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T E ATTORNEYA'ENRAL
AUs 1 **, TEXA
April 28, 1964
Honorable Henry Wade Opinion No. C-249
District Attorney
Dallas County Re: Is it mandatory that employees
Records Building of the City of Dallas, opera-
Dallas, Texas ting the Dallas Transit Co.
buses, have a commercial
Dear Mr. Wade: chauffeur's license?
You recently requested an opinion of this office on the
following question:
"Is it mandatory that employees of the
City of Dallas, operating the Dallas Transit
Co. have a commercial chauffeur's license?"
You have furnished us with the following facts:
"The City of Dallas recently acquired
the operating properties of the Dallas
Transit Company (which operated buses with-
in the city limits of Dallas and environs);
and the City of Dallas is now operating this
public transit system as an official depart-
ment of the City of Dallas.
"The Dallas Transit Company is wholly
owned by the City of Dallas, and the bus
operators employed to drive same are full
time employees of the City of Dallas."
Article 6687b, Section 1(o), Vernon's Civil Statutes,
defines chauffeur as:
"'Chauffeur.' Every person who is the
driver for wages, compensation, or hire, or
for fare, of a motor vehicle transporting
passengers."
Article 6687b, Section 3, Vernon's Civil Statutes, pro-
vides in part as follows:-1207-
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-249, text, March 28, 1964; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth268668/m1/1/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.