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*1 OFFICE OFTHE ATTORNEYGENERALOFTEXAS ,
AUSTIN
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IIonorable'Toa Colemn, Jr., Page 2
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'provisions of Sehato Ml1 tI0. 43, Acts of tha 47th LeCislaturo, are lwbcr ooqxmles pomitted to resistor their' truoks at the 'reduced~ratea thgreia I;rovidcd if~thoy ara usod orclusively to haul Umber Cram on
lands o-med.by the eaid ooqany to their
tills for ,rrocessinS?"
j3qytio~,G of 'Satiate Bill 43 provfdes as follows: nAmxid Aots 1929, 4lstLegislature.
Second Called Session, paSe 172, Chapter
SS, Section 6a, as added Aots 1933, Grd
Leglslatuse, First Called Gssoion, page
02, Chapter 27, Section 1, as mended
M;%i;;34, 43rd Le2Lslature, Third Called P , paSo 75, Chapter 36, Sootion 1,
so as to koraaftor read as follms:
w(Section Ga. E3mn a ooiw3rolti motor vchiclo so.u$Ai to be reGistered aa& used by the owne,r thmeof only in thetmas- portation of his own poultry dairy, livo- stock, livestock products, tLber in its
natural state, aad farm products to narket, or to other points for oale.,or procesolx:g, or the trwsportation by the ownor.therooT of laborers fro=1 thafr &lam of residence, I_
and neterlals, tools, ec,uilxent and sup-
plies, \?ithout char@, fro3 tto @ce of ,, purohase or storqe, to his cm fam or
ranch, cxolusively Por Itio own use, or use on such far3~ or rmch, the registration license fee, for the mi@t classifioatlona herein mntione&, shall be fifty (5ic,$) per eeat oP the resistration Poegreswibed ITOr weight clasoificationo in Geotion 6 of the ’ Act hereby mended, a3 tiAer?ded in 'this Aot;
provided further, that it shall bo the duty of the f:i&m;~ Comission to provide licease platosdistJ.nguishable fros license pl.atos used for cthzr comercial m&or vohiolo~
u31ii~ the hi&weys; provided fwthor, ,if the Oi~GS~ of '6ny ao;meroial IZOtOX WhiClOj COD- Ing vrithkn tho provisions of. Chla hot, ahall *3 lTonoYabl0 Toza%olmzan, Yr., Bige S
Us6 or pamtt to be used any%suoh Pehiole for any other purpose than those provided for-in this AotL he shall be guilti; of a nlsdeaeanor, and upon conviction,. shall be .fincd in any suu not less .than Twenty-five
$25.CO) Dollars nor snore thau TwofIundred $200.00) ?Iollars, and eabh use of such.ve- ,I ,. :Jd.olc axd each perixission for such use of .,.sueh vbhiole shall oonotitute a separate
offense; ..?rovidod, however,'~tinat all COEI- Eieroial notor vehicles, truck tractors, road tractors, trailera ahd sci&trailers as dofinoil ~JI Yeotion 1 of Chapter 25 of : tho Gonazal Laws of the Pifth Cal.lstl:Ges- .
sion of the 41st Legislature, not'+@%g '._
.svlthin the provlslons of this Act ahail. . . -be reqtired to pay all rogistration'and
1Zaenso fees‘pzcscribed by t&o other pro- ', .., visions of Chapter 88, General Lam of
the 4Lat Zc&3lnturo, second. caUe$ Ges-.
slon aa mendcd by thin AC?;*; T+ 1 .
The above quoted auendmqC 'inoludod within Article 667Sa-Ga of Vernon*s Annotated CivI3. Btatutea then olaasification of **tinbor its jmtural stats* for the firat tine. &bsequent to ths above quotocl ariendmnt this departmnt ruled 5x1 opinion X0. 0-3357~ a9 qo&l.o:$a:
KSn t!m above onactient ttie lc&lature '~ included for the firat time, 'the classifica-
..tlon of *timber in its ~Ratural state.' t?n-
quostbonably oeder posts wou$d ooze within this legiolatfve olasaifioation. Therefore au $ndividual nay in our spinion, oporato a vehiole with a fnm license %hero.on as provided in jeotioa Ga, supra, and haul
ceder posts cut off of land that said in- dividual owns.
" * * 'ft is the opinicn of Ihis ai3pdnent thereforo that the i.ndividual who purchases tiubcr fron others or who
IIotiorablo TOSI Colomu, Jr., Pa50 4
leases l.aad for the solo yurpose of remov- in5 tiuber t!xrcfrou would not be entitled to tho 9fm.m license**p;,ogi~od f~or in Arti- . -. 010 6675~6u, oupra.
Under thofocts aet out in your latter the ooqmny owns tha 1anQ fro?x which the 105s aro being: out. It is our opinion that fin such a case the coxym~y %ould be In the saze position as the individual who haul3 cedar posts whioh he has cut fron his om lasd - that 13 entitled to a lio'enso et the reduced foe sot out in Sootiou 6a of the Registration Law, aupra. Xe further boliove $hat from a readins of mid . 5ection it is clear that tho.Le5islature intended for any- one operattn5 Eotor vehicles to tranoyort titiex in its natural state (;rom on h%s'oxn land to be ablo to ~30 said vehiolo for the purpose of trcmportin5laborors to the land for purpose of rezovin5 said tiszber in its na"uura1 state.
i% do not believe that ahg company or individual. oould haul tir&er in its natural state which he hod sur- I Ohesed fron others or which he had taken off of land leased for purposes of rcuovinp, tha tizbcr therofroa in o.cmmroial motor vehiolo with a license obtslned under Section 6a, supra. Vie also do not balievetiuat any individual could haul lmber .or shy other oozzodity mde fro= tiiiber after the tixabq in its mtural #tat6 had been processed, regardless of whether the ttier in its natural state had been takes off land owed by the individual or not. It is our opinion also, that if a oonpany omsland It zny use a ruotor vehfole which has a Xi- oonse soourod under Section 6a,: supra, to haul logs their natural state cut fron suoh lazd and also to haul laborers to tho land for the purpose of cutting suoh timber.
You.133 very tru&
PIRST ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL