Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Mrah 10, 1941 m8mr4ble xomsr aarriaaa, Jr., Mrecto~
krpmtmmt of PubUo &f&y
C-P h8tln, Tern8 l-m
we 4re la rece ter of February ion or this ds- your latter 4s fide farmer vhcre Cal0 use or uck is to haul his ovn produce, in- clutllrkg cattle, rvlne, etc., he h4s Ntloed himself , to market, entitled to the total ex- ecptian as derlned ia R.C .S., Art. 6675a-2 md as hold by ttre Court in Roan v. RBQVBS, 77 9-W. (26) 737, or la he aal: entitled to the 8POxWald 503 raductim?”
Xaoonblo Boprr aarrlraa, Jr., rag. #Z’
In muv*r to your fbrt and reocmd quertiar ve 667-a vhich reds in wdltnt to Artia -a “when a oosm4rolrl motor vohlolr nought thereof of laborers from their place of mai- denroe, and nuterlalr, toolr, equlparclat 8ad sup- pll.8, ohargo, from the plaoo of pur- vlthout ch68e or 8tOrage, to hl8 0vn fSa or ramh, iO? hiB own U88 Or USa m uzh eXChBiVely llo~ee fee, farm the F3gi8tlrati3C veight 01888ifiCatiQl8 herein mentltxmd, shall
be fifty per cent (5C$) the rcbgi8tl‘atlan t Qh88ifiOatiCCiS hi fee pr.rorlbed for Ve sectiai 6 (Ilrt. 66 5a ) o? the Act heroby il&h amnded l l l .” Ck&wlining our8 ) f
The ter!n “oo;rmo~oiU motor vehicle’ w used by the Legirlrture in the rbotie quoted &tlcls 18 defined in : Art1010 6679-1 a8 follovrr
"(1) 'Cwralal Notor Vobialo' lllOWl8 my motor vehicle other thm motoxwle dOri&M3d O? Used to? the t?lUl8~?tdiOll Of ~psrtt, lricludin~ eve- rehiclo ured for delivery pua’porer .
In both Of the 098e8 you 8Ubdt In your fIrat indiV;dUal $8 not Using R "nOlQl%B~til tV0 qUO8ti~8 motor vehlcleR (U defined by the tegi818tWO) Ody itI the trm8portatiCex of hi8 me poultry, dairy livestock uid fmm product.8 to narkei. %J i8 UBine 8amC to? the ho purchases *ox others tral¶8poX%htil23 of products d80. It la apparent that the individual ln either -86 you outline should not be entitled reduced license tee hs p?C38CPibf3& In the above quoted Article.
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Ia llno tith the above rebsonlng this department ruled in opmoa HO. o-527 as r0iiw88
%O U@ Of thb OpiaiOIIr thOPO?oXW, t&t thb barefIts the Avt101e aoorw oly to a pbrson vho tansports Us ova produots to mar- kbt Or Othbr $KhtS so? ml0 Or pXV?OSS8ing, and is not for the bmat 0r l pmmm, u a- dlorted la your. inquiry tbt vould be trsnrport- f8rmer pUX'ChBS.d fromSnothor l l ~prodUCt8 . therefore,
It 1s t.h*'opinlon of this deraH.ment, thnt ths indlvldurls nssmtlamd in your questions ano and to the 5H tvo vould not be entltled reduotlm on farm truck 1108ZlSS8 S8 defined la h?tiCie 6675&h, 8Uplr. In roux' third questlai truck 1s used by a banr
fide iarmor vho wee said truck mly for purposes of hauling hi8 ovn produce to markrt inoludlng cattle, etc., vhlch he YOU S8k vhother said lablvidwl 18 em- bilDBelf hS FS18Od. to the fmn lloenre plates at the 5% titled ?eductlaD as 6675a&, or vhether sold ipdlvldual 1s provided la Article to the to-1 xm@lon pr~~Idod for la Article entltlod 6679-2. 6675~2 VU oaaotod u a part of the vhole Article 6679dr, reglstratlao l8v in 1929. h?tiOl@ SUPFS, -8 8al- acted la 199 and VaS UI blmdmsnt for 9IP908SS of axtending fern to oortala 5% reduoed license naeammpt vehlolSs. the status vehloles vere It did not affect totally 667-4. Bean v. Reeves, 77 S. V. (2d) ox;mpt undo? Artlole
. 66751~2 reds as fOiiOV8r
Artlclo 'Svery ovner of b motor vehicle, trailer or reni-trailer used be used upao the public hlgtnraga of this Stato,mdwchchauf- 8hS11 apply each JOU’ t0 t&O State E%gh- four, vay Departzmnt thmugh the Comty T8.x Collector of the County In vhich ha ?e8ldeS fO? the regls- tratim of each such vehicle omed or controlled by him, or * ohautBur'8 11CSXl80, to? the en- *4 Xamrablo Xom6r Oudsaa, Jr., Pag6 i4
sulngor Cuvr6ntCslendArJ6ar 6rm6xpLr6d portion thereofl provided, hovever, that fsrm tr8iller8, farm- ova6rs of f8.m tzwtorr, trailers hro oprrted in conformity to bll pro- Yi8iCQS Of the &v 8aYO and l XoOpt the ?6qul?6- mart8 as to rag:stratiw and 1106nse~ sad gro- vidlng further t&t the exemptlaos in this s66tin 8b11 sot applr to any Sam-trailer or fsrm-reml-tnrller vhen the ~068 veigllt. exceed8 4,000 pounds; provldc?di that 03 l%rm-trailer or fsrm-86mI-tawller vlth meal tires shsll b6 permitted to opente rt a speed Ah aotrsa of flft66n (15) tiles per ho\pJ and further pro- vided, that the exemptlam 3i thlc SCctian ohs11 not apply to 6ny f6m-tlSll6r or rsrm- 86ml-Wile? vlth stecl tires a vidth 1688 thur th?66 iaCh68 o&m'i%ting in 6Xc088 of fiito6n (15) rilrs p6r hour: snd prOYlding, further, tbt th6 6X6BQtiCU ia this 8WtiOll Sh dl not l P- ply to say fhrm-trisll8r or f8mu46ml-trUl6r vh8n th6 - I.8 used hire. P?OVid6d, hOV6Y6?, it shall bo unl8vN operate 8ay tmller or at nJ+ht vlthout ?av nd light rut-trriler rud r6floctcrs. (lhdu~ ours) The shove quoted Art1016 roqulrer that in ord6r for QIO of th6 8peclflcd v6MCl6S .nUU6?6t6d th6ulula to b6 6X6qt same au8t ba ‘operated or moved tmporully upca the hlgh- t8I'm in tit1016 6679-l The b&i8htUlW d6tlnbd uid Mm: la r0iioving lmguags:
"(q) By 'operated or moved tmtporarIly 16 lil6Ukt the Op6l'@tim OC UpOn th6 hi&f878’ scimeying bstvean different frrrms, and opQmt,lcm or conv6ysac6 f?Ola the oVa6rt8 fir13 f6I’S ~POdUC6 18 prepimad to the plaC6 VhQrQ hi8 to? mmket or vhere 8.me I8 sctually mket6d MU ?6tw.‘ (md6?llning OW8)
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Eaaorablr Xom6b aarrls~, Jr., P-6 #5
Allrad v. a. C. &3#6-, 61 8. Y. 75, b6ld. that b vat6r truck VU WI ilBJd6lSUlt of huabaadr~ Vithirr 810enlq th6 Sbov6 quoted hX'tiOl6 Slid thSt th6 S6mS VSS Opo?*tbd rov6d t6mporarlly on the hi&vaym booauno it va8 opera- 6d for O-Y6 fUWS. fo'lirr6Yit.h th. V8t6?b6tUWB abOV6 th6 &b~ 2 10 COU?t Of oiYi1 App6dS a th6 O&S6 Or Bean Y. Roovos, n 8. V. (26) 737, diSoUSS6d l t%ct 8itW- t1m s follffsr
"The a@eed 8tlbtePl6nt 8hCW8 th6 follwinga The 8mltit liY68 UpOn aad OWlWt68 8 farn la Lubbook Comty md ?ai868 cottm, fed., and live stock thereon. H6 OWlI 8 W6-tO?l FC?d truck, vhlch he operator haa tlae to tlae tsa- ;oM?ily Cn the hi&W&y8 ;f 8t6t6 in t?aa8- -porting cotton f?aB his fam to th6 gin, farm product8 ).O the City 9f Lubbook, md mBte?lrls anO i9r use on him f8rm; but the thor6fma truck 18 operatad and used OXOlU8iY6ly in toll- nsoticm vlth the business the tam.”
rho Court held a8 f9lloWc 'The &greed StAt6mont Of fSOt8 #hour that ~6llUlt'S truck MS u86d 6JcOlu81YOly in CW- Of hi8 hmn sad ~68 nectlai vlth the bU8in688 moved and opaNt6d but ~o~orullly ca thd hi&- vrys ql undar *As intorpr6trtIon of Artlola 66792 bjr the Suprea~ Court la Allred v. J. C.
&golma, Inc. 61 S. V. (24) 75, 91 A. L. R.
417, th6 truak VU Ca 'lmphnwnt Of hwtmidry’ and exempt f?m~ rsglrtrat:c92 fOeI."
Th6 lnd2vldual ycu ?Cf6? to Jn you? quootlan No. 3 hi8 txuck !n the 8621 a maMe? owr6t6d 8s 6pS6lh’lt OpOMt6B hi8 truck in the @.%!ve r,uctec: ckee. It 18 the Opinim Of thi8 department, t,heref orb J tbe.t acid motor vehlzlc 18 entitled to the to-1 6xemption coatolnec: in Artlcl+ cs753-2, supra, In- rtoad of only the "JC$ reductlcn provided fez in Article W7sa-6, 8upra.
lour~ very truly