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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable Emer L, I&me8 

County Attorney 

-dheslea-County 

iihoeler, Teras 

cabillty of the 

ler aot to nn 

0 AOA ri?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 

aueixtmere but iitekee no diroot or 1rbiFtWt 

charge to the oustocmr for auoh dellves$? 

“D. Xay tha above deearibed wholesale 

grooer or any other Qkllaboma flm or kianufaoturer mks an oooualonnl trip into Sxaa 
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;ianorable Eoroer L. 3mw, Pa@ 2 

with suo!a vohiole 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 nmroixmdlee at 

the wamhouscr of the U&x&ma r3.m nnd 

trens~rtQd it to Teror, fa the ouatomrr 

own v&lole or at Us3 own 8xpemo7* 

Sootion 5 of Artiole 82i% of the peaal Cods reads, 

in part, as follovs~ 

** l + ml pro vided, r ur th o r , that 

%liy AOAMtlfdt3At OWlMr Of a 

motor vehlolo nay be perolit 

XiV4it6dy OWA& 

e & to make an 

oaoasl3nal trip into Wa state with such 

vehlclo Tackler the privlledoa of tkla sot 

nit&u: obtaini= auoh ~toiqwrary ro~lstratioa oortifloste.* 

“If .tht3 tru&s in question ers oat 

being opefstod for oOZIpOAL3atiOA fd hire, 

it ia ray o&-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-o inolwetl heroin mr your informUOA. 

In line with our opiniondl above referred to, you iwe 
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Hono+1&3 ‘Hoaer L? &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. 

Tho anawer to your queatioas A and 8 are oontrolled, 

we believe, by the holUng af the stqmm court or ?exae in 

the ease of Xew Xay Luznber Go. 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 Gongany were *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.g property for conpensatlon br 

hire over nw hi.zh~i~,+ls state otlmr 

thanasactomaa 

The question, then, W&9 whether or Aot the truoks 0r the ~ul% 

bar ca~~pany whioh hauler? lu!!be+r that belonpct to the azgany 

for delivery to 0~8tohlora wdre being opera ted for oong~?nsatitan or hire. The court hold that tha truoiso wer8 be- 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 and above the aotuaL mat of the 

s4aei. m-3 wiir t stated na f01frws1 

*?JAder tti faata zitntod here thy oarrrying of 1cad.m~ owned by the ooqmny ln its 

own tr-u&s does cot r_t.ea~t it 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~ On the ~oa*War~, it is 01mrly 

a case *where the price of the lunber inoludes 

a direat oharge for the delivery thereof. 

The oarrylng charse i.e baaed dlroatly .on the 

dfataacr trm~led and the 04.&t of the truck. 

sinoe tbu uompny reooiva oofzpensatlon Zor 

t,ae dellvssy of th% limber , It claerly apera that the txuuks usstl oopt) under the 

r erlnltlon of a *oaat.nct oasrier,’ md 9r8 

eubjoot to the provlsioas >I artlole 9Llb,* 
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Under the holding OS the suprem Court case, supa, 

you are therefore advised that the tru&s operate& by 'the 

aoapeny in question A presented by you would not be ogerated 

for cangennation or hire, because O-J charge 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 1938 when you asked the questlon as followst 

Way '3~3 gx3prietor of an wholesale 

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 mado to the customer for 

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 th8 writer’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 

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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 and would not cozm witNn the *oooaslom1 

trip” provision quo tzd sups. 
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Eonorable ?QWW L, Kosee, r3e;s 5 

v. should the resident mmor or a 

mtcr v-hfole be olassed RS a wtor oarrler 

whar-e he transports ~000s mres and zierchandlse for aolr:,enmtlon .and hire fron an Inoor;;oratcd town alom: a state Z~i~~:ay or 

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