Texas Department of Public Safety v. Meredith

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

ENOCH, Chief Justice.

Appellee filed a motion for rehearing. Appellee's motion for rehearing is granted. Our former opinion is withdrawn. The following is now the opinion of the Court.

The issue to be resolved in this appeal is whether the failure of the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety (the Department) timely to request a driver’s license suspension hearing before a justice of the peace under section 2(f) of article 6701/-5 (Vernon Supp.1988)2 deprived the county court at law of jurisdiction to conduct the driver’s license suspension proceedings at issue…