*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

AUSTIN

yionorable lred ~0lmllel

County AtfoTIL@y

*lohita CoPnty wlohlta tallr, Texas

Dear Sirs

Ia your lsttrr o(Aee) 1940, the following raot81

,~“,,8”“” 1 o&r E ew Mexlro. t &a--re&- rue that tha sport paosen- r out as 80 oa as to whether the tax1 s or lvtlole Qlla, Ye~71pon~a tiole lb9Oa, YernoDU! Penal Co&i.

QOa, pexml Code, proridem a. enalty 8 Article Olla, Yeraonh Clr 1 Btat- Ip Qlla pro~idss rar the regulation or motion 1 (0) 0r the last aen- part aa r0u0asi

Vhe trrm Wotor au8 Cornpay* when u8e6 in thla Aot (Art. Q&la1 P.C. 1bQOa) means ever oorporatlon or persona as herein derim, t rl sir 108soa8, trustees, rsoelrsrs, or trurteer ap- pointed by any oourt whatsoever, owning eon- trolling, operating, or managiag an m&or pro- pelleb pasarnger rshlole, not usutzly operated f

61: Ban. Bed MoDnnl~, PW' 8 or Oyer taller and enmgtu¶ in the bualnesa oD of tranqort~ tor oompcnoatlon or pereone

h-s over the ubllo h%hwaya within the Btate of TOX~S, whet or operating over rlxed routes E

or rlxed eoheduler, or otherwlee~ . . .*

Scotion Z of raid Artiole Qlla protlUee that1 *ill motor-bus coxapenlee, a6 deilaed hem&n, are hereby deolared to be *oonmon oarrlere* and eubjeot to raplatlon by the State oi'Texa8, and shall not o mate any motor propelled paeeenger rehlc P e ror the rcg- Or D81110M a8 D888eDK8C8 UhPfr8MDOrtatiOn oompen'iatlon fir hire over sly publl6-bigh- ror in Wale State esoept ln aooordanoe with w4 the provlelon 0r thl8 Aot . . .a

other parts of Artlclc Qlla proride for the lseuanoe or certi~loateo and pcrmlt8 umler proper olroum- StanBee i

xn the base 0r ii0rm w. state, 20 S..s. (24%) wao hclU that this law lo mot tiolat+&by en 1057? it a ooeepany who hire! a eervloe ear one tlmc to agent or Waneport over a publle hl@way or thle state paseengers -_-

who had been brought to otlf etate line upon a vehicle ogyrated oatelde the etatc by euoh company.

m the oaee or c0111~1~0ies mbit CO~PCUI~ W. csroeeoloee, bb 8. F. (Sd) t09;the El Paso Court of Clrll~ mpeale held that krtiols 1bQOa oi the Penal Code was not violated bJ a person who, ln making an isolated trip from IL peso to Blg sprln&, aooeptti eompenaatloa from a person who aooompanled him on the trip.