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The only people who believe that are employees of DMVs across the country and some LEOs. I guarantee you if some elected official started making moves to curtail this "privilege," it would be electoral hara-kiri.dquick wrote: While driving is a privilege, keeping and bearing arms is a right.
For ordinary citizens, the license from wherever they are coming from is good for 90 days.baldeagle wrote:Domicile is defined as "(10) "Domicile" means the place where a person has the person's true, fixed, and permanent home and principal residence and to which the person intends to return whenever absent."
Under the Transportation code you have 30 days after establishing a domicile to obtain a commercial license. "(4) the person has not had a domicile in this state for more than 30 days." Since the bill doesn't have that language it's legally debatable if you would commit an offense if you didn't obtain a CHL license within 30 days, but since that's not even possible (DPS has 60 days under the law to issue one plus you have to apply and take a class to qualify), the bill should at a minimum be amended to account for that lag.
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/DriverLice ... otexas.htmAn individual can legally drive with a valid, unexpired driver license from another state or country for up to 90 days after moving to Texas.
NOTE: The individual must apply in person at any driver license office for a Texas driver license within those 90 days to continue driving legally. An unexpired driver license from another U.S. state, U.S. territory or a Canadian province must be surrendered to DPS when applying for a Texas driver license.