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**OFFICE** OF THE A-ITORNEY **OENERAL** OF TEXAS **AUSTIN**



### &m. ?WaerQarrieon, 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 or VlOlRtblRg tiny or the provlslnneof 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, aommlttsbwithin R wr%.ob of tmlve flZ$) eonereautlve

months.Eon. lknner Carrieon,yr., Fage 2

(8) 1%convictionor n arittir or a motor vehicle invblvea in an aoalaentor collialan, upon a charge 

### of failure to atop, renderaid, ana disalosshie identityat the 8aone of said acoldsnt or oolllsion. (6) Conviotionupon teu eeparatb oharges of aggxavatedassault upon 8 person by means of a motor vehiale, ae 

### provided by law. (b) The 

### xeoooatloa or suspanslon

above provided ehall in the firet iastahcebe for a period of sir (6) months. In avent any lioense shall be revoked or auspemledunder **the** provisionaof this Section for a moon4 time said ssacnd revooationor suepension ehali be for a period of one additionalyear. (a) The revoaation or auspene~oaof any license shall be automatioally extended

### upon llaenasebeing oonvioted ot operatinga motor vehlolewhile the lloenee or suah person la suapsnatta

or revoked; Euoh extendedper104 of revoaationor suepensionto be ror a like ;;;of as the originalrevoaationor suspen-

. Seatlon 16-B of the above mentlimedarticle reads as ioll5wa1

"The Departmentshall.notsue~enda lfoense for a p6rf0a of r&s than one (1) year, an& upon revokia a liaenss shall not in any event grant applicationfor a new liaensauntil the explratlono? the period for whiah said lioeneewas aanoelled.* Artials 601 of the Penal 

### Code abovemsntfone& 

### 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 abovementioned, regards the parking or leavingOS any vehlols upon the paved or Improvedor main traveledportion of any highway,outside any inoorporated town or oity. The stetatelu

Qo not SpeOLry any perioh or tinIfLion. 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 .ofone 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
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Ardell Wllllemlrr Assietant

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TFXAS