OFFICE OF ‘I’HE AT7’ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable b. L. Hlnuron,
Jr.
county nuditor
Llvlngaton,TQxtias
Polk County
Dear s1r: O~lnlon Ho. O-52J.8
2s: Can a luaber oompany
whioh operates Ita own
trucks for hauling tisber
to ltr mill, eoae of which
ir grown on it6 land and
mme of whfoh le gurohar.4
from other@, regleter it8
truok6 with tara lloenser
in8tead 0r comaerolallicenses.
Your letter to ue doted hgrfl 6, 1943, propounded
the r0il0wi~ q.clec5ti.n:
vtmt8 bng lm6r Lumber c0ap4my, or thie 00uey
own8 eereral truuko whioh thel uee to heul lo@ to
their till fro& tinbsr owned bf them over the dlffarent
p~-t8 0r th0 00my. They own roar-or the luid thl6
tlaber is on end only own the timber on ethos tracts
wblcb thep buy Srom different people ovex the oountf."
"Can Texas Lens Leaf Lumber Coapany, a Corporation
of the Ytatc of Texas. regleter their truaks with Farm
Llcenee Instead oi CommerolalLlcenee under the abow
alrcui?i!3tRnocref"
frr zos~onse to said latter our atiinistratl*e
Psei6tRnt) Yx. S. C. Caeon mailed you copier of our Op5A~ons
Hoe. O-3317, 0-33~1, and O-527, which we thought fully
covered the C&0atlGsi of law involved in your situation.
In reply to Sr. CRSOII*IIletter enaloelngthe
Oplnionlrabse referred to, w P3OeiYfbd YOUr 16ttsr Or
api 12, 1943, stating that the lumber Wnipany 8till
II
ifosotablo E. L. HInoon, Jr. pAge 2
ooatonded that it oould buy fern truok licenrw for ita tmeka.
par Abttef ot kpril 12, you raqueot that wo epeelflo~Uy
Ill.
a~mer the tollowIng question:
*Can Y Lumber Compagaay,
ukleh operatea their own
trucks ror t&z yurposa QI hauling logs to their O*UL
Nell ior proobrslne and for eela of tha lumber, and
who om the tlrober,refristartheir traoka with fara
Iloam undor iirtlclo 667lk-E and Artlole 687so-6a.n
Both of your lottorr 8tate that the Luabbr Co-9
hauls both timber groun 011ito own luad and tlmbm puromed
trua other8 CO its nil1 r0r prooer8lng.
In our Opin&oa Ho. W-827 Qated Aprlll7, 1.030,thir
dbparkaent held that the bon6flt8 or artloles 667&p6a leo r uo u
only to peratms transporting their own pro&ate end aot to thooo
trur8portiog art10186 purohaeod Roar other*. In our Opinian
lo. O-2201 thlr dopertint again oonstrued attic18 b69Seba fn
whloh OpilrlonIt citbd with spproial and puotad Iron our 0 l~lon
Ho. O-627 and hold that QM tranqxwting oattlo ~~rohoood Rp01
AAOthSS VIAEnot OiItlttidto the LWAOritS
,., Of oe$d 6rtiOlO.
Tha 47th LegIslaturolaondod article 6675~~$o
lffeetlvoApril No, lW, eo a8 to in~ludo %19tlbw in it8
naturAl akte* within itr oiarririoation. our OpinIona
Boa. 0.589 and 04801, both of whloh conrtruod artlolo (ibT(k-ba
were writton prior to the wndaont of oald artiule, and the
Lqislature readopted tba phrareelogy 'hia oiaa poultry,* oto,
thereby ffidmoing a legfdatire intont to adopt our aonotruotion
of ulid IAA&uage.
hrtfole 687ba-2 hem ao applioetlonwhotever to
tka iaoto favolvrd hore.
rt iouewa that our auwbr to four pubrrtlon
ir
t&t a lumbar oomperq whiah haut8 tSnbor puroharod from other8
A# USA &S that sn>m dn ita 0m land to fta aiu ror mmo~sing
ir no tlntltlod to the beaefito yrrrridodby artfole Ob Sa-ba.