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by gigag04
Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:39 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: SB 321 employer requesting license?
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Re: SB 321 employer requesting license?

canvasbck wrote:
AEA wrote:Discreetly inform your employer he should READ the STATE LAWS before implementing "Policy" that is illegal.

Specifically the part where you are only REQUIRED to provide your License to LEO's when asked for identification.
I haven't noticed the word only in the statute. I don't believe that there are any statutes forbidding an employer making it a condition of employment. I know there is a confidentiality portion of the CHL statutes that prevents the government from disclosing your CHL information except in certain circumstances, but I haven't seen anywhere that private companies cannot request that information.
GC §411.205. DISPLAYING LICENSE; PENALTY. (a) If a license holder is carrying a handgun on or about the license holder's person when a magistrate or a peace officer demands that the license holder display identification, the license holder shall display both the license holder's driver's license or identification certificate issued by the department and the license holder's handgun license. A person who fails or refuses to display the license and identification as required by this subsection is subject to suspension of the person's license as provided by Section 411.187.

So...The law does not prohibit anyone asking if you have a CHL, but does limit the people you actually have to disclose that information to peace officers and judges.

I personally wouldn't say anything.

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