Case Information
*1 241 I OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEYGENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable D. C. cireer
State Ffighway Engineer
Austin, Texas
Bear Sir2
Oplnion,No. C-S%5
Ret Rtglstrrtion of . A February f? 1 t a8 folio . ’ A+ *tnQe8 18 operrt- lng the Randolph oonriot8 ot a ma ompany, whloh
betweea nan Atitonio and Randolph F’iel camp Bulllr. In the ee operation8 crate between or through mo
verbally adrl ,,e’i&F read that the or E&rough
) He has, therefore, in with prrneng~r lioense anee with advloe, aeooord- ee6 of thl8 otiioe and other o these operation8 HP. Nln&es4 6, the United States and to &n&a$.ph FIuld and Camp BuJ.l!ie 18 oouoerned, but we are not ~oertain acI to the oorreotneer bf their raglstratlon with passenger oar Uoense plates when they make chartered trips. Therefore, pleaee sbrlse u6 whether or not the burr8 used br thle oarnap- in trannportlng person8 ior bfre on ohaatereb trips wherein the trip would be between or through two or mope lnoorporated oltirr they should be rvf%ateret¶ with paseengepr Iloenee plate6 OF with bus plate8.
142 Honorable D. c. Ckeer, pa$e l?
Eeetlon ii of hrtiole 6676A-1, Vernon’8 hnuotated Civil 3lmtutee, pr0rIder aI followel
O(n) ‘Notor &II' rhall IaoluQs every rehlole exoept there opensted by muroular power or l xolu8Irel~ on 8tatiosary ml18 or traot8, whioh 18 ured In tranrportIng per8onr between or through two or more Inoorporqted altler an&/or towne anti/or vIllago for ooapenea~tlon ..(or hire) whether operated over flxod routes or othonlre; exoept 8UOh of r&id VehiOle8 l 8 are operated l $OlU8iVely within the lIaIt8 of Inoorpomted eltler and/or town8 or ruburban addition8 to ruoh towns.*
We are not lnfoned a8 to the p8rtiaplW faotr bonoern- ing the method Of eper%t%OA Of the bUae8 that We U8ed On the chartere4 trIp8 IA qU08tlon. Newever, In the lart rentan of your letter, quoted l b0Te, JOU OOnillUde tht th0 bU8e8 we bOilt& used t0 traarport prrrongo~r for hIx@e. Pil%8beIw true, you are advieed that under the expreB8 term8 Of the 8tatute, quoted above, the burer ured in tr*nrpmtIng pereon for ain on ohartered trlpr whemIn the trip would be between or through two or more inmrporateb altier ana 8houl.d 8re *Notor h8ed be registered vIth bu8 lioOn80 Qlate6.
We are l ~olo8Ing a oepy of Our Opinion No. O-1430, aertain operatlonr 0r buror am whioh holds in erfeat that the meanlng of ArtIole Qlla, Vernon’8 operation8 tar hire tithln Annotated Civil 5tatut.8. l nnnrea Jour
We tXlZ8t that we &VO 8mt:8iWtOri~y que8tIon.
Your8 very truly