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I OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEYGENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable D. C. cireer
State Ffighway Engineer
Austin, Texas
Bear Sir2
Oplnion,No. C-S%5
Ret Rtglstrrtion of .
A
February f? 1
t a8 folio
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*tnQe8 18 operrt-
lng the Randolph ompany, whloh
oonriot8 ot a ma betweea nan Atitonio
and Randolph F’iel camp Bulllr. In
the ee operation8 crate between
or through mo
verbally adrl ,,e’i&F
read that the or E&rough
) He has, therefore, in
with prrneng~r lioense
anee with advloe, aeooord-
ee6 of thl8 otiioe and other
o these operation8 HP. Nln&es4
6, the United States and
to &n&a$.ph FIuld and Camp BuJ.l!ie 18 oouoerned, but we are
not ~oertain acI to the oorreotneer bf their raglstratlon
with passenger oar Uoense plates when they make chartered
trips. Therefore, pleaee sbrlse u6 whether or not the burr8
used br thle oarnap- in trannportlng person8 ior bfre on
ohaatereb trips wherein the trip would be between or through
two or mope lnoorporated oltirr they should be rvf%ateret¶
with paseengepr Iloenee plate6 OF with bus plate8.
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Honorable D. c. Ckeer, pa$e l?
Eeetlon iiof hrtiole 6676A-1, Vernon’8 hnuotated
Civil 3lmtutee, pr0rIder aI followel
O(n) ‘Notor &II' rhall IaoluQs every rehlole exoept
there opensted by muroular power or lxolu8Irel~ on
8tatiosary ml18 or traot8, whioh 18 ured In tranrportIng
per8onr between or through two or more Inoorporqted
altler an&/or towne anti/or vIllago for ooapenea~tlon
..(orhire) whether operated over flxod routes or othonlre;
exoept 8UOh of r&id VehiOle8 l8 are operated l$ OlU8iVely
within the lIaIt8 of Inoorpomted eltler and/or town8
or ruburban addition8 to ruoh towns.*
We are not lnfoned a8 to the p8rtiaplW faotr bonoern-
ing the method Of eper%t%OA Of the bUae8 that We U8ed On the
chartere4 trIp8 IA qU08tlon. Newever, In the lart rentan of
your letter, quoted l b0Te, JOU OOnillUde tht th0 bU8e8 we bOilt&
used t0 traarport prrrongo~r for hIx@e. Pil%8beIw true, you
are advieed that under the expreB8 term8 Of the 8tatute, quoted
above, the burer ured in tr*nrpmtIng pereon for ain on
ohartered trlpr whemIn the trip would be between or through
two or more inmrporateb altier 8re *Notor h8ed ana 8houl.d
be registered vIth bu8 lioOn80 Qlate6.
We are l~olo8Ing a oepy of Our Opinion No. O-1430,
whioh holds in erfeat that aertain operatlonr
buror 0r
am
operation8 tar hire tithln the meanlng of ArtIole Qlla, Vernon’8
Annotated Civil 5tatut.8.
We tXlZ8t that we &VO 8mt:8iWtOri~y lnnnr ea Jo ur
que8tIon.
Your8 very truly