OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable J. B. Draper 

chita Driver’s LZotmse Division 

%X&S Departmmt OS Publio Safety 

oemp Xabry 

&w&in, Texas 

Dear Sirt 

n, can the Dctmant denJ hi& a lise during the period 

his Eiul3pemion. . 

quest for Opinion or 

943, have been reoeived 

11 on eaoh Of the following 

1. ‘Does Seotion ti (a) 0r Article 

the pereon*e driving privilege In 

e suspended, when auoh person haa 

d a lioenae? 

Question HO. e, Doee the Department of Publio 

Safety have authorSty to suspend a driving privilege, 

or oan such prooeedings be inetltuted only when the 

riolator Iu et the time the bolder of a valid lice-e, 

and the operator has been guilt7 of one or more offsneea 

listed under Seotion 88 of Artiole 6681b of the statutes? 

Question No. 3. It a person IS oonviotsd 0r ens 

. 

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Honorable Jr B. -per, Par 8 

& the offewes ror whioh BUI ens10n 18 mandstory under 

~&ion 84 0r Arffole bbmb, & ornon Annotated Redated 

dirt1 Statutar, but suah person doer not have a lloencie at 

thd time of ocmvlotion, doer the Dapartinent of Publio Safety 

hare authority ta deny him a lloende UurIng the perfod of 

MS ruopsnelon? 

It 1s baa10 that l person ha8 no drlrlng privilege 

b tbls rtate until a lloenee hae been lesued to him. An 

offlolal lloenee may be raid to be a permission granted by 

blIo 

r 

euthority t0 perbonu certain rote whloh are forbidden 

y law l zoept to persons obtaining suoh penulsalon. Hoefliag v* city of San Antonio 85 %x. 228, 20 s. w. 88 16 

L. R, A. 408. ‘Lhe tom '1ioenW may be used to Uet&nate - 

tm pemlreion 1tae1i. 2here odll be no ewpeneloh prooeediage lmtltuted to mapend a drlrlng privilege whloh is sot 

gxirtent by ceeaon of the feat that fho person has not been 

issued a drlver’a lloenee~ 7bbw0x-8, we answer your flrst 

two questions In the negatlte. 

SWation 4, Subseotlon 0, and Seotion 10 of Artlale 

W!Tb, Vornonte Annotated Revleed Olvtl Gfetutea, reepeotirely read 88 roii0wt38 

Weotion 4. The Department shall not iesue any 

lioenae hereunder1 

. . . 

‘9. lb any person when the Department has good 

oauae to believe that the operation of a motor mhlole 

on the highways by suoh person would bei lniraioal to 

p&&i0 86rOty Or VOlfarO~” 

. 

Veotlon‘i.0. The Deperbnent shall oxamIne every 

l pplIoant for an operator’r, oomo.erciel operator's, 

or ohaufieur*r lloenre, l xoept as otherwise provided 

in this Seotion. Suoh examination shall be held In 

the oounty &ore the applloant reeider or makes applloatlon within aot more than ten (10) day6 fmxa the 

date the l pplloation Ir made. It #hall lnoludo l 

tert of the applIsant*r rlbion hi8 ability to underatand highvey signs In the En&h langu~e re@atIng, 

varnlng, and (Ureotlng traffio, hI8 knowledge of the 

trafflo lawn of this State and shall include an 

aotual demonrtratlon of l bi1It.y to exerolse ordinary 

and reasonable oontml in the operation of a motor 
Baaamble J'r B. Draper, Feuy 8 

tehlele end euoh further pbyeloul and mntel exam 

lnation as the DoperCment fiade n~on85ary to determine the l prlloant~r fltneas to ogwm&e a motor 

rehtalc rrofely upon the N@me e, tkd rorlUe6 

further that the IXreotor &.a! 9 ha00 t t l euthorl:y 

to o(iuae to be rs-41xrml~CC l~occcsa la elQ oedoc 

whioh la bls fudgmnt the lloe~eee is !$nncra$d%le @f 

operctias L motor vsf.lolc ( rsld rxaicl.cstlon Shall 

be held in the oounty of the lloenreo~s reeldanoe 

unlens othsaaiue agreed to ?y both portles to bo 

held el~awhero.” 

In dealding the itlrue of the aypllonnt*e fitaeba 

to operate B motor vehiols and whether or not the o;?eretion of a motor vehiols by the appllo-nt IWG~,! bc i~nitiloal 

to publfo rafet’ 

into oonfAdelr?t i 

or ~Afuzcr, the Eepwtmnt ehmld t&e 

cr. the faat that t-&ok person hm been guIlt,p 

of an offawe for whioh euepenslm of e drlvar?s lieems 

if3 swdntory under ttotlon W Article 66fYb, Ftrnon’6 

Annotcted %3ViPwl Civil Stetuies, or nay other offense 

utkier the laws nSu.lating tIi0 Op@wtiOn of motor w3biolee, 

en6 ChOilU U*np t'b io6uan06 OS anS 110enB~ If, ir. tSe 

~~t:;:.nn n” ‘ha -cyr:rxa’;, it “would bt: fn:r-.l.xil ,,c public 

bSfc.?y 3r y:e:f;,rr?” ICY ttlii a:-@toant to heve .sy l.ice:;fx. 

Yexy truly youre, 

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