HonorableGllbht .Bllifh
'Couilt~~Attoilmy
.JmmeCov&y
opiulonlo.o-21&
Be: l4u8ta tier rehicle
vehicleowned
by a reddont of Term but
vhichiru~dexclmive1~
vhichirueedexelueive1~
In Rev u8xico except that
th8 88m adee au occa8ioual
trip luimthia statebe reg-
iqteredin Texas!
U8 are in ZVJ@?&~of ymu letterpi l&&.30, l$&C,in.vhich
you request8n oplaiou.ofthla depeirtaent
om th8 que8tlo8of wbstber
or not the mtor vehiclein questionmu&be registered in Tune. You
8tateis follou8:
~.A~~e.inJmeeCounty,~e,~~~--
afe~a~mdranch~ths~eteof~~Waxico;&~
aud u 8e6 e x c lu sively fo r fa r m a ud ‘ia c h ing p u r p o *a l tr u c k s
th lr truck cones into Texa, mm? t-8 codng afterfeed,
mppliee end emchae 18 uqed exclueively on the Hew Mexico
property,q ometims it c-a iqtotbla Stetewiths loadof
Mr. A'8 cattleto t+e FortWorthnmrketa."
We a88um irOnyour letterthatMr. A ie a.nsidentof Terse
andthis oplnionvillbebaaedon euchaeemption.
'Articlle
66758-2of Vernou~sAmmtated CivilStstutesreada
in part 88 fol.lolm:
2veay.owwr of-amotOrvehicle,trelleror 8eti-tral.Ler
used or to be used upon the publichlgbwayeof this State,
and each chauffeur, shellsppf;yeechyear to t&e StateHigh-
.vsyDepartmeut throughthe CountyTd Collectbt.0~ the C&u&y
iu wi+lchhe reaideefor the regMt.autimof each euchv@lcle
onnedorcontrolledby~, . . ."
Article604 of the Pea81Code read6ae followe:
"Uhoeveroperatesupon aay publichighwaya &or ve-
hiclewhichbee not been regieteredaerequiredpylaw eball
be fixLed
not to.erceedtwo huudreddollars."
HonorableGilbe* Smith,page 2 (O-2154)
Tk oolyque6tloavhlcberieeaintbin caeeirvbetkr ornot
tk vehiclein quertlouir exceptedfromthe generalregirtmtioulava
byArticle8~ oftkPenelCode vbichdealatitbaon-resident ovaera
of motorWbicle~. Under 1181dArtlcle &7btemporaryregintr&loncerti-
ficaterasy be obtainedfor out of statevebLclerby non-realdent
ovnerB.
Sectitm5 of raidArticlealno readnin partas follow:
". . .Andprovided,forther,tktauynon-reml@e.nt owner
of a privatelyovnedmotorvehiclemy be peraittedtomake en
occaaionaltrlp intotbim Statewith mcbvehicleondertbe
pX’irflcgS6 of tbi8 Act titkut obtaining suchteqwary IF&#-
tmtiim certifioste. . .(I
Article627bvmiLdbave noapplicetlontotk cameat bend
becaunesaIdArticle~Sectionldeiiasaanon-reside&as foUov~:
"Wu-resided1 meauneveryree:dentof a stateor country
othertbentk Stateof Texasvkse sojournin thin State,or
or placeof abode, or buduess in this State,
vbome occupation,
iianj,c~atotaperiodofnotnorrthanons~~a,
tvemtydayninthe calenderyear."
The Iegi@&ue has defined4 "mu-resident" for purposesof
tk exteu~iouof non-reeidant p+vilegesto be a per-
motor regietrsflon
mm vbo 10 a r+dept of a et+teor countyothertbentk Btateof Tune.
Kbderthe fact8 mhitted,thaowkof tkvehicle inqueationin 8
remideutofJoae~County,Texm. It 10 tk oplaal of tbilldeptuweat,
tberefore,that saaidArtlclevouldbave ac applicetlcmtotbevehicle
tiquemtiouaudtkttk asmevouldkvetobe ~gleteredinTexae under
our gqleml mgilltratlou lalm.
Youinverytmly
AFPRovRDAPR ll,1940 A!l!rlmRRY-GFTRXAS
/I?/u. F. Moore
FlRBl! ASSISTART By /a/ BillyGoldberg
ATlmnEY~ BlUy Goldkrg
A~~iSttXlt.
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