Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

52 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Honorable Jallan uontgoniery state Rlghway pgin0.r ALwtln,rexa OIar sir: Rio arandeValley tlng exahangr inooor- poreted under Texas and that it6 members are a wers, whloh assoola- tions arm co engaged in oitrur hr Exohan@ own8 pro4uots or a.0 mom- nts ror procsaslxlg. nsweied 10 whether or aot, the Eio annde"Valle~ Citrur 0 iI5 truokr 0laOrlilOd ana reg- r raid Artiole 667Sa44i. rtiole reads as rol- or thr Act borrby 8aonded . . . .* Honorable Jallan L'oatgoE;ary, Pag5 R While there hare beea ao doola101~ oolutrulne this rrtlole a rlose roadin thereof dlsoloses that thj lakatioa or thr 4gIslaturs was to grant a reduotloa la m~lrtrarloa isa8 to owners of oommrrolal rrhlolas whioh were wed to traarport the ornon own farm prodootr. The hots Hated roveal that the Ecohango ouns the truoks la qaertfon~ but do not own the produots sought to be oontop ld aad thsnfore oaaaot oome wIthIn ths purview or Arti- 010 667&I-da, Khlle it 18 true the gxohango la mood in a literal sons8 b7 tb f8nmn thsmssives the same door not take thm bohange out of the rule that a rorporatloa Is la it60ir a legal lnt1t.f. Thsrrfon; the truoks san- not be oon6trwd as bolng owned by the ramsrs thsmrslvss. Tou are, thonfoh adrirea that uador the raotr stated in rour requart the Rio Orando Valley Citrus Ex- ohange is not latltlod to a alassifIoatIoa ana roauotlon of lioonso isss as oontunplatad by Article 667Sa4a or thr Rorlsed Civil Statutes of Toxa‘. Trustlag that thr aboro fully la5wer8 Tour la- w-7, - lr * fo ur sver y tr uly A- QW’ISRAL OI TEXAS &ii%?& AAstaat APPROVEI’:Sn 15, 1939 COM~~ITTEE ATTORNEY GENERAL 03 -