Texas Department of Public Safety v. Walker

This is a driver’s license suspension case. The question presented is whether an order suspending the privilege to drive of a provisional licensee survives the expiration of the provisional license. The county court at law concluded that it did not and entered a judgment restoring appellee’s driving privileges. We will reverse the judgment of the county court at law and render judgment in favor of the Department of Public Safety.

On April 27, 1989, appellee was seventeen years old and the possessor of a provisional driver’s license. Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat. Ann. art. 6687b, § 11A (Supp.1991). On that…