Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1942 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
rnnorableHomeroarrl8Oll,Jr., Dinator
lbrw&8l.&~ertment
or Fublle s8re*y
Au8tln, rrxar
AtLtOeotioat J. B. Draper
Dear Sir:
re or ror 1088r op-
the olty 1laits ot
atstl town rsqalrrd
from Ohirf J. B.
, 19.c2, addressed
we quote la part:
that your drpart-
whothw or not a
l trmmportatlon or
~laa8r opar~blxl4 in
rporatod town roul4
SOtor VrhiOle Wl6agad in the tran8por-
tOtiOn Or paEWW8 rOr hir0 Or 10~ ebril b0
lqaipprd with at lrart OM quart or ohaaieal.typa
tir elx tinsp i8b in er
good oondition and OonIen-
lrntlr loostod for lmmedieto uem.*
Boaorabla Bosrr Carrlaon, Jr., IIImotorr page 2
ml* thq &4USOQt cOU?f Or civil !ippUi8 in
Sohornsann T. Otaf 126 3. P. (2df 681, a;hrld the oon-
tontfon that Artlah 8276, Seotlon 10, ?url Cods or P*XBO,
gOvem8 Cb Opr4tfO5 Of VehfOh8 00 SW41 highW4y8 Otiy
an4 not 3&thIa the ilnlts 0r an inoorpontrd olty, SOatIon
16 OXpr466i~ ibit it8 6ppii68tiO6 t0 th6t “pOrti O’r
4ar hIghWaY, OUt8i46 Oi 6~ &MrporatO6 t0W5 Or Oity.*
3aOaU8U Oi this aXpSr84 liait8tiOn OOntsiWd 111 s6OtiOll
10, tblr 88ae aaanot ba ooaatrurd 68 authorIt to eonfIn
tC8 lppllaatlw OS 2Ootlon 9 to rural hIghwd~6 l1046.
The rurpoer ct thr rtatatory raqoiresont that
motor V6hiC106 osrry a firs extlngulaber 16 ror tha 84t4ty
or the p446crrrgaroor coaeroI41 r~hlrlea'65d tha u86ro or
tha hl@nsay.. Tba cot mst be oormtruad ta etfsotuatr to
the full*41 axtrnt ths cbvioua Iatsntion ot tlm 1ac1618-
tam 6rrnl~.~.~,QI policy 8xprdIrnt rnd naoatsery.- To tin-
iIn4 tha qipllcutloa0r this ssraty raqulr*a8n% tegebi-
0106 qmatbg solely upon the rural h:ehwiya wotid``warr
thr protection tha lr&xLaturr h66 afforded to commeralal
paamneww, and tG o04rIti4 the sppli6atIon of C8atlon 9
b4lo* tba nasollsblo iatarprrtatioa of thq act a# 8~wwl~.
Artlolr &276, fen61 Code of Te~sa; la rcplsto
litb a~13oIflo 6xorptiona thaO 04rt6in'6*ct1056 thrraor
hi&a, ineladra both oity 8trsst8 6ad rur61 rosdr urn
liprauly Inarrtrd in SeatIon 5 an4 76, where rafemncr
ia mada only to tha "public highway6 outrldr tha lImita of
aa Iaoorpor4tr6 olty or town." ft ~0~14 be atmngc), lndrrd,
if publlo highway8 lnoludrd only rural hIghw4ya that the
lagialrtarr uould aprcify rapaatrdly that OWtsin 608tiOII8
or tha lot apply onif ta that portion 0r aho pub110 high-
n6y out8148 of an 15oorp0rat66 olty. Saoh 4x0 ‘tlonr MO-
l6aarIl~ 14dICatq tba 81;6ifICa5t faot--that pu7 110 high-
~4~8 gonarally inolude both rural hfehwrfa 66 rrll 46 olty
.
iksorablrZSolwra~?ilOO, Jr., DIrOotot,paga 3
LHYlt8. Th18 i5tWprOwtO5 Ot the t4S5 'PUblio hh$h-
L~I* 14 oomonant with the lo o r p tadeilaltlon
d ot pub-
.a hlghwy in Artlale 8C2, SOnal Co40 of fraas (lnoladlng
wakOn driving ltattPk),iiI0hola v. ktata 49 5. 2. (2di
131Art1010,6701,S.otion (61, bTi8.d Civil st.tUt.8 of
ixa8 of 1925, ?latohOr'I.Bordalon56 S. Xe (20) 3l33i
rtiol. 7065, sootion ( ), ii~vIarb (Xv11 %*tutas of 1925
;ha motor fad tax 18TP 1 tint4 1. thr citr or 61 1.aa0,
;) 8. W. (24) 3661 35 i;Ord8 and I%raaaa 113.
YOU lW tb 8nr 0m .43%8.4 t&t Artlslr 82%.
3rotloo 9, 2.~1 Cod4 0r T4xa6, not oaafinlngIts appll-
utloa to run1 hIghny8 alone ka rospaat to tha nipuin-
mat th8t -tol V.hiOl.8 tn48pStin& -88.W.r8 fOf biS8
or laara rhall br lqulppadrlth 4 okrleal tyF+4fira 4x-
tl4gaIahar,=ppii@8 to motor ~ohlol8a80 opratlng oa tha
pub110 hIghwayri+r wl$hIn cr without tha ll~lta of an
Inaorpratad- oltt.
Vow truly yours,
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APPROVEDNOV10, ;?4S
A!C!CORNmGl3XERAL
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