Can a State government tell you where you can and cannot sleep?

Yes, you have to call the local DPS office each day and tell them where you are.


Really, there has to be more to this story. The DPS does not send officers to check to see if you are home to determine if they will issue a license. That is unless you are on probation or such. Then it would be the probation officer not the DPS. Dps has more to do than to check on where an applicant is sleeping.
To obtain a license, you are required to prove your residency by showing documentation that has the address you are using to apply. Such as tax documents, power, lights, and /or gas bills, Cable TV bills, all in YOUR name, not someones else name.
And, NO, DPS troopers will not come to your house to see if you are sleeping there.

 

simple answer yes they can.

The state statue even says they must verify that you live within Texas. That verification is via documents that you provide.

So there is more to this story than presented.

 

They wernt telling you where you can sleep,,they might be verifying if you lied on your paperwork.

 

There is more to this story. Something *may* have been said or done by you somewhere along the way to getting a Texas CDL to possibly give the state reasonable suspicion that you *may* be misrepresenting where you live. Or maybe they are just randomly checking your info. Who knows?
The state is not stupid to the point that they don't know drivers are often gone for very long periods of time so the 99% gone thing is a moot point and won't hold water. They have been through this same thing probably a million times with other license applicants, you can believe it's not their first rodeo and are likely very proficient at figuring out where you do live. Living "on the road" is not a valid answer as you are finding out. If the address you provided them is in fact not your residence I hope the occupants of the address realize they could possibly get in trouble if they lie about you living there.....IF you do not. I'm not saying you don't live there, so understand that.
Texas is apparently going above and beyond to ensure the days of living in one state or country and licensing in another are over. I hope you are on the up and up with them and good luck to you getting it straightened out. Can you imagine how weird it would sound to a LEO to be told "this is my address...but I never sleep or stay there any". Hell it sounds weird to me even. They are doing their job, nothing more.

 

And that is exactly what they are investigating. do you actually live there? which you just admitted you don't.

And you already told them as much; "I told them that that was my home but most of the time I don't sleep there."

 

Not to mention Texas likely is a bit more picky than most states as they have no state income tax and get a lot of people wanting to use the state as their 'residence' to dodge taxes.

-Steven

 

If you have an apartment in Texas, show them a copy of the lease. If you have been there for any length of time, show them a copy of your utility bills, (gas, electric, telephone, etc.). Also, if you have direct deposit in a bank or credit union in Texas, you could show them a statement with your Texas address on it. One last thing, if you have registered to vote in Texas, show them the documentation stating such.
All this LEGITIMATE proof shows that you are a legal resident of the state of Texas.
As for proof of American citizenship, show them a certified copy of your birth certificate, or naturalization papers if you are originally from a foreign country.

 

States with no state income tax are nice, aren't they?