I think the effort to remove the display requirement is at least partly, if quietly, related to the MPA, i.e. it's absurd to require CHLs to display when no one else has to.Commander wrote:I understand that we are still required to identify. I was wondering if the confliction of CHL vs Motorist Protection Act had been some of the catalyst for the removal of the penalty. I seem to recall that there was some discussion to eliminate the requirement for CHL holders to identify, but that went nowhere.
I believe the original requirement for a CHL holder to display the license when asked for ID by a peace officer was originally inserted as one of the ways to make the original CHL statute(s) acceptable to various parties -- in this case, law enforcement.
There was a bill last session to remove both the requirement to display and the associated penalties, fatally delayed along with other good stuff...
... Some elements from various delayed bills were inserted into the "DPS Sunset" bill during the special session. For reasons unknown to me, when that was accomplished, the requirement to display was untouched, but all the penalties were removed. Mr. Cotton mentioned something about this in another post I believe. Basically, "sausage-making."