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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
OpinlOB HO. O-19
Ret Should a tra
Ilo are in reo ter of rooeat date,
relqusetfng tha oplnlon at, touohing the
lbeve qUOStiOB.
a-l, VOEBOB’B ABBO-
he. ) tau .c. 8..
bus“ 8rnroum8t
thin the limita
towns or subur-
seotfoa 8s of this aat PXWIO~~W fh* amud
llosnoo foes for the reglrtration of Protor %U608*
The firet paragraph of your lotter read8 an
Hon. HcxmrGarrison, Jr., Pug8 8
f OllowS a
“Ia riew of the faot t&t w8 are hava a
of oo@aints
nrrc;ber about travel bureau auto-
niobilesoperatingwithcut regulationor wapon-
mibillty and osrrying paeuongore for hire be-
twaen lnoorporstea tawne and oltlea, we are aek-
Imthat 9ou pleuse Rive ua an opinion on whs-
ther or not a travel bureau oehlola,hauling
paase.y:orrrfor hire, should ba ohargsa Sor the
motor bus llceneeend the seatingtax a8 provia-
8a in t3eotions6 aa 8a of xo~ss Rill 6, chtip.
fs, p. 178, General mm~seoond iiiilt3a
3tmion,
rorty-first 18f&Whtme."
The queetIona8 subtittedis h9pothetIoalto a
greut cxtent ta whleh we axe unable to give a oate&orlcal
antn90rg flante&lg, it is a questionof feat &B to whe-
ther a travel bureau,or un9 individu61,flnz or oorpora-
tion, operatedmotor vehicle6wIthIn the purvIow of the
above statute. CertaInl9if a 'xotor*ehIole ia operated
by a travel bureau in tramporting persona In the gamer
set out in the atatute for aonpensatlon or hire, whether
over flrsa routes or otherwiie,it should be ohargedfor
the caotor.bur lloeme as provided ia the above sot. It
sill lIkewIsebe subjeotto other rsgulatorpstattites per-
tainingto the operationof motor vehioleo In such rcanuer.
The taots alone ecrnreeolvo the question.
lfowill gladly render 9ou a full opinion touohlr&
the ratter Lf 9cu doala to subnit'to ua addlticnalfaoto
perteitingtbcroto.
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IA% APPROVEDm 23, 1940
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A ORXEY GENERAL '03 TEXAS