OT: New Law In Texas Requires PI License for Computer Techs

[keith smith]

The article says "Miller concluded, “It makes no sense to require a computer repairman
with 10 or 20 years of experience to get a degree in criminal justice
just to continue working in his occupation.  This law will drive up the
price of computer repair for everyone, and that’s exactly what the
private investigations industry wants.”".

If a PI license is needed to work with private data, which every company has, then being a PI while possessing computer skills would make one in demand and I would thing their compensation would increase accordingly.

So what happens in data centers?  Do they close in Texas and move to another state?  Seems such a law would have wide reaching consequences, most of them not good!

This type of law could put Texas out of business.



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--- On Fri, 7/4/08, Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner at gmail.com> wrote:
From: Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: OT: New Law In Texas Requires PI License for Computer Techs
To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Date: Friday, July 4, 2008, 5:22 PM

On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Jason Spatafore <jasons at spatafore.net>
wrote:
> I really don't see where the law states every computer repair shop
> requires a license. This sounds like a very poorly written
"news"
> story.

  the story has been picked up by the OMG1984! crowd ala Alex Jones, but...

  there is little question that the law has elevated the legal
exposure for computer technicians in the state of Texas.  These kinds
of laws have ways of repeating themselves in other state legislatures.

  a good link off the initial story:
http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/tx_computer_repair/6_26_08pr.html

  -jmz

>
> The law explicitly states what people the law applies to:
>
> -- Snip --
>  Section 1702.102(a), Occupations Code, is   amended to read as follows:
> (a)  Unless the person holds a license as a security services
> contractor, a person may not:
>        (1)  act as an alarm systems company, armored car   company,
courier
> company, guard company, [or] guard dog company,   locksmith company, _or
> private security consultant company_;
> -- Snip --
>
>
> What this tells me is that computer repair shops "cannot act as a
> private security consultant company" without the appropriate license
to
> do so.
>
> So, this is really based off the type of business. If you're a repair
> shop, you wouldn't be subject to this law unless part of your business
> is "private security consultant company".
>
> Of course, spyware and virus removal may fall under "security
> consultant" activities. So, the computer repair shop just needs to
> change their approach.
>
> "We can make no recommendations regarding computer security, however,
> spyware and viruses are notorious for slowing computer performance. We
> are computer performance experts, not computer security experts."
>
> I think it's just that simple. :)
>
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