**OFFICE OF**  **THE AlTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS** AUSTIN

Honorable J. B. Draper **chita** Driver’s LZotmse Division %X&SDepartmmt OSPublio Safety oempXabry &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** 11on 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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& the offewes ror whioh BUIens10n18 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 

### hima 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 maybe raid to be a permission granted by blIo r euthority t0 perbonu certain rote whloh are forbidden y law 

### l zoeptto persons obtaining suoh penulsalon. Hoefliag v* city of San Antonio 85 %x. 228, 20 s. w. 88 16 L. R, A. 408. ‘Lhetom '1ioenW maybe used to Uet&nate - tm pemlreion 1tae1i. 2here odll be no ewpeneloh prooeediage lmtltuted to 

### mapend adrlrlng privilege whloh is sot gxirtent by ceeaon of the feat that fho 

### personhas not been issued a drlver’a lloenee~ 7bbw0x-8, we answer yourflrst 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. TheDepartment shall not iesue any lioenae hereunder1

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### lbanypersonwhenthe Department has good oauae to believe that the operation of a **motor** mhlole on the highways by suoh person would beilniraioal to p&&i0 86rOty OrVOlfarO~”

. Veotlon‘i.0. TheDeperbnent 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 

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pplloation Ir made. It #hall lnoludo l tert of **the** applIsant*r rlbion hi8 abilitytounderatand 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 motorBaaamble J'r 

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tehlele end euoh further pbyeloul and mntel exam lnation as the 

### DoperCment fiade n~on85ary to deter

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prlloant~r

fltneas to ogwm&e a motor rehtalc rrofely upon the N@me e, tkd rorlUe6 further that the IXreotor &.a!9 t ha00 t leuthorl:y to o(iuae to be rs-41xrml~CCl~occcsa la elQ oedoc whioh la bls fudgmnt the lloe~eee is !$nncra$d%le @f operctias Lmotor 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 Bmotor vehiols andwhether 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 if3swdntory under ttotlon W Article 66fYb, Ftrnon’6 Annotcted %3ViPwlCivil Stetuies, or nay other **offense** utkier the laws nSu.lating tIi0 **Op@wtiOn** of motor w3biolee, en6 ChOilU U*npt'b io6uan06 OSanS 110enB~ If, ir. tSe ~~t:;:.nnn” ‘ha -cyr:rxa’;, it “would bt: fn:r-.l.xil ,,c public bSfc.?y 3r y:e:f;,rr?” ICYttlii a:-@toant to heve .sy l.ice:;fx. Yexy truly youre,

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