Montana Attorney General Opinion 16-190

Opinion No. 190. Motor Vehicles-Licenses-Educa- tional School, Transportation HELD: tractor of Equipment. Educational schools of a company, transported by truck, are not exempt from motor ve- hicle licenses. October 17, 1935. Mr. A. B. Middleton Registrar of Motor Vehicles Deer Lodge, Montana You request my opinion as to what license fees a tractor company must pay in this state when, in conducting an educational school at their dis- tributor's places of business located in the state, they transport their equipment used in the schools by their own trucks or in trailers towed be- hind cars or by contracted trucks. We do not believe that these facts present any exception to the rules stated in our opinion to you dated September 10, 1935, No. 168, Volume 16, Opinions of Attorney General. Such vehicles, so used, do not come within the exception mentioned in the answer to question No.1 in that opin- ion as they are operated for compen- sation or profit or are engaged in a gainful occupation or business enter- prise. If such equipment is not trans- ported by contracted trucks but by the owner itself, no motor carrier freight license, in my opinion, would be required. See Question No. 10, and answer in opinion No. 168.