Oi?FlCEOF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable Homer Carrieoni Jr.
Dlreotor, Department of Public sarety
Camp bbry
Austin, Texas
Dear Sir: AttentLon: SW., L. G.
departaentklpon
otter fn full
aragraph (a)~ot
as a departmental
grounda upon which the right of such trane-
portatlon agency to do~businassin this
state oan be forfeited,and the Attorney
General ia hereby dfrected to institute
proper pr6ceedings to aanoel said.right of
any transportationagenoy so orrending.’
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Bonorable pmor Qarilson, Jr., Page S
,*Itls'reapeotrullyrequestedthat this depart-
ment.be advised whether nornot any member or'tha
department other than duly oomm.lsdOnedmembers Of
the Tszab Banger division or the Department0r Pabi
110 Sarety nre exempt rr,omtha restrictionsimpowd
by t,he above quoted portion or Senate Bill Ho. 428
under the provieions or existing Statute.*
Under the.laws of this State transportationand oom-
munloations companiesare prohibited iram giving free parser
or'franking privilegesto any peraoa, ii328 or aesoalatlon of
persons. Artiole 4005, Vernon*8 Annotated Statutes, 1925.
In Artlole 4000, Vernon's Annotated 01~11 Statutes,
the Le slature ha8 set'ont oertain exceptionsto this general
prohlb etion. Texcia -Bange~s.areSpeoirioallg mddotied aiaong
those persons, rirmi8,or issooiationsof .pereonseroepted tram
the prohibitions Wo oth&r,aembersof the DsparMent oi Publio
mretpi nor the Depaktment.of, Publl~ Sarrty ,itseZfare~lnoluded
la the rxaeptionrii@der.thisArtiolei :.
However; thir Arthh does aontain & ganebal &arpi
tibn ror all bona ri6~e~'psaae'~Oiria8rs
in thd dfso.h&ge of oera
fain dat1.s.
speoirloa3ly%i$s Article i3xempts~.~any
ride peaos orfloer when his guty IS to era&e ori
in We belleve,thiia axaeptlon inoludee‘anynember ot l&e
i)e&tment of Pub116 Safetfkho is engaged 'Int~heexeaution of
orlmlnal prooesa, if BUQ? memb?r is aatho+Sleed
to exeoute.~.such
process;
This department'baaheretorore h&d in $ta opinion
Ho. 04973 that memberspi the Texas Bi@mif Patsol”may, under
aertaln oiroumstanoos,be oonslderedaa esdmpt freti:the pro-
El;;ions or Artlale 4005, we quote rrem t,+ option as ~roi-
%embere ,& theTexas Highway P&o) are snot
specifioallyne+d -~-get the exoept@Xs p@.drd
in krtlole 40062 .A hkaf 'Patrsleman,b&n&a.peaoe
offiaer, however;~we =%l
t n&he aould p,r,~pqxly reae$vd’
a pass and.ma&g nse of~the same while ,-gaged ,f.n the
exeoutlon of ariminal proaesbi?
Honorable HomerGarrisoni Jr., Page 9
It is therefore the opinion,ot this departmemt and
you ars rssppbatlvalp so advised, that, except when engaged In
the exsoution or arlminal proosss, and having due authority to
do so, no member of the Department of Publla Safety other than
duly aommlsslonedmambara of the Texas Bangera division of the
Dsjartment or Pub110 Safety are exempt from the rsmtrlatlons
lmposad by ths quoted portion or Senate Bl3.1 No. 489 under the
proric~lon~ or ldrtlng statutea.
Trusting that we heve fully answered your inquiry,
-0 '='?^
Yours very truly
APPHOVED JAW. 2, 1942 ATTORWEY OF TEULS
GItlWRAI.
Y
/a/ Gsrald C. Mann
BY
.ATTOIU?EY
GBWHBAL OF TEX4S
APPROVBD OPIWIOW COMMITTlE3
BY B.W.B. CHAIRUW