Opinion No.

Colonel James B. Adams Director Texas Department of Public Safety P.O. Box 4087 Austin, Texas 78773

Re: Whether the Texas Department of Public Safety may impound a vehicle under section 4A of article 6701h, V.T.C.S.

Dear Colonel Adams:

You question the constitutionality of section 4A of article 6701h, V.T.C.S., the Texas Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law. You ask whether the Texas Department of Public Safety may, acting pursuant to section 4A, impound certain motor vehicles without violating the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States…