Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1939 )

OFFICE OFTHEATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS
AUSTIN
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c.MANN w 24, 1939
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Eon. Sidney Lcq, Xay 24, 1939, Page 2
w1tM.n two zill.oQ.The inspectormay then rb
quite the driver or operator to unload lmed-
iately such portion of the load as ma;rbe no-
oessaryto deareasethe gross weight ot euoh
V6hio~ t0 the FLOSS
Snrirsllt U0i@t I#peoified
by this Act."
The oourte or Texas have held that the above
section conferring auttmrlty upon lioanse tutaweI&& inn-
speotors of the State Highway Depsrtmentto require MT-
ers and operators of motor vehioles to have thdr trueka
end oontents weip;hbd,does not oonfer any suoh authority
uponaonstablesandother peaoe otiloeraofthe 8tat.,
La. aeputy 8hePlff 8herlff, aounty hl&my offSoaP*
deputy ocmatableaad oounty attorney.
ImhD (I,8ThTE (lssl) 96 9Ri(sa) 9Euj
DesHmo xorox BEIm Lmm INC. T* tzopHBs,
ET AL(l9w) 99 m (zd)lo&
Se halo been tomb& to find addltlaoal authori-
ties onthsMttW,blItthOtUO 446#86P@fS~tO~bmO
aPe eJapl0authority ior the'propo8ltion8et iorth thePelala
Vo rish to eaU attent%on espsoklrj to the r4-
maPk6ofJllaga``lnthe~lnlonaaIMtlaofotPshelDP-
krg in the aaae oilBaa to State, 8upra, arongu!&~& la
the follawingt
.Ufhe Ia&lature ahould dasmthaautbrrc
lty mated lo the 64 offlo~or8 unde ths
3&u quotedln our or o~ioa to be too
rertrlotlvoend aanolub that the righti oonfe``%d
m add offioer ahaal.6 .be extendad to pea90 Of-
floengenerally thaDth4 Ia&ie&tUro~ 10
prorid.;but until the Zwr a8 nm nfttar i8
ohaaged, wethtiktba moreroaamable owirtrrro-
tiar Is wmtplflosdupaa.lt in ourorlglnIaopin-
icm thciti8,thrtthm Leglalkturepropoaedto
limit tha rIght8 therein eonfmred upon the of-
fioera named as being eepeoially equip&d aitd
trained to properly do the tblnb;stherein authe
isad.'
B vicar of the above holding, the
en aounty twfflo oSS%aers in hrtiole 6099,
Bon. Sidney Me, Eay 24, 1939, Page 9
not:.tcdCivil St&&es, as amended * to enforce the
tfghway laws of t&is state regulatl\gthe uee of the
public hi&ways by motor vel~loles', oammt be extended
to include the authority to neigh loaded vehicles when
they heve ronson to believe th:)tthe gross weigt of
such v~hlalx3slsunlawiul.
It Is our ~pinim that a oounty trafrla offl-
cer etnployadunder artiole 6099, supra, does not possess
a logal right to neigh trucks for purposes of aseertain-
In6 whether they kdereloaded in exoesa or 7,003 pound8
in violation of Artiols 827a, Vernaa*6 AaaotatadW
cods.
Trusting thattheabovdfullysnsw``yourin-
p;iiPy,we aP0