OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable J. 8. Craper, Chief
Drivor*s Llaenae Dfvleion
Teuu Department of Fublia Safety
C-P mbry
Austin, Texas
the Penal Code
t lt&TSEeiiiiF
loally suqended
oi the folll0ving of-
that *a oonvictlon of
e lnoolvod in an aoai-
on a charge OS failure to
disclose h.lr,Identity at the
t or collision'.
above mentioned seation apply
aotu.s.llgdriving
the motor veh.lole at the time of the sooident?”
Seation 24 of Artlole 6687b, Vernonta Annotated Civil
Statutes, in part, reads as followor
"(a) The lioenre of any perran &all be
automatically rpepended upon fln8.l oonvictlon of
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Honorable J. B. Dxagar, p8ge 2
any of the Sollowlng offenses8
0. . . .
44. A conviction OS a driver of a motor ve-
hicle involved in an accident or collision, upon
a cherga of fsllure to atop, rendrr eid, end dis-
clo8e his identity et the scene of mid ecoident
or colll8lon.*
Article 1150, Penal Code, reads as follows:
"Khenever an automobile, motoraycle or other
motor vehicle whatsoever, regardless of the power
by which th8 8-e may be roplled, or drawn,
8trlkes eny person or co1 P l&e8 with any vehiole
containing a pereon, the driver of, end 611 per-
son8 in control of such autcmoblle, motor vehicle
or other~vehiole shall stop end shall render to
the @iw8on etmok~or to the ocoupantr of the ve-
hicle collided vlth all neoerrary a6ristance ln-
eluding the carrying of euah person or ocaupants
t0 a phy8iCiWl or surgclon for medical or 8IUgioal
treotnmnt, if such treatnmnt be required, or if
rucfl carrying la reque8ted by the perclan struck or
any ocoupent OS the veidxle aoll.lded with; end such
driver and person having or armming authority OS
euah driver shell further give to the oscupfint
of 8UCh vehicle ar person atruak, If requested Et
the tine of such striking or collision or insned-
lately thereafter, thenumber of ouch automobile,
motorcyale or motor vehicle, 8180 the Nlme of
the owner thereof and hia address, tha names OS
the paeseqer or p%ssengers not ex0eedin.g five in
each %utomoblle or other veh.lole+ together with
the ad&W%8 ofeech one thereof. Anx person vio-
latlng any provi8ion of this article is punishable
by imps-isoment in the penitentiary not to exaeed
five years or in jail not exoeeding one geeu: or
by fine not exoeediq, five thouaandodollnrs, or
by both such fine end imprl8onment.
It 513.11be observed that vhile Article 1153 pro-
vides not only for the aonvictlon of the driver ~4' a QotCIP
vehicle who fails to etop end render eld, but also fn
%~~CUA of’ all pertmns in oontrol of such mol;oP vehicle,
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Honorable J. B. Draper, page 3
while Section 24 an13 its subsection 4 only provide for the
autoaatlc oanoellatlon of the lloe~~creof the driver of IImotes
vehidle upon final conviction for fellure to stop and render
aid.
Where a statute, Oivil or crimtasl, 18 expresmwi
In plain and unnmbiguoil8 language, and ita meaning is olear
and obvious, there Is no room for ooristruation. Oaddy v.
Flrrt Iatlonal Bank of Beaumont, 115 ‘Pox. 393, 283 S.W. 472;
Sparks v. State, 79 Grim. Rep. 263, 174 3. Y. 351. Since the
!language Sound in rubaectlon 4 lo plain, alear, uuambiguoum,
and apeoitlaally lpentlozu only driver8 of mator vehS.clsr,
there ie no room for oonatruatlon.
St lo therefore our opinion that your question
should be answered in the negative and It 18 80 anauered.