OFFICE OFTHE ATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS 

AUSTIN 

m6orabla~E. Is. r30066 

cuunty :,fAorney 

$hersman County 

Zjtratrord, Trra6 

riear sir: 

We aolmowl.6tY 

ae,l94o,reatin~t 

your tupplsrarat~ 1 

lsttor of 3mmry EE 

paHimmt UgQrt the f 

letter of ~Jenuary 

or a - 

eta%6 wbloh 

ident owner or 8 acmeer6t6)r(ld ta (L 6trlrtS Wki.ah 

th Wmas urid6r Est. 13 of 

oause suoh vehlolr to be ap*rthe purr of hauliryh wm-, 

lae v&l. are boa&at by aad ber &ma 6U6k rehioh i8 dri*aa 

erator, \pithouE b6iz# r6&6t6red in 
422 

EQr!. 2. z. COOI18, psge 2 

in Texas (tither driven by hZ.nselX or by a 

hired operator) 6uah a vchfele Sor t&a pur- 

~086 of haul- g00d6, war88 Or anrchaadise 

owned by the owner of the vehlole and bought 

outside. of Teo, without baing reglstoratl 

in Taxa8? 

u’4. ?.!a~ any of the vehlole6 a8 usntioned in the thrse preoedln& qU86tiO66 obtain a 

*temporary rt@stratlon,* a6 provide4 in at. 

827b ) F. C.? 

The rbet three questloss presantcrd are orsrned 

i~XOhl6iV8~ by Article S27b, v6I'AOfl'8 P%5ndm COOS o f 3'6236. 

That POrtiOn of s%OtiQn 2 OS hrtiole 027b t&d& 16 pertinent to this opinion, reads as Sol&wat: 

‘580 tion 2. k non-resident tuner of a 

6t0tm vehfclt, trallox or eozii-trniler whloh 

ha6 beem duly registered ior the ourrent yeax 

in tho state or country ot wkieh the owner is 

a resldtmt rrnd in aawmtante with the law6 

thdreoi, may, in lieu 0r regiritFri6g such vehis10 a8 OthonriSS rtpqufred by law, apply t0 

fheStat;sRtghrayDapa~sntthFo~haoo~ty 

tax uol.laotor for the registration theraol 

as provldbd by law, ekcept thut the prltLlsgie6 

gr6llt,ted~rs Ottl6rri66 grQvided for in thi6 a0t 

shall not apply to any m&Or vehiiole, tsailfm, 

or oeti-trailer opsratsd within thir 6tette for 

ths tmm6portstion oi persons or proparty for 

oQslpensation or hire,* 

Seotlon 8 or mtlols 829b, read8 a6 Tollam: 

~SeQtion 8. w3 5oa=mf3i&mt owner of a 

motor vehlola, trailer CUT 8ami-tztil6r CBull 

oparat~e any swh vehlde or oau~b OT peait it 

to be Operated ugoa the publio~hlghneyb Of t&i6 

6tat6. elthsr before OF whtle it ie rsgistored. 

under this 8e0tion, ualess there 6hul.l at all 

t&686 be dieplaycd thersoa the rsgistratilan 

mmber plate6 smsigarad to said VhiUle for the 

uwrent oalsndar year bythst aouritxy Or 6tate 
423 

of wbloh 8uub owner is a re8ides%t, zwr u6less 

the certiiloato of teaporaxy registration, when 

iosrued thareto aa is in this 6eOtion provide6 

ahall be plmed oa eeid aotor whiole in the 

wanner to be 6peciBed by the departmmt . . . 

Frovidod that nothing lnth26 ,iot shell prevent 

a 5en4.%8idont ovaoF of a lmtox vokiole from 

operatw at till &t&ah vehicle ln tkis 6tate 

adjoiaiaf~ state or oountr; iron operate a 

privs;toly owned end Culy re 

arated Sor hire in tk f8 

iotered vehlole, 

nor o 

& 

stats st till, 

t0r e purpose or goi56 ti0 rraa rron hia pluae 

di re&.ar ecnployiueat end the mokirrg of txipn 

for the purpo6e of purchasing &ood6, wares mnd 

nrcrohandioe . md prwided further, thst any 

ROR-ZW6id6Rt @WUBT Of a p&at&y 06R66 R6tOr 

vehicle ma~g be pernrltte.d to make 6n oooclefati 

tXip bto this state uith 6Uoh Yahiote U6da 

the priVile&e6 or thi8 Aot without obtaining 

uuah temporary re@tratian certitiaate . . .* 

Uhih your aeaond quastion da66 not 6t6t6 t&at 

the QXZ'66, War%6 Of mrn?O)rrradi80 aCC JWobaSab %R '&X66, We 

a888661 that thi6 wa6 the eltuation pa istandsd to pro6ont 

and that the first ati remrd 9l66tbXI6 afe azaatly the 

6m* axaopt that is one %a6e the YehMle is driven by it6 

owmx and in the otker it 16 driven by CL hired o rator. 

A66stnL6@ that we have plaoed the pr6per oo6stm6 er cm OR 

there twa quwstion6 we agrse with lroor om3luefaa tkat 

m63t be mmimred in the aiiirrmat,lwr. 

fhey 

You stats in your letter rrt Januey 22, in crfracf, that the tema *5ck5ewsidsntc 

a6 o.sploye~ fn your rirst Wo que6time refers to rQsidfukt6 

in oelrgli~laca with the restriotive la+ 

the pertine5t prwisba6 ai seotion 5 ot wt. 

. ulA&x thlbse 6ixoua6tanae6 ths pm#YiE1@6 ef s%stion 

5 aath@riaS and pamit Wm Q, r&IQ5 at dll in the State 

or Texa6 Of a0t.w Yehlole6 &km tkey be p&i666R@N' OaPs 

or ConePibrclal 8wi.w vebiolrr*~ gr0viUed of ocm8e that $im 

PxOYiPiOR6 with rwpeot to r4@stxatZoa in the 00 

state oi *Web the owner 16 a re6id6&t htrorp be011 001~ -3 ied OF

dth. Wile there.16 RO p&%vl#lon I.6 u-tiols S?b ukiah 
424 

EmI. E. E. 'coc3n5, p6ge 4 
425 

W% are unable to ame with yoo. ln this aonclu4lOX. It-is_pue tJ!i+the term %ioWr r+lale- a? used in 

ais r,ot lnclndee both peesengsr ciira ead ao%mar416l actor 

yehlclee and thet tbb La&latwe has 0mp10ydl thetew in 

both Beation E end Seotion 8 of AX'tlolQ 8Mb. S44tion 3 of 

&;cle 889b provldae for the teet&mrerg ragletrotlon of non- 

~:d#xt pmssax&er curs withlx twanty4100 day4 astax oom. 

wclng operatlonw%thLrr the state. Section 3 doss not 

de~& with enp other type of motor tahlale &or ls there eny 

other saatlon .oS hrticle 8&7b wblch mikea pro+ialon for the 

~porary POgfot~tioIA Of OernntOtWial =tOr T4hlOl4s. SeOtfox 3 thus operetee ee a raatrlotlom, slaee by %pealryitg 

the oxa type of vehlale which IW 

for e llmltad period OS time, al E 

be teegmerily ragleterad 

other fypee of vehicles 

are excluded. The lequege of metion 5 la general und all 

l~~luelve, end properly should be, aZna4 the verlow sections 

of &tl~la 027b oover the operation ~iaf dltrerent types of 

motor tahlolen. It the kU@Ue&e in f3a~ti&ln %i W8a adi SUffialextry inclusive to protide for both paasm(;er mad coamaralal motor ~&$oleS, separate seetlosbe umild be naa&a6 iox? 

eeeh epeaiile laetenee. In our opinion it is Sorthfs reams 

thet.tha L5gieletWe 

then the more epeelile Bplle 

loyad the term %otor reMale- rather 

emaa oi wpoe.eenge~ ear" en& *oamaerolal mtor vehloleLh". The raot that the broadertene he6 bean 

amployaa does not neaasearlly lnbio6ta thut euoh rrsatenae or 

pxwislon of aaatioo 5 appll*b egaauJr t+ ell typee of notor 

ve&lolea. 

The Slrst santanoe of Saotl0n E Stat8% that a nonrea1b.e OWIIOX or tl mtior whm.a '*hldh ti 'been only re&etare4 for the ouxrant year in the 8tate or aouxtry OS wbieh 

the owner le a rosldaxt may ra&.8tar SW& rShiOl4 by l p ly$ag 

to the State 'Xl&may Wpertamnt thro~a; &atax for raglstratl0n, lx lieu 0t X% 

DonSty tax a 

lmthe mh%ale ~JB 

othandse ra*ulra6 by 3 

t mio~ in 80 2~ $3 the &ratio: 0,rrt30m8sar~i~ 

aoiior~~&lolea Is oonuarned. 

Fia theretore 4a7is4 you, in mmmr to your faerth 

question, thet in the opinion of this depertment, e omeerc$al motor rahlcle la B& strbjeet to tsglpoxary r6@%tratlon. 

IX regard to thhe seem14 badat rhieh you present in 

support of your afiirmtfm QSswer to questlox lW.4, Jrou 

State that it fa your bellei that the tit34 to the 6wMm&atory set was ln6nffloiaxt to ohangrsthe prior law sxospt to 
Ffon. z. E. 200M, 

add the pro~l%lon 

tranaltfo~ sele, ia olaw of the fast that tha tamwraariaatln%* ls wad in the aaptlon ai the waatndator~ bill. 

This aaptian, as qucvtml in your letter ot Jcinlnry 28, lQ40, 

raaUa aa r0u0vs: 

"'An hot amaB&lng Yeotion 2, of Chapter 

56, or the iota of the nxst Corlafl Bsseion 

of #a z?orty-third Laglel%tura whioh pravldes 

for the roglstratlon and operation ln this 

Dtita of motor rehlalms WA%& brr nonrasldento. 

and raglstara4 under tha 3aw & another stat& 

or oountry & raamot 

that the xmmlaLona &%d aectlon shall uot 

asmaandprovldlng 

apply to the m&.or +ehlalas ba 

kits 

drlvan under 

thalr own pewor, tuwed or otha a traasporta6 

by being attaal& or oouplad to 8onm other ve- 

~~o~~~~ tkirom@ tbla State, fbr the par- 

. . . 

m w6 have alxaaUy stataU & anothax 00rmaatl0n, 

wa rlnu no amb ulty exists as to the alear ?aatm and 

lntaBtlon of t &4 Aat. In th& oonrrtrcrtlcm, we a&v ?% a ytw 

that all bills pammd by tha La&3slatura which tuaend a 

portion of an exletlng Aot mist reeumut the Xot or Saetioa 

ai the kot wblchthey seak to ~~imend. Thla mena nat that 

the prior lew l8 unohen&fid exoept fix the 

or oPhloh may be added by the mmui~ttvry bi 

fpy~~~~a~ 

amended A&will hanaeforth rawt as it is written in the 

umsndIll~t. Tn other wrds, the lurst axaandmant to m Aat 

or to a aeetlon thareof ls a complete substitute for the 

p1~10ua rat QT sautloa. The asendaaeatwlth whloh we uw 

dealing did not lada5 naw saatloxks ta Aftlela 827b but 83~1. 

& 

ly rawrote an& reana4teU 8aetion 2. ft la aoarplata dthltse~ and oparatafa as arap%& 0fSaatloa E af@tbla 

827b aa it read beefore the prrssiqe of the amaztbsit.