(a) Any person denied a license or whose license has been suspended or revoked by the Office of Driver Services, within thirty (30) days of receipt of the decision by the Office of Driver Services to deny, suspend, or revoke the license, may file a de novo petition of review in the Pulaski County Circuit Court or the circuit court in the county where the licensee or interested person resides.
(b) The filing of a petition of review shall not operate as an automatic stay of the decision of the hearing officer.
(c) A determination shall be made by the circuit judge on the issue of whether a stay should be granted.
(d) The circuit judge is vested with jurisdiction to determine whether the petitioner is entitled to a license or whether the decision of the hearing officer should be affirmed, modified, or reversed.
History. Acts 1937, No. 280, § 34; Pope's Dig., § 6858; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-338; Acts 1987, No. 976, § 2.