OFFICEOF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
lionoreblo
Jane8
B. Uldry,Dlreotor
PotorTranaportatl0n DlVi81~
Railroadt%mb*LOll Of hX8#
Austin,Toxea
Eear Sir: cplnlonHo. 04b34
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vehiole,a*edr,IIa~rtlrloateor oonvenlrnm ml
to run or operato
neooreltytron thle Donanielrion
out to the unlnoorpomtsd OltJ, town or vllJAgr.
h'onorable
J-es E. XlMsf, DlroetoFIPaw 2
give uu mux opiniones to uhuthmr
*2. Pl4trso
oruottbl8Cds8lonha8 t&e lagml8atlwrity8ti
power to promlet 8 rule or a*aeralorder turbid-
ding oertliloatod oorrlsr from lntorohonuln8inight
with the unoertlileata6 orrrlara*ntlonedin prra-
graph one above until suah uueortltloatd oarrlor
obteln8a owtlrleak Eros this Uomlsslon.
“3. Plrsrr81~0 w ~apr optnionas to whothor
or not thlaaomala8lon he8 tho3rgal lothorlty~4
powarta; a~~oei thm 0miriomte 0r l 00rfmortti
osrrler, otter propar notlea and hesrlng, for vlo-
latlon of-therule or poor81 order mantlond la
paramph two abwo. Xn otharwor$s,rssmtlngyour
ansuez to quastlonnumbertuo 18 la thr ttrrirnrtive,
then, ia that went, ir the e~rtiri~4itd oarrler
cous interoh- ~zzelght with the unoortlrloate4
carrier,&eli tbo~aowls5lon have suthorlty to QI~-
0451 the oertirloate 0r the oortirloatedcarrier
artier notlims&d herring for *fOlSt~.OnOf the rule
or goneralorder?*
Ifheanswerto your Que8tlws raqulr65a oonstruo-
tlor of subs~otlos(a),-‘rotloa(1). A~tloleOllb, Veraon“
kraotetoeCivil Etstutar,whleh datlm*5 8 -otoz aarrlor*
88 roil0tm
9%0 tern botor 05r&br* mmsna any person,
rix78, oorporatloa,.~ oommnp, o*psrtnrrehlp, mm3-
elationo r Joint stwk lebaolatlon,and ttm.ir
lessecls,noeiver5 or trustrrslp olnted by any
Court uhetsoww, eunlng,oontml Elng, wnaglng,
opratlng or oauolngto.bm ogalr8ted oaf Rotor
propolleedveblolaused in trawmrtlne property
ror oonpensatloaor ~&PO ovetrany publlohlghuaT
b thi0mte, a833 in the(~0tm30 or 5wh tmu-
portetlon.8hlgbr*yb&man two or mom ih~orpor-
et& oitles, toww or villages la tamersad; pro-
vided that th0 tern *motorourrler* as u80a 10
thla Aat shsU not inolude, andthis Aut ‘h@Zl
not applp to motor vehiole8 opsretd exolustwdp
or oltles
rlthln the inoorporatedliraits, or to!es~.~
The authorityOS the Oommlsslonto regoletmthe
. opsratlow or the oarrlsrrafarrsdto in pour rlrat question
,ononbleJames f. Elldsy,Dlreator,Pap 3
dependsupon 8 questionwhbtharsuoh oamler la a Wotor
os~rlsrRO81)dailaod by the seotlon Q$ ths statat.sbovs
cuoteb.
A5 we Oawtrua the atattrta, the fr sletursha8
68rinrd a motor oarrlar as 5 p o r a l
ong
n wp d!GtTSW$ OTtlEU
promrtf rca- hero bt motorvohlaleover tha hl&mays of this
state, W!W@:~IItha oourmeoi the operation8~aaduatadbr
auoh persoah~ tranr555 a hlghw5~b5tw5entuoormora in-
c0rporatoa altlalr, towns, or vlllagas. ma statusor tha
person an 8 Wotor osrrlafl18 msdr to da~oa6 on tha oharaa-
tcr of the operetlocscoAuoted bF him; on whether he trens-
3orta prog10rtr r0rhlra,and whather ln the ~oura0 or doing
so ha traVarSOS a hl&~J bOtWOaA tUa or Eore lnObTpOT5ted
oitlao, towns, or vllle~et it a008 not &opand on whether,
ln the hands of snother pereon,the propartywhlah he trans-
ports hao been transported or will be tr8aaportedwar the
tlghnaysbetweentwa or mra lnoorpomted oltlas,tows, or
villa&as,by motor vohlala. In othor mxrds, *sqsh trsns-
partatloa*la tha-dsflaltlon, rafar5 to the trsnspoxtrtlon
oparatlansaonduotadby the parsof~mopsrrtlng any notor pro-
ollad VOhiBle wad l!ItrsalQWtia(tRl'OQOTttiOr. . . hire,"
Ati the teat-to ba npplladla whather~ tha parson opsrrtlng
thu notor vehialaudes it la treasportlnarar hire property
batvmantwo or oara lnoorporatedoltles, towns,or vllleges,
ovbra hligtmgor thlo %tate.
Yrxir
rlrat qwatlaa la thereron snsueretl
la the
nagatlve.
_
Iafn‘vlar
of the &neuermade to pllr rir8t que*t10a,
it beooaeswneoesrrerpto awmr yotw eaeoad sad third quer-
tioa‘.
Ykiursvery trttly
R. Py. Falrohfld
&sslstant
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