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Bob Ferguson

AGO 1950 NO. 360 >

Except where revocation or suspension of an operator's license is mandatory for certain crimes, the courts have discretion to impose, in addition to other penalties, the suspension or revocation of operators' licenses of those convicted of operating a vehicle on the public highways contrary to any other state law or contrary to any municipal ordinance which makes a violation which is also a violation under the state law.