OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL 

AUSTIN 

OF TEXAS 

lionoreblo Jane8 B. Uldry, Dlreotor 

Potor Tranaportatl0n DlVi81~ 

Railroad t%mb*LOll Of hX8# 

Austin, Toxea 

Eear Sir: cplnlon Ho. 04b34 

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vehiole, a*edr, II a~rtlrloate or oonvenlrnm ml 

neoorelty tron thle Donanielrion to run or operato 

out to the unlnoorpomtsd OltJ, town or vllJAgr. 
h'onorable J-es E. XlMsf, DlroetoFI Paw 2 

*2. Pl4trso give uu mux opinion es to uhuthmr 

oruottbl8Cds8lonha8 t&e lagml8atlwrity8ti 

power to promlet 8 rule or a*aeral order turbidding oertliloatod oorrlsr from lntorohonuln8 inight 

with the unoertlileata6 orrrlar a*ntloned in prragraph one above until suah uueortltloatd oarrlor 

obteln8 a owtlrleak Eros this Uomlsslon. 

“3. Plrsrr 81~0 w ~apr optnion as to whothor 

or not thla aomala8lon he8 tho3rgal l othorlty ~4 

powar ta; a~~oei thm 0miriomte 0r l 00rfmortti 

osrrler, otter propar notlea and hesrlng, for vlolatlon of-the rule or poor81 order mantlond la 

paramph two abwo. Xn othar wor$s, rssmtlng your 

ansuez to quastlon number tuo 18 la thr ttrrirnrtive, 

then, ia that went, ir the e~rtiri~4itd oarrler 

cous interoh- ~zzelght with the unoortlrloate4 

carrier, &eli tbo~ aowls5lon have suthorlty to QI~- 

0451 the oertirloate 0r the oortirloated carrier 

artier notlim s&d herring for *fOlSt~.On Of the rule 

or goneral order?* 

Ifhe answer to your Que8tlws raqulr65 a oonstruotlor of subs~otlos (a),-‘rotloa (1). A~tlole Ollb, Veraon“ 

kraotetoe Civil Etstutar, whleh datlm*5 8 -otoz aarrlor* 

88 roil0tm 

9%0 tern botor 05r&br* mmsna any person, 

rix78, oorporatloa,.~ oommnp, o*psrtnrrehlp, mm3- 

elation or Joint stwk l ebaolatlon, and ttm.ir 

lessecls, noeiver5 or trustrrs l p 

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olnted 

Court uhetsoww, eunlng, oontml 

by any 

lng, wnaglng, 

opratlng or oauolng to.bm ogalr8ted oaf Rotor 

propolleed veblola used in trawmrtlne property 

ror oonpensatloa or ~&PO ovetr any publlo hlghuaT 

b thi0 mte, a833 in the (~0tm30 or 5wh tmuportetlon.8 hlgbr*y b&man two or mom ih~orporet& oitles, toww or villages la tamersad; provided that th0 tern *motor ourrler* as u80a 10 

thla Aat shsU not inolude, and this Aut ‘h@Zl 

not applp to motor vehiole8 opsretd exolustwdp 

rlthln the inoorporated liraits, oroltles or to!es~.~ 

The authority OS the Oommlsslon to regoletm the 

. opsratlow or the oarrlsr rafarrsd to in pour rlrat question 
,ononble James f. Elldsy, Dlreator, Pap 3 

depends upon 8 question whbthar suoh oamler la a Wotor 

os~rlsrRO 81) dailaod by the seotlon Q$ ths statat. sbovs 

cuoteb. 

A5 we Oawtrua the atattrta, the fr sleturs ha8 

68rinrd a motor oarrlar as 5 por a l onn g wp d !G tTSW$ OTtlEU 

promrtf rca- hero bt motor vohlale over tha hl&mays of this 

state, W!W@:~II tha oourme oi the operation8 ~aaduatad br 

auoh persoah~ tranr555 a hlghw5~b5tw5entuoormora inc0rporatoa altlalr, towns, or vlllagas. ma status or tha 

person an 8 Wotor osrrlafl 18 msdr to da~oa6 on tha oharaatcr of the operetlocs coAuoted bF him; on whether he trens3orta prog10rtr r0r hlra, and whather ln the ~oura0 or doing 

so ha traVarSOS a hl&~J bOtWOaA tUa or Eore lnObTpOT5ted 

oitlao, towns, or vllle~et it a008 not &opand on whether, 

ln the hands of snother pereon, the proparty whlah he transports hao been transported or will be tr8aaported war the 

tlghnays between twa or mra lnoorpomted oltlas, tows, or 

villa&as, by motor vohlala. In othor mxrds, *sqsh trsnspartatloa* la tha-dsflaltlon, rafar5 to the trsnspoxtrtlon 

oparatlans aonduotad by the parsof~ mopsrrtlng any notor proollad VOhiBle wad l!I trsalQWtia(t Rl'OQOTtt iOr. . . hire," 

Ati the teat-to ba nppllad la whather~ tha parson opsrrtlng 

thu notor vehiala udes it la treasportlna rar hire property 

batvman two or oara lnoorporated oltles, towns, or vllleges, 

ovbr a hligtmg or thlo %tate. 

Yrxir rlrat qwatlaa la thereron snsueretl la the 

nagatlve. 

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Iafn‘vlar ofthe &neuer made to pllr rir8t que*t10a, 

it beooaes wneoesrrerp to awmr yotw eaeoad sad third quertioa‘. 

Ykiurs very trttly 

R. Py. Falrohfld 

&sslstant 

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