OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Mrah 10, 1941 

m8mr4ble xomsr aarriaaa, Jr., Mrecto~ 

krpmtmmt of PubUo &f&y 

C-P l-m 

h8tln, Tern8 

we 4re la rece ter of February 

ion or this dsyour latter 4s 

fide farmer vhcre Cal0 use or 

uck is to haul his ovn produce, inclutllrkg cattle, rvlne, etc., that he h4s Ntloed 

himself , to market, entitled to the total execptian as derlned ia R.C .S., Art. 6675a-2 md 

as hold by ttre Court in Roan v. RBQVBS, 77 9-W. 

(26) 737, or la he aal: entitled to the 8POxWald 

503 raductim?” 
Xaoonblo Boprr aarrlraa, Jr., rag. #Z’ 

In muv*r to your fbrt and reocmd quertiar ve 

wdltnt to Artia 667-a vhich reds in -a 

“when a oosm4rolrl motor vohlolr nought 

thereof of laborers from their place of maidenroe, and nuterlalr, toolr, equlparclat 8ad suppll.8, vlthout ohargo, from the plaoo of purch68e or 8tOrage, to hl8 0vn fSa or ramh, 

eXChBiVely iO? hiB own U88 Or USa m l uzh 

farm the F3gi8tlrati3C llo~ee fee, for the 

veight 01888ifiCatiQl8 herein mentltxmd, shall 

be fifty per cent (5C$) of the rcbgi8tl‘atlan 

fee pr.rorlbed for Ve 

il&h 

t Qh88ifiOatiCCiS hi 

sectiai 6 (Ilrt. 66 5a 

amnded l l l .” f 

) o? the Act heroby 

Ck&wlining our8 ) 

The ter!n “oo;rmo~oiU motor vehicle’ w used by 

the Legirlrture in the rbotie quoted &tlcls 18 defined in 

: Art1010 6679-1 a8 follovrr 

"(1) 'Cwralal Notor Vobialo' lllOWl8 

my motor vehicle other thm l motoxwle 

dOri&M3d O? Used to? the t?lUl8~?tdiOll Of 

~psrtt, lricludin~ eve- rehiclo ured for 

delivery pua’porer . 

In both Of the 098e8 you 8Ubdt In your fIrat 

tV0 qUO8ti~8 the indiV;dUal $8 not Using R "nOlQl%B~til 

motor vehlcleR (U defined by the tegi818tWO) Ody itI 

the trm8portatiCex of hi8 me poultry, dairy livestock 

uid fmm product.8 to narkei. %J i8 UBine 8amC to? the 

tral¶8poX%htil23 of products that ho purchases *ox others 

d80. It la apparent that the individual ln either -86 

you outline should not be entitled to the reduced license 

tee hs p?C38CPibf3& In the above quoted Article. 
. 

Ia llno tith the above rebsonlng this department 

ruled in opmoa HO. o-527 as r0iiw88 

%O U@ Of thb OpiaiOIIr thOPO?oXW, t&t 

thb barefIts of the Avt101e aoorw oly to a 

pbrson vho tansports Us ova produots to markbt Or Othbr $KhtS so? ml0 Or pXV?OSS8ing, 

and is not for the bmat 0r l p mmm, u adlorted la your. inquiry tbt vould be trsnrport- 

~prodUCt8 pUX'ChBS.d fromSnothor f8rmer l l 

. 

It 1s t.h*'opinlon of this deraH.ment, therefore, 

thnt ths indlvldurls nssmtlamd in your questions ano and 

tvo vould not be entltled to the 5H reduotlm on farm 

truck 1108ZlSS8 S8 defined la h?tiCie 6675&h, 8Uplr. 

In roux' third questlai the truck 1s used by a banr 

fide iarmor vho wee said truck mly for purposes of hauling 

hi8 ovn produce to markrt inoludlng cattle, etc., vhlch he 

bilDBelf hS FS18Od. YOU S8k vhother said lablvidwl 18 emtitled to the fmn lloenre plates at the 5% ?eductlaD as 

provided la Article 6675a&, or vhether sold ipdlvldual 1s 

entltlod to the to-1 l xm@lon pr~~Idod for la Article 

6679-2. Article 6675~2 VU oaaotod u a part of the vhole 

reglstratlao l8v in 1929. h?tiOl@ 6679dr, SUPFS, -8 8alacted la 199 and VaS UI blmdmsnt for 9IP908SS of axtending 

l 5% reduoed license fern to oortala naeammpt vehlolSs. 

It did not affect the status of vehloles that vere totally 

ox;mpt undo? Artlole 667-4. Bean v. Reeves, 77 S. V. (2d) 

. 

Artlclo 66751~2 reds as fOiiOV8r 

'Svery ovner of b motor vehicle, trailer 

or reni-trailer used or to be used upao the 

public hlgtnraga of this Stato,mdwchchauffour, 8hS11 apply each JOU’ t0 t&O State E%ghvay Departzmnt thmugh the Comty T8.x Collector 

of the County In vhich ha ?e8ldeS fO? the reglstratim of each such vehicle omed or controlled 

by him, or for * ohautBur'8 11CSXl80, to? the en- 
Xamrablo Xom6r Oudsaa, Jr., Pag6 i4 

sulngor Cuvr6ntCslendArJ6ar 6rm6xpLr6d 

portion thereofl provided, hovever, that 

ova6rs of f8.m tzwtorr, fsrm tr8iller8, farmtrailers hro oprrted in conformity to bll proYi8iCQS Of the &v 8aYO a nd l XoOpt the ?6qul?6- 

mart8 as to rag:stratiw and 1106nse~ sad grovidlng further t&t the exemptlaos in this 

s66tin 8b11 sot applr to any Sam-trailer or 

fsrm-reml-tnrller vhen the ~068 veigllt. exceed8 

4,000 pounds; provldc?di that 03 l%rm-trailer or 

fsrm-86mI-tawller vlth meal tires shsll b6 

permitted to opente rt a speed Ah aotrsa of 

flft66n (15) tiles per ho\pJ and further provided, that the exemptlam 3i thlc SCctian 

ohs11 not apply to 6ny f6m-tlSll6r or rsrm86ml-Wile? vlth stecl tires of a vidth 1688 

thur th?66 iaCh68 o&m'i%ting in 6Xc088 of fiito6n 

(15) rilrs p6r hour: snd prOYlding, further, 

tbt th6 6X6BQtiCU ia this 8WtiOll Shdl not l Pply to say fhrm-trisll8r or f8mu46ml-trUl6r vh8n 

th6 - I.8 used for hire. P?OVid6d, hOV6Y6?, 

it shall bo unl8vN to operate 8ay tmller or 

rut-trriler at nJ+ht vlthout l ?av nd light 

or rud r6floctcrs. (lhdu~ ours) 

The shove quoted Art1016 roqulrer that in ord6r for 

QIO of th6 8peclflcd v6MCl6S .nUU6?6t6d th6ulula to b6 6X6qt 

the same au8t ba ‘operated or moved tmporully upca the hlghMm: The b&i8htUlW d6tlnbd uid t8I'm in tit1016 6679-l 

la the r0iioving lmguags: 

"(q) By 'operated or moved tmtporarIly 

UpOn th6 hi&f878’ 16 lil6Ukt the Op6l'@tim OC 

scimeying bstvean different frrrms, and the 

opQmt,lcm or conv6ysac6 f?Ola the oVa6rt8 fir13 

to the plaC6 VhQrQ hi8 f6I’S ~POdUC6 18 prepimad 

to? mmket or vhere 8.me I8 sctually mket6d 

MU ?6tw.‘ (md6?llning OW8) 
. 

Eaaorablr Xom6b aarrls~, Jr., P-6 #5 

Allrad v. a. C. &3#6-, 61 8. Y. 75, b6ld. that b vat6r 

truck VU WI ilBJd6lSUlt of huabaadr~ Vithirr the 810enlq 

of th6 Sbov6 quoted hX'tiOl6 Slid thSt th6 S6mS VSS Opo?*tbd 

or rov6d t6mporarlly on the hi&vaym booauno it va8 opera6d for O-Y6 

2 

V8t6?b6tUWB fUWS. fo'lirr6Yit.h th. 

abOV6 th6 &b~ 10 COU?t Of oiYi1 App6dS a th6 O&S6 Or 

Bean Y. Roovos, n 8. V. (26) 737, diSo USS6d l t%c t 8itWt1m l s follffsr 

"The a@eed 8tlbtePl6nt 8hCW8 th6 follwinga 

The 8mltit liY68 UpOn aad OWlWt68 8 farn 

la Lubbook Comty md ?ai868 cottm, fed., and 

live stock thereon. H6 OWlI 8 W6-tO?l FC?d 

truck, vhlch he operator haa tlae to tlae tsa- 

;oM?ily Cn the hi&W&y8 ;f the 8t6t6 in t?aa8- 

-porting cotton f?aB his fam to th6 gin, farm 

product8 ).O the City 9f Lubbook, md mBte?lrls 

thor6fma to anO i9r use on him f8rm; but the 

truck 18 operatad and used OXOlU8iY6ly in tollnsoticm vlth the business of the tam.” 

rho Court held a8 f9lloWc 

'The &greed StAt6mont Of fSOt8 #hour that 

l ~6llUlt'S truck MS u86d 6JcOlu81YOly in CWnectlai vlth the bU8in688 Of hi8 hmn sad ~68 

moved and opaNt6d but ~o~orullly ca thd hi&- 

vrys ql undar *As intorpr6trtIon of Artlola 

66792 bjr the Suprea~ Court la Allred v. J. C. 

&golma, Inc. 61 S. V. (24) 75, 91 A. L. R. 

417, th6 truak VU Ca 'lmphnwnt Of hwtmidry’ 

and exempt f?m~ rsglrtrat:c92 fOeI." 

Th6 lnd2vldual ycu ?Cf6? to Jn you? quootlan No. 3 

OpOMt6B hi8 txuck !n the 8621 a maMe? 8s 6pS6lh’lt owr6t6d 

hi8 truck in the @.%!ve r,uctec: ckee. It 18 the Opinim Of thi8 

department, t,heref orb J tbe.t acid motor vehlzlc 18 entitled to 

the to-1 6xemption coatolnec: in Artlcl+ cs753-2, supra, Inrtoad of only the "JC$ reductlcn provided fez in Article 

W7sa-6, 8upra. 

lour~ very truly