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! OFFICE OF THE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAE 

AUSTIN 

G-O.- 

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Honorable Homer Cfwrlson, Jr., Dire&or 

~hqu&ml& of Public sasety 

mstln, Texas 

We are in 

in vhloh you re@es 

qgestlon oontainsd 

of the Fort$w&sventh La&la- 

' Lltelase Lav. Artlale 2# Seatlon 

tper8onaaMeamwtSzmuli- 

"2. &QP pel’8Oll VhilS driving OF OMrSting 

8ny road mschlne, farm traotorr or lxuplwnt of 
Honorable H-r t#aldSOP, Jr., Dlreetor, Page 2 

hu8bandFy temporarily operated or moved m a 

E!iiieEP motor 8na y vehlole 8 uri 

in a n emer g eno y ; l + l 

We ootloe that the phrase %mporar3.ly operated or 

moved on a highway" 18 not defined in Howe Bill 20. ThereforG, said phrase im to be given itll OcQmnon and ordinary 

m. We believe that in u8ing 8uoh phra8e~fihe.mLs~e~ature 

intended for it to mean the aam4 ar it me8n8 

Vehlolo ROg~8tr8tlOn LaV, Art1016 66750. Artiole 667~lq 

plWidO8 Ib8 fO11OV8t 

“(q) gJ 'operated or moved tentpomarlly upon 

thG -898 18 -t th0 O~X'atlOll Or 002iYea 

ktveen different farms, and the operation or oonvoysrme from the ounerP'8 farm to the place where 

hi8 famproduoe 18 prepared forPurrketorvhere 

lame i8 aOtWlly marketed and MXX?IL' 

In your -80 the fans traotor 18 eponted temporarily 

on th4 htghvay for purpose of hauling a trailer loaded vlth aotten to the gin. Iti8 ouroplalonthattho&flxlltlanofthe 

term 'operated or n~ovcrd temporarily on th&hQhv8yr* in Artlole 

667%1 veuld aover ruoh operation a8 you dosor%be. The Amarillo 

&Ul't Oi atvil m-8 in t&J 0-b Of BOPn VI. ReWb8, n 8. w. 

(26) 737, stated a8 fOllOV8: 

"Tb+3 a@'OCId 8tsteEWlt8hoW8 the fall 

!Phe appellsnt l&v98 uponand operate8 a farm 

Lubbock oounty and red868 aottan, feed, and live 

rtook therGon. He ovn8 a cum-too.Fordtru&, vhlah 

he operate8 frantimetot3metemporarlly on the 

highvoylr Of the 8tStO ti tXWl8pOl't~ e@ttOIl troa 

US farm to the gin, farm pNdUOt8 to tha oitp of 

Lubbook, and materiel thereiran to and for ~841 on 

hi8 farm; but the truok ir operated aad u8ed OXolu8lvely in OaMsotlOu tith the bWb.bO8e Of th# 

farm. He did not register the tNok or pay any 

lloen8e fee thereon for the year 1934.. Ths appmllees me engaged ln enforoing the law pertaining 

t0 the OpW6itlOn Of motor VehiOlW On tao~bigans8 

and threaten to arrest and pronecute appellant or 

his driver of the mmhlne for the vlolatlon of the 

18~ if he driver, the tNOk u;pan the h%@lVayS W%thout paying the reglrtratlon tax. 

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*Artiale 6674a-2, Vernont8 Ann. Clv. St. 

in 80 far a8 material to thl8 appeal, provldesa 

%very ovner of a motor vebl.016, trailer or 8emltrailer used or to be u8ed upon the public highvays of Ws State, and reh ahauffeur, 8hall apply 0aoh year to the State Highvay Dqartment 

through the County !l!ox Col.leotor Of the County in 

vhioh he l'O8idOS fOl' the I'egl8tl'8bloIl Of Oaoh 87.&I 

vehicle ovned or oontrolled by him, or for a 

ohauffew'8 llcen80, for the emuing or ourrent 

oelemlaryear orunexplredportlonth8reof;provided, hovever, that owner8 of farm traotors, farm 

trailers, few-se&-tnller8, and implements of 

husbandry, operated or moved tespomrlly Upon the 

h%ghVapi Shell not be required t0 Fsg%Ster 8UCh farmtractors, farm-trailera, fem-semi-trailers, or 

ilE~hilGIlt6 Of hU8bandry.' 

'The t&greed 8tatspranf Of faOt8 8hOV8 that 

appellsntts tmrok va8 used exolualvely in oonneotlon vlth the b~8ins88 of hi8 farm end m8 wved 

.and operatedbuttez%pcMy onthe highvajre and 

under the fnterpretatlen of artlale 66754x-e b th8 

Supmae Court in Allred VI J. C. BnglsDsan, TX&e., 

61 3. W, (ad) 7?j, 91A. L. R. 417, the tNtlk vw an 

'impl~toflnulbandry'and~tfrcmre~tretion feea." 

In the above qwted oa8e tha mart held t&t the u8e 

of a truolc for purpoee8 of hauling ootton from a fana to a g3n 

va8 Opfmbtfmg tempOwily on the h%@vGyE of this stat0 tithin 

the rorning Of the lW&8tr+StiOU StatUtO. It 18 OUF Op%ZdOIl 

that the same rule vould be applicable in interpreting the 

definition of suoh phrase a8 used In Rouse Bill 20, the nov 

Drlvern4 Lloemse Law. Youtrretherefore mlyisedtbatin our 

opinion the peroon you Fnqtimii about would not be required to 

obtain a dr%ver~~ lloense"In order to opewte ln the 8tamer 

you dercribe.