Code, and reads as iollowar "!?oo.2. The4PM01 cod* or Toxaa or 1925 is amoad~d harrbr by midin a sow aeo- ~f~o~~,knowa as Astlola802b and nadlng
"'ArtloU 802b.
@J*Anyperron who has been oontlotad or th6 mladamoanor ofrena* or drlvbg or operat- Eonorabla tl. C. Nuffakar, Paga 3
lng an lutmoblla or other motor rahlola uporr any publlo road or hlghua la this Cyata or upon any rtroat ae al f.8 y dthln an Inwrpuratad altf, town or rlllaga, uh:la lntaalortad or u&or the lnfluonoa or lntoxloating liquor, and who ahhill thare- ll'tar drlva*or operate aa lutmoblle or o.thor motor tahlola upon auy pub110 road or highway la thir rtata or upon say street or ll1e.y ulthln tha liorita or UI Inoorpoxmtad oltr, town or vlllaga, uhllr auoh parson Ia'IntoxIoakd or underthe Influano@ of In+&xIoatlag 'Liquor, shall be gulltr of~a felony, and upon oonvlotlon ba punI8hod by oonflmmant In the paaltantIary ror an7 tam of years not loam than one (11 nor more thau rlw (51.'" (Emphaaiaours) ha hanlnabova pointed out, the offanaa of 6rIitIng a motor vahlola wer and .upon ~8 pub110 hi&my, or atrmt or an Inoorporatad olty or town, while under the Inrluanoa or IntorioatIng liquor, has alwnya bean a felony in Texas fzysm the tiria or the tlrat lagIalatIonon the subject until the passage of Iiousa Bill Ko. 73, aupra. Artlole 802 as It now stands beoauaa of the ameudmnt Inoorporated In liouaa Bill No. 73, aupra, makes the oiianaa a nladaaraanor.ArtI- olr 802b, lupra, does not ohanga thfa, but oreataa a naw offsame, making it a felony to drive and operate a motor +ahIola rhlla iatoxloatad, ato . , lpplloabla only to.8 ear- son who has bean oontlotad oi the mIadmaanor oitanaa of drlring and operating suoh vahIole uhlla lntosloataif, ato. hm the aooond ottann ~rarrad to In yourbcio- gram was apparently otxmlttad prior to June 17, 1941, tha defendant would hava an llaotlon whether tc be triad under A$t~la 802. as the artiols stood on the data or the of- *aa our opinion Ho. O-3760, lnoloaed herewith. 'b bella~a that opinion will an8wer your questions In avant auoh lxpraaa alaotlon should be tada by the :;urty War IutaatlgatIon. Iu this opieion wa hold that the new Artlola 802b wculd bwa no appllaatlon to one gcnrictad under the felony atatutaa oondamnlng drunk drivers. III thb 8Vbnt Oi Honorable :i . C. Nutfaker, Paf5a 4
an lx p r a a lalaotlon, we oan oonoalva (but la ianoy only) or a oaatlotlun under &tlala 62 0r tha Penal Coda whloh.pro- tides la@aaaodpuulahmant ror ao?ond oonviotion8tar 0 hlca%~, but auoli lppaara 80 rezzoqe m till. pratarmit a dla- iuaalon or sama. Tour question -10 lpaolflca1ly enawcrad that a parson who, prior to &u&a 17, 19W. WI oonrlotad oi drlv- lag a rotor vahlolauhlka under the Influanoa0r Intorl- ootlng liquor and thcrcaftar and alao prior to June 17, 194l, cazultted the orrena@ of drlvlng a motor vehlola whlla under the .lnrluanoa of intoxloatlng liquor, mcly ba Indiotad by the grand