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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 

sd 

L. BueLi'.,, :' : 

Cplnic?n No. O-1%75 :; I; 

upn three aonlfiot~ton8 orVlOlRtblRg 

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 of 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 

the 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 mentioned, regards the parking or leaving OS any vehlols upon 

the 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 
Lion. Romer Garrison, Jr., Page 3 

that a liaense sholl be euspended upon third convfotlon. Eowever, the statute8 do provide that in the 

event any lloense shall be revoked or suapehded under 

the provislom of the 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 hepartemnt 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