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PC techs in Texas required to obtain P.I. licenses?
Over the last two weeks there has been much controversy in the tech world over a supposed law that requires every computer repair technician to obtain a private investigator's license. Technicians would need to obtain a criminal justice degree or participate in a three-year apprenticeship. Violators can face a $4,000 fine and one year in jail,and a $10,000 civil penalty.
The newly formed Institute for Justice Texas Chapter claimed the law unconstitutional, and has filed a lawsuit against the Texas Private Security Board. However, according to Joe Driver, R-Garland, the author of House Bill 2833, many are misinterpreting his law. From TechBlog (a Houston chronicle blog): "Driver said a lawsuit filed for the computer technicians last week in Travis County district court by the Institute for Justice Texas Chapter was nothing more than a publicity stunt intended to bring attention to a new advocacy organization.A hearing has not been set yet for the lawsuit. Links to coverage on this issue: KVUE.com - Austin: Computer technicians cry foul over private investigator law Dallas News.com: Repair computers in Texas? You might be breaking the law. Houston Chronicle.com: Data-retrieval law has computer techs under the gun Austin American-Statesman: Group says computer techs shouldn't need investigator licenses Until this whole issue gets resolved, I will have to decline all personal requests to repair computers. Yeah, that's a good reason. Has nothing to do with the fact that the last time I agreed to fix a friend's computer it sat under my coffee table for 3 months table before I remembered I had it. On the other hand, tower PC's make for great footstools in a pinch. Anyway, if you need help you can always call this guy: click here. 1 comments from 1 users
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posted by
ToniAnne
on Jul 6, 2008 at 04:18 PM
You have got to be kidding me. I just read this to my husband (who does "computer stuff" to say the very least) and he just shook his head. Yet ANOTHER thing in a long line of thing the government is doing to strip our rights away. Pretty soon, you are going to get fined for saying "freedom."
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