Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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Dlnotor, Motor Tranrportmtion Diti8lon &llro*4 Comd..ioa or 2.x..
AW tin, kxa. Dear “ira opinion ‘40, pro75
El.1 can the hi1.m.d h..li.rlon of Tua. le1~al1.1 l mpmaiw the tu dum &or %otion l5, Aeiola ala, k.CJ. of Tua..
MO l ok~~wledgo rooolpt of your nqum8t r0r aa opipi0n of tai. Doputmmnt on the utat.4. quortioa atot.
The faot8 with rofaronor to th. opinion rep& .r. .I r0ilm:
Tho Crown &mob Ccmpuv ir l olotor mhlolo oomn carrier of paru@naur for hir. .ng d in lntorrkto oonoroo. -0 wholly It. o oration. in-%X.8 in t&t it 'f BtW8tda true 8 rout* on u. 6. Hi&.tn Ro. Tl, whloh for two or PI throo rAlo8 north OS Tmrkam I r.rhollr within tho stat. of Irxu and than 8aid hi&my 6008 into tho City oi Tuukana
onrhdf in Tuu .o(l onehalt in Arkama8. that tha pr.ri.1.oa. of ktirl. vi806 Cl+11 Ytatuto8, IO=, are in tie- l 1a~u.o of the #dual Conatltution. Soworor’, It 1. dllill(l by my 01 .o~Q#Z'O~.. to piy ow-h.U of the tu.
The praou~o ~que8tion mu a8k u8 to rem3er.m opinion on 18:
*CM we log.Uy makr th. oo8promi.a an thi? nttorV
Bon. Jti. x. IcllQry, Rag4 6 3, %otion 66, of tha Coustltutioi of Texea
Artiole proil do. t
.l’ho Logislaturo oh611 iiaveno pomr to releaar or l xtlngulsh, or to authorize the re- 1#6147 or extln@,ulnhlog, in wfxlc+ ar in part, the lndsbtednesa, ~llablllty or obllcation of any oor- pomtlon or lndirldwl, to this stats . . . exoept dellnquoat taxer which have bden d\;e “or n period OS at 14a.t tm y68ro.*
k aompromlss of thie tax would in effaot relmsa or l xtlngulsh the balrnoo duo if said Mticlo 9116, Seotlon 16, 1s not ln violetion of tha Bsderal Constltutlcn a8 applied to carrluo ect,larylnl: engagsd wholly In lnter6tato CCi::rierCO. xi ths
said tax 10 unconstitutlonnl, tho Crown Coaoh Company would sot be obligated to pay my s-11.. You are, thoreiOr0, ndr!.ssd that you camot legally compruu.loe thlr tax ehlm.
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