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OFFICEOF THEATTORNEYGENERAL OFTEXAS AUSTIN

Honorable Emer L, I&me8 County Attorney -dheslea-County iihoeler, Teras

cabillty of the ler aot to nn

**0** AOAri?rtidSAt OWtlf3S Of 8 re~lstarod in the state of or oause to bo operetaa Texas an an *OcaRsional tura is defined withtruok In thie state en6 owner dolivers wk3lesal0 gWx4.ea frara Oklahma to Terra aueixtmerebut iitekeeno diroot or 1rbiFtWt charge to the oustocmr for auohdellves$?

“D. Xay tha above deearibed wholesale grooer or any other Qkllaboma flm or kianufaoturer mks an oooualonnl trip into Sxaa

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L. 3mw, Pa@ 2

with suo!avohiole or vahlolsa for the pupose of 6ellvarl~~ 3smhutlise belonp la: to suah psrson or firm to Toxae ouetcxmrs where no Qimot chnrge is cade for mob 

### dallvsrp but whws thu Cellvery ,=!.a~ of the s~ohandiss is graatm than the, prioe ohurgod to sue: TOXAQ owtxmr 1S. such ouatomr reoeioed tho nmroixmdleeat the wamhouscr of the U&x&ma r3.m nnd trens~rtQd it to Teror, fa the ouatomrr ownv&lole or at Us3own8xpemo7* Sootion 5 of Artiole 82i% of the peaal Cods reads, in part, as follovs~

** l + ml provided, rurtho r, that %liyAOAMtlfdt3At OWlMr Of a motor vehlolo nay **be perolit**  XiV4it6dy OWA& **e &**  **to make**  **an** oaoasl3nal trip into Wa state with such vehlclo Tacklerthe privlledoa of tkla sot nit&u: obtaini= auoh ~toiqwraryro~lstratioa oortifloste.*

“If .tht3tru&s in question ers oat being opefstod for oOZIpOAL3atiOA fd hire, it ia rayo&-don, end you are ao iwlvlsod, thei tha operators oi the twaokr cotid zako oeotislonal

Wlps into Texas by virtue oi’ the provlsio:~,s of Article 827b, sootions 1 nnd 5, of the Pans1 Cix5.Q of Texas wit;?out ro*;iatori~ in the State of 9!cm38.*

0~ i)pinlsn HO, o-lags is to .ti~ same em0t. copfss or both or tiiose o~inlons as-oinolwetl heroin mr your informUOA. In line with our opiniondl above referred to, you iwe.

Hono+1&3 ‘HoaerL? &see, 3age 3

advlaed that the trualra operated bg the Oklf%hom& eOrpomMon ui%ld aoca within the ~oooasioaal trip* provisIon or the rtatute, if 8ald truoice are not being opm tad for mamatiOA or IAre.

Thoanawer to your queatioas A and 8 are oontrolled, webelieve, by the holUng af the stqmm court or ?exae in the ease of XewXayLuznberGo. va+ Sulth, 96 3. ?I. (2d) 282. In that 0498 the oourt wee conoarnud with whether or not the truake operated **by** Em 4iy Luxber Gonganywere *oo?ltmot oarriers4 ~8 chat tern 16 ddxned in the .mCor oorrlcr act as frAlOws~ *(h) The tam *oontraot oarrier’ z%xma ay Plotor oerr5.er as harelnabove doflnod trenup0rtin.gproperty for conpensatlon 

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## state otlmr thanasactomaa The question, then, W&9 whether or Aot the truoks 0r the ~ul% bar ca~~pany

whioh hauler? lu!!be+rthat belonpct to the azgany for delivery to 0~8tohlora wdre being operated for oong~?nsatitan or hire. The court hold that tha truoiso wer8be- 3p1 ereted for OOZlQeAPcatiOA or Nrs **end** baeod %&eeir holdlq I.@CPA the faot that t&a 0oupaAyzmde n.aari7ti3 cim.typ f3r $28 dolivery af the lumber aver andabove the aotuaL mat of the s4aei. m-3 wiir t stated na f01frws1

*?JAdertti faata zitntod here thy oarrrying of 1cad.m~

ownedby the ooqmny ln its owntr-u&s does cot r_t.ea~tit fro= tie ?rovtdone of this law. This IS not a aase tdaars~ the tmeke are opratod axolusivoly within ths lnoorjwrated lkzlte of a tona or oitgi nor ie it n cnue wham the price of the l~oods deUveref3 is the sew as those undekivarod~ Onthe ~oa*War~, it is 01mrly a case *wherethe price of the 

### lunberinoludes a direat oharge for the delivery thereof. The oarrylng charse i.e **baaed** dlroatly .onthe dfataacr trm~led andthe 04.&t of the truck. sinoe tbu uompnyreooiva oofzpensatlon Zor t,aedellvssy of th%limber , It claerly apera that the txuuks usstl oopt) underthe rerlnltlon of a *oaat.nct oasrier,’ md 9r8 eubjoot to the provlsioas >I artlole 9Llb,*44ti

Underthe holding OSthe suprem Court case, supa, you are therefore advised that the tru&s operate& by 'the aoapeny in question Apresented by youwould not be ogerated for cangennation or hire, because O-Jcharge is ado for the delivary or the xxooerlcs over 2nd d&ova the actual cost or the goceries in Oklahormr A sinllar ciusatlo?l was presented by you In 1938whenyou asked the questlon as followst

Way '3~3gx3prietor of anwholesale gasoline buslmss In the 3&ta of Oklnhom oauae a sotor vehiole belLon&% to woh gropiotor ti be operated sorom the stats line into Texas with a load of gasoline for the pur,mso of deliveriA~ such oomodlty to a oustoner lo the atate cf Texas, where a0 extra ohari;e is madoto the customerfor suoh delivery above the regular sale prloe of the ;asol.ino, without obtaining a tetnp+ rary ra&stration oertirioste or other registration for sush rotor vohlole.* hsststant Attorney ~%aersl hlbcrt G. lialiser xrote ac o&xion on August 2, 1938, in rhloh he held as followst

“Iti 1s th8writer’s opinion that the ogorstor or such vchlole as desoribed ln the question above my naks ocoesional trips into and out 0r Texas without ob tainia; a tciqmrary reSistration oertlftoate or other registration for such zator vehiola. sod jirtiole 827-b, Sootions 1 and 5, mml code of ?oxes.* &, :Talkar’s opfnlon ma) in aur opinion, correct, and our a.mimr to your question A, sqxra, is in nzoord with the saz-z.

IA your question B, you ;)rwant a raat situation whhoro the trucks Seliverin,t: ,yaoorfe~ a&o an additimal ckar~a far the transportatl~n or delivery of the ;rocariss. In such case *we

reel that l

;he Peats would t:=ovr the opsrators of those trucks direotly in line with the hold&: of the B.grane C3Txrt in the Now:isy Lunber Conpmy o&se d eupra. It i.s our ogioion, ',?orerore, thet the trucks ogerato as C0scribod in yam faot Situation contained in QUMtioIl 13 w3d.d be opeiated :‘or a03 pensation or hire andwould not cozmwitNn the *oooaslom1 trip” provision quotzd sups.. . -

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Eonorable ?QWWL, Kosee, r3e;s 5

v. should the resident mmor or a mtcr v-hfole be olassed RSa wtor oarrler whar-ehe transports ~000s mres and zierchandlse for aolr:,enmtlon .andhire fron an Inoor;;oratcd townalom: a state Z~i~~:ayor other road to an un-1zcoraoratoZ town or vfll?.ce :vhore in the oo%reb of such traasportatlon no 1naor;orated town in passed?” This department has prevlouslj- passed on a Eydostion identioal with that whioh you c. ,:rom?nt in your c,uestlon nunbor Zor your Inromatlon, oo~ias of Oplr-Lons;-:o. c-1497 and Ito. O-1592 on this point ere lnolosed heroin. 3ased on such o~lnlons, your ti;lrd question is answered 1~.the negative.

illly Coldbor& [ Asslatant