Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

796 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN OpinlOB HO. O-19 Ret Should a tra Ilo are in reo ter of rooeat date, relqusetfng tha oplnlon at, touohing the lbeve qUOStiOB. a-l, VOEBOB’B ABBO- he. ) tau .c. 8.. bus“ 8rnroum8t thin the limita towns or subur- seotfoa 8s of this aat PXWIO~~W fh* amud llosnoo foes for the reglrtration of Protor %U608* The firet paragraph of your lotter read8 an Hon. HcxmrGarrison, Jr., Pug8 8 f OllowS a “Ia riew of the faot t&t w8 are hava a of oo@aints nrrc;ber about travel bureau auto- niobilesoperatingwithcut regulationor wapon- mibillty and osrrying paeuongore for hire be- twaen lnoorporstea tawne and oltlea, we are aek- Imthat 9ou pleuse Rive ua an opinion on whs- ther or not a travel bureau oehlola,hauling paase.y:orrrfor hire, should ba ohargsa Sor the motor bus llceneeend the seatingtax a8 provia- 8a in t3eotions6 aa 8a of xo~ss Rill 6, chtip. fs, p. 178, General mm~seoond iiiilt3a 3tmion, rorty-first 18f&Whtme." The queetIona8 subtittedis h9pothetIoalto a greut cxtent ta whleh we axe unable to give a oate&orlcal antn90rg flante&lg, it is a questionof feat &B to whe- ther a travel bureau,or un9 individu61,flnz or oorpora- tion, operatedmotor vehicle6wIthIn the purvIow of the above statute. CertaInl9if a 'xotor*ehIole ia operated by a travel bureau in tramporting persona In the gamer set out in the atatute for aonpensatlon or hire, whether over flrsa routes or otherwiie,it should be ohargedfor the caotor.bur lloeme as provided ia the above sot. It sill lIkewIsebe subjeotto other rsgulatorpstattites per- tainingto the operationof motor vehioleo In such rcanuer. The taots alone ecrnreeolvo the question. lfowill gladly render 9ou a full opinion touohlr& the ratter Lf 9cu doala to subnit'to ua addlticnalfaoto perteitingtbcroto. ZCPJ IA% APPROVEDm 23, 1940 j$@J&w A ORXEY GENERAL '03 TEXAS