OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEYGENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Banorrblr Norper Qarrimn, Director
Depertment of Publlo Safety
~CasipHabry
A\lktin, Texas
Dsar Sir:
Thir will aokn of your reebnt re-
quest for our opinion aa
he psclrege of s4ot~on 9
oond Lsgialature,
otlon 0, V*rnon’a
rtnent rendera an
ittsn by hrsletaat Attorn4y
ng that the wordr *approved,
4 stamped upon the gleer,
of the refleotor.
,,,&~yQl44?Nqy$dt of the statute cited reada a8
You @tata that einee the opinion of Hr. Christopher
was wrttten, the UPB; of button type reflectora hat beoome
prevrlemt end that it would be imooaeible to plaoe the ep-
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proval on the glass of this kind of reflector. Under thee4
olro~etaEee you ask whethnr it would b4 permiseIbl4 tor
the approval of reflectors to be stemped on th4 metal flange
of the refleotor instead of the glass.
Since assignment of your opinion request, we have
had ooceelon to examine descriptive literature of th4 various
types of refleotore and to fnepeot several of them. 80144
manufacturers of button refleotore have enao,eed the glare In
frar48 so eubetantIally made It appears~Impoeeible that
the glass part be removed, exoept by breaking the glare or
destroying th4 frme. If the refleotore otherwise meet
the tests of the Texas Highway Departm4nt, we eee no good
reason why the foregolng provlelon of the statute would
prevent the approval being etaeqed on the metal flan
-. rather than on ths glass Itself. The intent of the Pegle-
latura was doubtleas to prevent the 8819 and us4 of In-
ferior and inadsquete rsfleotore. The proteotion end safe;;
of the traveling public wee the paramount oonelderatlon.
the glaee be firmly etteched to the metal flango or other
-. dsvioe, wu r4apeatfully advlae you that the matter of the
plaoa where the words of aporovel er4 to b4 stamped nets
within the sound disoratlon of the depertment r4eponslbls
for thclr approval, but the words ,indlo ting euoh ap?roval
.‘~
”mus“’t ,b eVinmlylff Sxed *30 soa% part 0# th~~‘reflector.
To the extent stat4d., Xr. Chrletophrr’s opinion
lo reepaotfully ovsrrulea.
Yours very truly
ATTORNEI?
GENERAL
OF TEXAS
BeiJamin Voodall /e/
BY
BenJamln Yoodrll
TM:50 kssletant
APPRCVED
NOV 1, 1940
Q-erald G. Mann /e/
ATTCBNEY
O!WEiAL OF TEXAS
APPROVED0PIX;ION
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