OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

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Oi 88id; SCJMto Bill HO. 230 provide8 a8 

'"NO &b8r;Otl, firm OC o$X'~P8tiOn 8h811 i&El’- 

ate or 08~86 to be opereted in theState of Toxa8, 

any emergency ambulanae, publio or prltate,~ or 

any other rehiole oonbonly used Sor the tratrspOrt8tiOn or onavsyanes of the rick or Injurea?, 

without flrrt sacurlry 3 permit therefor from the 

State Board of Health an hereinafter provided.” 

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860 

Eonorrblo XwrI8 U. lia88ell, pago 2 

The l bOv@ QUOted 8WtIOli 8Ot8 forth tha tmO8 or 

obrrer of vohiO1*8 VIthIn tba put?vIov Of th8 bill under diroU88lon. The opwatorr of a ny l msgwwf pub110 opp private 

l mbulMo.8 or any Other tohI ooamonly ured for the tr8nrgortatlO8 OF WWOmnOO Of the 8iOk OS injUF.d mU8t fti8t 

8bOUPO the prerOrIb8d p8rlit b&Or8 OglMting 8UOh VOhiO1.8 

la thI8 SULO.. 'ItOur 4uory I8 rhothor 8n l mbulaaeo rhloh p-8 

to ma kno 8 l m8rgenof oallr 00888 wIthin the provIrion8 0r 

Sonat. Bill Ilo, 230. YOU &to 0~088.6 the Opinion 8uoh 

nOIl-SMrgOM~ iDbUhtl@e 18 Vithi~~ the 8OOp. Of the bill’8 

DrOVi8iOltl Wit i8 8 ‘V&lOlO O-tit u8rd fOr tho traZ&8. 

portatlon or oonvs~anoo 0r the rlok or Iajur*d." 

it. MO of the ODbiOtl that itl8OfSP a8 the Sat l Dplier, th. VehiO1.8 wIthIn it8 pUrvIMl MO there U8dd in emorgMOiO8. lie rar th18 aftrr referring to she hi8tOrr OS the 

p888agO Oi the Aot. We h8v0 88arOh.d the legi8htiVO jOW~18 

and have found that at one rtage Or the bill'8 -88am, them 

var no asatlon of l taergeno~ l 8bul8aoe8; b? l m8ndnnt l dOpt8d 

in the EOUM Of R~~O8MtatiVB8 the Word OW~~OlWDJ’ WI8 asertdd before *8mbulanoe' In 2eotIon 1 of the bill. Thlr In 

8 rather uzmguIvooa1 mannor a;8010808 that It va8 th8 lntentlon OS the &&8l4tUN that the Aot 8pp11.8 to l Mer2eaay ubulaaoe8. 

No SF0 a180 oi the opinioa that “8n7 other vehiolr 

00t88t0nl~ Mod iOr the traMpOrtatIO&I OP oawo~noe Of th0 8IOk 

or Injured” I8 ulthla th8 l mergenoy oatrgory. The o8ptIon of 

‘-8 bU 18. S paP* thbreof 8lld 18 giVM the MU @ifOOt 88 if it 

lia8 In the body of the bill. Ml88o~r1, eta., Sly. Co. va 

&Ih8fiOj, 105 TM. x44, 1% se we 883. It 18 slItaJ8 PrODOr 

In tho oonrtruotlan Of 8 l8v to rarer to the oaptlon ltor explMatiOil Md it 18 equally pOrEti88abi8 in the OOa8trUOtiO~ 

of the 08DtiOti to refer to thq body ot the Aot. City of AUrtin 

v. MuCall, 95 Tex. 575, 68 9. V. 791. Th8 ma80a ve refer tothe 8boto rulrr of ooMtruotIoD and alto the l UthorItI88.Fa 

8upport thereof, I8 that the oaptloa In psrt to Senatr Bill 

810. 230 re8d8t "An Aot rrgulating pub110 8nd pl'iV8tO am@- 

g8JlOy arbU&LJiO88 ODWated in th. St8tO Of 28x88. . .@; th8re 

18 no wntion of "any other v8hIo18 008U8~y U8@d iOl' the 

tranrportatlon or oonv8y8no8 of th8 810k or lnjured.g Thdr 

It oould be argued that th8 tit18 of the Aot doe8 not give 

8UffiOi8nt tlOtiOe Of it8 9FOV181OM 8nd therefore th8 plOPI8iOM not inoluded La the title rhould be 8trlok8n. S8r Bitter 
‘861. 

Honorrbt NOW18 w. &88011, 9190 ) 

v. Bexar Countr, 11 3. V. 

ty ve Ford, 23 2. U. (2d) & 

26) 163 (Co% A~JP.)J ~8thld Coua6. It h8 been the gene-1 polloy 

or the oourt8, howover to oonrtrue liberally th8 ocrption 0r 

8D AotJ ve think by 8 kral ooa8tauotIoa of oonrlderlng the 

08DtiOlt Md the bodf Of the 8Ot together, ambulanoer 88 U8ed 

In tho tit10 IUAI 8mbululoe8 or other VOhiOl.8 U8ed for 08rrp 

Ing the rick or Injured, but in oonstruiztg the body of th8 Aot 

vlth th. tith, 88bUlUW.8 0 th.8. OthoF VOhio1.8 UP0 Of the 

l mo r g o n.typo8. o y For aa l xARplO of thi8 r-8tl’UOtiOR ve refor you to the oaw of CmOnV88lth 1~. Co, v. Finegold, 183 

9. Y. 83s. We are thrrrforo of tho oplnlon t&t bl oonrtrulng the title 8nd bady of Senate Bill go. 230 togothor 3n order 

t0 Ei8OOrt8in the iJitOIlt;On Of the bgi8btIlPe 8nb $0 8U8taill 

ths Dl’OVi8iolr Of the bill reforrlng 80 othor vehloler be8ide8 

l mbulanoe8, the ‘oth8r vehloler oommonl7 u8ed fa the tr8n8- 

portation or oonveymce of the 8IOk or Injured" l re tho8o u8ed 

for l MrgMeIe8. 

After ve have rerohed the foregoing owolu8I0n, the 

qUe8tiOn iWile 88 to Vhat the &gi8htUPO amat by “eaergency.” 

The bill doe8 not oontain any definition OS or direatfon a8 to 

vhen an e?UrgeaOy l Xi8t8J hovever, VO do not think th18 Onri8- 

8iOlk On the pl’t Of the kgi8l8tW@ OrOSt.8 any Invalidation 

OS the bill, for It rould be l lmo8t Impo88lble to 8trte in a 

lav every oondltlorr or ret of oIroum8t8noer fxm vhloh 8n emrgenoy might be uld to l rI8e or exlrt. In other vord8, the 

rtatute will Indloate th8 goner81 pollo~ and leave the enforoement and l pplioation to the dBhi8tr8tiVe OffiOer8. COP 

‘traot C8rtage Co. vr WorrI8, 59 F.. (2d) 537. 

The general p0110~ IndIo8ted by Senste Bill No. 230 

18 t0 l hAtltJ~ the 8afOtJ Of th8 PUbliO who rid. fn l mb dM O.8 

and to aOOOmDli8h thi8 end the bgi8latUrO pr88OrIb84 that 

oertaln squlpment be carried In the ambul8norr and that 

lrarned l ttend8nt8 l ooompany each vehlole vhloh 008~8 vlthin the DUPViOV Of thi8 bill. An emergemay 18 tran8Itory In 

0haraoterJ that 18, It may arlrr Or oba8e rt any aownt vlthout notioe. A8ruming conveyance OS the Injured or 8IOk to 

and from the hOrpitel8 I8 not ordlnarlly 8n emergenOyJ OirOumstance8 unforeseen oould arlre rnd often do vhloh would cause 

or change the 8ItuatIon to one of an l mergenoyJ one vhioh the 

presoribsd requIrennat.8 of thI8 bill would porsibly eah8nOe 

the 8ttfOtp of the perron conveyed. Furthermore, carrying persons to the hO8pital are most often done in Case8 Of cmergenOie8. 
Honorable Yorrlr U..lk88011, page 4 

In'vlev of th8 faOt 8n operator Burt determine whether or aot 

ho will o p er a l tB8rgeno~ o 8mbu~aaoor befOr ho undert8ker to 

perform 8t 811, Ye do not oonoelrs hov he 8ui fararve or look 

into the future and rtate be vill not u8e hi8 VehIole In l wr - 

genoie8, for he I8 unable to Sorotell or.pophe8J when 8 nonemwgono~ a*11 will tr4n88It into uk emergona~ RI88IO& Thor+ 

fore, 80 84 one vIl1 not ~80 hi8 *Oh%010 on emergeno~ 08118 

inVOlVO $00 -4 OOtttitl&MOiO8 iSO8 8 pFO8~8tiV@ ViOvgoint, 

and tf 8Wb 8 8t8tvBbSLt would l?OliOVO 8ll O,peX'8tOS $'FOB 8OOU1- 

Ing 8 permU, the 8pIrIt of the law would be~defe8tod uul Itv 

purpotte not l ehleved. 

It 18 therefore the OpiniOlA Of thir deportment th& 

your que8tIoo be anevered in the afrirtimtivs. 

PPROVXD OCT 22, 1943 

AVery truly your8 

ATTORHBY OE2PUt OF TEEUS 

3Il?ST &3SISTJ,T 

AZToRmY GZCiTE&L 

ROKtdb 

a AadL&M~ 

Robert 0. Kooh 

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