Yep, you must carry your license if you are carrying. However, unless you run into a cop who is really being a jerk, then they can tell you have a valid CHL if they run your DL number though the system. I would suspect a warning might be issued vs. a UCW charge.AlaskanInTexas wrote:I think if you read it a little more closely, you will see that as a matter of grammar, it applies if you are carrying two things (1) a "concealed" handgun and (2) a valid license issued under... I think if is quite explicit that you have to be carrying the license not that you simply "have" a license.LabRat wrote:I don't read it that way. The section (as quoted above) states that you must have a valid license "issued" under..."
Well, I have a valid CHL, and it is issued to me, regardless whether I have it with me or not. The section says nothing about "on or about your person" so some-such legalese...
Penal Code 46.15(b)(6) "Section 46.02 [unlawful carrying of weapons] does not apply to a person who . . . is carrying a concealed handgun and a valid license issued under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, to carry a concealed handgun."
It would not be a bad change to make it a Class C, but personally I think there are way more things with higher priority to worry about first this session, like removing prohibited places and full campus carry.