O? assoolation 

ahail bs psdshab br s flao ot nut loss t&ma 

Flft~ IxAl.~rs ($80) aor noro tabon ho Wndn4 

Dollars (#SOO) or laprissssent la the oossty 

#ill for not aoro thss l lxty i&I) days or by 

bet8 Su@B iiBo lud im tbo88ent~ UPOR 8 thiri 

or suboaguonb aoatlot!m~wlthla 011s msr a?ts,r 

tha oooomi eomlotloa 8uoQ er sabroqu*at 06aI 

vlotioa~wlthln 0110 yosr emu tbo smosd ssavio8lon 8uoh~peNon, oorparatlon, rooolvu OF 

asouoiatiw shall be ptaa$&rd by 6 tlna of a& 

loos than One lhwrnd Doltire ('100) nor mom 

than Irlvs &a&rod Doilnn (&CC 3 @r by irprlsanmant In the ooantt jail for not mwo tbsn 

01x (6) maths, or by both such flso ssd lmprlsofmont. It shell bo the duty of tbejob~o 

US thr oourt to report Ssrthwith to the Bopsrtaant oi Publio Safety 8ay oos~lotioss obtain& 

la his oourt usdrr thl8 Sootlori and It rim11 

be ttm auty ot tha lhpartaont of PubLIe Bafety 

to kaop P rmurd thereof. 

-(b) It sny ooqumtlon is 008vlo8ad iax 

t&e vloletlon of 8rry prorlsisn of this kt 8ad 

fail8 to p+y th0 rin0 msossod, the dlstrlot 

or oouaty 8ttornoy in t&a ematy is whlah suab 

oasrlotlos was had 18 hereby l ahorlSo& to film 

suit :a l court ot ao~ot*nt jsrls~lotlos 

agolnet suoh sorpomtioo to oollset suoh ilao.* 

sootloa e4e, firWas J.&r, g+&gss 6619C, 1C Torrrs 

~risprubanoo, mada a0 follsw8~ 

4 a4E - Prusisu8lo8 for Part of 8i~Wo 

421mer +i:,ThO Slate I6Oy BUt Split Up OBta 8E'iaO 

and proawute It la parts, and a p+osOO~tlOn. 

for any part of a sin&~ orme bars any further prosooutlon tar tha who10 oc a ~rC@i 
SWonblo 8. L. Croslu~ Fqo 8 

the OrlEO. Whom the rot ohergod oona2ltutos 

but one orln though It is dlvislblo Loto 

* * 4irtuwnt pails or degraos, the stat.0 nay cut 

or cmvo out or It but ass oftonao, IMU! ham 

$XCIOOOUSO~ Md 0OBViOt.d the detrndont of t&i8 

0rraae0, mof not pronouto rurth0r ,tllo trrmsaotion out or w&lo& tho orrons* was 0av.d. & 

lug0 QB orrouo ear be s8rYod out or the traaol atlon as poeslbls, yet tho steto n87 cut only 

on.. So ulmro sovaml art10108 of pmport~ are 

stolen 8t t&o sue tlmo aad plaoo a convlotloa 

for sto8llmg prt of tbr will bar 8 subso~uent 

WJ;OOU?dOn for Std~~ 84 Of th0 0thU 0eiThis tloutrinof OarrIng *pplias with 

moro*tomo 00 8 rocn0r oonrl~tlon t&on to an 

eon, ,trom the 

msoeution for unlawtully 801~ llq~~r, 

tato's aribonao 1% 8pprot.d that tho baton4- 

o lr p o a so su4 l q uut of whlskw s& sold 18 to s etato wltEi& the 8tUt0, haYin OUYQd frOE thr( tEfU&~OtiOll t&a Oftouo of a~~&~wful solo, anb havbg saoure& a sonvlotlen thorofor, Is pneludoQ from eanl 

3 

*net&or et roBso rrola t&a some 

traasaotlon. a00 whitt0n V. toto, 260 a. w. 16s. 

rho oaso 0r aponaoli v. akto, coo 8. 1. 889, hoi88 

that a datondont aapultteb of murdrrlng his wlfm oana@t bo 

proseoutod eodor l roparato indlotment for the xu=aor of another killd by tho suao sot. 

T&o oaso of Coon v. Obrts, Hii 8. I. 914, holdr 

thet It dmrgos or atransporktim* o? liquor 8sd ~~088088ioa 

for purp~ee of H&S- WON both bee04 on the sari ocimlnal 

oat, a tenu oo~rietlsn or aopqlttul ih a tormcrr prosssutlon woulfl bar s prosoeution for the other ohargoi 

Wo oasa of E-grosos v. IBt8to,, LEla S. ,1. (Ml US, 

holds that ahen one v&o bad ploakl guilty to a ohugo of 

tnns~orting intoxleatlng liquor Pn 4x7 trrrltory ooul4 not 

be thoruttu oonrlota6 of pusossfag the San10 liquor in dry 

tsrrltorp for the purpouo of ealo, slaao to do so woul6 bo 

gattlng hlm twlae in jeopardy for Ohs ssms otte~so. 

It ia our opinion that ~00~ have oorrsotl~ l naerO4 

the question. OPlNlON COMMrrrEE