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THE A TORNEY GENERAL
or TEXAS
AUSTINer 11, THEAM
tILL WILSON
A~fTORKENEY OGNERAL
July 23, 1957
Honorable D. C. Greer Opinion No. WW-200
Texas Highway Engineer
Texas Highway Department RE: Date on which the
Austin, Texas. provisions of Senate
Bill 268, 55th Leg-
islature, became
or will become
Dear Mr. Greer: effective.
In your letter of June 21, 1957, you requested
the opinion of this office on the following question:
On what date did the provisions of
Senate Bill 268 of the 55th Legislature
become effective, or upon what date will
such bill become effective?
As stated in your letter, Senate Bill 268, as
passed by the 55th Legislature, authorizes the operation
of certain vehicles on the highways and roads of this
State "whose total gross weight shall not exceed fifty-
eight thousand (58,000) pounds, . . ."
Section 3 of Senate Bill No. 268 contained the
usual emergency clause, and we are advised that it
received sufficient votes in both the House and the
Senate to make it effective immediately upon signing
by the Governor. The Bill was in fact signed by the
Governor on May 7, 1957.
Within the body of the Act, as a part of the
repealer clause, the following language is found in
Section 2:
". . this Act shall not be effec-
tive as long as it prevents the receipt
of Federal Aid Funds provided for in the
Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, Title I
of Act, June 29, 1956."
Subsection (j), Section 108, of the Federal Aid Highway
Act of 1956, provides:"No funds authorized to be appropriated
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-200, text, July 23, 1957; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth266812/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.