Legal Opinion

Opinion No.

Texas Attorney General Reports

Decided October 21, 1977Published

1Opinion of the Court

Honorable Mack Wallace Chairman Railroad Commission of Texas E. O. Thompson Building Austin, Texas 78711

Re: Railroad Commission's authority to require licensing of an ICC certified transporter of liquefied petroleum gas.

Dear Mr. Wallace:

You have requested our opinion concerning whether section 5 of article 6066d, V.T.C.S., requires state licensing of an Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) certified transporter that is not the ultimate consumer of the gas. You further ask whether such a requirement is constitutional.

Section 5 of article 6066d provides in part:

[N]or shall . . . persons, firms,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. South Carolina State Highway Department v. Barnwell Bros.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Buck v. KuykendallSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  3. Maurer v. HamiltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  4. McDonald v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  5. Southwestern Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Railroad CommissionTexas Supreme Court · 1936

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