Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE AYTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Eonoreble R. I.. Crorlrr
County Attornoy
Johmon County Cleburne, Taxa on reoeivod mad oem- Your r4pueot for
fully oo~~ldered by thfa d quote from your re- Qu48t as tolloM:
non'* Anno- for formula r 4omaor- de 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 that the hrticle notwithstanding reiorred
provides far rlrrl~~~ wai&ht upon aah tire.
However, I would appreciate an oytnion irea
your Department in regard to whether the weight illr rareral eases inepeotora are authorized on the aema trenaaotfon.
I, thererare + mbxit the following inwiry:
Bonereble R. L. Croelor, B&e 2
~Where only one tnnuotlon lo In- tolt4&, tin soto t&an one a6mplnInt bo file4 8epNte of-
8geinet II violator, Iavol*lng
- ~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 aotor r8hIOle,
aoaaeroial trail- trwk-traotor, er seal-trailer, nor aonblWtIon of l mh operated over, on, or upoa
rehlolr, 8bll
the pub114 hi@wayO wteiao the linit8 Of IIP
ineorporeted elty torn, the tot41 6ros8 Qit8S by th0 ial-
Wdght Of Wbi& 0X000&? thrt
b3wing 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 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) iiret ena 1680
tam 4I8tArAa~ In ilao* b6twQen~the l xl40 of e vehIOle or OonbImtI90 *&I6108
an4 multiplying thle l m by oeven hundnd f9CO). ProvI&d, however, the gro80 wolg ht l lmlil nov4r xoeed tklrty-eight thourasd (W,OW) p0Md8.
~Prorlded, bcnmver, groe* weight par- ahall b6 ubjoot nfttsd by the fore&~%< tornula to th4 r0imt~ r*etrIotloa8 an& llmItetio08~ .~...2:,
Wo euoh reMdle nor soabinatlon of rebl- al.8 8hall here a &meter w&&t titan 01x hoa- psr imh width 0r tire up014 drea (600) pound8 anr wheel oenoentrate4 upon the eurfaoo of the highway and ueing hi@-~roeeuro tire0 end e
greeter might than 8Ix hWrsQ 8nd fkty (660) *3 Honorable W. t. CreeIer, Page 5
pounds per inah width of t.ir4 upon any wheel upon the eutfeae of highway caaaentr~tcd i . ad using tires, and no who01 low-pr4smu-4 shall aarry e loa6 in 4r4eee of rlgpt thou- aend (8,000) pound8 On h&h-prueauro tires
tend nine thousend (6,000) pounds on loa-ane-
sure tires, nor crny sxle a 104a la 4x0000 or slrtesn thousand (16,000) ppunde oa hi&- ciroo, an6 eigbtun
preeeur4 thoueend (18,OCO) pounlr on low-praeeure tires. load AU l ile
eM11 be deflnad as th4 total lo4d on all whmle whose osntere may 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 any sheriff 4r bIe duly author eed r-
deputy huriag reason to b4lIrvs tha gross that welsht of a la4d4d vahlois is unlawful Is au- thorized to wsigh... tba aa!m by m4ee of porteble or stationary oeiee Zurninhed or eskblieh4d or bauee
by the Dapartwnt the fm.4 Elrbllo hr4ty, 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 walgMng. In tba evant tha graae usin, E’ t of any euah vrthiale bs fcxmd to exo4eQ the aulmum groan weight au- thorizd by lsw, eush liosnsa cob weight in- spector, highway ptsolmn, ahsrirr, or hi6 duly shall Qe8and and roWire euthorlamd deputy the opereter or ownor thcjrsoi to unload euah p4rtion load ~6 may be nscseeuhry or the to deoreae4 the gro84 weight of euch vohIcl4 an the naxlmum
gross xsls&t autharla44 by 18*. i'rorid5d, how- ever, 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
the nenreet praatloel uni0aain8 bbfors x~%$$&$wi4 dlrecti~on of Qostlnation zh4 orrleam oarmad h4relg ar4
8348se cargo. only oHleer euthoriissd ta unPor4e the pm- vision& of thle k&t.”
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Bonorsble R. L. Crsslsr, ms 4 00 of Artlo m9s, Vorao8's Assstats4 8oatlon
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 of ttmsrslsl rotor rohlolos) s&11, upon oosv otloa, bo punis&od by a rlns or Pot Y 1~8 tha wmy-rimmu0~ cam), not wro tbsnho8ss4~4~lkn ($1001; fors ssosad ooavlotloa wlthln '0110 feor thrnaftor swh por- 800 cvrpontlos, roeoitu', O? assoolation ahail bs psdshab br s flao ot nut loss t&ma Flft~ IxAl.~rs ($80) aor noro tabon ho Wndn4 Dollars (#SOO) laprissssent la the oossty #ill for not aoro thss lxty i&I) days or by im tbo88ent~ UPOR 8 thiri Su@B iiBo lud bet8 or suboaguonb aoatlot!m~wlthla 011s msr a?ts,r tha oooomi eomlotloa 8uoQ er sabroqu*at 06aI vlotioa~wlthln 0110 yosr emu tbo smosd ssa- vio8lon 8uoh~peNon, oorparatlon, rooolvu OF asouoiatiw shall be ptaa$&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 lm- prlsofmont. It shell bo the duty of tbejob~o US thr oourt to report Ssrthwith to the Bopsrt- aant 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 in t&a ematy is whlah suab oouaty 8ttornoy oasrlotlos was had 18 hereby ahorlSo& 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 fur- ther prosooutlon tar tha who10 oc a ~rC@i *5 8. L. Croslu~ Fqo 8 SWonblo
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 detrndont of t&i8 0rraae0, mof not pronouto rurth0r ,tllo trrms- aotion out w&lo& tho orrons* was 0av.d. & lug0 QB orrouo ear s8rYod out or the traao- l 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 84 Of th0 0thU 0ei- for Std~~ WJ;OOU?dOn This tloutrino of OarrIng *pplias with moro*tomo 00 8 rocn0r oonrl~tlon t&on to an
msoeution for unlawtully 801~ llq~~r, tato's aribonao 1% 8pprot.d that tho baton4-
eon, ,trom the olr p oasosu4 l qu ut of whlskw s& sold 18 to s etato wlt- Ei& the 8tUt0, haYin OUYQd frOE thr( tEfU&~OtiOll t&a Of- touo of a~~&~wful solo, anb havbg saoure& a sonvlotlen thoro- for, Is pneludoQ from eanl et roBso rrola t&a some *net&or traasaotlon. a00 whitt0n V. toto, 260 a. w. 16s. 3
rho oaso 0r aponaoli v. akto, coo 8. 1. 889, hoi88 that a datondont aapultteb of murdrrlng his wlfm oana@t bo indlotment for the xu=aor of an- eodor roparato proseoutod other killd by tho suao sot. T&o oaso of Coon v. Obrts, Hii 8. I. 914, holdr thet It dmrgos atransporktim* o? liquor 8sd ~~088088ioa for purp~ee of H&S- WON both bee04 on the sari ocimlnal oat, a tenu oo~rietlsn aopqlttul ih a tormcrr prosssu- for the other ohargoi tlon woulfl bar s prosoeution
Wo oasa of E-grosos v. IBt8to,, LEla S. ,1. (Ml US, holds that ahen one v&o bad ploakl guilty a ohugo of intoxleatlng liquor Pn 4x7 trrrltory ooul4 not tnns~orting 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~ naerO4 question. OPlNlON COMMrrrEE