Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

. opmon Bo. O-446 ReS Are o:dn opc:rated ruehine8 for dlrpnrlry crnltaw aEpkh8 mubrTlco ooln- operate6 moblaeV end eaempt iraathe tax lerie4 by hrt. VOWn-M Ka are la reoslpt of your letter of &ixoh 9, 1939 mquert- lae our oplnlo~ 66 to whether 4ola-ope~stb6 mohlner hutteiled la ladler’ met room aad wslch 6lrpeE8e raaltiry napklnn are us~t710e 0cln-o exnted mohlnes* and thorsfon 4x-t troll the tax lmpoeed by Art T414 004984, Rs+leed lN6tUte8, on OOrtain eoln-opcratbb maohlnea. nrtiolo To494-4 r4464 44 f0uow.c ‘ten pny t~lophon~r, rcstrre, pay to114tr, aa4 4-e ltte +andln(( machiaao *hloh are cow 8ubJeot wizard ecu- tlon or grois r444fptr tax and m84rvlao 4oia-o .rrtrd m6ahlse~8* ar that t-4X-B18 detlned, are exgnra r f e%bmpt rrw abe tar lsrl4d hsnln, an4 Ch. oshsr prOri4iOnr of tblr-84oflaa.” “The term 'Ircrohaadlre or Muir oofn anta ssohIzu* as usod hare18 rho11 meen ad loo “p u44 errrr ooh- op+mted mah!ae of any kind or oharaoter, rblcb dlrpeaser or wade or rhloh lr uacd or operated for d~rpsn8lng or ronding aemhaadi8a, ooamxIltle8, confnotione or m4l4 and wr11ob 18 opentod by or nlth 6011~8 or ntal llug8, tot4a4 or oheoks. m r0umrrp 4n 4x9~4441~ uoiu444 wlthln uld to a a ltuAd cmwaer, gu8 mmhlner, eaa6rrl.huahlrum, h Kk4 m4r ~hin44, 44dtd127 e- 0-t phowe=D& O-8 m X'84108, SBd Sl& Other ~i.lbO~?'d W gro di%?%h or rend syauk4180, oonmoditl-, limr00tw8 .- iLtiia 90471-8 i@ (b) L‘Was &I rOilOW8: “The tern *operator* 68 wed herein dud1 moan ana inoltid~ 6ny person rimi oolpanl, sswoi6tlon or aor- poratltm rho exhlb8tB, &day8 or pancltr to be 4x0 hibite& or tlleplafsd, la hls or lta plaoa of burines8 or upcut pnd808 midor bl8 or it5 omtrol, any tooin- opentad mtwhln~' In tllir St&@.. AS notbd above rsohiner vhlch dls ens8 “morotxtudlnan am aprssel~ browbt rlthln olaem of rsaohPuam l the ubjeotd to the gami04 OOiU-OQOmt4d 1#0~1R@8~ 8m 4%4#?#0d rrw the b% %‘tLore mretiner which Ql4ptin44 merohmulee lra srpms8ly exolb4 frw the beflnltlon of ruob exempted moh:nol. Suoh ~pkinr 4o8aoditier sn rrbiah 61-4r&4 8t every dw &ore. Tbnt *4x4 sr4 memhnD4lU 18 tao plain to e&St of n-t;. Tb4 z344biao4 rererre6 to are not l x sq trm tb0 t4x. Toum t*rJy trDlJ