General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Third Called Session of the Fifty-Seventh Legislature and the Regular Session of the Fifty-Eighth Legislature Page: 494
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Ch. 179 58TH LEGISLATURE-REGULAR SESSION
c. The amount of registration or license fee previously paid on the
vehicle for which the permit is desired, and the amount of such fees paid
by vehicles operating within legal limits; and
d. The suitability of roadways and sub-grades on the various classes
of highways of the system, variation in soil grade prevalent in the different
regions of the state and the seasonal effects on highway load capacity as
well as the highway shoulder design and other highway geometrics and
the load capacity of the highway bridges.
Sec. 5. The issuance of a permit for an oversize or overweight move-
ment shall not be a guarantee by the Department that the highways can
safely accommodate such movement, and the owner of any vehicle in-
volved in any oversize or overweight movement, whether with or without
permit, shall be strictly liable for any damage such movement shall cause
the highway system or any of its structures or appurtenances.
Sec. 6. With respect to oil well servicing, oil well clean out, and/or
oil well drilling machinery or equipment, the State Highway Department
may, if determined by it to be necessary or expedient for the proper admin-
istration of the laws of this state regarding the registration and licensing
of motor vehicles, establish criteria for determining whether a vehicle of
the specific type described in this Section is subject to registration under
Article 6675a, Revised Civil Statutes, or eligible for the distinguishing
license plate provided for in Paragraph (c) of Section 2, Acts, 1929, as
added by Acts of 1961, 57th Legislature, Chapter 259, page 554, as amended,
and on the basis of such criteria, said Department is authorized to deter-
mine whether such vehicle is or is not subject to registration under Article
6675a. Provided, however, that no vehicle heretofore authorized by the
State Highway Department to operate without registration under the pro-
visions of Article 6675a shall hereafter be required to register under the
provisions thereof. For all purposes under this Section 6 of this Act, oil
well servicing, oil well clean out and oil well drilling machinery or equip-
ment shall mean only those vehicles constructed as a machine used solely
for servicing, cleaning out, and/or drilling oil wells, and consisting in
general of a mast, an engine for power, a draw works and a chassis per-
manently constructed or assembled for such purpose or purposes.
Sec. 7. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to include or apply
to any person, firm or corporation authorized by the Railroad Commission
of Texas to operate as a carrier for compensation or hire over the public
highways of this state, whether or not all the operations of such person,
firm or corporation are performed under such certificate, permit or au-
thority granted by the Commission.
Sec. 8. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any
body or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other
provisions or applications of the Act which can be given effect without
the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this
Act are declared to be severable.
Sec. 9. The crowded condition of the calendar and the importance of
this legislation create an emergency and an imperative public necessity
that the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days
in each House be suspended, and said Rule is hereby suspended; and
that this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage,
and it is so enacted.
Passed the Senate, April 30, 1963: Yeas 31, Nays 0; passed the House,
May 8, 1963, by a non-record vote.
Approved May 18, 1963.
Effective 90 days after May 24, 1963, date of adjournment.494
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Texas. Legislature. General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Third Called Session of the Fifty-Seventh Legislature and the Regular Session of the Fifty-Eighth Legislature, legislative document, 1963; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth221759/m1/830/?q=+date%3A1945-1972: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.