### OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

Honorable Robert F. Poden, Jr. GOWity AttOXnsy Matae;orda County 3ay city, Tsxaa Dear SLr:



### r YOUi6tt0r or 0r tbiu department

T said foaQts.w 

### la or vwmn*8 Annotated

ding aeven thouaand (VOW) uoh vehiolo or train or oomwelght than 8i.x hundred (600) 

### pounds**PSP** lnoh 

### widthof tire 

### uponanywhoa1 aonomitrated upon the eurr800 Of the yehlmq shedi 

### be operated on the **public** hi.~ ways outside of thegononbla Rotart **F.** Pedan, Jr., Faga 2

llmite of en incorporated city or town; provfded, however, that the provisiona ct this section shall not become affective until the Cl.lz; day of Janusry, 1932.w (Undarraortng 9 The terms *blghway” and “public hi&hway” have bean defined by &atuta a8 follows:

wTh8tam0 ‘hl&hrey* aa ured la thle Act shall iaalude any publia road or thoroughfare or rectioa thereof ana 

### any bridge, oulvart 

### or other aeceesary structure appertaining thereto.” (Aots 1925, 30th Lee., oh. 188, 

### p.456, Art. 6674a. V.A.C.S.)

“‘Fublia Highway’ shall inolude any road, street, way, thoroughfare or bridge in this State not privately owrmd or controlled 

### for the use of vahl.cles over which the State has 

### leglelatl~ejurlsdlotlon under itepolloe power. - (Act8 1929, 41 Leg., 2nd C.S., **p. 1713,**  oh. 88, 880. 1, es emended 

### Aatr 1930, 4lat Leg., 

### 5thC.S.,

### p.151, oh. 23, sso. 1, xrt. 5575a-1, V.A.C.S.)
our courtu have derinad these terms in the 

### 8armmanaer. Railwsy 00. v. MontgomarJ, 83 Tax. 54, 19 8. w’. 1013i City of Dublin v. Barret (C.C.A.) 242 6. w. 535; and a woounty road* is a -public hlgbway:~ 21 Tex. Jur. 528-330.

It remains for us to determine who has the authority, or, more aocurately, duty, to weigh VahiCleu to datarmlae whathor there ia a compliance with Sootion 5 ot Article B27a of VaPnon’s Annotated Penal Code. ~~~a have aaraiully examined the provisions or Title 93 or Chapter 6 or the Rsvised civil Statute, aad Al'tiOl4Ul047, et B4q. of the 

### PenalCoda relating to **Tub** l$o welgharsw 

### and oan discover no such authority given those Individuals. As far as v;e oan determine the Statute8 relating to public wetgharr attempt tc do no more then regulate the busina60 or those angaging fn thst cccup4tloa for hire. Xadeed, saotlon 6 of Artiola 827a, Vernon's Annotated Fanal Code s~a~lfically enjoin6 upon licenee and watght inspaotora of the State mghwsy Department the duty to determine acmplianaa with the load limit Zen in the f’ollowing languagar



# LRoamable Robert 1. Potion, Jr., Pago s



### “SOO.6. Any llaonae and wolght lnepeotor of the State Blghway Uepartmmt, 

### hatingreaeon to believe that the gross weight of a loaded vehicle ie uulawfUl, 1s aut&orized to tilghthe same either by mean8 of 

### portableor statioaary males, and to require that 'auoh rehiole be &riven to the ararettt roalee in the event euoh lsoalee are within two mller. The 

### llupeotar .mw then require thd driver or operetor to unload Wtuedletelg 

### suohportionOSthe load ao mey **be** nsoeseary to 

### bsoreasethe 

### groaaweight of suoh vehiole to the maxlmum grorr weight 8proltled 

### by thlr 

### Act." Conatrolng thla rtatute, this depertmeat hold la Opinion No. O-1454 that onl euoh 

### llooa~raad 

### weightlnrpmotorr 74 or theStateRighwayDePar 

### anthaveauthoritytowalghveblolee todetermine rhetber or not 

### them iaan unlawfulload,andanthorlty to require those dthia two rller of eoales 

### todrive to them. we hold that 

### ordlnuy pee00 offlour have no akoh au

### thorlty. A:?OOQrOf 

### thi8 opinion i8 enoloaed herewith.

**For** 

### thefmac~nagivenin Opinion 

### t?o. O-1454aadunder. tbm authorities there olted It lo our opinion and pa ara advised that a oertifled 

### pub& wolgher has no authority to wei@ vehlolea apon the piblio oountp 

### roadrof Wtagorda Oounty to deteraiae whethor there i8 a~oompZ%anco with Seotion 5 of Artlole 8270 of Vernon*a Anaotatod Penal Oodo, unle~r nquerted 

### todo 60 by 

### thedriver or'owner of the vehlole. 

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