**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS**
**AUSTIN**

Eon.Thoa. A. Wheat,CountyAtkorrmy WSerty County Wberty ,Tsxas

0plnlonNO. o-7?&

de: %i~odd a mral carrier for tiie

cr of Agr'il eOwl, ollow5.ngcuao
### untied to fc@ ~-,zil 

### czrrlars effecta3 to

plats upon his car. ,+r rttdcl8 license h he used for the purin;: tii.e &ail. Tbieo-3 13 riot deral Warnwnt and is not t?Xfor ndl carryin purposes.* of wtiole 0675a, Vernon*8 

### mote.taQ vi&es for th2 rs~~iutration of 

### rehlclesHaa. Tbos. A. Wheat, W 84, 1939, Page L

of the Oounty lawhioh he 

### reddo for 

### the registratlm o? aaeh auoh rehiole owned ar oontrolled by hti, or r0r a 0haturew8 license, ror the emuin& or 

### ourrsnt6alfmdar yeru a~ unex

### pired portion 

### thoreoq * * c l

Ssotion 

### 3 or 

### the mm0 artich oonoerns 

### itwr with the form of the applloatlon for registration. It roada partially as fGuOWS;

uAppllontion for theregistration ot a ve."3olerequired to be registered hereunder shall be made on a form furnishedby the department, evotisuch application shall be eigned by the owner of thevehiole, and shall give his naze and address ln full, and shall oontain a brief desoription OS the vc:llcleto be r&r**tired.** Said descriptSon, in case of a new motor vc:iicle,shall include: Tho trade name of the vehlols; the year model; the stile, tipe of c"g;gd, ,"~a~~~~",~d~~~~~.~c~-~,h"_ ndi c.id r#wLGr V~hiCh; the hGtOr nunbeT %m iji?kt~ rmuiacturar or dealer to the ap:llicant. c* *" IUnderscoring ours).
It Is nppayent thnt the anpliootionmust sha: wLethcr or not the 'rchlolois a *commercialmotor vcXcleW.

The statutory definitionof a *oorm;l~rolalmotor voi,icle"la contained ln seotion 1 (i) of the Act:

**c~crclal~otor Ve:-;icle* means any motor vehiole other then a motor cycle designed 01: **wed** r0r the tranaportatlon ot propertjr,inelulu~,;;~; ~$1" used for delivery 3ur~sea.*

The question ia whether or not a prlvvutely oe;nod puj,enzer CZISused by e rural free deliverymail onrricr for the ;Iurporje cf' deliverin;;

United states &ail ae well as fGr the prpOSe of a pQsSenpr c3& ia Within the scope of anid definition.

### -.Thoa. A.Fh.at,Ifay E&1959, page s

Yotor rehicle 

### otha:than 

### a sotoroyoloor a bum,aa 

### defined inthi8 kot,deeignsdor usedprlmarllyfor ths transportation

of parmzM, aooordiagto aeatlon1 (j) of art:ole667!k,aupra.

Applying the definition of 

### a Wmmercial motor vehiclem 

### we have In the present lristmu4 a actor rekicle, not designed **but** 

### used for the tra::Iaportatlon of prqmty, or ai0r4to the point, a vehicle 

### usedfor delivsry :Alrpo~ea,

i.e.,Go the delivery 

### of the 

### United Std,es L:all. St&utory definitions state th.rtever veClclc 

### used for delivery purposes zur,tbe conaidcrod a comx.~~cinl

rotor vetiiole. wDellvery ~*urposes" 1s a tremendously 

### broad tar&, ant?in the absence of exOr4ss 4xccntlon,wou@ oover the UnitYx2L;tut::s lrcdl. Seotion 3 cw:talrm a provision exempting omiem of cmtuin vehicles irofi. saying:

roi;istrztiOn f848 

### a8 P011ovJs:
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### of aotorvehicles,trailers and semi-trailers, rZlfch HTE t&c property of, and used exclusively In the tlervico of the United itaLC Govermmt, th4 Stdtc or Texas, or any County, City or School District thereof, 

### s!icill eqply annuslly to ro.&&er all such veCicles, but shall not ba requirsd to pay the registratl.on

h?reln presarlbed,provided that effidavid is ma4 at the tfm of r4g:iatr-~ticn by a pcreonv&o lms the proper a&t:noritythat such vehiclbs are the property of and used ex

### chsfvcly in the 

### senioe of theUxlted States Cover-t, the State of Texas;or County or City or sr;hool

Distriat thereof, as the case my be. * * * * The vehicle we are 

### consideringis not the proparty 

### of or used 4ru1u4lvc1y in the service of the United ita' tcs. 3~s Lf it ‘i:ere, these Potts vru;:ld not affect ~C,E S~.A.UE

as a oocmcrclal r&or vc:.irlc urdor the statutory f32finition. It ha4 boexi held ir,

N pr~2vioUS

oDinion of tLi.4 degurtmmt, NO. O-242, addroseod to blr. Julian E'ontgor,&ry, &qtiop_r Stats J'fqhiray Depzrtmnt, Austin,Texns, that a

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