OFFICE OF ‘THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ‘I'RXAR
AUSTIN
Railroad CommIsalon o? Taxao
AllatIn, Taxes
opinion No. O-3611b,
Ointlaman, Ra’: Intarpratlng B.B. 351, 47th Leg.
In our opinion No. 0-36lla, In answering your aev-
antaanth question, we axpresaad tha opinion that “if the
authority erpreaaad in the psrmlt (spaoial oommodlty) ha8
been amended elnoa Jenuew 1, 1941, the replacing oertlrl-
ceta (epaolalized motor.oerrIar) should carry tha authority
given in the amended permit whether the amendment Inorresad
or decreesad the authority tharatorora oonfarrad.~ It has
barn called to our attention that coma such amendmenta in-
orsassd the authority so ee to authorize operation In
areas not theratorore served, and that soma amdndments
authorized the transportation or oommodltlar not thereto-
t&re quthorlzad to be hauled.
Upon rurther aremlnetlon into the question wa
heva oonoludad that WI wara In error aa oonoarne pasmite .
whloh had bean emended einoa January 1, 1941, authorizing
euoh lnoraeesd oprretlona.
A person reoalvlng a spaoiel oommodlty permit
einoa’ January 1, 194l, is danlad a rsplaolng eprolelIzed
motor oarrlar oartirioeta without hr plaade end-prorar pub-
- 110 oon7anIrnoa and nsoaselty. Thara is no real differsnor
batWarn that parson=& one who hes.obkalnad ldantloal naw
oparating rights alnoa- January 1,’ 1941, through araandmant
or en old parrnit. Tha intantion ehould not ba aeorlbad to
tha lagialatura to raqulra tha ona to dlscharga an onuroue
burdan end not to place tha same raqulrament on tha other
unleae the language of tha stetuta nil1 not edmlt reasona-
:Plg or a dirrerant oonetruotlon. Via do not baliara the
,applloebla. language of the Act neossserlly raquiraz tha
6onst_ruot$on which we have heretorora &van. Section Se(b),
lest oleus~, AcoordInglg, wa m0airy our enewar to your
said aeientaenth question end say thet the eproiallzad cer-
rlar csrtlrioixts dhould not embody any operating rights not
oonteinad In the: permit as’ ot January 1, 194l, end this da-
epita tha taot that thera may heva bean an amendment granted
slnoa that data’lnoieeslng suoh rights.
Rollroad Commission or Taxes, Paga 2
We adhere to the on axprasead In that
opinion’ to the arreot that Ii a aolel oommodltp parmlt
her been emended rlnce JanUaryl, 1941, 80 ‘68 to deoreasa
It.8 aut&orIty, tha repleoing oartlfloetr should emb$yh;;t;y
the authority contained In the permit 08 emended.
otherwise would be to grant hlm new opareting right8 wlth-
I out proor or pub110 convenlenoe and neceeslty, simply on
sooount of the ract that et a prior time he had held suoh
righta, while a naw appllO0nt ror the mm quthorlty would
’ ba required to show public oonvrnlenoe end neoaseity.
Yours very truly
ATTORNEY
GEN-ERAL
OF TEXAS
APPROVEDAVG 1, 1941
/I/ Grover Sellare
FIRST ASSISTANT
ATTORNEY GENERAL
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