### 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 oem**  quote 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 

### truckhad
**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:

### BonerebleR. L. Croelor, B&e 2

~Where 

### only one tnnuotlon lo Intolt4&, tin soto t&an one **a6mplnInt** bo file4 8geinet IIviolator, Iavol*lng 

### 8epNte of-

- ~4~40 fer eeoh tire upon rhioh them i8 en over-might lo*&.** 

### Saotfon3 or hrtlole827a, Vernon*8AnnotateQ3'0x48 Pemml Coda, mad8 a0 f0llowSl

=Exeopt a0 othOtri8* **provide4** bt bW, n0 aoaaeroial 

### aotor r8hIOle, trwk-traotor, trailer **or** seal-trailer, nor aonblWtIon of lmh 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 equ810tote1 

### peea weI@it, in4lrtdl4j losa en& v4hIele, in pousdr) 

### *c l Qus18900~ '+L4quale 

### the dirtmoo b4tweon 

### the 

### riret an& laet4x148 OS a ~OhIele er 80bI~tloa 0f v0t14100, In rO0t.
wlJader 

### the fore&ofge: formula,

th4 gr48# 

### wolght lo aeoertalnedby Ming forty (40) 

### to tam 4I8tArAa~ In ilao* b6twQen~the 

### iiretena 1680 lxl40 of e vehIOle or OonbImtI90 or *&I6108 an4 multiplying thle lm by oeven hundnd f9CO). ProvI&d, 

### however,the gro80 wolg ht l 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 

### soabinatlonof reblal.8 8hall here a 

### &meter w&&t titan 01x hoadrea (600) pound8 

### psr imh 

### width 0r tire up014 

### anr wheel 

### oenoentrate4 upon the eurfaooof the 

### highwayand ueinghi@-~roeeuro tire0 end e greeter might than 8Ix hWrsQ 8nd fkty (660)Honorable W. t. CreeIer, Page 5

pounds 

### per 

### inahwidth 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 

### ninethousend (6,000)pounds on loa-anesure tires, nor crnysxle a 104a la 

### 4x0000or slrtesn thousand (16,000) ppunde oa hi&- preeeur4 

### ciroo, an6 **eigbtun** thoueend (18,OCO) pounlr on 

### low-praeeure tires. AU lile 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 r- troldunn 

### or any 

### sheriff4r bIe duly author 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, E’ t 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 oarmadh4relg ar4 the 

### only 

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

**c- ::** 

### BonorsbleR. L. Crsslsr,ms 4

8oatlon 

### 00 of Artlo m9s, Vorao8'sAssstats4 Teotls %sl Csdo, rods ss ts11errr

. . "(s) Anr psrson,oorpordlon, rsoilrsr or assQol6tlon

who rlolaks any prorlsloa&~ hOtIon 3 Of thf8 

### Ibt (theBootion 

### Slxln(l the grosswa 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), notwro tbsnho8ss4~4~lkn ($1001;fors ssosad ooavlotloa

wlthln '0110

feor 

### thrnaftor swh por

### 800 cvrpontlos, roeoitu',O? assoolation ahailbs 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 suboaguonbaoatlot!m~wlthla 011s msr a?ts,r tha oooomi eomlotloa 8uoQ er sabroqu*at 06aI 

### vlotioa~wlthln

0110 yosr emu tbo 

### smosd ssa

### vio8lon

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 irprl

### sanmant

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 

### reportSsrthwithto the Bopsrtaant oi Publio 

### Safety 8ay oos~lotioss

### obtain& la his oourt usdrr 

### thl8Sootlori and It rim11 be ttm 

### auty**ot** tha lhpartaont of PubLIeBafety to kaop P rmurd 

### thereof. -(b) It sny 

### ooqumtlon is 008vlo8ad

### iax t&e vloletlon of 8rryprorlsisn of this kt 8ad fail8 

### to p+y th0 

### rin0msossod, 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 oollsetsuoh ilao.*
sootloa e4e, firWas J.&r, g+&gss6619C, 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. forany partof a sin&~ orme barsany further prosooutlon tar 

### tha who10 oc a ~rC@i**SWonblo 8.**  L. Croslu~ Fqo 8

the OrlEO. 

### Whom the rot ohergodoona2ltutos **but** 

### one orln though It is dlvislblo

### Loto * * 4irtuwnt 

### pailsor 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,tllotrrmsaotion out or 

### w&lo&

**tho orrons** *

**was 0av.d.**  **&** lug0 

### QB

orrouo 

### ear **be** 

### s8rYod out 

## or thetraaol 

### atlonas 

### poeslbls, yet 

### tho steton87 cut 

### only on.. So ulmro 

### sovaml art10108of pmport~ are 

### stolen 8t t&o sue tlmoaadplaooa convlotloa for sto8llmg

prt of 

### tbr willbar 8 **subso~uent WJ;OOU?dOn**  for Std~~ 84 Of th0 

### 0thU 0eiThistloutrino

f 

### OarrIng

*pplias 

### with moro*tomo 

### 00 8 rocn0roonrl~tlon t&onto an

eon, ,trom

the 

### msoeution for 

### unlawtully 801~ llq~~r, tato'saribonao1% 8pprot.d

### thattho baton4- olr p oasosu4 l quut of 

### whlskw s& sold 18 to s etatowltEi& the 8tUt0, 

### haYin OUYQd 

### frOE thr( tEfU&~OtiOll t&a Oftouo of a~~&~wful solo, anb 

### havbg saoure& a sonvlotlen thoro

### for, Is pneludoQ from eanl 3 ***net&or** etroBso 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

hiswlfm oana@t**bo proseoutod**  **eodor** l **roparato** 

### indlotmentfor the xu=aor of anotherkilld by 

### tho suao sot.

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

### It dmrgos or 

### atransporktim* o? liquor8sd ~~088088ioa forpurp~ee of H&S- WON bothbee04on 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 liquorPn 4x7 trrrltory ooul4 

### not be 

### thoruttu oonrlota6**of** pusossfag the **San10 liquor**  **in dry**  

### tsrrltorpfor the 

### purpouo of ealo, 

### slaao to do so woul6 

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



### It ia our opinionthat 

### ~00~ have oorrsotl~l naerO4 the 

### question. OPlNlON COMMrrrEE