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TITLE 37PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS
PART 1TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
CHAPTER 15DRIVER LICENSE RULES
SUBCHAPTER ALICENSING REQUIREMENTS
RULE §15.1Who Must Be Licensed

All persons, except those expressly exempt by law, who live in Texas and operate a motor vehicle upon a public street or highway must have a valid driver license.

  (1) Any person holding a valid driver license need not obtain any other state permit for the operation of a motor vehicle on the highway. Some cities, however, issue special city taxi driver permits by ordinance or state law.

  (2) For driver licensing and personal identification certificate policy purposes, a resident is defined as a person who actually and physically lives in the State of Texas.

  (3) All other persons who do not come within the scope of the preceding definition of a resident will be classified as nonresidents.


Source Note: The provisions of this §15.1 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective January 29, 1985, 10 TexReg 172; amended to be effective November 27, 1990, 15 TexReg 6501; amended to be effective December 25, 2003, 28 TexReg 11342; amended to be effective September 23, 2008, 33 TexReg 8032

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