, OFFICE OFTHE ATTORNEYGENERALOFTEXAS AUSTIN

OIuroCyurr) --IIonorable'Toa Colemn, Jr., Page 2 '. 'provisionsof Sehato Ml1 tI0.43, Acts of tha 47th LeCislaturo,are lwbcr ooqxmles pomitted to resistor their' truoksat the 'reduced~ratea

thgreia I;rovidcd

if~thoy ara usod orclusivelyto haul Umber Cram on lands o-med.by the eaid ooqany to their tills for ,rrocessinS?"

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Bill 43 provfdesas follows: nAmxid Aots 1929, 4lstLegislature. Second Called Session,paSe 172, Chapter SS, Section 6a, as added Aots 1933, Grd Leglslatuse,First Called Gssoion,page 02, Chapter 27, Section 1, as mended M;%i;;34, 43rd Le2Lslature,Third Called P , paSo 75, Chapter 36, Sootion1, so as to koraaftor read as follms: w(SectionGa. E3mn a ooiw3rolti motor vchiclo so.u$Ai to be reGisteredaa& used by the owne,r thmeof only in thetmasportation of his own poultry dairy, livostock, livestockproducts, tLber in its natural state, aad farm products to narket, or to other points for oale.,or procesolx:g, or the trwsportation by the ownor.therooT of laborers fro=1

thafr &lam of residence, and neterlals, tools, ec,uilxent and supplies, \?ithout

char@, fro3 tto @ce of ,, purohase or storqe, to his cm fam or ranch, cxolusivelyPor Itio own use, or use on such far3~

or rmch, the registration license fee, for the mi@t classifioatlona herein mntione&, shall be fifty (5ic,$) per eeat oP the resistrationPoegreswibed ITOr weight clasoificationoin Geotion 6 of the Act hereby mended, a3 tiAer?ded in 'this Aot; provided further, that it shall bo the duty of the f:i&m;~ Comission to provide licease platosdistJ.nguishable fros licensepl.atos used for cthzr comercial m&or vohiolo~ u31ii~ the hi&weys; provided fwthor, ,ifthe **Oi~GS~ of**  '6nyao;meroial**IZOtOX** WhiClOj **COD-** - Ing vrithkn

tho provisions of. Chla hot, ahall

.lTonoYabl0 Toza%olmzan,Yr., Bige S

Us6 or pamtt to be used any%suohPehiole for any other purpose than those provided for-in this AotL he shall be guilti; of a nlsdeaeanor,and upon conviction,. shall be .fincd in any suu not less .than Twenty-five ,I $25.CO) Dollars nor snore thau TwofIundred $200.00) ?Iollars, and eabh use of such.ve- :Jd.olc axd each perixission for such use of ,. .,.sueh vbhiole shall oonotitutea separate offense;..?rovidod, however,'~tinat

ll COEIEieroial notor vehicles, truck tractors, road tractors, trailera ahd sci&trailers as dofinoil ~JI

Yeotion 1 of Chapter25 of : tho GonazalLaws of the Pifth Cal.lstl:Ges-
. sion of the 41st Legislature,not'+@%g .svlthin the provlslons of this Act ahail. -bereqtired to pay all rogistration'and '._

.. 1Zaenso fees‘pzcscribed by t&o other pro- ', .., visions of Chapter 88, GeneralLam of the 4Lat Zc&3lnturo, second. caUe$ Ges-. slon aa mendcd by thin AC?;*; T+ 1

. . The above quoted auendmqC 'inoludod within
. Article 667Sa-Gaof Vernon*s AnnotatedCivI3. Btatutea then olaasification

of **tinbor

in its jmtural stats* for the firat tine. &bsequent to ths above quotocl ariendmntthis departmnt ruled 5x1 opinion X0. 0-3357~ a9 qo&l.o:$a: KSn t!m above onactient ttie lc&lature '~includedfor the firat time, 'theclassifica- ..tlon of *timberin its ~Ratural state.' t?nquostbonablyoeder posts wou$d oozewithin this legiolatfve olasaifioation. Therefore au $ndividualnay in our spinion, oporato a vehiolewith a fnm license %hero.on as provided in jeotioa Ga, supra, and haul cederposts cut off of land that said individualowns.

" * * 'ft is the opinicn of Ihis 

## ai3pdnentthereforo that the i.ndividual who purchases tiubcr fron others or who

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.IIotiorablo TOSI Colomu, Jr., Pa50 4

leases l.aad

for the solo yurpose of removin5 tiuber t!xrcfrouwould not be entitled to tho 9fm.m license**p;,ogi~od f~or in Arti010 6675~6u, oupra. . -.
Under thofocts aet out in your latter the ooqmny owns tha 1anQ fro?x which the 105s aro being: out. It is our opinion thatfin such a case the coxym~y%ould be In the saze positionas the individualwho haul3 cedar posts whioh he has cut fron his om lasd - that 13 entitledto a lio'enso et 

### the reduced foe sot out in Sootiou 6a of the Registration Law, aupra. Xe furtherboliove $hat from a readins of mid

. 5ection it is clear that tho.Le5islature intended for anyone operattn5Eotor vehicles to tranoyorttitiex in its natural state (;rom on h%s'oxn land to be ablo to ~30 said vehiolo for the purpose of trcmportin5laborors to the land for purpose of rezovin5 said tiszber in its na"uura1

state.

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. i% do not believe that ahg companyor individual. oouldhaul tir&er in its natural state which he hod surOhesedfron others or which he had taken off of land leased for purposes of rcuovinp, tha tizbcr therofroain o.cmmroial motor vehiolowith a license obtslnedunder Section 6a, supra. Vie also do not balievetiuatany individualcould haul lmber .orshy other oozzodity mde fro= tiiiber

after the tixabq in its mtural #tat6 had been processed,regardless of whether the ttier in its natural state had been takes off land owed by the individualor not. It is our opinion also, that if a oonpanyomsland It zny use a ruotor vehfolewhich has a Xioonse soourodunder Section 6a,: supra, to haul logs in their natural state cut fron suoh lazd and also to haul laborers - to tho land for the purpose of cutting suoh timber.

You.133 very tru&
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PIRSTASSISTANT ATTORNEYGENERAL

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