Honorabk Jullra Rtontgorrery Etrta HIghway Eogkeer **Austin. forss** 

**mar strr**  **ipklon No.**  **o-2011** Ro: h which county should tba buses of the All bmorlcan Bus L.&~S. Inc., k ro~isterrd7
W’a we k rscript of your letter of &btarch 4, 1943, In whkb you request aa opkloa **of this**  **department es**  **to tie.**  **county ta**  nhkh the **buses VT** **thhr**All Amrrlcan Bus ~Lnes. **lncorporatod, should**  bo rogtstcrd. ?be followkpl facts are cmtalnat in your Ietter:

‘Tbe hll **Amsrk*rr** Bus :..ines. lacorporatec. **is** l **Delaware Corporation**  **with Its**  **corporata hebdquarters**  **in Los**  **rrsgeles.** CbUfornla Ii operatea motor **buses through**  **the** Stata **uf Tewc:**  l**x.** cluaivoly **inter state**  **They** du not have l p rmlt **to do**  business **k Texas**  l **I** l **foreleo corporation.**  neither **do they**  **have n**  **common-trrrkr** pomnit frmn the Edlrum! C-Ynmtssion to traasport passengers for hlra. **but cperrtr**  **‘ tin** **a pennuwnt**  **fed eral**  **l4ajunctioa Lssuod**  **In Trrvk**  **Cotrnty out**  **of the**  **ban Antonto**  **Federal** Uhtrlct **Court.**

‘They o pu ra t a lcrws Toras over L’

. S. Hlghray **77 worth**  **of C1ekesrllb**  **to Dalks**  l **sd over**  **U. 6**  Highway 60 **to El**  **Peso and**  **to the**  **aorthwost bto**  **New Mlsxku.**  .Ths prlacipal place **of busiaess**  **to** Dallas whore an agoat is amplayed who k b chdrga of tbo Tour cad :. ldahoma burinc*r. They alsa hare aa bttoraey k Dalks npon whom rarvke may bo had. ln addttloa tu this, they mbintak sorvke garqps LaDdhs 8nd **El %se**  for **servkhg and**  rrpairiag **their buses.**  **’**. .

Hon. Julleo Montgomery, page 2

h oplalon No. O-2053 tbts dopmtrnsnt discussed the questloa of la which county tbc motor vehklcs of a forolga **cwporatloa should**  **bc rcgistcrcd**  **crad In**  answer **thercto ruled**  as follows: 4nztlclc Of7b of the Penal Cede, provldcs la part aa follows;
4 ‘Sec. 2. A a~arosldcat owner of l **motor** vcblclc trctlcr **or semi-trailer**  whtch hoc bean duly reg1stcrcd for the **current** year In the **State** or county ef whhb the owner la a resident and la accordascc with tbc laws tbcreof, **may.** in Ibu of registerlop, such vchlclc as otherwise required by f&w, apply to the State WtghWay Lepartmcnt throu$u a couaty T8r Collector fur the ragtstratlon thereof cc provided by few.

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**4brtkk 8L7b,**  **Scctlon** 1. of the Scan1 Code, defines l ‘ non-rcsfdeat’ es follows:

a ’ *Non-residentm **mans** every rcs(dcnt of a state or county other tbaa the State of TOWS whose sojourn k this State, or whose occupatlan, or place of abode, or bushess in tbls State, If my, co*rrrs a total **perkd** afn ot **more** than omc hundred mkd tventy dsys fn the cdcttdar year. ’
% ybur qucstloa you state thnt the non-restdent regularly opcratos into or through **TCXM.** :>bvloasly. you are +onecracd wlth the county of registration of 8s ladWdua1 or corporstion th8t would not bc a ‘ mm-rcs(dont’ as deffacd abow.

**‘ The**  effect uf the fe~fshtlvo dofinltlon of ‘DOSIrestdeat’ as quoted above la to mehe a person or corporetlon who la a legal nsLdettt of another stl but **operates** in Tens formore then one hundred andtwenty (IL51 days a year a ‘rosfded of Texas for ro~tstr~tfon~purposcs.
l ft la the opfaton of thfs depcrtmrnt that a foreign corporation wbkh has been made a ‘ nabfeat’ of Tcus for registration purposes should bs treatadas other reslde8t or domostk eorporatlams for thb purpon and thnt tha county of resldoace of such 8 eorporstka ts the couaty of Its phc@al pluo of bwlsess h this 6tde In llw with our dlscussloa la eoawctles rltb questlea 2 (b), rupra.

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. . . %I course Uu above would be qwlU&d by the rules heretefon mentioa*d nprrdtba ngtstrotlon of tbo motor vohkles b7 porsons In lo& control or fn k*bl posscssIon as ***owac~s ’**  udw **iutkk** 6675e2, supra. h such l easo tha motor vebkks could k rqlskrad la the c o unty of r cs&lcact~

of lUh0r of tbc l owwr** u defiwd b Artkfe 6673s~1 (t). Ako. lf the foro~rr rorporatioa or 80n-nsident IadlAIwl ham no place of b\ukss that would 81~ It a cottatty of ro~fdeaco k tbls btste ss d1~coss.d broh but the motor nhkloo on h kgol porm0srkn or losol control of on agent or iadlvidual 

### rho has a cotmtyof reslde.ue in Taamsthrn In l uh cuc such motor whkles woub%hsvs Lobe **rogkkrrd k**  **tlw** county ol tlm l~gd pesscssor’ s or k@ csatrolfer’s rosfde8eo. XC follys of aoeorslt7 nloo that if the fonl~r corperstlon or rlarr-rostdomt tndivtdual has DO ‘count7 of ruftkwe ’ **In Texas**  **u dkciused**  **rbovm and**  l **ko ha8wa~eator**  **hdlvWalhlO8a8wh0la lOgat**  **puuuor or**  w8trollar **ef #a**  **notor v~hkks.**  then Mid fadlvidtl41 or corpot&ttoa mry npor the motor vohlclos In uy cat7 h Tour. ln you letter you skte that UISprklpal place d bustmess of the All krurksa bus L&s, btcorporated, fa Term la ba Cdfm County. ft k our optaku, tborofore, thst the bases hcloa lq to l wh eorpwstloo must be **nplsknd in**  **arid county.**  

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## l le& right of pessessloa’ war uld vohkks. In such coso t&7 could also k nglstond tmtbo countyNoa. Julka Moatgoomry, w5* 4

Of l Wh bad)OSHO~OTí 8 01 kati **COdVOlk?% ?O8idOMO.**  Thk departmoat doflmd the tenam ‘lo& rl&t cl poosouloa’ 

### and -logal right of camtr01~ br ophloa No. O-2105 lI follows:

**‘ h**  hoklq **to tha**  **porpore khkcI**  **ck k&-**  lath doltnlttar of tha term ‘owau’ lt to lw opiaka that tba k@atwe tnteaded to provide a method whonby motor v&l&s which are aktkaod la l pmtkukr couaty for the armatar portfoa of l rqktrUka yeu k the poou*rloa aad eoatrol of m bdlvlduai who.lm8 nsfdont of that county, who bar alI the righta h (h motor vahkh that the ownor would hn with **rho aau~ptloa**  **ol lolaI**  ttth **could k**  rog~knd la the c o unty 6s l wh &ldlvidwl’m 

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‘UBt l wh p6.#8mka or coatrol wouldhwa to k of l p oamae at nature 6~ met oae abject to klag dlnrtod et say time by the lo+ titkholder wtthla the nuenBblo caLpoctattoa of the p4rtt.r Btthe tkna of the rqlstrdfoa of the metor *rhkk

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**gCIlt Would**  bc #bon Such louti r(lht Of COdFOt OF b#d rf2ht **of Po@Mnrbr.**  **h tit6**  **COO** autka, **kowovor,** ruch cc butrcancnt dnw8 up for purporo8 of •V~B~OWI of the motor vchlclr rcgtstraticm law &eve quoted wouldcot of ttrolf 8cfflco to mckc 8UChporron cc ‘OwMr* wlthln the moaning of the rcglstrmtioon l tatutc.

. . .- You UC th4refotc hdvtrod that the **motor buroe**  of tho All **&nerlcm** Bur L&or, ineorpcrctcd, **under** tbc **fact@ stated**  **In yuur**  lcttcr rbould bc **re5tater.d h**  Dcllc8 County ucle88 acme of 8uch buses lc #athe lop1 po88c881on or logo1 control. c8 dofincd cbovc, of cc ladlvidccl who rortdo~ h caotbcr cow&y cad to ruch cc80 8ctd burcr coold bc rogl8tcrcd La 8-h other county, l! iurs very truly, ATTORNbX GENESAL OF T&M

By a/ auly GOldboT~
Ahcclrt4nt BG:LMtv **APPROVED** MAR 26,194O **8/** Gerald c. M&an **Attornay Goaual**  **of** Toxcs
**APPROVrn OPINION**  COMMITTER BY BWB, CHAlRMAN