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TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Petitioner, v. Kenneth Paul WELCH, Respondent.
    No. 99-0132.
    Supreme Court of Texas.
    Dec. 9, 1999.
    
      Kevin Michael Givens, Austin, for Petitioner.
    Douglas S. Daniel, San Antonio, for Respondent.
   PER CURIAM.

Kenneth Paul Welch’s driver’s license was administratively suspended based upon evidence that his alcohol concentration was 0.147 and 0.130 about an hour and fifteen minutes after his arrest for drunk driving. The county court at law reversed the administrative decision, and the court of appeals affirmed in a memorandum decision. See Tex.R.App. P. 47.1. The court of appeals affirmed based upon its original decision in Míreles v. Texas Department of Public Safety, which was then pending on rehearing. After the decision in this case became final, the court of appeals withdrew its decision in Míreles and reversed its prior decision. See Mireles v. Texas Dep’t of Pub. Safety, 993 S.W.2d 426 (Tex.App.—San Antonio 1999), aff'd, 9 S.W.3d 128 (Tex.1999). Today, we affirm the Mireles opinion on rehearing. Accordingly, without hearing oral argument, under Rule 59.1 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, we grant the Department of Public Safety’s petition for review and remand to the court of appeals for reconsideration in fight of Míreles.