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K5GU wrote:

Taypo wrote:

K5GU wrote:

Taypo wrote:

K5GU wrote:Some merchants could be required by their policy to specifically scan either the DL or Texas ID. If they refuse your CHL and they haven't updated their policy, they're not necessarily discriminating against the CHL. They are just following store policy.

And this brings up the question, what is your recourse of action if a merchant still requires the DL even though the new law says that is prohibited?

You raise a good point. I've got an ID scanner that I just swiped my CHL through - worked just fine!

I should've said, "...even though the new law says it is prohibited to deny the CHL holder to..."

BTW, does the CHL scan provide info that delineates it from a DL? Just curious.

I don't know if its hardware dependent on the scanner type but I just ran both and the information is identical between the two. Name, age, birthdate, address and physical stats. Nothing on the CHL swipe to tell me its a CHL without looking at the card.

Ahh. Thanks. So that implies that unless the merchant makes a photocopy of the license, they would not know which one it was. Just as an experiment, the next time I'm at my neighborhood pub (private club) I'll ask them to do a scan. They do this anyway occasionally I'm told as some kind of private club regulation to verify ID (age, etc.). They do a scan, not a photocopy.

Taypo wrote:

K5GU wrote:

Taypo wrote:

K5GU wrote:Some merchants could be required by their policy to specifically scan either the DL or Texas ID. If they refuse your CHL and they haven't updated their policy, they're not necessarily discriminating against the CHL. They are just following store policy.

And this brings up the question, what is your recourse of action if a merchant still requires the DL even though the new law says that is prohibited?

You raise a good point. I've got an ID scanner that I just swiped my CHL through - worked just fine!

I should've said, "...even though the new law says it is prohibited to deny the CHL holder to..."

BTW, does the CHL scan provide info that delineates it from a DL? Just curious.

I don't know if its hardware dependent on the scanner type but I just ran both and the information is identical between the two. Name, age, birthdate, address and physical stats. Nothing on the CHL swipe to tell me its a CHL without looking at the card.

Taypo wrote:

K5GU wrote:Some merchants could be required by their policy to specifically scan either the DL or Texas ID. If they refuse your CHL and they haven't updated their policy, they're not necessarily discriminating against the CHL. They are just following store policy.

And this brings up the question, what is your recourse of action if a merchant still requires the DL even though the new law says that is prohibited?

You raise a good point. I've got an ID scanner that I just swiped my CHL through - worked just fine!