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Tracker wrote:While it is currently illegal to open carry in Texas any Texan CHL holder can go to Oklahoma and legally open carry right now. Texas open carry law will be no different.

I was making sure that there wasnt some amendment that forced you to specifically have a texas CHL (rather than an out of state permit) in order to open carry here under the new law.

Pardon me if this has already been asked, i tried to search for such a topic but i was wondering on thoughts of whether this would affect the CCW permit for those of us who hold out of state permits. I'm not looking for a discussion on whether or not everyone should have a texas CHL, when my Virginia license expires i will be getting a texas CHL. (I am eligible for one and dont have a problem doing the course/shooting, but its not an expense i want to make right now as I am not working currently.)

Section 411.173(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b)AA The governor shall negotiate an agreement with any other
state that provides for the issuance of a license to carry a
[concealed] handgun under which a license issued by the other state
is recognized in this state or shall issue a proclamation that a
license issued by the other state is recognized in this state if the
attorney general of the State of Texas determines that a background
check of each applicant for a license issued by that state is
initiated by state or local authorities or an agent of the state or
local authorities before the license is issued. For purposes of
this subsection, "background check" means a search of the National
Crime Information Center database and the Interstate
Identification Index maintained by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.

It sounds like the reciprocity wont change...

http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84 ... navpanes=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;