, OFFICE OFTHE ATTORNEYGENERALOFTEXAS
AUSTIN
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IIonorable'ToaColemn, Jr., Page 2
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'provisionsof Sehato Ml1 tI0.43, Acts of
tha 47th LeCislaturo, are lwbcr ooqxmles
pomitted to resistor their'truoks at the
'reduced~rateathgreia I;rovidcdif~thoy ara
usod orclusively to haul Umber Cram on
lands o-med.by the eaid ooqany to their
tills for ,rrocessinS?"
j3qytio~,Gof 'Satiate
Bill 43 provfdes as follows:
nAmxid Aots 1929, 4lstLegislature.
Second Called Session, paSe 172, Chapter
SS, Section 6a, as added Aots 1933, Grd
Leglslatuse, First Called Gssoion, page
02, Chapter 27, Section 1, as mended
M;%i;;34, 43rd Le2Lslature, Third Called
P , paSo 75, Chapter 36, Sootion 1,
so as to koraaftor read as follms:
w(Section Ga. E3mn a ooiw3rolti
motor vchiclo so.u$Aito be reGistered aa&
used by the owne,rthmeof only in thetmas-
portation of his own poultry dairy, livo-
stock, livestock products, tLber in its
natural state, aad farm products to narket,
or to other points for oale.,orprocesolx:g,
I_ or the trwsportation by the ownor.therooT
of laborers fro=1thafr &lam of residence,
and neterlals, tools, ec,uilxent and sup-
plies, \?ithoutchar@, fro3 tto @ce of ,,
purohase or storqe, to his cm fam or
ranch, cxolusively Por Itioown use, or use
on such far3~or rmch, the registration
license fee, for the mi@t classifioatlona
. herein mntione&, shall be fifty (5ic,$) per
eeat oP the resistration Poegreswibed ITOr
’ weight clasoificationoin Geotion 6 of the
Act hereby mended, a3 tiAer?ded in 'this Aot;
provided further, that it shall bo the duty
of the f:i&m;~ Comission to provide licease
platosdistJ.nguishablefros license pl.atos
used for cthzr comercial m&or vohiolo~
u31ii~ the hi&weys; provided fwthor, ,ifthe
Oi~GS~ of '6nyao;meroial IZOtOX WhiClOj COD- -
Ing vrithkntho provisions of.Chla hot, ahall
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lTonoYabl0Toza%olmzan, Yr., Bige S
Us6 or pamtt to be used any%suoh Pehiole
for any other purpose than those provided
for-in this AotL he shall be guilti;of a
nlsdeaeanor, and upon conviction,. shall be
.fincd in any suu not less .thanTwenty-five
$25.CO) Dollars nor snorethau TwofIundred
,I $200.00) ?Iollars, and eabh use of such.ve- ,.
:Jd.olc axd each perixissionfor such use of
.,.sueh vbhiole shall oonotitute a separate
offense;..?rovidod, however,'~tinat
all COEI-
Eieroial notor vehicles, truck tractors,
road tractors, trailera ahd sci&trailers
as dofinoil ~JIYeotion 1 of Chapter 25 of
: tho Gonazal Laws of the Pifth Cal.lstl:Ges- .
sion of the 41st Legislature, not'+@%g
.svlthin the provlslons of this Act ahail. '._
.. -be reqtired to pay all rogistration'and
1Zaenso fees‘pzcscribedby t&o other pro- ', ..,
visions of Chapter 88, General Lam of
the 4Lat Zc&3lnturo, second.caUe$ Ges-.
slon aa mendcd by thin AC?;*; T+1. .
The above quoted auendmqC 'inoludodwithin .
Article 667Sa-Ga of Vernon*s Annotated CivI3.Btatutea then
olaasificationof **tinborin its jmtural stats* for the
firat tine. &bsequent to ths above quotoclariendmnt this
departmnt ruled 5x1opinion X0. 0-3357~a9 qo&l.o:$a:
KSn t!m above onactient ttielc&lature
'~included for the firat time, 'theclassifica-
..tlonof *timber in its ~Raturalstate.' t?n-
quostbonablyoeder posts wou$d ooze within
this legiolatfve olasaifioation. Therefore
au $ndividual nay in our spinion, oporato
a vehiole with a fnm license %hero.onas
provided in jeotioa Ga, supra, and haul
ceder posts cut off of land that said in-
dividual owns.
" * * 'ft is the opinicn of Ihis
ai3pdnent thereforo that the i.ndividual
who purchases tiubcr fron others or who
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IIotiorablo
TOSIColomu, Jr., Pa50 4
leases l.aadfor the solo yurpose of remov-
in5 tiuber t!xrcfrouwould not be entitled
to tho 9fm.m license**p;,ogi~odf~orin Arti- . -.
010 6675~6u, oupra.
Under thofocts aet out in your latter the ooqmny
owns tha 1anQ fro?xwhich the 105s aro being:out. It is our
opinion that fin such a case the coxym~y%ould be In the saze
position as the individual who haul3 cedar posts whioh he
has cut fron his om lasd - that 13 entitled to a lio'ensoet
the reduced foe sot out in Sootiou 6a of the Registration
Law, aupra. Xe further boliove $hat from a readins of mid .
5ection it is clear that tho.Le5islatureintended for any-
one operattn5 Eotor vehicles to tranoyort titiex in its
natural state (;rom on h%s'oxn land to be ablo to ~30 said
vehiolo for the purpose of trcmportin5laborors to the land
for purpose of rezovin5 said tiszberin its na"uura1state.
i% do not believe that ahg company or individual.
oould haul tir&er in its natural state which he hod sur- I .
Ohesed fron others or which he had taken off of land leased
for purposes of rcuovinp,tha tizbcr therofroa in o.cmmroial
motor vehiolo with a license obtslned under Section 6a, supra.
Viealso do not balievetiuat any individualcould haul lmber
.or shy other oozzoditymde fro= tiiiberafter the tixabq in
its mtural #tat6 had been processed,regardless of whether
the ttier in its natural state had been takes off land owed
by the individual or not. It is our opinion also, that if a
oonpany omsland It zny use a ruotorvehfole which has a Xi-
oonse soourod under Section 6a,:supra, to haul logs in their
natural state cut fron suoh lazd and also to haul laborers -
to tho land for the purpose of cutting suoh timber.
You.133
very tru& . .
PIRST ASSISTANT
ATTORNEY GENERAL
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