Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1946 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN flormruble ,i. L. '&¶~&a County kttorney, Vlotorl6 Couinty sflatorla, TexM 46 47 49 Honorable W. I..lNwar4~. Viotorla - w&m 5, oomwdltlte as oannot be reasonably dismertlzled, eta.. . .I Further dieou~leion ol’ the lengths of vehioles under ~rtlole 827a , Seotione 2 and 3, are found in this Department*s Opinion No. o-1280. The question therein waked ua8t Doss B speoial permit, whloh allows a length of mere than 43 feet, Imply the right of a oarrler to haul a load wmwlll extend more than 3 feel) In front and more than 4 temn the rear of his v-e. The Opinion quot- e& 9x2, Art. 327a, in full, and alro paragraph (0) or SIotion 3, of said Artiolo. It then oontinuedr *As you hats indioaired in the quoted portion or your letter, Sea. 2, of Art. 827a make8 protie* Ion ior the leeuanoe of ,apeoial permit6 for the operation war 8ta*e highway6 of over*lto equfp- men%, In the erent suoh equi~nt is~neoresary ior the iiransporta8ion 0r , oversi54 ot be reasoq- *Tou will note that paragraph (d), Sea. 3, Art. 827a provides that *no oehiole or oombinatloa ot vehloler ehall oarrg a load whioh extends more than S fee* beyond the front thereof, nor,- ae hereinbefore provided, more than 4 feet rseyo he rear theN)of.w wconetruing together all of the abore uoted atatu- tsry provieions, we rind that the LegP8latuFe pro- hiblted any vehfole or acmnblnation of vehfoles tram oarrying ca load whioh extended more than 3 feet be- yona the rsont or the vehlole o???imbination, and did not provide for any exoeption to this require- ment; b t the wording or paragraph fd), Sec. 3, Art. 827a makte it equally olaar that the Legislature did antloipate that an overlength load ml&t extend Ip8~% than 4 feet beyond the rear of the oonveying VehlOle or .co@bination of rehloles." - - tiiall4 reet flsm tbma 3’ 0 MmhYe