### OFFICEOF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL AUSTIN OF TEXAS



## lionoreblo

Jane8 B. Uldry,Dlreotor PotorTranaportatl0n 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 unlnoorpomtsdOltJ, 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*aeralorder 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 optnionas to whothor or 

### not thlaaomala8lon he8 tho3rgal 

### l

othorlty

~4 powarta; a~~oei thm 0miriomte 0 r l 00rfmortti 

### osrrler,

otter proparnotlea 

### and hesrlng, 

### forvlolatlon of-therule or poor81 order mantlond la paramph two abwo. Xn 

### othar wor$s, rssmtlng

your ansuezto 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 notlims&d herring for *fOlSt~.On Of the rule or goneral

order?* Ifhe answerto 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 

### s tw k

l ebaolatlon,

and ttm.ir lessecls,

noeiver5 or trustrrs l p Eolnted Courtuhetsoww, eunlng,oontml by any lng,wnaglng, opratlng or oauolngto.bm ogalr8ted oaf Rotor propolleed

veblolaused in trawmrtlne 

### property ror oonpensatloa

or ~&PO ovetr

any publlohlghuaT b 

### thi0mte, a833 in 

## the (~0tm30 or 5wh tmuportetlon.8

hlgbr*yb&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, or oltles or to!es~.~ The authority



### OS the Oommlsslon

to 

### regoletm

the

. opsratlow 

### or the oarrlsr

### rafarrsd to in pour rlrat question,ononbleJames f. Elldsy,Dlreator, Pap 3

depends

upon 8 question

whbtharsuoh 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 o n l n g w p d ! G t T S W $ O T tl EU promrtf 

### rca-hero **bt** 

### motor vohlale**over** tha hl&mays of **this** state, W!W@:~IItha oourmeoi the operation8 ~aaduatad

br auoh persoah~ tranr555 a hlghw5~b5tw5entuoormora in

## c0rporatoa

altlalr,

towns, or vlllagas. ma statusor tha person an 8 Wotor osrrlafl 18 msdr to **da~oa6** on tha oharaa**tcr** of the operetlocs coAuoted bF him; on whether he trens3orta prog10rtr



## r0rhlra,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 &opandon whether, ln the hands of snother pereon, the proparty

whlah he trans**ports** hao been **transported or**  **will be**  tr8aaported **war** the tlghnays

betweentwa or mra lnoorpomted oltlas,tows, or villa&as,

by motor vohlala. In othormxrds, *sqsh trsnspartatloa*

la tha-dsflaltlon, rafar5 to the trsnspoxtrtlon oparatlans

aonduotad

by the parsof~

mopsrrtlng any notor proolladVOhiBle **wad** l!I trsalQWtia(t

Rl'OQOTtt

iOr.

. . hire," Ati the teat-to ba nppllad la whather~

tha parson opsrrtlng thu notor vehialaudes 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.

_ Iafn‘vlar of the &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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