OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Mrah 10, 1941
m8mr4ble xomsraarriaaa,
Jr.,Mrecto~
krpmtmmt of PubUo &f&y
C-P l-m
h8tln, Tern8
we 4re la rece ter of February
ion or this ds-
your latter 4s
fide farmer vhcre Cal0 use or
uck is to haul his ovn produce, in-
clutllrkg cattle, rvlne, etc., that he h4s Ntloed
himself , to market, entitled to the total ex-
ecptian as derlned ia R.C .S., Art. 6675a-2 md
as hold by ttre Court in Roan v. RBQVBS,77 9-W.
(26) 737, or la he aal: entitled to the 8POxWald
503 raductim?”
Xaoonblo Boprr aarrlraa,Jr., rag. #Z’
In muv*r to your fbrt and reocmd quertiar ve
wdltnt
-a to Artia 667-a vhich reds in
“when a oosm4rolrl motor vohlolr nought
thereof of laborers from their place of mai-
denroe,and nuterlalr, toolr, equlparclat 8ad sup-
pll.8, vlthout ohargo, from the plaoo of pur-
ch68e or 8tOrage, to hl8 0vn fSa or ramh,
eXChBiVely iO? hiB own U88 Or USa m luzh
farm the F3gi8tlrati3C llo~ee fee, for the
veight 01888ifiCatiQl8 herein mentltxmd, shall
be fifty per cent (5C$) of the rcbgi8tl‘atlan
fee pr.rorlbed for Ve t Qh88ifiOatiCCiS hi
sectiai 6 (Ilrt. 66 5ail&h
) o? the Act heroby
amnded l l l .” f Ck&wlining our8 )
The ter!n “oo;rmo~oiU motor vehicle’ w used by
the Legirlrture in the rbotie quoted &tlcls 18 defined in
: Art1010 6679-1 a8 follovrr
"(1) 'Cwralal Notor Vobialo'lllOWl8
my motor vehicle other thm l motoxwle
dOri&M3d O? Used to? the t?lUl8~?tdiOll Of
~psrtt, lricludin~ eve- rehiclo ured for
delivery pua’porer .
In both Of the 098e8 you 8Ubdt In your fIrat
tV0 qUO8ti~8 the indiV;dUal $8 not Using R "nOlQl%B~til
motor vehlcleR (U defined by the tegi818tWO) Ody itI
the trm8portatiCex of hi8 me poultry, dairy livestock
uid fmm product.8 to narkei. %J i8 UBine 8amC to? the
tral¶8poX%htil23 of products that ho purchases*ox others
d80. It la apparent that the individual ln either -86
you outline should not be entitled to the reduced license
tee hs p?C38CPibf3& In the above quoted Article.
.
Ia llno tith the above rebsonlng this department
ruled in opmoa HO. o-527 as r0iiw88
%O U@ Of thb OpiaiOIIr thOPO?oXW,t&t
thb barefIts of the Avt101e aoorw oly to a
pbrson vho tansports Us ova produots to mar-
kbt Or Othbr $KhtS so? ml0 Or pXV?OSS8ing,
and is not for the bmat 0r l p mmm, u a-
dlorted la your. inquiry tbt vould be trsnrport-
~prodUCt8 pUX'ChBS.dfromSnothor f8rmer l l
.
It 1s t.h*'opinlon of this deraH.ment, therefore,
thnt ths indlvldurls nssmtlamd in your questions ano and
tvo vould not be entltled to the 5H reduotlm on farm
truck 1108ZlSS8 S8 defined la h?tiCie 6675&h, 8Uplr.
In roux' third questlai the truck 1s used by a banr
fide iarmor vho wee said truck mly for purposes of hauling
hi8 ovn produce to markrt inoludlng cattle, etc., vhlch he
bilDBelf hS FS18Od. YOU S8k vhother said lablvidwl 18 em-
titled to the fmn lloenre plates at the 5% ?eductlaD as
provided la Article 6675a&, or vhether sold ipdlvldual 1s
entltlod to the to-1 lxm@lon pr~~Idod for la Article
6679-2. Article 6675~2 VU oaaotod u a part of the vhole
reglstratlao l8v in 1929. h?tiOl@ 6679dr, SUPFS, -8 8al-
acted la 199 and VaS UI blmdmsnt for 9IP908SS of axtending
l 5% reduoed license fern to oortala naeammpt vehlolSs.
It did not affect the status of vehloles that vere totally
ox;mpt undo? Artlole 667-4. Bean v. Reeves, 77 S. V. (2d)
.
Artlclo 66751~2 reds as fOiiOV8r
'Svery ovner of b motor vehicle, trailer
or reni-trailer used or to be used upao the
public hlgtnraga of this Stato,mdwchchauf-
four, 8hS11 apply each JOU’ t0 t&O State E%gh-
vay Departzmnt thmugh the Comty T8.x Collector
of the County In vhich ha ?e8ldeS fO? the regls-
tratim of each such vehicle omed or controlled
by him, or for * ohautBur'8 11CSXl80, to? the en-
Xamrablo Xom6r Oudsaa, Jr., Pag6 i4
sulngor Cuvr6ntCslendArJ6ar 6rm6xpLr6d
portion thereofl provided, hovever, that
ova6rs of f8.m tzwtorr, fsrm tr8iller8, farm-
trailers hro oprrted in conformity to bll pro-
Yi8iCQS Of the &v lXoOpt the ?6qul?6-
8aYO a nd
mart8 as to rag:stratiw and 1106nse~ sad gro-
vidlng further t&t the exemptlaos in this
s66tin 8b11 sot applr to any Sam-trailer or
fsrm-reml-tnrller vhen the ~068 veigllt. exceed8
4,000 pounds; provldc?di that 03 l%rm-trailer or
fsrm-86mI-tawller vlth meal tires shsll b6
permitted to opente rt a speed Ah aotrsa of
flft66n (15) tiles per ho\pJ and further pro-
vided, that the exemptlam 3i thlc SCctian
ohs11 not apply to 6ny f6m-tlSll6r or rsrm-
86ml-Wile? vlth stecl tires of a vidth 1688
thur th?66 iaCh68 o&m'i%ting in 6Xc088 of fiito6n
(15) rilrs p6r hour: snd prOYlding, further,
tbt th6 6X6BQtiCU ia this 8WtiOll Sh d lnot lP -
ply to say fhrm-trisll8r or f8mu46ml-trUl6r vh8n
th6 - I.8 used for hire. P?OVid6d, hOV6Y6?,
it shall bo unl8vN to operate 8ay tmller or
rut-trriler at nJ+ht vlthout l ?av nd light
or rud r6floctcrs. (lhdu~ ours)
The shove quoted Art1016 roqulrer that in ord6r for
QIO of th6 8peclflcd v6MCl6S .nUU6?6t6d th6ulula to b6 6X6qt
the same au8t ba ‘operated or moved tmporully upca the hlgh-
Mm: The b&i8htUlW d6tlnbd uid t8I'm in tit1016 6679-l
la the r0iioving lmguags:
"(q) By 'operated
or moved tmtporarIly
UpOn th6 hi&f878’ the Op6l'@tim OC
16 lil6Ukt
scimeying bstvean different frrrms, and the
opQmt,lcm or conv6ysac6 f?Ola the oVa6rt8 fir13
to the plaC6 VhQrQ hi8 f6I’S ~POdUC6 18 prepimad
to? mmket or vhere 8.me I8 sctually mket6d
MU ?6tw.‘ (md6?llning OW8)
.
Eaaorablr Xom6b aarrls~, Jr., P-6 #5
Allrad v. a. C. &3#6-, 61 8. Y. 75, b6ld. that b vat6r
truck VU WI ilBJd6lSUltof huabaadr~ Vithirr the 810enlq
of th6 Sbov6 quoted hX'tiOl6 Slid thSt th6 S6mS VSS Opo?*tbd
or rov6d t6mporarlly on the hi&vaym booauno it va8 opera-
6d O-Y6
for V8t6?b6tUWB fUWS. fo'lirr6Yit.h th.
abOV6 th6 &b~2 10 COU?t Of oiYi1 App6dS a th6 O&S6 Or
Bean Y. Roovos, n 8. V. (26) 737, diSo USS6d l t%c t 8itW-
t1m ls follffsr
"The a@eed 8tlbtePl6nt 8hCW8th6 follwinga
The 8mltit liY68 UpOn aad OWlWt68 8 farn
la Lubbook Comty md ?ai868 cottm, fed., and
live stock thereon. H6 OWlI 8 W6-tO?l FC?d
truck, vhlch he operator haa tlae to tlae tsa-
;oM?ily Cn the hi&W&y8 ;f the 8t6t6 in t?aa8-
-porting cotton f?aB his fam to th6 gin, farm
product8 ).O the City 9f Lubbook, md mBte?lrls
thor6fma to anO i9r use on him f8rm; but the
truck 18 operatad and used OXOlU8iY6ly in toll-
nsoticm vlth the business of the tam.”
rho Court held a8 f9lloWc
'The &greed StAt6mont Of fSOt8 #hour that
l~6llUlt'S truck MS u86d 6JcOlu81YOly in CW-
nectlai vlth the bU8in688 Of hi8 hmn sad ~68
moved and opaNt6d but ~o~orullly ca thd hi&-
vrys ql undar *As intorpr6trtIon of Artlola
66792 bjr the Suprea~ Court la Allred v. J. C.
&golma, Inc. 61 S. V. (24) 75, 91 A. L. R.
417, th6 truak VU Ca 'lmphnwnt Of hwtmidry’
and exempt f?m~ rsglrtrat:c92 fOeI."
Th6 lnd2vldual ycu ?Cf6? to Jn you? quootlan No. 3
OpOMt6B hi8 txuck !n the 8621 a maMe? owr6t6d 8s 6pS6lh’lt
hi8 truck in the @.%!ve r,uctec: ckee. It 18 the Opinim Of thi8
department, t,hereforb J tbe.t acid motor vehlzlc 18 entitled to
the to-1 6xemption coatolnec: in Artlcl+ cs753-2, supra, In-
rtoad of only the "JC$ reductlcn provided fez in Article
W7sa-6, 8upra.
lour~ very truly
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion