**I !**  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&sventhLa&la- 'Lltelase

Lav. Artlale 2# Seatlon

tper8onaaMeamwtSzmuli-

"2. **&QP pel** **’ 8Oll**  **VhilS driving**  **OF OMrSting**  8ny roadmschlne, farm traotorr or lxuplwnt ofHonorable H-r t#aldSOP,Jr., Dlreetor, Page 2

hu8bandFy temporarily operatedor moved m a
E!iiieEP 8na y 8 uri

motor vehlole in an emer genoy; l + l

We ootloe that the phrase 

### %mporar3.lyoperatedor moved on a highway" 18 not defined in Howe Bill 20. There

### forG,said phrase im to be given itll OcQmnon

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

### forit tomean the aam4 

### ar itme8n8 Vehlolo ROg~8tr8tlOn **LaV,** Art1016 

### 66750. Artiole 667~lq **plWidO8 Ib8**  **fO11OV8t**

**“ (q)**  gJ 'operated

### ormoved 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** 

### fanstraotor **18** eponted **temporarily** on th4 htghvay for purpose of hauling a trailer loadedvlth aotten to the gin. Iti8 ouroplalonthattho&flxlltlanofthe term 'operatedor 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 

### int&J 0-b 

### OfBOPnVI. ReWb8, 

### n 8.w. **(26)** 

### 737,stated a8 **fOllOV8:**

"Tb+3 a@'OCId8tsteEWlt8hoW8 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, andmateriel 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 

### year1934.. Ths appmllees me engaged ln enforoing the law pertaining t0 the OpW6itlOn Ofmotor 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;panthe h%@lVayS W%thout paying the reglrtratlon tax.

-*Artiale6674a-2,Vernont8 Ann. Clv. St. in 80 far a8material 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**  **ap** ply 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 ormoved tespomrlly Upon the **h%ghVapi Shell**  **not be**  required **t0 Fsg%Ster**  **8UCh farm**  tractors, farm-trailera,fem-semi-trailers, or ilE~hilGIlt6

Of hU8bandry.'

'The t&greed8tatspranf Of faOt8 **8hOV8** that **appellsntts tmrok**  **va8 used**  exolualvely in oonneotlon vlth the b~8ins88 of hi8 farm end m8 **wved** .andoperatedbuttez%pcMy onthe highvajreand under the fnterpretatlenof 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 rulevould be applicable in interpretingthe **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"Inorder to opewte ln the 8tamer you dercribe.