Attention Todd Moning

[Don Bradner]

Wallace,

Chaper 522 is purely about Commercial licenses. In fact the title of the Chapter
is "Commercial Driver's Licenses," and you used the term CDL in your post.

The FMCA article is very clear:

"drivers whose motorhomes' GVWR exceeds 26,000 pounds should hold an exempt
(noncommercial) Class B or Class A license."

Note the very, very, important "non" in front of commercial.

The section which requires a Class B for over 26K is 521.082. Whether a Class B
is CDL or non-CDL is a separate matter.

You are correct that a CDL is not required.

Your are wrong about not needing a Class B.

On 4/2/2009 at 3:51 PM Wallace Craig wrote:

>Your article on "Texas drivers license requirements" does not square with
>Texas Transportation Code chapter 522  which at TRC 522.004 exempts
>from CDL requirements "persons operating recreational vehicles for
>personal use".  I realize that you got information from Beth Roberts at
>DPS who said that persons driving motorhomes in Texas need a class B CDL. 
>I think you owe it to the many readers who rely upon you for accuracy the
>cost of a legal opinion from a qualified Texas attorney (other than me). 
>As I poiinted out in my phone call, her opinion does not constitute
>binding legal precident which can only come from a decision by a court of
>competent jurisdiction.
> 
>Wallace Craig
>95 WLWB 42
>Azle, Texas
>FMCA 86944