2003 was when 46.02 was changed by MPA to make car carry not a crime, at the same time the penalty for not complying w/ GC 411.205 was removed. Nothing on the 2009 law governing the DPS affected this in any way.
The Texas Motorist Protection Act (HB 1815) went into effective on 1 September, 2007...
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