Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

443 i . . 3 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERALOF TEXAS AUSTIN Honorable Emer L, I&me8 County Attorney -dheslea-County iihoeler, Teras cabillty of the ler aot to nn 0 AOA ri?rtidSAt OWtlf3S Of 8 re~lstarod in the state of or oause to bo operetaa Texas an an *OcaRsional tura is defined with- truok In thie state en6 owner dolivers wk3lesal0 gWx4.ea frara Oklahma to Terra aueixtmere but iitekee no diroot or 1rbiFtWt charge to the oustocmr for auoh dellves$? “D. Xay tha above deearibed wholesale grooer or any other Qkllabomaflm or kianu- faoturer mks an oooualonnl trip into Sxaa 444 ;ianorable Eoroer L. 3mw, Pa@ 2 with suo!a vohiole or vahlolsa for the pupose of 6ellvarl~~ 3smhutlise belonp la: to suah psrson or firm to Toxae oue- tcxmrs where no Qimot chnrge is cade for mob dallvsrp but whws thu Cellvery ,=!.a~ of the s~ohandiss is graatm than the, prioe ohurgod to sue: TOXAQowtxmr 1S. such ouatomr reoeioed tho nmroixmdlee at the wamhouscr of the U&x&ma r3.m nnd trens~rtQd it to Teror, fa the ouatomrr own v&lole or at Us3 own 8xpemo7* Sootion 5 of Artiole 82i% of the peaal Cods reads, in part, as follovs~ ** l + ml p r o vided, r u r th o r , that %liy AOAMtlfdt3At OWlM r Of XiV4it6dy OWA& a motor vehlolo nay be perolit e & to make an oaoasl3nal trip into Wastate with such vehlclo Tackler the privlledoa of tkla sot nit&u: obtaini= auoh ~toiqwrary ro~lstra- tioa oortifloste.* “If .tht3 tru&s in question ers oat being opefstod for oOZIpOAL3atiOA fd hire, it ia ray o&-don, end you are ao iwlvlsod, thei tha operators oi the twaokr cotid zako oeotislonalWlps into Texas by virtue oi’ the provlsio:~,s of Article 827b, sootions 1 nnd 5, of the Pans1 Cix5.Qof Texas wit;?out ro*;iatori~ in the State of 9!cm38.* 0~ i)pinlsn HO, o-lags is to .ti~ same em0t. copfss or both or tiiose o~inlons as-o inolwetl heroin mr your inform- UOA. In line with our opiniondl above referred to, you iwe . Hono+1&3 ‘Hoaer L? &see, 3age 3 advlaed that the trualra operated bg the Oklf%hom&eOrpomMon ui%ld aoca within the ~oooasioaal trip* provisIon or the rtatute, if 8ald truoice are not being opm tad for mama- tiOA or IAre. Tho anawer to your queatioas A and 8 are oontrolled, we believe, by the holUng af the stqmm court or ?exae in the ease of Xew Xay Luznber Go. va+ Sulth, 96 3. ?I. (2d) 282. In that 0498 the oourt wee conoarnud with whether or not the truake operated by Em 4iy Luxber Gongany were *oo?ltmot oar- riers4 ~8 chat tern 16 ddxned in the .mCor oorrlcr act as frAlOws~ *(h) The tam *oontraot oarrier’ z%xma ay Plotor oerr5.er as harelnabove doflnod trenup0rtin.g property for conpensatlon br hire over nw hi.zh~i~,+ls state otlmr thanasactomaa The question, then, W&9whether or Aot the truoks 0r the ~ul% bar ca~~panywhioh hauler? lu!!be+r that belonpct to the azgany for delivery to 0~8tohlora wdre being opera ted for oong~?nsa- titan or hire. The court hold that tha truoiso wer8 be- 3p1 ereted for OOZlQeAPcatiOAor Nrs end baeod %&eeirholdlq I.@CPA the faot that t&a 0oupaAyzmde n. aari7ti3 cim.typ f3r $28 do- livery af the lumber aver and above the aotuaL mat of the s4aei. m-3 wiir t stated na f01frws1 *?JAder tti faata zitntod here thy oarrry- ing of 1cad.m~owned by the ooqmny ln its own tr-u&s does cot r_t.ea~t it fro= tie ?ro- vtdone of this law. This IS not a aase tdaars~the tmeke are opratod axolusivoly within ths lnoorjwrated lkzlte of a tona or oitgi nor ie it n cnue wham the price of the l~oods deUveref3 is the sew as those undekivarod~ On the ~oa*War~, it is 01mrly a case *where the price of the lunber inoludes a direat oharge for the delivery thereof. The oarrylng charse i.e baaed dlroatly .on the dfataacr trm~led and the 04.&t of the truck. sinoe tbu uompny reooiva oofzpensatlon Zor t,ae dellvssy of th% limber , It claerly ap- era that the txuuks usstl oopt) under the r erlnltlon of a *oaat.nct oasrier,’ md 9r8 eubjoot to the provlsioas >I artlole 9Llb,* 44ti Under the holding OS the suprem Court case, supa, you are therefore advised that the tru&s operate& by 'the aoapeny in question A presented by you would not be ogerated for cangennation or hire, because O-J charge is ado for the delivary or the xxooerlcs over 2nd d&ova the actual cost or the goceries in Oklahormr A sinllar ciusatlo?l was presented by you In 1938 when you asked the questlon as followst Way '3~3 gx3prietor of an wholesale gasoline buslmss In the 3&ta of Oklnhom oauae a sotor vehiole belLon&% to woh gropiotor ti be operated sorom the stats line into Texas with a load of gasoline for the pur,mso of deliveriA~ such oomodlty to a oustoner lo the atate cf Texas, where a0 extra ohari;e is mado to the customer for suoh delivery above the regular sale prloe of the ;asol.ino, without obtaining a tetnp+ rary ra&stration oertirioste or other reg- istration for sush rotor vohlole.* hsststant Attorney ~%aersl hlbcrt G. lialiser xrote ac o&xion on August 2, 1938, in rhloh he held as followst “Iti 1s th8 writer’s opinion that the ogorstor or such vchlole as desoribed ln the question above my naks ocoesional trips into and out 0r Texas without ob tainia; a tciqmrary reSistration oertlft- oate or other registration for such zator vehiola. sod jirtiole 827-b, Sootions 1 and 5, mml code of ?oxes.* &, :Talkar’s opfnlon ma) in aur opinion, correct, and our a.mimr to your question A, sqxra, is in nzoord with the saz-z. IA your question B, you ;)rwant a raat situation whhorothe trucks Seliverin,t: ,yaoorfe~ a&o an additimal ckar~a far the transportatl~n or delivery of the ;rocariss. In such case *wereel that l ;he Peats would t:=ovr the opsrators of those trucks direotly in line with the hold&: of the B.grane C3Txrt in the Now :isy Lunber Conpmy o&se eupra. It i.s our ogioion, ',?orerore, thet the trucks ogerato d as C0scribod in yam faot Situation contained in QUMtioIl 13w3d.d be opeiated :‘or a03 pensation or hire and would not cozm witNn the *oooaslom1 trip” provision quo tzd sups. . . - .: Eonorable ?QWW L, Kosee, r3e;s 5 v. should the resident mmor or a mtcr v-hfole be olassed RS a wtor oarrler whar-e he transports ~000s mres and zierchan- dlse for aolr:,enmtlon .and hire fron an In- oor;;oratcd town alom: a state Z~i~~:ay or other road to an un-1zcoraoratoZ town or vfll?.ce :vhore in the oo%reb of such traas- portatlon no 1naor;orated town in passed?” This department has prevlouslj- passed on a Eydostion identioal with that whioh you ,:rom?nt in your c,uestlon nunbor c. Zor your Inromatlon, oo~ias of Oplr-Lons ;-:o. c-1497 and Ito. O-1592 on this point ere lnolosed heroin. 3ased on such o~lnlons, your ti;lrd question is answered 1~. the negative. illly Coldbor& [ Asslatant