OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN 1 @I
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Ialtrist Attorney
Bsrerord, Tw,
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St is CIL~belier that Sectiofi5 of Article
837b, Pen31 CoGe of Tcxns, quoted nbovs, w3.sdirected.
to and intcildedto nlleviate the sitmtion you describe
in yo3u.r
first cpestion. Thoro is no :iuestion obcut tllo
right of a non-resicent cwna of,3 &uly registerer?vohi-
vakiiclcto I;crafordfor the purposs of purcha3izg goods,
war33 fid ~~id~ais~, and hs e3y opera-t;3
his &uly rag-
istered ve;tioleto IIarefordIwhere he is rugulrirlyen-.
ployed,
The .las'c
sentence of Section 5, Article 82?b,
penal Cude of Texss, is as follms:
"AmI prod&xl, further, tht any non-resi-
dent owner of a privdeljj wnod motor vchi0l.e
my ba pawitted tp m&e an occasicmol trip
in-Gothis State with such vehicle under priv-
$.l.eges of this Act viithoutubtair;lngsuch tern-
pomsg rcgistmtioa ocrtificato+*.
St is our belief thcltthe above:said last sen-
tence of Section 5 , ,'ddcle 627b;dl.l not ,?pplyto sxe=pt
3 non-residmt mmer of a duly rc~istcrG& vehicle ha:d-
ing the qrioultuml products of mother ir return fez
lnk~r or in esclxn~e for lnbor or 3?urhire, but that
said nofi-resiiarit
CKfIiCr mUs$ cme riitbinthe provisions
of Sections2, Article C37b, Penal cmic Of 'I'es3s.;
a3 lol-
1Gm:
Y', + f Provi&ad, h&ever, that ~~otorvc-
hiclcs gw,perly licemod in another State or
country cprated for ~pemxtion or hire my
be allowi: to mke not to e;;cccd~j~trip~
ilurir,-
any calendar rmnth and r0bad.non each
of said trip:?.i;ithin
tho Stnte not to erceecl
four (4) days, ;!ithout befng rq+tercd in this
State, in the eveat that un6sr the laws of such
other State or cowtry like excqniom are
grsnted to r;otorvehicles re&&.erecl under the
law o? an& om~cd by residents of this State.
* * * I* (Underscoring 0~~3).
Such trip u:oulc?
nocossarfly be for coqensntion
or hire, enG the-tizh
the non-renident would be haul6i
apiou1turc2 p~odu",ts,they are not ogrioultural proiluots
raised exclusively by him
Section S p Artiolo 827b, Penal Code of Texas,
provices as follo'2~3:
"The non-ronident o'imeror operator of any
passenger car shall v1ithi.n t;vrenty-five
days
after comcncfng to operate such vehicle, or
causisq or psrtittlng it to bo operated within
this State apply.to ti,mDepartmnt, thro@
any County Tax for the temporary re@.stration
th2reoE upon'the appropriate official fro%
stating t!lereinthe name and home adilrcsoof
the ownor and the temporary nclclress, if any,
of the u$rneror oporator while within this
State, the registration number of said vchiole
aosimncd thereto ir the state.or co'wtry in
which the olmor is a resident, together with
suoh description of the motor vehiole as may.
be called for in the form and such other steto-
mento of fz.ctthat nay be recjuircdby the Gc-
pwt.wnt, %.id QppliCQtiOQ sh5l.l. contain dsm-
cr*s authorlzatim for the Cilahan of the
Texas State I:@my Co:mis3io2 to accept ser-
vice in bt'hn3.f of oaid owcr in any wit arisi;lrJ
out of dsr-qes resultlAq from injury asused.
by said wner o?eratin(:a motor vo!~icl3upq3
the higkrays of Texas. Prov.ii;ed this prov+
SiOil rc?lati2gto ZCCC?ptClnGQ Of Sel”ViOO shnli
bo oonotrucd as a-uulative of all other laws
or parts of lws rclntj.ngto the service on
non-resi.dcilts.Xach such application shall
Very truly yours