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*1 796 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
OpinlOB HO. O-19
Ret Should a tra Ilo are in reo ter of rooeat date, relqusetfng tha oplnlon touohing the at, l beve qUOStiOB. VOEBOB’B ABBO-
a-l, he. ) tau .c. 8.. bus“ 8rn roum8t the limita thin
towns or subur- seotfoa 8s of this aat PXWIO~~W fh* amud llosnoo foes for the reglrtration of Protor %U608*
The firet paragraph of your lotter read8 an *2 Hon. Hcxmr Garrison, Jr., Pug8 8
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“Ia riew of the faot t&t w8 are hava a nrrc;ber of oo@aints about travel bureau auto- niobiles operating withcut regulation or wapon- for hire be- mibillty and osrrying paeuongore tawne and oltlea, we are aek- twaen lnoorporstea Imthat 9ou pleuse Rive ua an opinion on whs- ther or not a travel bureau oehlola, hauling paase.y:orrr for hire, should ba ohargsa Sor the motor bus llcenee end the seating tax a8 provia- 8a in t3eotions 6 aa 8a of xo~ss Rill 6, chtip.
fs, p. 178, General mm~seoond iiiilt3a 3tmion, rorty-first 18f&Whtme."
The queetIon a8 subtitted is h9pothetIoal to a greut cxtent ta whleh we axe unable to give a oate&orlcal antn90rg flante&lg, it is a question of feat &B to whe- ther a travel bureau, or un9 individu61, flnz or oorpora- tion, operated motor vehicle6 wIthIn the purvIow of the above statute. CertaInl9 if a 'xotor *ehIole ia operated by a travel bureau in tramporting persona In the gamer set out in the atatute for aonpensatlon or hire, whether over flrsa routes or otherwiie, it should be oharged for the caotor .bur lloeme as provided ia the above sot. It sill lIkewIse be subjeot to other rsgulatorp stattites per- taining to the operation of motor vehioleo In such rcanuer. The taots alone ecrn reeolvo the question.
lfo will gladly render 9ou a full opinion touohlr& the ratter Lf 9cu doala to subnit 'to ua addlticnal faoto perteiting tbcroto.
ZCPJ IA% APPROVEDm 23, 1940
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