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*1 324 OFFICE OF THE A-ITORNEY OENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
&m. ?Waer Qarrieon, Jr., Dlreotor
laQ8*msnt or pub110 ?IRraty
Austin, Texlw
Dear Sir: Attention Ci .%11 L. BueLi'.,, :' : sd
Cplnic?n No. O-1%75 :; I; upn three aonlfiot~ton8 or VlOlRtblRg tiny or the provlslnne of Article 801 or ttm 3mal coat3 of T~xarr, or Beaflm 10 of Cbp%er 4& of tbt, keral Lewe at the Beeon CalLsd Etmelon of’ ths .3%rty-first Iq&slaturo of Teras, aommlttsb within R wr%.ob of tmlve flZ$) eonereautlve months.
Eon. lknner Carrieon, yr., Fage 2
(8) 1% conviction or n arittir or a motor vehicle invblvea in an aoalaent or collialan, upon a charge failure to atop, render aid, ana disaloss hie identity at the 8aone of said acoldsnt or oolllsion.
(6) Conviotion upon teu eeparatb oharges of aggxavated assault upon 8 person by means of a motor vehiale, ae provided by law.
(b) The xeoooatloa or suspanslon above provided ehall in the firet iastahce be for a period of sir (6) months. In avent any lioense shall be revoked or auspemled under provisiona of this Section for a moon4 time said ssacnd revooation or suepension ehali be for a period of one additional year.
(a) The revoaation or auspene~oa of any license shall be automatioally extended upon llaenase being oonvioted ot operating a motor vehlole while the lloenee or suah person la suapsnatta or revoked; Euoh extended per104 of revoaation or suepension to be ror a like ;;;of as the original revoaation or suspen-
.
Seatlon 16-B of the above mentlimed article reads as ioll5wa1
"The Department shall.not sue~end a lfoense for a p6rf0a of r&s than one (1) year, an& upon revokia a liaenss shall not in any event grant application for a new liaensa until the explratlon o? the period for whiah said lioenee was aanoelled.*
Artials 601 of the Penal Code above msntfone& ie aomonlg referred to aa The Law of the Road and Sectjon 10 of Chaptsr 42 of the Ceneral laws of the Seoonnd Called Seesion of the Forty.*tirst Legislature, aLeo above men- tioned, regards the parking or leaving OS any vehlols upon paved or Improved or main traveled portion of any highway, outside any inoorporated town or oity.
The stetatelu Qo not SpeOLry any perioh or tinIf *3 Lion. Romer Garrison, Jr., Page 3
that a liaense sholl be euspended upon third convfo- tlon. Eowever, the statute8 do provide that in the event any lloense shall be revoked or suapehded under provislom above mentioned statute for a second time, said seaond revooatlon or suspension shall be for a period .of one additional year ana Section 16-B provides that the department shall not suspend a lioense for a period of more than one (1) year.
In view of the roregolng statute8 you are respectfully advised thct it ia the opinion of this he- partemnt that when a person le oonvioted for violating any of the provisions of Es&ion 16, aupra, for the thfrd time, his llcenee shall be euepended for the same period of time as in the seoond oonvlotion and in no event Sor more than one gear.
Trusting that the foregoIng fully answer8 your inquiry, we remain
Yours very truly A'?TORXEYGE??ERAL OyTEXAS ?+Y LL&iv&& Ardell Wllllemlrr Assietant ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TFXAS