Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTlN QDurpC.IlrrcM -- Eonorable Rmer Garrison, Jr., Dirsotor Department or Fubllo sarety Camp Xabrg AUdlII, T6SN4 Dear Sir; opieion HO. o-248e Rat Should the ds8orlbed oombina- tion of vehiols -be operated p6olal petit rrom ?. a Highway Departc33nt d the rams be regls- r of reaent date re- ent upon the abms P stated question. 8 r0uwps: &with a photograph of a that haa a ziotor permsn- sk rrame at the rear or $h 0r e&ht (8 rest # to this reh 1 ole is a bight (8) reet 80~~~3 (7) nt, and the total length ruok and trailer is rorty- 8(b) or &tuae ~3111 6 Chapter 88 he General Laws of td ~eaond Caded t3 lorty-rirst Le~lalature prorides ,*No vshiole shall be registered and th a total outside width, inoludlng r more thaa ninety-six (96) lnahw, esoept &at the linltations as to size of the vehicle shall not apply to lmplsments of husbandry, and highway building and maiatsnanoe maohinery tenporarlly propelled or moved upon the public hlghwft y, ' *SoOtion 3(a) oi Rouse ~111 336, Chapter 288, Fags 507, General Laws of the Regular tieselon of 382 Ronorable Eoaer Garrison, Jr., Director, page 8 ” the Porty-aeoond Legislature, provides In part th6t *No vehlole shall exaeed a total outside width lnoludlng any load thereon, of nlnety- six (96 inches, exoept that the 1Izltatlocs as to s 1z.8 of the vehicle stated in this seo- tlon shall not apply to Implenenta of husbandry including mohlnery solely used for the purpose of drilling water wells, and highway building amintenanoe naohinery temporarily prqpslled or moved upon the public hlghway.1 ~Thls conblnatlon of vehlale in questlon &u~selor the purpose or pull@ casing from . *In your oplnlon, should this cosbina tl on of vehlole be operated upon a speolal permit froin the Texers Highway impertmmt, or should the sane be registered? The registration and lIcansl~ clause respeatlng notor vehloles is shown by the various sactions of .atlcle 6675a-l-Ob, Vernon’s Civil Statutes. 0tlcle fM75a-8 Fro- rides in part: *Every owner of a motor vehlofe, trailer or semi-trailer us6d or to be used upon the publlo highways of this State, and each ohauf- feur, shall apply each year to the State II&h- way Cepartnent through the county Tax Colle.otor of the County in whloh he resides for the recis- tratlon of each suoh vehicle owned or controlled by him, or for a ohaufSeurfs license, for the ensuing or ourrent calendar year or unex>lred portion thereor; . . .m EStiole 6078a-Sb provides in part: nprovlded that no vehicle shall be register- ed with four wheels, or less, whose gross weight, Inaluding loads, 6xoeeds 22,000 pounds; that no vehlole shall be registered with six wheels, whose gross weight, lncludin& load, exceeds 30,000 pounds; (.kxles of the latter type to be spaced not less than 40 fnohes apart), 383 Honorable Rome? Garriatm, Jr., Diteatoz, pago 3 “ind provided tither that no rotor rehloh shall be regiotored and lloenae8wblch h44 a total outride width, lnoludlng a&g load thereon, of more t&en ninety-six :nchos, exoopt that l he. wldth of a fame tractor 3tail not exceed P reet, and e.xOeptIng furthar, thct the linitatiom as to sixa of rahialo atafad in thIa seotlor shall. not apply to impls~lents of hua!?andry and hi hwar building and ntllntenanoe mcrohlnory tmporm f ,I,r propelled or muved upon the publla h.&hwayaI ,,.a Artlole iHUla, imrnon~a cfril Statuter, prorfdea i.8 Dart! ~Ssotlon 1. When any p&-son, firs or oor- poratlea shall desire to ogarate over a state hlghwar auper-heavy or OYW-olza aquipmnt ror the trtmaportotlon i;i such aomoditlea as oannot be reasonably dlamantled, where thr gross weight or size exaeeda the llptttr allowed by law to ba transports6 over a state highway, the State ~tgh- uay Dopartmnt any, 11~oa applioation ia~2r a pemlt ror the operat 1 on or aald l aui wt with said occmmdItles, T&W lald State f?Q PBLY mF- lant la of the opInIon that the acne zq be operated witbout material damage to the hlghwsy. Frovlcled, howavar, that nothlqz in tbla aet shell prevent the full control of such morements or operations on the atreeba or aItIa6 an6 town8 b;r the ordlaanoes of euoh aumIclpal1t.y.~ Seotlon 3 or raid aot provider in auistenoe that before the i#mmiOs of lueh petit the epglIOant tot aaw etdl rile with the Gtate it !niey Dupartmmt a bond in an maount to be set and approva % br the Departzient, payable to the Department, and oonditlened thnt the applloant wIl1 pay to aaid Dopartwint any dmaage that night be auatained to the h&hways by virtus of the operation of the epul ent, emd shall acwqmny tha applioation wlth a fea Ot fl .oo pay- able to tha Highway Dapart8snt to be dapoaltad in the Treasury or tha St&a or ‘ferar to the oredIt of tha ~I@wap ~bitenanos Fund. Section 4 oi lald eat proribea in rubataneo that suah permit, when laaued, shall show the name of tha appu- oant, the date or the applloatlon, algnature of the State Uonorablr &msr Garrison, Jr., Direator, page 4 Highray $agIne@r OP Mti6ion &@nse.r, ths kind ot equip ment to be trtmsported OTOP the highway togothsr with the artlght and dimenefoas 02 the S~BNJ, and i t shall atate the highways and dlstanos over whioh the Sam is to bs trens- ported. sy the very word oi Artisle 669ba-8 and 8b, supra, the oomblnation vshlci"p s lnvolmd in the Instant crane Is not subject to registration under said ast, &us to Its extraordinary weight and size. 'fherefora If such vehiole Is to bo moved UQOIIthe highways of this stati, It must be by rirtus of tha speolal perrdts granted to $hm owner by the state Highway GepaPtment. our Opinion No. O-16ll, a oop of whloh Is SnolossQ hrrewlth ior youourInformation,treat@ wf th substantially this ldsntioal quostlon, and this opinion ls In all rsspsots eon- firmed. No quote from this opinion as follawrr -The sam LegIslaturs that enacted Senate Bill No. 10, Chapter 41, Bssoab calls& Session oi ths Forty-first Lsglslaturs, nhloh 18 the aot providing ror emIt to oporatr ors~sisr an6 OteFw6ight equ lpplC#At Upon the &a.itatIOnS diS- ousseti, also snaots6 Bouso ~111 No. 6, whloh is Chapter 08 o? tho Aots ot said Legislature, and which, amng othsr things, provided for ths re istratfon an% lioonsing O? JlkOtOFrshiolss. Thf s later aot exprsasly repealed a number of statutes and prior aots of the Legislature, an& provided generally that all oi the lawa in oon- niot therewith were repralsd~ but Chapter 41 was not msntlonod ammg thr statutos and sots that word expressly repealed. "It is the oonoluslon oi this bspartmsnt that these two aots of tha sam Legislature do not aeoessarily OorUliat and afo not repugnant the one to ths other, when oormtrusd as this department has oonstruod them, ln that th8 first enaotment muet ti aonstrued as a linita- tion 0 sxoeption to the provisions of ths later aot , 8 his oonolusion Is ln nocord with well es- tablirhed p~Inolples oi‘law. In 39 Texas furis- prutlenoe, pago 146, It I8 saIdI - 385 Honorable 3omer Garrison, JF., Director, pa&-s S ' a* The Legislature is supposed to be gov- orned by one spirit and pollay during a session, and nsthing short of ?rdireot repeal In express tam, or such lrraconollable repugmnop as that both %cts cannot stand together, will justify.a court in holding an aot lo recealed by another act passed at the sam session. . . . "'4 liberal construction is pe~nlsslble for the pur$oss of sustalrinp, itn 3ct .a8 statit sn i?npliostion of its repeal by another act passed at the same session. Thd tW0 aOtt3 Hill be CCUl- strued togetlxm, regarded as one atntrtte, sad it possible they will be so oonstrusd that- 30th my stand us one snbodimnt of tie lezlslutire will. i?‘ortble purpose, the lamer act .my be regerded a8 an erceptior. to the gro+iaiona of the later. 9 **~mmrous case.3 are oltad in the footnotes. see espeoinlly &?in vs. Taxas, 20 '=0x. 353; Gillan vs. I.:atthewa, 122 3, ii. (kd) 343." Thsraforo, you ars respeatfully ~iStised that it is the o?nion of this deptlrtment that the combinfitlon ve- Nale, tns subject of your request, should be operated upon the hl@vays of this Stste by virtue of ;r egeclnl perxlt Ise~ed by the TQXUS Tiigtr.?ay itspartndi* ‘Trusti* that this satlvtactorily disposes of your inquiry, we ran&n ?ourm vury truly ATTORNEY GtiJERALOF TEXAS