OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

mnorclblo Olin Oulbar8011, Ch8lam 

Railroad 008ml881~~1 or Toxar 

Au&An, Taur 

Opinion lio. O-6916 

Ror Qonrtruotlon or th8 

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Doar Sir: 

Or thi8 hpartmlnt tI8 rOihJ8~~~~10n 

Your lsttor of April 13 1946 requr8tr 

bo ry+ \ \ \ \ - 

rOiiOWing qUe8tiOU8: 

ArtiOlO glib, 8OOtiOn i(i) rOOd8 08 rOliOW8: 

VI* * + (Statute quoted in body or opinion) 

18 0 meahanloall~ rOfrlgOratod trOllor ruoh typo 

or "8peOitiiZed oqulpmOnt* 88 to pormlt thr Co%m.l8elon 
524 

uonorrblo Olla Oulborron - Paa8 2 

to amat a oarrior l Sproirllazd Motor Carrlor CzrtwoOf ruthorlzlng th8 tr8nrpor%atloa or oonimditi@ not 8pOOiiiO&ii7 Ilard ill MUOb 88OtiOn, bUt 

rhiah r.qtiPO tho IA8a Or 8UOh trailrr b trM8it? 

*2. 

tlon l(l), 

Vndor SUbdlv18iOn 4 of parqmph 3, Soooan tho Commlrrlon g r a l nt uthorltr a8 

a Sproltiltrd Motor Carrlsr to tranrport ocmmodltirr whloh do not rrquiro My rp8olrl b8vi08, 

raalllty or l qulpmont ior tho loading or unloading 

thoroor, but uhloh do roqulre 8pOOiti dW10@8, 

raOiiitiO8, or aqulpmmt ror thr prororv8tlon or 

the oominodlt~ la tranrlt? 

"3* Under tho rbwm Sootion, ozn the Comml88lon grant 8 Sprolallierd Notor Carrlor C8rtlfloat8 authorizing tho tran8portatlon of ury oomIIiOdity 8X0@ thO80 8pOOiriO~iiy MCAOd in 8Uah 8C+Ot1on, namely: 

"Hou8ohold 43OOd8, OfflOz fU'nltW8 and *quipDISOt, iiVO8tOOk, 1iVMtOOk fOOd8tUif, rWiU 

maohinrrp, grrln, tlmbor in it8 natural rtato, 

milk, uool mohair, 011 tlrld l qulpmont 8nd 

pipe used In the oon8truotioa rnd mainton~nor 

0r water llnas and pip8 llne8." 

88?tiOll 6(d) or HOU80 Bill 335 Or thz 42nd L8&8hturo Uots 1931, 42nd Log., page 480, ohapter 2771 lntroduord 

into our rtotutor Mat booam known 88 a8pooial Wmmodit~ Parmit8'. The Aot authorlzod the Rallrcmd bm8Ii88iOn to grant 

pomit8 ror the tranrportatlon oi thr rollouln 8poolrl ommOditi88: llVO8tOOk, llV88tOOk fzz68ttif, Sr8 ! n, fz~% Mobinrry, hourrhold 80068, tlmbrr rhan ln it8 natural 8tate, 

milk, wool, mohair znd 011 flold equlgmznt. by fiOU80 Bill 

1005 of the 45th h&i8htU?O (AOt8 1937, 45th La&, pago 651, 

ohapter 321) “U8od oitlos furniture and .quipOWt" Wa8 8dd.d 

to the 118t. 

In 19l,l the 47th Llgi818tU8 by BOU8b Bill 351 

(AOt8 1941 47th Le 

Saotlon8 Al, 5., 2 

., pago 713, oha tOr 442; Art1010 911 b , 

(d), Y. A. C. S. ! croated a 8pOOh1 Oh88 

or 00~0~ Oarrlorr to be known a8 wzpoolallzo4 motor Oarrler8w, 

the z88ential di8tinOtiOn Of whhioh 18 thr right t0 OPrrat* 

ov8r irregular rOUte8 on irregular 8OhodUlO8. 
Eoaonblo Olin OUlbOr8On - Pago 3 

525 

. 

SIOtiOn 2 Of HOU80 Bill 351 (Arti 911(b), SOOtiOn l(i)) mutdod SoOtiOn 1 Ot HOU8. Bill 6% of the 418% 

~(i818tUT8, 88 laondod by EOU80 Bill 335 of th@ 42~6 LO&r18tWe, by eddin@ thr rOllWing dafinltionrt 

"(11 *spooielit8d motor oerrior’ mom8 any 

prrron awning, oontrolllng, managing, oporatine, or oauring to br oplrated any motorpropelled VOh1018 U8Od in tranrportlng, OV8r 

l ny pub110 highwar ln thir Btato, over lrregular rout08 on lrrrgulrr rahrdulor, ror oomp8n88tion 8nd iOr thr general pub110 with 

r p eo i~il zQuo d ip m8nt, propwty r eq uir ing 

rpooializzd oquipmmt in tho tran8portation 

and handling thrr8of; provldod, that the torm 

'8prOializsd motor oarrlt4r1 88 Used in till18 

Aot zhall not apply to motor vehIolz8 operated 

oxolu8lvrly rIthIn the lnoorporated llmitr 

0r oltlor or townr; and, provided furthor t&o 

tera *rproIallzed motor 08rrIer 88 u8od 

horoln tied1 lnoluUo thoro oarrlorr who engage or derin to o ng al XOlU81Vzly g o in thz 

tran8portatlon or 1iVO8tOOk, liVr8tOOk reed8tUff, grain, rerm oaohlnsry, timber in it8 

natural rtatb, milk, wool mohair, or property 

requiring rpeoialized l qu i paont a8 that term 

18 horelnattrr dorinrd, or any ono, or mom, 

or thr rorsgoing named oommodltloi. 

7or the purpor. of thI8 Aot, the term '8pzO181- 

lred l Qulpmont* inoludrr, but 18 not llmltrd 

to blook ani taoklo, hoirtr, oraner, windlasror, 

gin ~0108, winOho8, rpeoial motor vohiolor, 

8nd ruoh other dovlorr 88 l ro nroo88ary r0r 

tho rafo and propor loedlng or unloading of 

proporty roqulrlng 8peolallzod rqulpment ror 

tho tranrportetlon and handling thereof. 

'lor thr purpo8r of thlr Aot, the term ‘property requiring epeolallzrd rquipment' la 

limited to (1) 011 field rqulpmsnt, (2) hou8ohold good8 and ueed offloe furniture end 

equipment, (3) pipe U8rd in the oOn8truotiOn 

md malntenanoo of w8ter lines and pips 1Ino8, 

and (4)~wnmodltIrr uhloh by re88on of length, 

width, wright, height, 81~0, or Other phySio*1 
.526 

EOllOr.bl8 Olin CUlbOl’8On - P.88 4 

ohereotrrl8tlo require tho u8o OS rpoolel do- 

~10.8, f8Oliltl88, or l qulpmnt rot tholr 

loadlhg, Ulmdlng, end tranrportatlon. 

7Or tho p~rpor. CU thl8 Aot, t&0 term '011 

ilrld .qulpn.nt* moan8 end lnoludr8 maohln.iy, 

Mtorielr, end oQui&8nnrnt lnold.ntal to or urrd 

in tho oonrtnrotlon, 'oporetlon, end malntonanoo 

Or r8Oilitie8 whloh 8r8 U8.d iOr th0 diroovory, 

produotlon, and proooarlng or natural g&8 .nd 

potroloum, end 8U.h mohlnory, Mtrrialr, and 

l qulpm.nt uhon u8od in tho oonrtruotlon and 

m8lnten8no. Of pip. 11li.8.' 

Sootlon 3 of Hou80 Bill 351 (Artlolr 911b, Sootlon 

6(d)) emsndod Seotlon 6(d) ot Hour. Bill 335 (42nd Lsglslature) 

and ioll0w.d th. WJmeratIon Of 8pooial oommodlti.8 originally 

oontalnod in Hour. Bill 335 With thr 8dCltlon of U88d offio. 

rurnlturo and l qulpm.nt whloh had boon addrd by Hour. Bill 

1005 of the 45th L.gIsl.tur.. 

Sootlon I ot'Hou80 Bill 351 (Art1010 pllb, S.otIon 5a) 

amended the 1929 and 1931 Aots to add Sootlon 58. Subseotion 

(b) or the added Sootlon 58 oolnolded with unondod S.otlcn 6(d) 

in the li8tillg Or 8pOOi8.l OOJmOditie8. Th18 l ~lUO~TCltiOn 

in rmonded Seotlon 6(d), whloh I8 the 881~ a8 in rub8sotion 

(b) or addrd S.otIon 58, in turn oorrr8pondr rith th. mumeratlon in th. rooond provlro or tho rlret paragraph 0r paregreph 

(1) p1U8 pert8 (1) and (2) or tho drrlnltloa or “property roqulrlng 8poolallz.d l qulpm.nt W in parrgraph (1) (Artlol. Pllb, 

Sootlon l(1)). 

Thr import or thorn l ameratlon8 or ap.0181 oommodltl.8 I8 that they hav. been 1.gI818tiV.ly r8mOVOd from 

any lmtatIon8, touohlng th. n.o.ssIty ror rp.oIa1Iz.d oqulpment In th.Ir h.ndllng and tranrportation, whloh would OOnrtitut0 oonditlonr to th. granting of 8 8p.Oi8ik.d motor 08rrIer 

0.rtIrlo.t. ror their transportation. (This 8pp11.8 with 

equal roroe to part (3) or th. dofInltIOn of VroPertY requiring 8pOoiO.lizOd Oquipment": “(3) pipe usad in the oc?- 

rtruotlon and malntenanoe or water lines and pipe iin.I,")o 

It is thl8 q~~setlon-0th. requirement Of 8p.Oi81IzOd 

.quIpm.nt for loading, UnlOadi!Ig and transportation--whloh I8 
. 

527 

Eonorablr Olin Oulbarron - Peg8 5 

the orux of pert (b) or the darlnltlon or *propartf rrqulrin( 

8p8Oi.liZ86 .quipll.nt”t 

%) OOmmOditiO8 whloh by rla8on Or length 

width, rai&hht, height, 8lZ., or other hy8 oal 

oh8raotrri8tio TOqtil’a thr U80 Of 8p.O P 81 i 68. 

~1088, iaOllltlO8, or l qulpmtmt ror their loading, unloading, 8nd tran8portAtion.a 

ThO rOrOgOiYJ8 hngU888 Or Pert (4) UprO88ly r88d8 

"loading, UIIlO&ding, rnd tran8portetionW. Likawirr, the 

pr.OediU8 d.ilnl':lon oiW8paolalIz.d l quipmrnt" in rubraotion 

(1) l ntp10~8 the lmguagr ‘end ruoh othrr doviorr a8 8re neoe8- 

8ary ror th. 8AiO And proper loading or unloading 0r property 

r.QuirIng rpeoielizrd l quipmmt for the tranrportAti0n end 

handling thrrror", 8nd the bar10 drrlnltlon oi 8 8p.oializ.d 

motor oarrlrr oontain8 the lsnguag. "property n,qulrlng 8p.o. 

1allz.d l qulpment in th. transportation And handling th.r.- 

0r.m 

ThU8, All the deiinitlOn8 .mbody th. oondltlon that 

ror any oommodlty not rnumereted to quality under part (I,) 

or t&a d~rlnltlon or Rproparty requiring 8p.oIelizod rqulpm.ntm, 

It mU8t be Or 8UOh 8 natur. that 8p~Oialit.d l quipmsnt 18 

neOo888ry in both It8 handling (loading and unloading) and 

tran8portAtlon. Th18 18 .lW ill harmony with th8 NOl’din(13 Or 

th. oeptlon to HOWO Bill 351 “and oonrmoditior roqulring 

rpeoialirrd l qulpm.nt in the trAn8pOrttatIon end handling thrreor". The only ruggrrtlon or A oontrary lagI8latlva purpora 

18 round in Srotlon 1 or Hour. Bill 3510-thr doolaratlon or 

polloy--but w. l r. olar in the OPiniOn thet the unAmbIguou8 

provision8 or tho 8plOiriO daiinitionr within th. Aot 8h0uld 

br hold to provAil over th. language in the g.n.rald.olaratlon 

or poii0y. 

W. thrreror. answer your que8tlon8 1 and 2 in tha 

negative; namely, that thr Rallrmd Ccmmi88lOn 18 wIthout 

Authority to grant A 8pOOi8iiZOa motor 0arrI.r oartlrl0ata 

ror th. tran8portetlOn 0r rr0z.n foods (not one or the 8PCCi81 

OOmmoditi.8 li8t.d) r.qUIrIng 8pOOI8lIZOd AquIpmOnt--A 

m.ohanloally rrrrlgeratrd trallsr--in transit only, or for 

the tranmportatlon or Any oommodity not 118t.d a8 A 8P.Olai 

Oomu@dIty &IIO~ do.8 not mqulr. 8peolaliz.d l pulpment in It8 

loading end unloading, even though 8p..iallZOd l WiPment -Y 

k nroarrary la it8 tranrportatlon. 
Honor8bl8 Olln Culbrr8on - Peg8 6 

ti MlN8T t0 fOW third fJUO8tiOli, it 18 OUT Opinion 

th8t in l ddltlon to the UIumrratod rpeolal oo8unoditir8, the 

Rellroed CO8d88iOn 18 l uthorizrd to &T&at 8 8p.Oi~iZ.d 

motor oerrlrr orrtlrloeta ror #a tranrportetlon or a 8p@OiriO 

oommodlty whI8h by r8880n or ltr 

qUiTor the ~88 Of 8proialirrd l qu P prunt 

hyrloal oheraotorl8tlo8 raIn it8 loading, un108ding and tren8pOrtetion. It would bo rrqulred, Of oour88, 

thet the order and orrtiiioat8 in rush 0880 rpaoiiy the oommodlty ror tho tranrport8tlon 0r whloh thr 8p8~18lit@d motor 

o8rri.T OUtifiO8t8 h88 boon grantrd. 

YOlW8 very truly 

BY sllw 

'A88irtent 

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