OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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MO md oempbteatwidea latlpatttmbc
fo r eit, o r bofon IOU p a wn luthorim&
by prwbnt lmb 46 waduot herring8 for
it, that rubh ptwwn, rirr, oorporation
or uwofatlon or rwaa Bar w eonduoted
hlnselt or ltmli Ii the wurso of the
a&e, traauotioaa Ma thidg nuitionba
April
Baa. Joa k!o!akhouae, 2.4, MS@, Pa$8 S
VM~MOO ana nooewlty, duly Ona proparly ia8uba
by the Railroad Cam15.asion
of Toua undar C~A#,O?
870, t3eneral
Lawa 40th L.ag~alaturo,1987, aa amaadod
at the Nrst Callad .Sossioa0S the Umt Le&slaturo
Ma any and all pnnnt ma ruturbnf8ma80at8 thub-
to.*
ldaod to the
Paragraph (4) of kotloa 1 has b o o n
bill. Thl~paragraph lmpowera and rutho~zos tha ~llrad
c0~~~1issi0n
or 3bx88 to luk l a0tetimm, titer girbg
10 day8 notioa, of tha faot quo&ion as to whether or not
the statueo fa lbroku* o x ins.Suoh paragraph,a mo ng
othar things, provldos that I
wBoion the OarirslonQotaxwlnas thata parron,
flrm,. or lssobiation
oorporatlcu, of~porrons
ir l
%r o k u! b s that tb a ir a0rma h a -b in,
it sh u
nab iiadim8, band 00 oapotent aad endlble kstl-
money that the. @ai& puma, firm, oorporation or
lssoolatlon of parsons has oustaasrilyor withroa-
warble outainty brought about ocqatlflon in tb
tranaportatlonof pareons ror hire batnan ona or
aorm motor bus ocmpaalem,uhloh ha-8 tharatofon
boon dult an6 proprl~ ls~usd am or more eartifl-
oat08 o? mbllo oonrmlonoa ad aaoosslty, cm tb
on8 had, awl othor motor toklolas, not eo outl-
tied, on tb othbrhand.*
&otlea S has baetnbmnded so as to amlt timntrcm
the profiolon in the orlglnal.billwhloh mado it unlawful
fo r l Tram1 Bumno, own thau& holding l broku~s lloenso,
to makm aar ooatren or lrrangamont Sor transportatloaanlass
#oh oantraot or lrra 8umntwas nade w&h the ‘lawf’ul holder
of aa bii*otlro outf 2 oat6 of Oonr*albnooand aeo*ssltt
lsmmd br the Railrobl C~srlon of Tbrai.* Also, tha last
lntonw of Sootion S has bsrn amaleb so as to lxooptfra
.tho p~~rislasor the bill private lnUiribual8who, a# l
y1y lnoldont to tra+ol,on+ into share-bxpensotnwl a&Tao-
mnts, ii suoh individualsdo not uss tho senloes of an
unlio~awdwbrolcm~~
Se&ion 6 or the~bill has boon aamndbdso a8 to
provide that al ~brokmrs~ ln transporting or oauslng to W
transported swngus on the blghwaye of Texas shall bo bad
by tti $arlr 5"
8, fares ana ratesapproved of by the Railroad
&amirsion~ of Texas owering thr,tramg.ortstlonror bin
OS persaw owrthb highray Of Texa6. m additional roaaonable
brokoraga ahargr for the wrvios~ of the broker is rELitted
by hotlon 6 in litdition~to the rata8 wt by the Rarlroad
c~solon or Taxas*
Hoh. Joe Monkhou~o, April 24, lOSO, Pa&a 3
8eotlon 7 0r the bill ntthorlmr tb Railroad
Caw~i~lon,afternotloe and haming to m&o, adoptand
ln?oroo rules and ragulatlon8mu& abrokorsa.
Eaotloa 6 O? the bill nqulree th a tlaoh Wbrokor-
ahall file a bond or other wourlty with the CQIIDIULM,
suah bond to be oonditiouod that the Etato of To&8 uy roomer
a penelty OS 825.00 plus the dlffannor botwem the rates
charged by a abroksrw and the rata whloh should havr born ohar-
6ea under aeotlon 6 of thr bill.
Seation 9 of the bill provldas that a abrokelm botorr
trensportln6or oauslng to bo traasportulmy person tar
him shall tlmt protoot suoh mnon by sbourlt~, bond or la-
mraaoo,~approvad by the CfamiS~la,aplast aamqge, loam aad
injury to tha property porro8wd by mob p a r so n l6alnst
and
dama60, loam and injury nsultlna fraa NOh persoa*s personal
injury or 408thduring such trsnspartatlon,rod al80 lgalast
an losi suffmmd by suoh pormn by ioasos of s WbrokerW
raI llng to OPoplote-thebarrlam of s pamwagqr lo o o r dlng to
thbb r o klgnsynt.
u*s
SootianlOoofth0 bill nakb8 dOtail provlslmsfor
tha glrlagof not100bt tha Railroa6 Sor thepm-
Ccaml8sloa
mlgatlm or rulasand m&ulatlau by the Caalsslon.
saotlon11 of tha -ma lot is slmllarto Grotion
T of tha lot oovaro.d
by the opinionof Aprilll, &9;939.
,leprwldos for l.houln6 bofon thb grant-
8eotlon
ing of a *broker*s* lloinso,alsofor a (85.00flllngiaa to
be pala with laoh applloatlontar llwns8 ana also ior a
$85.00 annual lloan~* iao.
&otlotl 1s o? the -aed bill is tha mm. 88 Eootiam
0 of the billomond by our oplnloa of AprU li, 1939.
sootion 14 at the am&o4 bill 18 slmllarto motion
10 of thr bill oove~d by our opinion of April 11, 1939.
S@OtiN Of thr UEMaOd bill 18 Sidi~
16 t0 bOtiN
11 of the bill oovorid by our opinion or April 11, 1939.
6aotloa 16 of the umulad bill is similar to~&otion
l5 or the billowema by cur .oplaltm of April 11, 1.939.
Sootlon19 of the uPaadod bill oontslas a Doolara-
'tlonof Policy uhioh is siarilarto'&otlon lb o? the bill
Hon. Joe Yoakhouae, April B4, LOSO, Page 4
ootemd by mr opinion of April 11, 1959, lroept thattb
Daolaratlono? Polloy oonttdnod In the amand. bill provide8
that the aotl+lties regulatedin the amended bill ~interfuo
dth and obatruot the f'uaotlonso? the Railroad c~sslcm
of Temae la ooaneotlonwith it8 oontrol of motor bur ocmpanfes
holding oertlfloatesoi pub118 oonrsnlenoeand neoesslty
issued by said ooamlasloa.*
We aall to your sttentltm that *d have oonal6oreA
as a part o? the bill the amendments uhloh are found la the
fiveaheeta attaohea to the mins~ographed copy ot the bill
rhioh you sent to ua llthargh suoh amendnentshawe not been
lnoorporatedla tha~body o? the riarographedoopy o? the bill
iaoluded la your letter.
AS n 8tat.A fa Nr opifllonOf April ll, IWO, n
?ull rsoogalsethe pmr otthe &gl4laturetomake8 oon-
olusI.vedetetiaatlon o? UIe roprlety,ulsdau b a d lxpadlenoy
of leei8latlcm. In that oDlaPon. va ?urther reoo&nlsad that
the tigl8latureoan, if it-besl~s,,ngulate the 6uslne~s
gf Travel Bureaus provided 8uoh ragulatloaaan reaaonsblo.
Xt will be aotad ~that-theSemto Bill 9S'as sow
6aendea will not affeet any person or oosoers rho operates
~8 travel burasu unless tha Railroad Ccariarion ilr8t iirrds
r8oa or firm &a 80 0onAuoteAhlarelf or itself as
that
to bring
Nob a i?
out 8 *r*aaonablyoontlnuousor du8tcaia
tftlotP with a motor bus oaapany rhlsh holds a oott7 ?!% -
or oonwnlenoa me a8oasalty i6NOb by the ~saxdsaloa. The
Raolara$on q~sPolloy ooatalpea tp &otlon . or-.+ bgl,
_ - 19
urine other things, nate8 that wie mgxuatum rmas umt
the methoA8 and praotloaa ragulated by Eenata Bill OS lster-
,?em vlth and obatruot the ?unotlans o? the Rillroad Copa-
mlssloa of Texao la oonnaotlonrlth its ooatrol of motor bus
ocwmnles holding o8rtl?loateao? pub110 oonvenlonoe8nd
naoeadty ls~ed by the Commlsrlon.
Awuaing; as we mud, that reasonablr grounds exlet
?or the rtnalng6 aontalned la Seotloa 19 OS the bill, it fol-
low8 that Noh rinAlng8 provide a proper basis ?or regulation
by the Legislature of the activitiesQeaorlbed in the bill.
Ex part8 Sparks, 108 Criminal Aep~rts, 619, I:S. Es (8) WQ$
Es part.8Sepulraba e 6. w. (e). US.
The aendmente uhloh have been msds to the blll
in question slnw the date o?,aurprevious o lnlonhave,in
our opinion, owed the oonstltutlonalobject13
oaa whloh were
Eon. Joe Yoakhcuw, April 84, 1939, Page 8
mndo la our orl&al oplaloa.Umber thb bill as now anaaoa,
the holder or a duly iSNO broker*8 llo.ns., .ltll.uNghNbjoOt
to r8gulatlon, la oth8rwlsaI've to deal with an7 person and
is ,notm8tri0t86 to dealins with hoiaus 0s 08rtiri08t88or
@lo oonrmleno8 and a808881t~ as provia in the orlglaal
.
A8 th8 app8llate oourte of this statehave rip8atrAl~
upheld the oonstltutlonallt~of Art1010 9118, which ngulatas
motor bus tranrrportatlno,
M belloro thosq oourtn will, llke-
else, uphold the oonstltutlonalltyof the pcrs8at bill,wbioh
lttampts to m&at4 tif Noh p8rs0ns aad OOrporatioaBaos8
busin. .n6 sotlritf.s oaastltut8a bustcaaaq sad oantlnuoos
ocuptitlonwithrotorbus omp8niesla Noh ananu as to
frustrate,.bstruot ant2 Int8rter8dth the Railroad coa~is8lon
in the lx8ralso'ofits urL$dztloo over the traasportatlan
ot passeague for him in Ia this ooaMotlon it 18
to br 'obsemd that the bill la*ltsunended rorndobi not at-
fsmpt to ngulat8 or a8d with private indiaaw8 who 8s 8
8~. incident to travel enterinto sh a m-b x p eme
l~omeats
dth iftaitia~i8 0th.r than ualio8aa8d ‘brokers*.
me objaotlsrsuhloh W. made ln our o inionof
April ll, 1959, to sbotlan 11 of the erlglml b f ll hare bean
0uma b7 the la88rtlon or a8t8ti8a prmlslons1~ the uwaded
aot proridlag im aotloeto ill lmtor86ted part188 aad a hear-
1 bafom the prmulgatlcrr. or rules or mgulatloasb7 the
~4
"4r b08a ctid8810h
m c4urlx.mlaatlcm at tmmta Bill 'ISla its 856ti04
tozn 418o1oa.8 ao prarlrlonswhloh on their raoe lr8 so un-
n#s.a.bl. S8 t0 TiOlat.8 the COSStitUtiOS Of WI.8 W th.
Coastltutloaof the ttaltedStates m, ther*Son, hold that suoh '
bill is oonatltutlonal.
RBmBT
APPRo9xD;
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Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion