OFFICE OF THE AWORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable Eom? kamrd, QmUer xtouae of Rapnrmtatlnr Austin, Few
D8u Sirr
The LOgiBl8t~O has power to Ol8SSltg th. sub- &vets of occupatla taxes, and the omrldorrtiaas upas Emorabl@ Homr LeaiaN, Spaakar, Page 2
rhiah auah ala88Ifiaatia%.8 shall bo nnde &re primrrlly for the detarmlnatlm of the bglalature, aubjact to the rule that tha claaaIflaatlonmat find a reaaaasble baais In the mture of the bualmasos alesaIfIed. Teua Con&my v. staphus, 100 Tax. 628,,103 9. W. 481. EtLfferonaeaIn the amthoda or conducting bual- nea a eaam luatdned aa supporting claaaificrtim for the purpaea of 1evJrineocauptian tffes. Hurt v. Cooper (Cont. App.), 110 5. W. (26) 8%~ State Board of Tax Cottaalaalmera of the Stato of mdl8na v. Jackson, (U.S.) 75 L. Ed. 1248.
Sn the cam of'Hwt v. Cooper, sqmi, st pge 901, the court obsemaa that dlfferanceair the profit8 derived lag be taken into oonaIderatIcmby the LegI8lotua-eIn anidng al~aifloatl~a for tho pu~poae of levying ocoupatim tax08 and detsmnlning the mount of tax to be laid upon ssah. The following c8aaa sustain pecuniary profit aa a reaaamble baa18 for claaaiflaatlonfor purpoaca of taxa- tllat. Citltana Telephme Co-y v, Fuller, 229 U. 5. 322, 57 L. Ed. l206j Iovo Mutual Tornado Inaurmxe Association v. Oilbert, I.29Iova 658, 106 H. U. 153; State P. Minnesota Fartaera lltttualInawanca Cornpony,145 Wm. 231, 176 II. W. 796, Rorthveatartt BlasonlsAid Association v. WtddIll, 138 x00 :a; 4gos: u. 648; Bankers Life Company v. Chorn (Ho.) . . . You are therefore advlasd that, ln our opinicn, the IegIalature may claaalf7 concerns in the sam general line of business according to vhether the bilsineaaIs done levying Bn ocsupa- for profit or not, for the y.w.m3e cl," tian tax. Y,;lJrs very truly
8. W. Fairchild fissistant RWFtIM APPRlWED MY 1, 1341 APPROV%D: OPWIOFI COM?UTTXZ By: - i3.W. E., Chairmu