Case Name: Larry W. Coffey, appellant, v. John Sullivan, Director of Department of Motor Vehicles of the State of Nebraska, appellee
Court: Nebraska Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Nebraska
Decision Date: 1974-05-09
Citations: 191 Neb. 781
Docket Number: No. 39271
Parties: Larry W. Coffey, appellant, v. John Sullivan, Director of Department of Motor Vehicles of the State of Nebraska, appellee.
Judges: Heard before White, C. J., Spencer, Boslaugh, Mc-Cown, Newton, Clinton, and Brodkey, JJ.
Reporter: Nebraska Reports
Volume: 191
Pages: 781–782

Head Matter:
Larry W. Coffey, appellant, v. John Sullivan, Director of Department of Motor Vehicles of the State of Nebraska, appellee.
217 N. W. 2d 918
Filed May 9, 1974.
No. 39271.
Richard Scott and Bauer, Gaiter, Scott & Geier, for appellant.
Clarence A. H. Meyer, Attorney General, James J. Duggan, and Steven C. Smith, for appellee.
Heard before White, C. J., Spencer, Boslaugh, Mc-Cown, Newton, Clinton, and Brodkey, JJ.

Opinion:
McCown, J.
Plaintiff appeals from the judgment of the District Court affirming the order of the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles revoking the plaintiff's motor vehicle operator's license under the point system.
On June 29, 1973, the plaintiff pleaded guilty to the offense of "no valid Nebraska motorcycle operator's license on person." Two points were assessed for that violation, which brought his point total to 12, and his license was revoked.
Plaintiff contends that- a.violation of section -60.-413, R. S. Supp., 1972, which-requires that an • operator's license "shall at all times be carried by the licensee when operating a motor vehicle-on- the public highways- of this state"' is not an offense within-the, context of section 39-7,128, R. R. S. 1943.
Section 39-7,128, R. R: S. 1943;-establishes a point system. dealing .with traffic violations. The first eleven subjections .'of the statute designate the number of points to be assessed for various specific violations and subsection (12) then provides: "All. other traffic violations involving the operation of motor vehicles by the operator, for which reports to the Department óf Motor Vehicles are Tequired under sections. 39-794.and 39-795, not including parking violations, muffler violations, or overloading of trucks — 2 points." v •....
A violation of section 60-413, R. S. Supp.', 1972, is a violation for which a report to the Department of Motor Vehicles is required under section 39-794, R.1 S.'-Supp., 1973. The language of the statutes is controlling. By referring, to "all other traffic violations" for which reports are required, except parking, muffler, and truck overloading violations, we think the Legislature intended to include the offense of failing to carry an operator's license when operating, a motor vehicle. ' See Wilson v. Johns, ,184 Neb. 545, 169 N. W. 2d 434.
The judgment of the District Court is affirmed.
Affirmed.