OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
yionorablelred~0lmllel
County AtfoTIL@y
*lohita CoPnty
wlohlta tallr, Texas
Dear Sirs
Ia your lsttrr o(Aee) 1940,
the following raot81
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1 o&r E
ew Mexlro.
t &a--re&-
rue that tha
sport paosen-
r out as 80
oa as to whether the tax1
s or lvtlole Qlla, Ye~71pon~a
tiole lb9Oa, YernoDU! Penal Co&i.
QOa, pexml Code, proridem a. enalty
8 Article Olla, Yeraonh ClrIp1 Btat-
Qlla pro~idssrar the regulation or
motion 1 (0) 0r the last aen-
part aa r0u0asi
Vhe trrm Wotor au8 Cornpay*when u8e6 in
thla Aot (Art. Q&la1 P.C. 1bQOa) means ever
oorporatlon or persona as herein derim, trl
sir
108soa8, trustees, rsoelrsrs, or trurteer ap-
pointed by any oourt whatsoever, owning eon-
trolling, operating, or managiag an m&or pro-
pelleb pasarnger rshlole, not usutzly f operated
61:
Ban. Bed MoDnnl~, PW' 8
oD or Oyer taller and enmgtu¶ in the bualnesa
of tranqort~ pereone tor oompcnoatlon or
h-s over the ublloh%hwaya withinthe Btate
of TOX~S,whetEor operating
over rlxedroutes
or rlxed eoheduler, or otherwlee~ . . .*
Scotion Z of raid ArtioleQllaprotlUeethat1
*ill a6 deilaed
motor-buscoxapenlee,
hem&n, are herebydeolaredto be *oonmon
oarrlere* and eubjeotto raplatlon by the
State oi'Texa8, and shall not o mate any
motor propelled paeeengerrehlc Pe ror the rcg-
UhPfr8MDOrtatiOn Or D81110M a8 D888eDK8C8
fir hire over sly publl6-bigh-
ror oompen'iatlon
w4 in Wale Stateesoeptln aooordanoe with
the provlelon0r thl8 Aot . . .a
otherpartsof ArtlclcQllaproridefor the
lseuanoeor certi~loateo
and pcrmlt8umler proper olroum-
StanBee
i
xn the base 0r ii0rm w. state, 20 S..s. (24%)
1057? it wao hclU thatthislaw lo mot tiolat+&byen
agent or a ooeepany-_- hire! a eervloe ear one tlmcto
who
Waneport over a publle hl@way or thle state paseengers
who had been broughtto otlfetate line upon a vehicle
ogyrated oateldethe etatcby euohcompany.
m the oaee or c0111~1~0ies
mbit CO~PCUI~W.
csroeeoloee, bb 8. F. (Sd) t09;the El Paso Court of Clrll~
mpeale heldthat krtiols1bQOaoi the PenalCodewas not
violated bJ a personwho, ln makingan isolated
trip from
IL peso to Blg sprln&,aooeptti eompenaatloa
from a person
who aooompanled him on the trip.
Under the fact8 eubmltted b7 you, the above quee-
tlon 18 answered in the negatire.
yourIBtefJtN1~
APPROVEDFEB 14, 1940
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS