Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
lionoreblo Jane8 B. Uldry, Dlreotor
Potor Tranaportatl0n DlVi81~
Railroad t%mb*LOll Of hX8#
Austin, Toxea
Eear Sir: cplnlon Ho. 04b34
. vehiole, a*edr, II a~rtlrloate or oonvenlrnm ml neoorelty tron thle Donanielrion to run operato out to the unlnoorpomtsd OltJ, town or vllJAgr.
h'onorable J-es E. XlMsf, DlroetoFI Paw 2
*2. Pl4trso give uu mux opinion es to uhuthmr oruottbl8Cds8lonha8 t&e lagml8atlwrity8ti power to promlet 8 rule or a*aeral order turbid- ding oertliloatod oorrlsr from lntorohonuln8 inight with the unoertlileata6 orrrlar a*ntloned in prra- graph one above until suah uueortltloatd oarrlor obteln8 owtlrleak Eros this Uomlsslon. “3. Plrsrr 81~0 w ~apr optnion as to whothor
or not thla aomala8lon he8 tho3rgal l othorlty ~4 powar ta; a~~oei thm 0miriomte 0r l 00rfmortti osrrler, otter propar notlea hesrlng, for vlo- latlon of-the rule or poor81 order mantlond la paramph two abwo. Xn othar wor$s, rssmtlng your ansuez to quastlon number tuo 18 la thr ttrrirnrtive, then, ia that went, ir the e~rtiri~4itd oarrler cous interoh- ~zzelght with the unoortlrloate4 carrier, &eli tbo~ aowls5lon have suthorlty to QI~- 0451 oertirloate 0r the oortirloated carrier artier notlim s&d herring for *fOlSt~.On Of the rule or goneral order?*
Ifhe answer your Que8tlws raqulr65 a oonstruo- tlor of subs~otlos (a),-‘rotloa (1). A~tlole Ollb, Veraon“ kraotetoe Civil Etstutar, whleh datlm*5 8 -otoz aarrlor* 88 roil0tm 9%0 tern botor 05r&br* mmsna any person,
rix78, oorporatloa,.~ oommnp, o*psrtnrrehlp, mm3- elation o r Joint stwk l ebaolatlon, and ttm.ir lessecls, noeiver5 or trustrrs l p olnted by any E Court uhetsoww, eunlng, oontml lng, wnaglng, opratlng or oauolng to.bm ogalr8ted oaf Rotor propolleed veblola used in trawmrtlne ror oonpensatloa or ~&PO ovetr any publlo hlghuaT a833 in (~0tm30 or 5wh tmu- b thi0 mte, portetlon.8 hlgbr*y b&man two or mom ih~orpor- et& oitles, toww or villages la tamersad; pro- *motor ourrler* as u80a 10 vided that th0 tern thla Aat shsU not inolude, and this Aut ‘h@Zl not applp to motor vehiole8 opsretd exolustwdp rlthln the inoorporated liraits, or oltles or to!es~.~
The authority OS the Oommlsslon to regoletm . opsratlow or oarrlsr rafarrsd to in pour rlrat question *3 ,ononble James f. Elldsy, Dlreator, Pap 3
depends upon 8 question whbthar suoh oamler la a Wotor os~rlsrRO 81) dailaod by seotlon Q$ ths statat. sbovs cuoteb.
A5 we Oawtrua the atattrta, the fr sleturs ha8 68rinrd a motor oarrlar as 5 p o raon l ngwpd !G tTSW$OTtlEU promrtf rca- hero bt motor vohlale over tha hl&mays of this W!W@:~II tha oourme oi operation8 ~aaduatad br state, tranr555 hlghw5~b5tw5entuoormora in- auoh persoah~ c0rporatoa altlalr, towns, ma status or tha or vlllagas. person an 8 Wotor osrrlafl 18 msdr da~oa6 on tha oharaa- tcr of the operetlocs coAuoted bF him; on whether he trens- 3orta prog10rtr r0r hlra, whather ln the ~oura0 doing so ha traVarSOS a hl&~J bOtWOaA tUa or Eore lnObTpOT5ted oitlao, towns, or vllle~et it a008 not &opand on whether, ln the hands of snother pereon, the proparty whlah he trans- ports hao been transported or will be tr8aaported war tlghnays between twa or mra lnoorpomted oltlas, tows, or villa&as, by motor vohlala. In othor mxrds, *sqsh trsns- partatloa* la tha-dsflaltlon, rafar5 to the trsnspoxtrtlon oparatlans aonduotad by the parsof~ mopsrrtlng any notor pro-
ollad VOhiBle wad l!I trsalQWtia(t Rl'OQOTtt iOr. . . hire," Ati teat-to ba nppllad la whather~ tha parson opsrrtlng thu notor vehiala udes it la treasportlna rar hire batvman two or oara lnoorporated oltles, towns, or vllleges, ovbr a hligtmg or thlo %tate.
Yrxir rlrat qwatlaa la thereron snsueretl la the nagatlve.
_ Iafn‘vlar of the &neuer made to pllr rir8t que*t10a,
it beooaes wneoesrrerp to awmr yotw eaeoad sad third quer- tioa‘.
Ykiurs very trttly R. Py. Falrohfld &sslstant '
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