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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Railroe Condn~rsionof mxer
Aurtln,Taxes
~cprstete corn-
.
939, you stete
nit& Transport
CORF-y, Ino. , ioa in Cklahome
0dcilt3altltNa
e e r3tenaara
inmrance to potebt ita
(Iprovision8 or sootion
uler :%ealon of the i‘ortp-
sea by the Torty-third
tar c0nt0naathat sinar
otion of the Interstate
hot be required to file mob
tlon imurenae.
etate or recta, you ask the opinion of
the queetioa shother euoh operator la
done of Seation 13 of the Aot above
eating the proteation of elnployeerof a
notor oarrlrr by teking out work&en*8 aompenaatlon lasur-
MOO.
Seotlon 13 of the hot rofarred to, lncioferas it
coaaerns the qcestlon or workuen~r aompenratlon tnruranoo,
provider am r0ii0wf8 I
sbilroea Com.las1oa 0r ToxaIl, m&3 a
*Each motor aerrier shall also protoot his
ofiployoaoby taking out wor'mea'a aoqennaetion
lnsurenoo, afther as prorided by the I:‘orkmn*s
Compensation Laws of the State of Texe8, or la
a reliable lnearanco oompeny authorized to writs
workon’ oomp.snaatlonlmureaoo epprovad bT the
COn;;ai8GiOA.*
The porsr'~onforrod upon the Congress by the Con-
stltutlon of the United Staten to reeulato ao~%eroo batwren
the atatoe, :whFhen
exerted, oxalunes and aupsroeaoa atete
lsglslrtion in.-roapat to the aeao matter. Congress, in
exerting its poser to reeulato euch phase oi intaretato oom-
ceroo, nay alrcmaoribo ite rogulatlon in such manner as to
leave a Fert .of the aubjoot to atata notion. The purr088
of Con&rosa exclusively to roecleto mey be implied, but not
unloas the Fedora1 Loaaure, when feSrly interpreted, 1s
plain17 lnoonsiatont v:ithatete roguletion of the ae&!#izetter.
cllvery t. ~Cuyahoge Vellop Failway Compenp, 292 U. 3. 57, 64
6. ct. 573, 34, 78 L. Ed. 1123,
There 10 nothing iA the Foderel LlotorCarrier Aat,
49 0. IZ*C. A., foctiona 301~E27, -ronotely suggesting a
purpose to rugulato the liability of erglogore engaged in
la W-18 tppi0r lnteretate ao~orae to their employees.~
As Congrese hee Aot ~000 rlt to iAVeae this field 0r reeula-
tlon of intoratete domerae by motor aarrlers, the author-
ity or the State or Terae over thB subjeot ren;niAsunimpalr-
od, and the provisions or Section 13, above quoted, are ep-
pliooble to intereteta uommo~ carrier oortlfloato holders.
StAto ox rol :‘;eahingMnr.otor coach Co. V. Kelly, Dlrootor
or the Deportment 0r Labor and Induatrisa, (Sup. Ct. or
Eeahington) 74 Tao. (24) 16.
30 trust that ‘the foregoing atiliabntl~ anairora
your laquiry.
Very trnly yours
ATTOiILURT
GENERAL OF TKXJU
R) W. F'r
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Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion