490 

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

kpartment 02 A&oulture 

&u&In, T-e8 

OpiBtOSi fi0. oRmr Doa a elt 

it- r-it 0u8ta 

l 6ib r u8 a a Be,* l w 

mnti0n0a I-, ma 

oatioa r0r l pa&oree an4 poet a bond, 

ful pertormame 

produeeri ur4/6r 

he trasweota oltrue bodneaa? 

. 88 w Ih the 8bote mentionad law, 

(6) or 80etion (11, 8 a0finition 

trozulpor8iry 6geltt. It 18 wp~t 

that the law a80lls under pmmmur, ai Denalt~ that 

au tm~portbg qmta tr~nrporting 0itmS rr0m 

th0 gron, to the aakiag houne 8h0a tiou3.a have 0 

'8 iaonclrloatton oard, en& 

l h0da be OS 8uBh aax aad 
Dspsrtment 0r Agriculture, page i3 

that the oard 18 to be applied rOr by the dealsr 

by Whom the tXWWCJXwUJ sgeat 18 UpiOpVd. 

"If you wmver %a the negative oa the prsrious question, the oustarm paoksr requlns transporting sgents to tranwort the irult to the 

paoklng shed, yet sush paoker not bnlng a Seder 

ua6er the prwisloas Of the Aot eOUld not rVqUe8t 

the lesuaaoe uaaer pr0~lslons 0r the law rot l 

trsnsportdng agont ldeatlrloetlon osrd. 

*Is this the rl@t assumption? xi not, pleaec 

MS-~ rully. 

"Question 190. Sr Y your saswsr is that s 

paoker is not requirra to prosure a lioease under 

the Aot, but usn rsqusst thrt this Dspertmsllt Issue transportlag agent identIiloetloa oarUs to 

his transporting agents, Ii the traasportlng agent, 

as has been round in aumerous oases, dlrrrts to 

his ma or othsr*s use a portlon at the oltrus 

iwit betwssa the grate and the shed to nblsb the 

rmlt 18 to be aellferea, *ho is mmponslble for 

suoh Tlolatlon, tho traMportIng sgu% or the 

dealer, or both? The e&en% is ths transporter 

of the dealer, or Ia this Instsaoe, the sustom 

paoker. Thererore, lr Che ous%om paoker does no8 

00ny1 under pmriniom at the Aat, -ia this law 

have say baarIng oa him even though he is deaLlng 

in oitrus mit rorthe purpoaa 0r paaklng same 

ror barter? who *aa be rssponslbls roof tho 

agent's rioletlon ii 8uOh vm.~sportlng agent haa 

been employetl by the custom paoksr? Who 1s the 

dealer in thls lnstsaoe Ii the custom paokm Is 

not?* 

In opinion Ho. o-ZbOa, aadreenoa to Hon. Tom L. 

Hertley, Criminal Distrlot Attoraoy, Mlnbur&, Tsxss, 

this depament has ssrefully sndlpasd the doflnltlons 

of ths words wpaokeP, adealera, sub *hemSlo* es used In 

&eatlou 1 or Art~ole 118b, Vsraoa*s Annotated Civil Stotutes, i.e., the Tern8 Bonding and Lioeaslng Aat. 

While the deoislon reaohed in that opinion 18, 

as stated therein, applloeble onIT to the tacrtusl sltuatloa uac?er oonslaeratlon, ws see no reason ior shssglag 
492 

Departmeat 0r Agrloulturs, page 3 

or ffiodltylng our oontatruatlon of deflaltloas whloh are 

sxpllolt sad anemblyous in reapsot to tbelr word-. 

Ssotloa 1 (1) 0r Art1010 U8b. suprs, doriaes a 

*paulcer* 88 r0ii0w8: 

*Aaypereon who prspares antl/orpaaks oltrus 

trult or its produots for barter, ssls, exahaage 

or 0hlpment .- 

10: 

A "dealerr aooordlag to Ssotlon 1 (0) 0r the Ad, 

"Any persoa who handles fruit, es the word 

*handle' is derlnsd la (d) of this seotloa * * l * 

saotioa 1 (d) aerinos ths word “had&“, a0 toilows: 

*Yeaa@ buying or Oiierlag to buy, sslling or 

ordering t0 crell, or 6hipping for the puqose ot 

sslllng, Whether as owner, agent or otherwise, 

uiy oltrus fruit within ths stats or Texas, aad 

persoas buying and/or shipping oltrus rrultlbr 

oaanlag and/or proeeselng~ hanUsr8, as the term 

IS derlaed.w (Uaderroorlng 01~8~ wo think it 

should be *ax@). 

The presenoe 0r the two respective derlaitions 0r 

wpaokerw 0ad wat4alor* in the aeriidng seatlon 0r the Aot 

ladloates sa latention oa the part of the Leglslatuke to 

alstingul8h the two olasuliloatlons. 

On the other hand, it is obvious that a apaoksra 

.m?lght sl.80 be a Tkbalsra, sad rloe versa. 

A Dpt301cera, however, as derined fn ssotloa (f) 0r 

~rt;;~ls;18b, supra, is not aeosssuily snd sutoamtloslly 

th: hot. 

*, 85 the latter is aerinea in Oeation 1 (a) 0r 

We fall to preoelve that the words: 

* * * + prepans sad/or paoks oitrus rrult 

or its produots rorb*rter, mile, exhhaage or 

ehiplaeat." 
493 

Dapartnaat or frgriouiture, page 4 

meap the scup thing es the words: 

w a * * buylAg or orrerlag to buy, selll~ or 

0rrerhg to mail, or @hlp?lng ror the purpaaa or 

selling, whether as owner, ageat or otharwlaa, 

any oltrus rrult within the Gtste or Texas, snd 

personr buying ens/or ehlppl~g oitrus rmt ror 

oannlng and/or prooaael~ 2 hanale~rs, as tha 

term 18 derl2ad.a (Undersoorlna ours). 

It 1s not to be pmmamed that the Laglslature, in 

deilnlng these wmds separately, had in mind a dlstl?lotlon 

wlthmt a dlflsranae. 

Under 8eotlw 4 or Ar%lsio ll8b. supam, deoliu 

with wllosasa rea aooorripsnylng applioatlonw, the follaulng roes ara presorlbear 

"(1) For lloensa as s g6salor* or @hsaaler* of 

oltru0 rmit, th8~sum of Tweatydl*e Dallars ($85). 

"(2) Ybr lloense as a ~o0ml6rlon merahantg 

end/or 'oontraot dealer’, as the term is in this 

Aet. derlnea, mmprire Doll8rs ((bea). 

tlm 

"(5) Yor lloenea as a 'rinlmuu 06sh aesiar' 

ma or Ylre I)olbm ($5). 

SUE 

"44) YW a lloanse as a 'b-6 agent*, ths 

0r an0 ~0iim (ai). 

the 

*(5) For a lloanaa as a ~traosportl~g qant*, 

sum or 0~0 mllar ($l)." 

iba wa pointed out in oplaioa No. O-1508, no tee 18 

prasarlbed in the Aat for a paohar aatlng la suoh aapaolty 

alma whether iAtentlonaiiy or thrau&h everbight. &AMuently, 

9 

0~1~ where the upaokerw, as aerincld in Saotlaa 1 

I), is a statutory w6ealerw or ahaAdlerw, s wOonsiiealoA 

marohaAtw and/or *oontraat de&leP, a wm.i~inum oash dealerw, 

a %uyln(3 agent*, or a wtransportlng agent*, does he have 

to prooure a i.lom~~ and pay a rea therefor under the Texan 

Boadlng aad LlO0AslAg AOt. 

Where a wpaoker” does nothing but prepare aatl/or 
494 

Department of &rioultluw, pa&l 6 

paok oitrua rnlt 0r it4 produota, 4f4n though 84ia rmit 

or itr proaota are t0 be bartsna, aa, e-hang44 0~ 

shippea by othera, he is not required by the A& to procure a lloense. or oourso, ir ~XI addltlon to prepare 

and p4cklng, he hen4148 the fmlt wlthln th4 statutory 

me~lng of the word wh4na14", h4 i8 a "awlor" and nuet 

procure a dealor's lloonaa and post a band. 

In anawor to y0ur rir8t question It 18 our oplnIon that a oltrua fruit paokor. operating in th4 4Tex4a 

citrur Zone", whose only sots in ngerd to the rait a.re 

the p1~p4rir.g and P4Oklng Or 4m WS it8 P&W@ta, 8~~3 

rho neither buy8 or offers to buy, nor asllo or ormr~ to 

~011, or OhIPc for the purp0ae Or nllin&, whether as owner, a&ant or othorwhe, SUY 0itnts rdt within thy 8tRt0 

0r Texar, nor buys fin&/or ahlpa oltrw sm?it r0r oeulnlng 

and/or pr00444i~~, in a000raanae with the a8riniti0n or 

"h4nalS" giY4r.l ln Ssotion 1 (a) 0r ArtlC3.4 lleb, V4rnOR'S 

.Arsotatsa Civil Statutw, i8 not required to make application ror a aelil4r*a 1io4n40, pay deoloti~a liosnw r40 

ana post a dealor's bwd, in eooor6auo4 with ~&;n.n.&[e) 

aa (b), Vernon*0 Ann0tet4a Cl~il Statut48. 

i8 SUbjOOt OiIlp t0 tbOS4 pf~iSf0n.S Or AtiiOlS lm, VW 

IlOU'S Annotated Girl1 Stntut48, whioh OOUOe~ pOOk*rI. 

Article 118b aoea not oontaln 4ny pimvlrlon iol a *paokoraaahr*e m34nao~. Ifowhero in the law i4 a llcenoe or 

fhl8 de8OrlptlOn dealgasted. An r0r th4 term *oulltom paokor*, 

it i8 not used ,in Artioio ll0b to our hmwbdge, ma it it 

has a looal m44dng In thcaoltrus ~0110~ whioh dl6tlngtri8hO8 

It rm the ~~3rd wpacker*, as deilned in the Aot, maid Zooet 

uaa&e oannot be taken Into oonsideratlon for the purpore8 

or this opinion. 

Seation 1 (6) a4rlne8 a atr4nopartln4s atient* as 

mi0mt 

%ny peruon euthcrlsad br any de4ler to sot 

g00,:8ia sealer in the trenaimrtlw or oitrua 

.- 

SeOtiOU is pFOVid48~ 

* * * * upon applloatlon to the coarniaelOn4r 

br any lioeaao6 dealer, a roaaenable number Of 

*buyIn& a&sat" Sld wB5Sp0rbing Smd= ia0ntirioS- 
495 

D4p4rtPient or A@iOtittD8, page 6 

tlon oerda my be fsmsd and aoorsdlted to suoh 

a4814r, under auoh rul.SS and regulations a8 84id 

ConunlaSioner may prSSorlbe, snd said hnmieaioner 

IS hsnby mu ower~d 

One Dollar ( 0 11 

to ohargo a ree not to me& 

for eaoh oerd So ISsuea + * + * 

ti anI?IWOr t0 Y0U.r 84Oond qUOatdOn, it i8 Our Opinion thet whore a paoker 18 only prsperlng and paeking fha 

rrult in acoordance with thS aSrlnltlon under smilon 1 

(1) Of Artio1.e lNb, Vsrnon'8 A::nOtiited Civil sttatUt@&, 

and is not hauling the rruit rram th orohard to the 

ahed ao 48 t0 Ilsosa4lt~t4 the paoker'a obtaining a atrangporting agent* lioenfie or ia0ntiri045tion onrd thrOu& the 

prinolpal, thou the paokrr aould not request the iaauanoe 

0r a tran8portlng agent.8 ldentlrloatlon acird, slnoe ho 

is not a daller, but the traumportln(r egent*# laentlrioatlon oerd mbt be obtained by the dealer=prinSlpal. 

Y the PaokSr is alec a dSSlSr* then ho may obtrin 

a reaaonablo number or Wtran8portlng agent* laentlrlo4tlOn 

oar48 in aooordano4 with tha terms or seotion le 0r ArtI014 llab, Vernon's Annotated Civil StatuteS. 

Slnoe WS have hold that a paokSr may not obtain 

*tran8portl5g agent* ta6ntitfoation oarQ8 uuloaS hi queliii08 a8 a dealer una0r the aeiniti0n8 or *dealor* and 

“ha&lo; &ot:on 1 i (4 ) and (0) Or JMiOi8 lUb, ITornones Annotated Cl& Statutes, the promise upon which 

your third quostlon rests ID d48troyed,aad the necaaafty 

ror our oonsla4rixq~ it -0v4a. 

In c~nolu~lon, we wlah to l mpha8ize two raOt8: 

rimi, that ~0 have n0t4a the reiteratoa obaervotlon ln 

the letter or reque8t that a aoustom paoker" in th4 *oitN8 XOM” 5.8 a *d41b16EER. We am not pawirq upon thi8 

question, alnos Artiole ll.Bb, aupra, does not drilno 

*oustom paoker". Ii a *ouStom paoker* IS a dealor, it 18 

beoauae lo addition 'to prsparing and gacking oitru8 fruit, 

eu0h a ps0ksr alsc "handier* rmit in aacoraanao wlth the 

atetutory ad.nlt~on or wuuIl.~*, Gaotlon 1 (a), ~.Artiol* 

ll8b, Vernon*& Annotated Clvll Statutes. 

firtb4aor4, the qu48tl0n or whether or not a 

‘peoker-. as defined by the Texa6 Bonding and Lioon*ing 

Lew, nho is not rlio a asalar, should be rewlrod tS 

obtain tb B- liaena~ as a *deahirw IS a StSttiW for 
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D4partment 0r kgrioultur4, peg4 V 

legialetive 44terninatlon. The wl8dou or effioaoy or a 

pertiouler law la not th4 aonoorn ot the courts or thr 

Attornay General*8 Departmnt. It la, perhaps, dealrablo 

to require the samc~ lloense oi a wpaokera $er ~8 a4 la ~'bquirea 0r a ~aealsr~, but the leulyeg4 0r the A4xea Bonding and Lloenslng Lew oannot possibly be oonatrued to make 

such a roqulrement. A wpaokerw nurrt %andlew fruit, as 

provia in Artiole 118b, aupra, seotlon 1 (a) In order to 

n40448ltet4 his ~mouroi34nt 0r 4 44414r~s lloenae fina hi4 

posting or a bond as oallad for in Seotlon 4 of Artiolo 

llab, eupra. 

Truetlng thet w4 hare ruliy enswere your inquiries, 

we are 

Youra very truly 

ATTOHIZY MXi?RAL OF TEXAS 

BY 

lX;ob Aealatant