, OFFICE OFTHE ATTORNEYGENERALOFTEXAS 

AUSTIN 

OIuroCyurr) 

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IIonorable'Toa Colemn, Jr., Page 2 

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'provisions of Sehato Ml1 tI0. 43, Acts of 

tha 47th LeCislaturo, are lwbcr ooqxmles 

pomitted to resistor their' truoks at the 

'reduced~ratea thgreia I;rovidcd if~thoy ara 

usod orclusively to haul Umber Cram on 

lands o-med.by the eaid ooqany to their 

tills for ,rrocessinS?" 

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j3qytio~,G of 'Satiate Bill 43 provfdes as 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, Sootion 1, 

so as to koraaftor read as follms: 

w(Section Ga. E3mn a ooiw3rolti 

motor vchiclo so.u$Ai to be reGistered aa& 

used by the owne,r thmeof only in thetmasportation of his own poultry dairy, livostock, livestock products, 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, cxolusively Por 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 resistration Poegreswibed ITOr 

weight clasoificationo in 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 license pl.atos 

used for cthzr comercial m&or vohiolo~ 

u31ii~ the hi&weys; provided fwthor, ,if the 

Oi~GS~ of '6ny ao;meroial IZOtOX WhiClOj COD- - 

Ing vrithkn tho provisions of. Chla hot, ahall 

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lTonoYabl0 Toza%olmzan, Yr., Bige S 

Us6 or pamtt to be used any%suoh Pehiole 

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 

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$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 oonotitute a separate 

offense; ..?rovidod, however,'~tinatll COEIEieroial notor vehicles, truck tractors, 

road tractors, trailera ahd sci&trailers 

as dofinoil ~JI Yeotion 1 of Chapter 25 of 

: tho Gonazal Laws of the Pifth Cal.lstl:Ges- . 

sion of the 41st Legislature, not'+@%g 

.svlthin the provlslons of this Act ahail. 

-be reqtired to pay all rogistration'and 

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1Zaenso fees‘pzcscribed by t&o other pro- ', .., 

visions of Chapter 88, General Lam of 

the 4Lat Zc&3lnturo, second. caUe$ Ges-. 

slon aa mendcd by thin AC?;*; T+ 1 . . 

The above quoted auendmqC 'inoludod within . 

Article 667Sa-Ga of Vernon*s Annotated CivI3. Btatutea then 

olaasification of **tinbor in its jmtural stats* for the 

firat tine. &bsequent to ths above quotocl ariendmnt this 

departmnt ruled 5x1 opinion X0. 0-3357~ a9 qo&l.o:$a: 

KSn t!m above onactient ttie lc&lature 

'~ included for the firat time, 'the classifica- 

..tlon of *timber in its ~Ratural state.' t?nquostbonably oeder posts wou$d ooze within 

this legiolatfve olasaifioation. Therefore 

au $ndividual nay in our spinion, oporato 

a vehiole with a fnm license %hero.on as 

provided in jeotioa Ga, supra, and haul 

ceder posts cut off of land that said individual owns. 

" * * 'ft is the opinicn of Ihis 

ai3pdnent thereforo 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!xrcfrou would 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 that fin such a case the coxym~y %ould be In the saze 

position as the individual who haul3 cedar posts whioh he 

has cut fron his om lasd - that 13 entitled to a lio'enso et 

the reduced foe sot out in Sootiou 6a of the Registration 

Law, aupra. Xe further boliove $hat from a readins of mid . 

5ection it is clear that tho.Le5islature intended for anyone operattn5 Eotor vehicles to tranoyort titiex 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 company or individual. 

oould haul tir&er in its natural state which he hod surOhesed fron others or which he had taken off of land leased 

for purposes of rcuovinp, tha tizbcr therofroa in o.cmmroial 

motor vehiolo with a license obtslned under Section 6a, supra. 

Vie also do not balievetiuat any individual could haul lmber 

.or shy 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 individual or not. It is our opinion also, that if a 

oonpany omsland It zny use a ruotor vehfole which has a Xioonse soourod under 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& . . 

PIRST ASSISTANT 

ATTORNEY GENERAL 

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