OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GROVER SELLERS 

ATToRNw G~ERAL 

Honorable K. 3. Gates ,, 

County Attorney 

Xislksr County 

Hwtsrllla, Toxar 

Opinion X0. Q-7281 

St.: 

WI hare r80eivea your 

quoted es follow8; 

Y&other a person who 

oonrlotatl of 

. , .“I: M WSitiA 

on Artiole 6607 

wherein it read 

loted, in the County Court 

the 0Zienae of driving m 

e lnflusaae of lntoxlcatlng 

his oonvlotion, uhloh was a pIea 

ate !?lghway Patrolman took his drivar’s 

mite and told this ymnq man tket his 

lloense would be 8uitpsne0e for six wnths. The hagsent or the Court also susprnd~sd hle lloem~ for 81x 

montha, and at tbLs time, the State 8l&wsp Patrolman 

stated that he PBS renelng t’;cr drlver*e license to the 

Cspart.z;ant of ?ubllo Safety at Austin, Texas. The six 

months has now explrea and the man who was ooavloted 

and his lloeme suspended und,er the Judement of the 

County Court of Qialker County, Texan, now wants them 

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returned to bin and it *@ems thab the looal aathoritiea 

Oi ths htbLlo Sdrt]r ~O&WtRll'AtWhC' iSSUe driVOX"S lhbAsss say tl;at they aadnat return the *am to this young 

sari. bat that ho ~111 be ooznpelled to stand the toot and 

teke anotheF rxaadoatbmr 

l noariA& iA SdAb %!I, fOFiMJOiA6 Statute me the StStbMA* ot faotr above rntmmtea, I ttda lue te &AQW rroa 

your 40 

! 

ertmant wbetber QF not a orem who Is eiuivlotrd 

ot Qrit iq 81). rutombilo while 011 51 er the lailuenae oi lntoxiaatlag 11 

P 

90x-s 

six. moAbh8, i 

and haa had hit license l usp r ndfor r d 

at the ml4 0r thlr orontha pbrlou, lf ha lr 

entitle4 to hwe thea Fetumd to hla, ~pswided tbo 1164nsr 

we5 ia full ion0 and 0rrc0t aa4 mw not out or datr. Daeb 

the ?ubUo 9af8ty De rtmnt bsve to .iWl these liomse to 

him ago0 tha rxplnt r 00 86 that,ha 080 operate another 

l utojoobllr sinor his llreoso 18 tn Nell foroe r@w ml bas 

romething 11&b six nonthr to run betoor the 

bedaUa0 of tha iaot ei his oonriation, ie 

elepm, or 

b s IS lloraoo oeno*ll.d for gnod?". 

ItUomatlon Ii66 beon aubaltted to u&i by t&e Department o? 

Fubllo 3aretr ol this State te the iiteot that thelrpreren% atlmlniatratlife~ptaotloe 1~ t6 nc@ire a driver’s rxazaiaa0lori before retatn- 

‘ia& the liOWO.tO th0 iiOeA~t~0 at the WCpimtiOEt Of ths SW&MAS~~A 

period in 6 oasib of tnla tleture.. The exuoinetfori is oonduoted by the 

Cepartmmt'(rt a’time near 6hr a16 oi tine suspeoslon period so that if 

the llamasor su4easrtul2 

him lnmediatoly apop. erg I 

passso mm& bls lloemse ma be rettmed to 

ration Ot the warpearloa pe z4 04. 

YOU have r~rrrotly quOt#d 84OtiOA 83 oi ArtLo 6587b, 

V.A&?I., exosps that tIw wora "l!estomd" should maa ~ntumeu." ff 

this ieotlon lm r&ad segcarlrtsly, it would sppesr llteoallf mmdetorp 

In r~upuirtag the Csg~rtwnt of Publle 3srsty to rtttum t!w ltoense 

tQ the lloensrs st tho,end Of tha pOriOd Of 8WpSASiOa with 110 pmvlelsn8 l tt*ohod. r!bweve~, we ahell Boaatwtm the aeat~on In its rolatlonahlp ta the entirs Brtror*e Lirwkzsr Aot *nd with raspsot to the 

jlUrpObb $0 be s4@omaplfsheb by tlawing other prov1siOns aa6talneU iA 

the Aat whlob we rst out below. 

-4. To ray person, 41 an operator, a eommerala1 egerntor, OP I) ehaufrour, who863 116ensr has 
bea iwpimded, during rush susponaloa or Nvooat1on; 

1 . Toky poraoa,~ ma 8~ op*mktorr wiaaerol~l 

ope?aterr or chauffeur, who 18 hpalre(l by this Aeb 

to t4 k e aa l x a a la a tluao ale, ss mo h penoa r hell 

hate ruooorstull~ passed ruab rxnalnatloa~ 

: 

~. -9. Ta nny 

oause to b*llsre t 

moon whnn She 0oymWmnt bns pml 

h4t tire operatioa of l amtor vehlole 6n the hlgkwa~ W ruoh per8da would be isiaierl 

to @obLto uroty or weirw0.* 

Seotloa LO of tho Artiolr l ppkLoiitr ia the folkowing. wrdsl 

*se. 10; zMi!5iaation of applioaats. 

It rhaL1 1neluU~ I) teat of the applloa&t*r vision, MS 

*bllltJ to wdaretbnd hl@mcry olgaa in t&e B lleh bangwge regulatiosr warnlng, ml dZnoClng trait “1 0 h&a 

knowlettgr, or bho rafffio lrss 3P tAla mrto, ani.8hall 

inolude an aotual demwtxati~n of ablllty to exersiue 

ordiwry and refm~anblo oontml In the 6porrtloa oi e 

motor +ehioLe and ruoh furthar physioal and mntal OXAJ&- 

nation am the Department Zladr noossaary to Betwxlne the 

armlia*at~r iitmss to ormate a motor vahtLfal0 aarelr 
son. M. ‘2. osteo -‘Page CL 

33s 

oi dritlryg Wiile lntioxiorto0 arid am e reaalt thereof ham had him 

lieaim aaspeadsd for a prriod of mix arocthll, it w0uia aeeui only 

reasonable aad properly osutloue ~QF the 2epartmnnt of Pub~lio Snfoty 

to &eok into thu etatue of that person by sxminatlon betore rsturaiapl hia llorms sn(l authurlty to opurate a aiotor odAol* upon 

our publio hl8hwayo. ** brllsre raob a roQnlmmea~ to br fA kospinat 

dth tho gaaOr81 dbriga of the Art tQ ourb highway lnjUtrie8 ead fotslltlea 8b provide 

no rub8taatfa.l iad P 

a~prr l niorweuprt maeurea therotor. we think that 

vi&al ri&bta l m Jeopardltrd thoroby. 

It is tWWon GUT opinion that tho gonoa named ia yoixr 

-at@tomat of faotu ir l ub l ot to a drirarca s?.mlaattoa before rotma 

or hls’lloe~~ at the l rp i ratloa et 8Lt maatbr II tho PO 

Publlo Befrty iA its i8Whrl b~#oPetio& doom hila lnoapab P 

rrtment et 

0 Of O$Wratlag a motor +eNolor Partkur, that if he tr l aooerriti in prselng 

the l r a a k a a tlhim ~a , llaaaaawt e be roturaed ta,hfr lmne4iatd~ br 

the Uepartera8 upon tho exgiz%tioa of She tom of ruspowtoa, ‘by mai)., 

or otheni8a. IZ the’ lloeruoo is ndt aadsosurul iA parming 4he oxamination, blr lioonm ny not ba retumod by cho Copwtaent, but ho 

oourtu as protfded la soatlons 2% aad 3L of tha Driver 0 Ltamae 

hba, or oeuree tho right or retlen of Sla eaae aa4 April ta tha 

Law. 

Very truly pure