OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

t1one thelretorore fJubmltt 

351, 47th Lugirlatare. 

mque8tsd hate to defe 

lmtfl the sllpxam QouPt II 

road Commlrrlm v 

r0re that court, 

there Qwstionr. 

ourw to puP8W. 

we aId that t Used motor WPP~O~ wrtigrora peaelpta tax levied 

l lature, but that rpeeial 

or the tax., Henoe, the holdtr vho have filed spplicstlon 

tar wrrler WPtfrlwter are 

a~limtionr dirposed of, Under 

think they we jwtitied & reqw~ting 

ake aotZon on theic applhatiow, vithrim of the suprem% court in tam T. as P. 

Aoaordbqly, in reaponre to your furthen reqwst 

OS &IQ 7, 1941, ve till awwr all your firat 18 aumtiow 

except No. 10. we rfmr to 0~ opm0 a m. o-ml f0zl tt 

aopy of saob qwrtians, without repeating them. 
~eil~oa4 CarPaieelon of Toxee, page 2 

Referring qpin to the T. da P, eaee, we mention @WV 

thet the Supreme Court grimted a writ of error, indlaatlng 

&Ubt in th% mind8 OS th% S~cunu court es to the oorrwtwee of the opWon of the Court a? Civil Appeale. Ii the 

mart of Civil Appeal8 roe wrong In etriking down the Bunter 

petit in the T. & P. oaee, aud ii the eama vae valid, there 

m be no doubt but that the protielon in X.3. 351 euthopising the o o nv~r eol? ol n peslel aommdity pernIt into epeol<I;ad motor oarrler aorti~aatee ie valid nm’applioeble 

to the perdte uuder dieoueeion. Furthersrope, there can be 

little doubt but that the legleletime had iu mind tho oonvereiou OS epoalel WwJdity permlte ill oonwotloll With the grant- 

- of *hiah there had beea no hewls@ on the ieeus o? eopperil*noe end nnoeeeity into l peeialimd motor aerrier ~ertlfloetee. 

Thin etatawnt 18 made in r&m of the faot that the Cmeeion 

wwr bid hear etidenae on that leeue on aq a 

Ei 

oatlane for 

l peol.al eomeodlty polaulte, but on the aontrar~ gmmted all 

8-T pewm&te es hed been -8nt.d without heW.xqtsrtimmy on 

. In other vorde, the legielatw o!Leml7 wt 

to grent epeaballted motor eerrler aertifioatee to the hold0~8 or epwiu awodltp pormite, regerdleee of the feat 

at there had been no hwringe on oonmni4LU)b end neoeeeit7 

prla to the laeuews of the permlte. 

Clearly thr etetuta door not oantmplate u1 lnqulr7 

w 60 vhet oaepoditiee vere aatu8ll7 BeLug transported by a 

&VW serrlorr on Jeuwry 1, 1911 end to make W&8 extent OS 

au#arit7 in a ragilming epealaljcsd motor aarrlo eertliioate 

-tar 

o oti the aaemodltlee eotwll~ bung handled at that time, 

Pet then Iwking to the 8pwLsl oamoditr permit lteelf, 

vuuld be reedlng l a~sthlrg IA the etatute vfhleh 18 not them. 

While the rl*t to e swpleelng epeoiellrod notop wrrler oartifleato dependa upon the e ealal awmkodlty pemm%t held b7 the 

operetor on Jenwry 1, 19 P 1, rather than upon the re~tioee 

aW3all7 be- rendered at t&t time, and on tit ewet&t the. 

mplaeing oertificete dImerr ?ram our idee o? What le genostily understood 18 a “grendSether* oertlfloate, wverthelore fog vatit of e better ehort deeorlptlve term ve l hall POfer to them by that name. 

We belleve the above oonetitutse a rufflclrnt mepef to your qwetioae 1, 2, ai%, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 11. 
mDroed Oaamleelon or Toma, pago 3 

Awmr~ your awetlone Boa. 9, 13, 13 end 14, 

it ia our oplnlon, at leeet dwlng the peeent etetw of 

the T. i% P. 0888, SupPe, that the Railroad Cumleeloa ehould 

eeeuw the o*lidiOy of the grendfether provision, end that 

upon proper applleatloa the IkUmad Oondeelon should ierw 

epeoielleed motor oarrler oetilfloetee oarr7ing eulWu%ty 

dual to the euthorlty wbodl6d la the old epeolal emty 

permlte, both as to omodltiee ouried and arum to be 

l orved, and wlthout referenae to Whether ewh oarrle~e vore 

urtuall7 exeroleing all the rlghtr of their pm&t@ OLI Jmuary 1, 1942, or not, eubjeot to rlbst vu shall prreeatly 

se7 au the question 0r ebmdoament. 

We shall nov oonelder hour eighth qwetlan. In 

sootion U(b) of Artlole 9llb it is provldsd that the Cmmleelon m7, upon a&lab a5d &ear-, revoke, au 

WaLtJ T oertlfloate or pemlt, ti*pe it shall @ii? rozl 

that the oertlfloate or pormlt boldor h8e dlecanflstued 

oporetlon,e eta. Whew the o$rotwtawie lndloeto that a 

p la it hebeem n dmub wd, YO l ~eet that the moat omdopl7 

prooedure VOUld be for, the aamateeiw to prwoed uudor Soetlcm 12(b) and if there hae bean an abmdcaent, thm to 

enter an ordrtr 0r oenwlletian 0s rotooation, befw baring eny grendf8~ epplLwt:eaa pertaining to ewh pm&t, 

fi there h8e boon an ebmdonmnt of oporetlone 8nd~t.b Coarrdeelon revokes tha permit, in our osd.nion it oould than 

dlemlee or deny the eppllo8tlon fm a graadfether mvtlflo*te . 

We oan hardly wdorteke to anew~ your tenth qwetion until the Sup~oma Oourt takes aotlon in the T. L P. oeee. 

What ve hew elroad~ arid leads to 8 nogetite meter to 70~ fifteenth questian. A8 we uaderetand yea, the 

permits do not stand suspended, the pem.lt holder #U&y bopw~kmrord to enepend operetlone under the permit for a 

lt is our oplnhn that durlxq rwh 8 period 

or euthorlwi l uepenelon of ebrtioe the pemiit rteelr la ln 

forae and offset. 

We now address o~eelree to the vsrtow l ubd&vlelone 

of 7ou.r riateenth tweetion. (8) Ret uuleee ordered b7 the 
ra 

Sot w--W, dwndW 

d) The Cmleelon aould io *.TE. 

wpry the authority gltem in t&e ammded pwmit whet&W I#& 

emndnent iacrreaeed or deore8eed the ruthorit~ theretofore eoafarm& (Wet olawe in Seotlox~~(b)). 

We will nov addrere +3weelroe to pow questlou So, 

18. Heretofore, it has been permleeible for a pe~eon to hoXd 

It hae not be- lavful to hold a l gwolel ammedlty pen%t b? oontraat ouvier permit and et the same tiu 

,B omon owrler oortlfloete. AH. 9llb, Sea. 6-bb, V.A.Q.S. 

me present Aot axpreeeXy forbide the lameme 0s 8 epeoWy&arrler aertlflaeto to ban5 h&Slag 4 atmnon wr8%5* aortiwrrler will bi aaaadwtlng an operation qufte elmilar to' tket 

hmtoforo performd tq the 

@c 

owl ooamodity oerrier; who 

wm not prohibited fropr also tin8 8 aentreat oe~~ia permit, vo are led to be2lete thet it tee n& latended tq the 

kyth &gm.ature fc 8eo. 6-bb, of Art. pllb, to have the er- 

?eot of farbiddiqg 8 epolellsod wrrle~ ipom eXeo hoXd%ng 8 

eontreat oetrrler permit. Ve aso oonflrmd in this t&u@ 

by the pendfetber p3w~eloa in HA 351 dlreoClng tke i@- 

auanoe 0s epeeMised oerrlrv w~tlfl0etee to swatal ammodlty aerriere, not 8x018 tlng thsee vho also have ooatrabt oarrier pwmiter Yapp el 6E tee&h qW#tien Ve tk4MfQM e3iaw.P 

In the erriswetiv~~ 

Ym.tre very truly 

ATTaMlEl- aFTxxAs 

Olantt R. Esv3.0 

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