Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-900 Page: 5 of 7
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Colonel Thomas C. Green, Page 5 (WW-9OO)
"Sec. 11. All laws or parts of laws in
conflict with the provisions of this Act shall
be and the same are hereby repealed. Provided,
however, that this Act shall not be construed
as repealing or amending any laws affecting or
regulating licensed state land surveyors or
registered professional engineers, and such
licensed state land surveyors or registered pro-
fessional engineers in performing their duties
or profession as such shall not be subject to
the provisions of this Act; provided further
that registration under this Act shall not of
itself qualify the registrant to conduct surveys
of Public Lands under the provisions of Article
5299, Revised Civil Statutes, nor to make any
surveys, the field notes of which are to be
filed in the General Land Office of Texas; nor
shall this Act be construed to affect or prevent
the practice of any other. legally recognized
profession by the members of such profession
licensed or registered by the State or under
its authority.
The language in this Section is clear and unambiguous,
and states that'this Act does not apply to either licensed
state land surveyors or reglstere.4 professional engineers
when performing their duties or profession. This Section
goes even further and states that this Act shall not affect
the practice of any legally recognized profession by the
members of that profession who have been licensed under
the authority of the State.
It is noted that the title of the Registered Public
Surveyors Act, in referring to Seetion 11 (above-quoted),
states only:
". .a.; repealing laws in conflict; . . .
and says nothing concerning the exceptions provided for in
Section 11. However, the great weight of authority is that
exceptions to the provisions of a statute need not be set
out in the title of the statute.
"Mere limitations and restrictions by pro-
viso, on the general scope of the law as indicat-
ed by the body of the act, ordinarily relate and
are germane to its general object and are of
general ad uciversfal use, though no references
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-900, text, August 9, 1960; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth267512/m1/5/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.