Case Information

*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

Honorable J. 8. Craper, Chief

Drivor*s Llaenae Dfvleion

Teuu Department of Fublia Safety C-P mbry

Austin, Texas

the Penal Code t lt&TSEeiiiiF loally suqended oi the folll0ving of- that *a oonvictlon of e lnoolvod in an aoai- on a charge OS failure to disclose h.lr, Identity at the t or collision'.

above mentioned seation apply aotu.s.llg driving the motor veh.lole at the time of the sooident?”

Seation 24 of Artlole 6687b, Vernonta Annotated Civil Statutes, in part, reads as followor

"(a) The lioenre of any perran &all be automatically rpepended upon fln8.l oonvictlon of *2 Honorable J. B. Dxagar, p8ge 2

any of the Sollowlng offenses8

0 . . . .

44. A conviction OS a driver of a motor ve- hicle involved in an accident or collision, upon a cherga of fsllure to atop, rendrr eid, end dis- clo8e his identity et the scene of mid ecoident or colll8lon.*

Article 1150, Penal Code, reads as follows: "Khenever an automobile, or other motoraycle motor vehicle whatsoever, regardless of the power by which th8 8-e may be roplled, or drawn,

8trlkes eny person or co1 P l&e8 with any vehiole containing a pereon, the driver of, end 611 per- son8 in control of such autcmoblle, motor vehicle or other~vehiole shall stop end shall render to the @iw8on etmok~or to the ocoupantr of the ve- hicle collided vlth all neoerrary a6ristance ln- eluding the carrying of euah person or ocaupants t0 a phy8iCiWl or surgclon for medical or 8IUgioal if such treatnmnt be required, or if treotnmnt, rucfl carrying la reque8ted by the perclan struck or any ocoupent OS the veidxle aoll.lded with; end such driver and person having or armming authority OS euah driver shell further give to the oscupfint of 8UCh vehicle ar person atruak, If requested Et or collision the tine of such striking or insned- lately thereafter, thenumber of ouch automobile, motorcyale or motor vehicle, 8180 the Nlme of

the owner thereof and hia address, tha names OS the paeseqer or p%ssengers not ex0eedin.g five in each %utomoblle or other veh.lole+ together with the ad&W%8 ofeech one thereof. Anx person vio- latlng any provi8ion of this article is punishable by imps-isoment in the penitentiary not to exaeed five years or in jail not exoeeding one geeu: or by fine not exoeediq, five thouaandodollnrs, or by both such fine end imprl8onment.

It 513.11 be observed that vhile Article 1153 pro- vides not only for the aonvictlon of the driver ~4' a QotCIP vehicle who fails to etop end render eld, but also fn %~~CUA of’ all pertmns in oontrol of such mol;oP vehicle,

713 Honorable J. B. Draper, page

while Section 24 an13 its subsection 4 only provide for the autoaatlc oanoellatlon of the lloe~~cre of the driver of II motes vehidle upon final conviction for fellure to stop and render aid.

Where a statute, Oivil or crimtasl, 18 expresmwi In plain and unnmbiguoil8 language, and ita meaning is olear and obvious, there Oaddy v. Is no room for ooristruation.

Flrrt Iatlonal Bank of Beaumont, 115 ‘Pox. 393, 283 S.W. 472; Sparks v. State, 79 Grim. Rep. 263, 174 3. Y. 351. Since the

!language Sound in rubaectlon 4 lo plain, alear, uuambiguoum,

and apeoitlaally lpentlozu only driver8 of mator vehS.clsr, there ie no room for oonatruatlon.

St lo therefore our opinion that your question should be answered in the negative and It 18 80 anauered.