HonorableHomer Carrlson,Jr., Director Texas Departmentof Public. Safety Austin, Texas OP~~IOUNO. 8-218
FW: Requirementof a pemit for transportation of pipe by a oontractorfor iustallation of a pipe line contractedfor as a turnkeyJob when the pipe is furnishedby the pipe line ocmpanyand theoontraotin- eludes an amountfor the pipe'8 Dear OolonelCarrisour transportation.
You suhnit to us the followingproblem:
A turnkeyjob oout.raotorcoutraots with a pipe line company to build a pipe line and as an incidentto this contractagrees to haul pipe owued by the pipe line oompauyfrm the nearest railheadand throu&bincorporatedcitiee to the site of constmotiou striu@d the pipe along the ditch in preparation for the completionof the pipe line, and as au item of the contractthe cost of transportingthe pipe ie~iucluded. Is the turukeyjob contractorrequiredto obtain a permit from the RailroadOammisslonof Texas before ti%sporting the pi+ Under tile set of faots, the turnkeyjob contractoris "transportlrg propertyfor compensationor hire" cud is a oontraotoarrieiwithin the meanit@ of Subsection(h) of Section 1, Article glib, Vernon'sCivil Statutes. NestWax h&m- ccanpans V. smith, 1.28Tex. 173, g6 s.w.2d 282 (1936).
Nor does the turukeyJob oontrsotorcome within the exoeptiousOf Seotlon la (1) of Article 911b.
A oontraotorwho has a turnkeyjob oontraotfor the iustallationof a pipe line and as au incidentto the oon- tract transportspipe owued by the pipe line ocmpanyfrom HonorableHomer Qamlaon, Jr., page 2 (OpinionS-218)
the railhead,stringlngitalong the ditch, and ohaz?ges the pipe line ounpanyfor the transportatiouisa oon- traot carriersubjectto the provlelonsof the Motor CarrierAot, Artiole glib, V.O.S.
Yours very truly,
APPmvNDl JClIUBlWEiBEPPERD AttorneyCeneralof Texas Mart Starnea Oil and &is Dlvisiou
W. V. Cappert BY Reviewer Cordon Thrall AssistantAttorneyGeneral J. C. Davis,Jr. Reviewer
L. w. Gray Reviewer
Davis Grant First AssistantAttorneyGeneral
John Ben Shepperd AttorneyGeneral